Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1837)

This chapter covers the following:
• The Audio/Video Settings Window (p. 1837)
• Choosing Easy Setups (p. 1839)
• Changing Audio/Video Presets (p. 1841)
• Creating and Modifying Easy Setups (p. 1846)
• Installing and Restoring Easy Setups (p. 1850)
• Loading Settings from a Network Server (p. 1850)
Audio/Video settings allow you to customize your Final Cut Pro system to work with
particular video formats and equipment. You can also choose Easy Setups to quickly set
up your system with a single click.
The Audio/Video Settings Window
The Audio/Video Settings window establishes the video format you are working with.
You use this window to configure your editing system by choosing a video and audio
format for capturing and editing, remote device control settings, and which video and
audio devices you use for output and external monitoring.
To open the Audio/Video Settings window
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Choose Final Cut Pro > Audio/Video Settings.
Learning About Audio/Video Presets
You usually only need to change Audio/Video settings when you install a new video
interface, connect a new VTR, or change the format you are capturing and editing. For
example, if you connect a PAL DV camcorder for capture and output, Final Cut Pro needs
to be set up with the appropriate capture and sequence settings, such as the horizontal
and vertical dimensions of the video frame (720 x 576), the video and audio devices you
are using to capture from, the video codec (DV - PAL), and so on. Because it can be time
consuming to change each individual setting in the Audio/Video Settings window,
Final Cut Pro comes with several kinds of presets that are preconfigured to work with
common video formats and devices.
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