Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1703)

220 Part III Output
Printing to Video
Unlike the Edit to Tape command, the Print to Video command doesn’t allow you to set
In or Out points on your tape. Instead, you manually press record whenever you want
to begin recording on tape. This is considered a crash record.
You can automatically add leader and trailer elements, such as color bars and tone, a
countdown, a slate, and a black trailer, to your movie. You can also loop your movie
as many times as you want, if you want to output your movie multiple times on the
same tape.
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Tip: You can use the Print to Video command to output to any external video monitor,
regardless of whether a deck is connected. This can be useful if you want to use
Final Cut Pro to output a looping clip or sequence to an external monitor for a
tradeshow demo or video installation.
Automatically Recording with Print to Video
If you set up your VTR for remote device control (via RS-422 or FireWire), Final Cut Pro
can automatically trigger recording on your VTR when you use the Print to Video
command. This is particularly useful for camcorders that do not have an independent
VTR Record button.
You can set up a device control preset so that Final Cut Pro automatically puts your
DV camcorder or deck in Record mode before printing to video. For more information,
see “
About Device Control Presets ” on page 349.
To automatically start a camcorder or deck recording during Print to Video:
1 Choose File > Print to Video.
2 Select the Automatically Start Recording checkbox in the Print to Video window.
3 Click OK to begin recording to tape.
Note: The Automatically Start Recording checkbox is the same as the Auto Record and
PTV checkbox shown in a device control preset.