Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 280)

To capture a single clip in the Log and Capture window
1 Log the clip using the instructions in “Logging from Tape.”
2 Once all of the clip information is entered, click the Capture Clip button.
Click here to
capture a clip.
3 If the Prompt checkbox is selected in the Logging tab, a Log Clip dialog appears. Enter
or change any information for this clip, then click OK.
Click here to mark the
clip as Good.
Click the Slate button to
increment the clip name.
If desired, enter
additional notes here.
Final Cut Pro rewinds the tape and captures the media file, creating a clip in the logging
bin that represents the captured media file.
Capturing Entire Tapes
If you have a lot of hard disk space, it’s often easiest to capture all your footage to your
scratch disk and log it afterward. You can then delete the media you don’t need from the
hard disk. Capture Now is also useful for capturing portions of tapes.
Once you capture your tape, you need to break your media files and clips into smaller
pieces. For details, see
“Automatically Creating Subclips Using DV Start/Stop Detection.”
There are several reasons to capture entire tapes:
• Reviewing footage is easier once it is on your computer, allowing you to easily rewind
and loop sections of footage while you take notes.
• Capturing entire tapes causes less wear to the original source tapes because you only
play the tapes once while capturing instead of rewinding and fast-forwarding them
during logging and subsequent batch capturing.
• With some DV footage, Final Cut Pro can detect breaks between shots, allowing you
to create clips of each shot without setting In and Out points manually. This feature is
known as DV Start/Stop Detection.
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