Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1672)

If none of your Easy Setups matches your video and audio configuration, you can choose
the correct settings in the A/V Devices tab of the Audio/Video Settings window. For
example, if you are outputting via FireWire, choose an available FireWire output such as
Apple FireWire NTSC or PAL in the Video pop-up menu in the Playback Output section
of the A/V Devices tab.
This setting sends video out from the appropriate video output, whether it’s the FireWire
port or a third-party video interface. You can also choose an audio interface for output.
For more information on configuring custom external video settings, see
“External Video
Monitoring.” For information on external audio settings, see “Connecting Professional
Video and Audio Equipment.”
Stage 3: Selecting Playback Settings
When you want to output your program to video, you can choose whether to render the
effects that won’t output at full quality in real time, or output them at the reduced quality
you’ve selected in order to avoid rendering.
Playback settings can be adjusted in the Playback Control tab of System Settings, or in
the RT pop-up menu in the Timeline. For output to tape, you can choose from the
following options in the Record pop-up menu:
• Full Quality: When this option is selected, video is always output to tape at the highest
quality. Areas of your sequence that won’t play back at full resolution in real time will
need to be rendered prior to output.
• Use Playback Settings: Final Cut Pro uses the selected real-time effects playback settings
when outputting your sequence to tape. If, as a result, your sequence will output at
less than full quality, you are warned of this prior to output. Outputting to tape at low
quality is useful for quickly creating sample tapes of your program when you don’t
have the time to render all necessary effects first.
Note: Final Cut Pro always warns you before outputting video to tape at reduced quality
when you use the Edit to Tape command.
Stage 4: Selecting Render Settings
The currently selected render quality is used to render any transitions, filters, or motion
parameters in your edited sequence, as well as any added leader or trailer elements. For
more information on render quality settings, see
“Rendering and Video Processing
Settings.”
Note: Render settings can be adjusted in the Render Control tab of the current sequence.
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