Macintosh OS – Using Cover Flow to Find Shots

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Here’s a handy way to find stuff fast…

Adam Lloyd Connell sent this in:

I was just wondering, have you explored how useful the Cover Flow tool in leopard is for finding a missing shot?

In FCP 6, I am currently working on a long project with around 500 takes, and the cinematographer had only supplied one take of a particular cutaway to an object on a table. Trying to find that specific clip without the continuity notes easily at hand was a pain, and using FCP’s thumbnail view was slow.

However, opening folders with footage from the XDCAM, and selecting ‘Cover Flow mode,’ made it so easy to flash past all the hundreds of (quite large) thumbnails, and we found the shot in minutes. I’ve gotten into the habit of finding my missing shots in Finder this way.

Try it, next time you’re trying to find that elusive shot.

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A Philip Bloom HOW TO video on making videos from digital stills on the Canon 5D,
Enjoy,

Rodney, DCFCPUG!

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Final Cut Pro – Resetting Multiple Audio Outputs

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Resetting audio output tracks is time-consuming, unless…

This tip courtesy of Shane Ross.

Let’s say you have a source file with 8 tracks of audio, and you mapped a1 and a2 to A7 and A8 on the timeline, and a5 is next to A6… in other words, the track assignments are ALL over the place.

To get them back to the proper order takes like 15 clicks… TIME CONSUMING.

Well, if you simply RIGHT-CLICK (or Control+click) in the gray area below the audio tracks, there is an option to RESET PANEL … click that and everything pops back into order, and everything is connected.

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Final Cut Pro – Looking for Ways to Edit Faster?

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Here’s a fast, free, tutorial that shows you how!

One of the requests I get most often are for tips on how to edit faster.

So, I’ve put together a short (7:45) video tutorial that tells you everything you need to know.

Take a look here.

You can see a full list of all my tutorials here.

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Final Cut Pro – Exporting Multiple Audio Tracks

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Need export more than two audio tracks? Piece of cake…

Final Cut supports exporting up to 24 tracks of audio into a single QuickTime movie.

It isn’t hard, and here’s an article that tells you want you need to know.

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Brought to you by DCFCPUG and Peachpit:

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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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.

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In this edition of VIDEO MADE ON A MAC: Production and Postproduction using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, the authors cover:

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.

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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Final Cut Pro – Only Capture the Audio Track You Need

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You can select which audio tracks you capture or ingest.

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.

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