Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
Figure 2.8 The AJA ioHD. This io device converts all HD and SD video formats into ProRes 422.
Editing in ProRes 422 allows for mixing any and all formats together as well as allowing high bandwidth
formats like HD Cam and DigiBeta to be edited from a single drive with no need to online edit
has almost any conceivable video and audio input and output connector and supports almost all video
formats in NTSC, PAL, or HD. The device can be used to capture to ProRes 422 from any format,
monitor during editing in ProRes 422, and output to any and all video formats from ProRes 422.
ProRes 422 can be used to edit any format other than 4 K. For workfl ows where SD video will be
up converted to HD, ProRes 422 makes this simple by converting from SD to HD in hardware right
in the ioHD during capture (see Figure 2.9).
Figure 2.9 The back of the ioHD showing the myriad inputs and outputs for various video formats
Tapeless Capture
Many cameras now shoot to P2 card or directly to hard drive. In these cases, the video is not captured
at all, but imported. There have been many horror stories about corrupted video when transferring
from drive to drive or from chip to drive. For the most part, these are operator errors. Many people
try to transfer from the P2 cards to drive blind, with no way to check the video and confi rm that the
transfer is good. Also, the media is particularly vulnerable when it is written to a drive or chip with
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