Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 322)

Renaming Media Files After Capture
You may want to rename your clips and media files after you capture. For example, if you
use Capture Now and forget to enter a clip name, your clip and media file are named
“Untitled.” You can easily rename a clip in the Browser, but you should also make sure to
change the name of the clip’s media file to match; keeping your clip and media filenames
matched makes media management much easier.
For details about renaming clip and media filenames to match, see “Reconnecting Clips
and Offline Media.”
Using the Media Manager After Capturing
After you capture, there are several ways you can use the Media Manager to process your
media files:
• Capture media files at a lower resolution and edit your project using the low-resolution
files. Once you are finished editing, you can then use the Media Manager to duplicate
your edited sequence, deleting any unused media in the process, and recapture only
the media you need for the final sequence at full-resolution. For more information, see
“Offline and Online Editing”
• Even if you’re not planning to recapture clips later at a different data rate, you may find
yourself needing additional disk space. For example, if you have a lot of long clips that
you only use portions of, the Media Manager can help. You can use the Media Manager
to discard any unused media from your scratch disk.
• Capture an entire tape, make subclips of all the shots you want to use, and then use
the Media Manager to create smaller media files based on the subclip limits. You can
discard media for subclips you don’t want to use. If you’re using DV tapes, you can use
DV Start/Stop Detection to mark all of your takes in preparation for creating subclips.
For more information, see
“Creating Subclips.”
Note: If you’re capturing an entire tape in order to follow the above workflow, it’s vital
to make sure that your tape has no timecode breaks. Make sure that Make New Clip is
selected in the “On timecode break” pop-up menu in the General tab of the User
Preferences window. For more information, see
“Choosing Settings and Preferences.”
For more information about media management, see “Overview of the Media Manager.”
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