Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
Figure 6.3 Using Media Manager to create an off-line edit in preparation for Final Cut Pro online
editing
You can restrict your new sequence clips so that only the media used in the edit will be recaptured
by selecting “delete unused media from duplicated items.” Handles should be added to the clips, just
in case you need to move an edit. Capturing one-second handles will add no measurable time to the
capture. Needing handles and not having them can cost you half an hour.
Go to Log and Capture and, in the capture settings, set to the fi nishing format. Select video only.
Click on Capture Scratch and set the capture scratch to the drive array that supports your format.
Select Batch Capture and when Final Cut Pro asks for the fi rst tape, load the corresponding higherresolution
videotape into the recorder. If you failed to give each tape a unique name, you will now
run into major problems. Always name and label your tapes and set the tape name in the capture
settings.
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