Apple Final Cut Express HD Uživatelský manuál stáhnout pdf (Strana 2)

What is Final Cut Express?

Apple bundles iMovie with every new Macintosh, providing easy-to-use video editing for everyone. Some media

makers, however, require the creative exibility provided by a traditional timeline-based editing application.

is is where Final Cut Express comes in. Reasonably priced (compared to Final Cut Pro), Final Cut Express is

sophisticated enough for doing high-end work, exible enough for demanding artists, yet basic enough for

those who are new to editing.

e most noticeable diﬀerences between Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro is that Express is limited to

working with three codecs: DV, HDV, and AVCHD (see Codec in glossary). It also has several other limitations

in terms of eﬀects and other high-end aspects, but for editors just starting out, Final Cut Express provides a rich

set of capabilities. If in the future you need the power and exibility of Final Cut Pro, the upgrade experience

will be relatively seamless- the Express and Pro interfaces are for the most part identical. Final Cut Pro can

import Final Cut Express projects, however, there is no going back from Final Cut Pro to Final Cut Express.

Getting Started

Final Cut Express, like most sophisticated video editing

applications, carries a fairly steep learning curve for new

users, however, if you focus on the fundamentals, you can

get started and get a lot done in just a few steps. is

document is designed to take you step by step though your

rst experience with Final Cut Express and will also provide

some suggestions for further study.

Storage volume

You must use an external FireWire hard drive to store your

project les and related media les. (do not use a USB-only

drive) Keep in mind that the computers in the Studio

Foundation labs are not backed up, therefore, it’s very

important that you save both your project folder and your scratch folder on your own external hard drive. If

you must work with Final Cut Express and don’t have an external hard drive, create a folder on the Desktop

using your name (e.g. “Sammy”). Use this folder as if it was an external hard drive in all of the “System

Settings” discussion that follows in this document.

Gather your media

If you are going to learn Final Cut using your own media, you should

have some video that was recorded on a MiniDV tape ready to be

captured. Or better yet, it may already be captured to a QuickTime le.

Audio les can come from a sound recorder or the web, and it may be

useful to have a couple of still images in .psd, .tif, or .jpg format to work

with.

Create a folder for your project

It’s important to have a place to store your Final Cut project le and media. is could simply be a folder on

your external hard drive. is is not the same place, however, that media will be stored when captured from

your camera. at is determined by the Final Cut Express “scratch disk” setting (this will be described in detail

in the next section).

Remember, your project le keeps track of what goes where and how things are arranged, but it does not

contain the actual media (that’s what lives on the scratch disk and wherever you put your own media). When

Having your own external FireWire hard

drive is a requirement for Visual Language

II classes. The The MassArt Bookstore carries LaCie Rugged

hard drives with FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0

interfaces for universal connectivity. The drive is bus-powered

and plug & play, ideal for video

storage and data exchange

on the go. While all hard

drives are delicate devices and

should be treated as such, the

aluminum shell and shock-resistant rubber

bumper oﬀers extra protection. There are two types of these

drives, 5400rpm and 7200rpm (which refers to how fast the

internal disk platters spin). The faster 7200rpm drives are

highly recommended for video editing.

You may need to convert your audio or

video before bringing it into Final Cut.

MPEG Streamclip for video, and

Switch for audio are two free applications you

can nd on the web; convert video to Apple

Intermediate Codec and audio to AIFF (48kHz, 16

bit). If you do not convert incompatible media, it

will either a) not import, or b) require rendering

before playback (to render, press option-R).

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