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FINAL CUT EDITING | b a s i c | RULES what’s allowed, what’s not Get started in A complete beginner’s easy steps 3 guide to editing FAIL-SAFE methods for TRANSFERRING VIDEO Graphics: Eye candy for your show CLASS CURRICULUM FREE By file, DVD or tape Northwest Community Television 763.533.8196 www.nwct.org HOW TO SEND A PROGRAM TO PLAYBACK on the cover Get started in 3 easy steps 3 Fail-safe methods for 13 transferring video 12 IMPORTING10 ORGANIZATION Rules: what’s allowed, what’s not 2 Do you already have exist- A lot of files can accumulate ing media to use but it’s in your project browser— A complete beginner’s guide not on tape? No need to knowing what those files to editing 16 fear! Through importing, are can help you organize Graphics: Eye candy for your one can easily bring the them logically so that edit- show 26 likes of graphic files and ing is streamlined. tracks from CDs into your By file, DVD or tape projects. How to send a program to playback 28 3 Log on to Fibre 21 Audio editing Manager How to monitor and Starting your edit manipulate levels. session. 24 Transitions 4 Reset scratch Adding, changing, 20 disks rendering. CUT, COPY, PASTE Ensure your files It’s not just for kids! When stay yours. 26 Creating and working with clips on your adding titles timeline, you’ll use these 6 Saving projects Graphics are the eye skills you learned back in Save early & often! candy of your show! elementary school. 7 File transfer from 28 How to send SDHC card a program to What you need to playback do to ensure a fail- By file, DVD or DV safe transfer of HD tape. files. 29 QuickTime movies 10 Importing files How to create and export a QuickTime 11 Capturing from movie. DV tape 35 34 Log off Fibre FINISHED?28 CLEAN SWEEP 16 A complete Manager Before you turn in your Your folder can resemble a beginner’s guide What to do when show to be played on the landfill with files littered all to editing you’re done editing channels, you need to out- over the place. Be your own Everything you need for the day. put it to file, DVD or tape. waste removal specialist! to know. contents Edit policies The purpose of these policies is to manage NWCT equipment in a fair and equitable manner. Follow these rules and you’ll never have to worry about losing your membership privileges! 1. Only certified members are permitted to operate equipment. 2. Members must be on time for appointments. You must call if you are going to be more than 30 minutes late—if you are more than 60 minutes late, we will consider you a “no show” and give away your edit time. x Producing programs for 3. Edit time may be reserved up to two months in advance and is hire, advertisements, available on a first come, first serve basis by appointment only. commercials, obscene or Reservations can only be made by members. indecent programming, lotteries, or personal and 4. No food or beverages are allowed in the edit room. family programs will not be tolerated. 5. Members are allowed 40 hours of edit time per month. If more than 40 hours of edit time are needed in one month, a written If you need to cancel your request must be made to NWCT’s Executive Director. See a studio appointment, please notify manager for more details. the studio manager at least 24 hours in advance; un- 6. NWCT’s mailing address and phone number may not be used as foreseen emergencies and contact information. illnesses will be taken into consideration. Please do not 7. Regular time slots for editing can be reserved on an ongoing basis rely on leaving a voicemail and are given out on an availability basis at the discretion of the message. Talk to a studio studio manager. manager whenever possible. 8. Please tell the studio manager at the time of the booking if you If cancellations are not made need extra help during your session (especially when you are first 24 hours in advance of your learning). This will help the studio manager plan their time so scheduled time, become ex- that they may help you better. cessive, or if you are more than 30 minutes late for 9. All members using equipment and facilities will be expected to your appointment, you may produce a program for cablecast within two months. be subject to disciplinary ac- tion as follows: first offense, verbal warning; second of- fense, written warning; third offense, suspension. CALL NOW! 2 763.533.8196 Getting started Before logging on to Fibre Manager, please verify SET UP A PROJECT FOLDER that NWCT staff has entered your user name and You don’t have to set up a project folder, but it password. does make deleting files easier once a project is finished. It’s best to create a project folder prior to You will receive a minimum of 60GB of storage to opening Final Cut Pro (FCP). maintain—for additional storage we recommend you purchase your own hard drive. 1. Double left click your Fibre Manager workspace icon on the desktop. Staff reviews user files each month, deleting files that have been inactive for two months or longer. 2. Choose the list view in the window that opens. List view LOG ON TO FIBRE MANAGER 1. Double left click the Fibre Manager icon on the desktop. 2. In the MediaNetwork Logon window, enter your User Name and Password. Left click OK. 3. In the far left column of the window, under DEVICES, left click the edit room you are in currently (nwct-edit3, 4 or 5). 3. Left click your workspace in the next column. 4. Right click in the third column and follow the 3. In the Fibre Manager window, left click the prompts for creating a New Folder. box(es) next to the workspace(s) you wish to mount. Left click OK. 5. Close the window by left clicking the red dot in the top left of the window. OPEN FINAL CUT PRO When you position the selection (arrow) tool at the left or bottom center of the desktop, the dock becomes visible. Left click the Final Cut Pro (FCP) icon . Icons for each of the selected work- spaces appear on the desktop—if not, please see staff. 763.533.8196 3 Resetting scratch disks FIRST THINGS FIRST Resetting the scratch disks tells the computer where to save your files.WARNING : If you do not reset the scratch disks, your files will be saved elsewhere, probably to the hard drive of the computer in the specific room where you are editing, making your files -in accessible in other rooms! 1. When you open Final Cut Pro (FCP), a Missing Disks window appears—left click Reset Scratch Disks. If the Missing Disks window doesn’t appear, the scratch disks can be reset using the Final Cut Pro pull-down menu (go to System Settings, Scratch Disks tab). 2. In the Scratch Disks window, left click Set by the boxes checked for Video Capture, Video Render, and Audio Render. 3. The Choose a Folder window opens. Left click your current edit room in the far left column. In the next column, left click your Fibre Manager work- space. If you did not create a project folder earlier and don’t want to, continue to Step 4. If you did create a project folder earlier, left click that in the next column. If you did not create a project folder earlier and want to do so now, left click New Folder in the lower left corner. Enter a name for your folder and left click Create. The folder you just created should be selected. 4. Left click Choose in the lower right corner of the Choose a Folder window. 5. Repeat Steps 2 through 4 for Waveform Cache, Thumbnail Cache, and Autosave Vault. Don’t be alarmed if you see new folders in your workspace— you should see three (Audio Render Files, Capture Scratch, and Render Files)! You’ll see the folders for Waveform Cache Files, Thumbnail Cache Files and Autosave Vault once you save your project. Left click OK when you are finished setting all four Scratch Disks. 4 Touring FCP’s editing environment When you open Final Cut Pro, you’ll notice four large windows: the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, and Timeline. Each window corresponds to a step in the editing process. THE BROWSER THE VIEWER The Browser is the main place to store and orga- The Viewer is used to preview and ready your nize all the source media, such as video, audio, individual clips for editing. This window is also used stills, and graphics, you’ll use in your project. when creating your titles. THE TIMELINE THE CANVAS The Timeline shows your sequence (clips orga- In the Canvas, you can view your edited sequence nized sequentially on tracks). You can also edit on of clips. the Timeline. _________________________ _________________________ ________________________ ______________________ _____________________ ___________________ __________________ _________________ _______________ _______________ _____________ ____________ ________________ __________________ _____________________ _______________________ 5 Saving projects When you first open Final Cut Pro (FCP), a project tab labeled Untitled Project 1 opens automatically in the Browser. This is your new project. It’s important to save your project with a name, otherwise FCP will leave it titled as Untitled Project 1 when it autosaves. To ensure that your project receives a name, follow the steps below.