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On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results.

• How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew?
• How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots?
• Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut?
• How should you set up your edit suite for efficiency and accuracy?
• How do you manage large amounts of media and a multitude of formats for multiple software applications?

In Video Made on a Mac, you’ll learn the answers and much more. Chocked full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, each chapter provides insight on the critical components of production and postproduction that can make all the difference when you’re up against a tight budget and schedule. The accompanying DVD supplies you with project files and high-definition footage so you can follow along with the examples, as well as 50 training videos. Whether you’re an advanced Mac user or just beginning to incorporate Adobe Creative Suite into your Final Cut Studio workflow, you’ll learn to apply best-practice techniques to all your video projects.

Budget Template (p. 28-30)
For the exercise in this chapter, click HERE for the Budget spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet version) and click HERE for Apple Numbers spreadsheet Template.

Final Cut Pro – Only Capture the Audio Track You Need

Audio Settings

In both the Log & Capture window and the Log & Transfer window, you can specify which audio tracks you want to bring into Final Cut.

In both cases, reducing the number of audio tracks you capture reduces the storage space needed for the file.

In Log & Capture

Click the Clip Settings tab. Click a green visibility light to ignore all audio on that track. Light green visibility lights mean an active track. Dark green visibility lights mean an inactive track.

In Log & Transfer

Click the Clip Settings tab. Click a green visibility light to ignore all audio on that track.

In both screens, light green visibility lights mean an active track. Dark green visibility lights mean an inactive track. Inactive tracks will not capture audio.