Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 161)

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External Video Monitoring
It’s best to preview your video on an external video monitor
to accurately see how your final program will look.
This chapter covers the following:
 Using an External Video Monitor While You Edit (p. 161)
 Connecting DV/FireWire Devices to an External Monitor (p. 162)
 Using Digital Cinema Desktop Preview (p. 163)
 Troubleshooting Digital Cinema Desktop Preview (p. 166)
 About the Display Quality of External Video (p. 167)
 Troubleshooting External Video Monitoring Problems (p. 167)
Using an External Video Monitor While You Edit
If you’re outputting to videotape for television broadcast, it’s a good idea to preview
your video on an NTSC or PAL video monitor while you edit. Color is represented
differently on computer and video monitors, and computer displays always show your
video progressively scanned, even though NTSC and PAL video are interlaced. You can
connect an external video monitor via FireWire, through a camcorder, deck, or DV-to-
analog converter.
Note: You can enable the Digital Cinema Desktop Preview option on your computer
display to preview your video, but this won’t show proper broadcast colors or interlaced
video. For more information, see “
Using Digital Cinema Desktop Preview ” on page 163.