Calibrated Software AVC-LongG Create v1 - Manual (Page 24)

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Final Cut Pro X
Getting Started
1. Please make sure you have FCP X 10.1.2 or greater installed
2. Please make sure that the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Compressor 4.1.2 presets are installed in the folder
For Compressor 4.1.2 use this folder:
/Users/[YOUR_ACCOUNT]/Library/Application Support/Compressor/Settings
(Please note that is the Library folder from your User directory and you need to install the presets to every user
account that will use the presets)
If the presets are NOT in the above folder, you can manually copy them to that folder from this folder:
/Applications/Calibrated/Presets/AVC-LongG Create/Compressor/Calibrated AVC-LongG Create MXF
To clarify, you would copy the folder
‘Calibrated AVC-LongG Create MXF ‘ to the Compressor folder for the
version you are using.
Please restart your computer if you had to manually install the presets.
3. Please note that in the Calibrated AVC- LongG Create Compressor 4 Presets the ‘Frame Controls’ are turned OFF
for Compressor. This means that the proper field dominance (Upper Field First or Progressive) is assumed to
match the Calibrated AVC-LongG Create Compression Type you are encoding into.
4. Please note that if you are rendering using multiple render nodes (i.e. different computers) then each computer
would need it’s own separate license of Calibrated AVC-LongG Create.
5. IMPORTANT: When exporting from FCP, if the number of output audio channels is smaller than the number of
FCP audio channels then each output audio channel is a mix of all FCP audio channels.
6. IMPORTANT: FCP X 10.1 cannot import AVC-LongG MXF files.
Exporting from FCP X
6. In FCP X, you can choose to export from FCP X using the ‘Share’ option, or you can choose to ‘Send to
Compressor’ and export using Compressor. If you choose to ‘Send to Compressor’ please go to the ‘Compressor
3.5.3/4.1.2
’ chapter on how to export from Compressor. For using the ‘Share’ option from FCP X, please continue
to step 2.
7. After choosing the ‘Share’ option, please choose the ‘Add Destination…’ and the ‘Destinations’ window will pop-
up. Click on the ‘Compressor Settings’ button and under the ‘Custom’ folder will be the P2 Calibrated AVC-LongG
MXF presets. The presets are organized by resolution, field type and framerate. Choose the preset that best
matches your source resolution, frame rate, and field
8. Preset Defaults:
e. Video: The video bitrate will be the maximum bitrate for that resolution/framerate (either 50Mb or
25Mb).
f. Audio: The default audio will be 16-bit 48Khz uncompressed audio with either 2, 4, 6, or 8 discrete
audio channels. (If the export is for 6 audio channels then 8 audio channels will be exports with the
last two channels filled with silence)
g. TimeCode: The default TimeCode will be to use the Start TimeCode from the source (if possible)
h. MetaData: The default MetaData will be as follows: