Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1315)

528 Part III Output
 Gamma Correction: This pop-up menu is only available in the Playback Control tab
(not the RT pop-up menu) on older systems with graphics cards that don’t support
gamma correction. If your computer’s graphics card does not support gamma
correction, you have two options:
 Accurate: High-quality gamma correction. This option is the most accurate, but
also requires the most CPU power.
 Approximate: Lower-quality gamma correction. This option leaves more processing
power available for real-time effects, but results in less accurate color and
brightness rendition.
For more information, see “ Choosing Gamma Correction Options in Final Cut Pro ” on
page 518.
Record Settings
When using the Print to Video and Edit to Tape commands, you can control the quality
of video being output to tape independent of the real-time playback quality in the
Canvas and Timeline.
 Full Quality: When this is selected, video is always output to tape at the highest
quality. Areas of your sequence that won’t play back at full resolution in real time will
need to be rendered prior to output.
 Use Playback Settings: Final Cut Pro uses the selected real-time effects playback
settings when outputting your sequence to tape. If, as a result, your sequence will
output at less than full quality, you are warned of this prior to output. Outputting to
tape at draft quality is useful for quickly creating sample tapes of your program when
you don’t have the time to render all necessary effects first.
Using RT Extreme for Video Output
By default, Final Cut Pro outputs to tape at full quality. Depending on how many effects
you have applied, you may have to render portions of your sequence before you
output. However, if you simply want to output a rough draft of your sequence, you can
output with reduced quality settings. Final Cut Pro always warns you before you output
video at reduced quality to tape.
To output reduced-quality video using Print To Video, Edit to Tape, or direct
output from the Timeline:
m Choose Use Playback Settings from the Record to Tape section of the RT pop-up menu.
If you do not choose Use Playback Settings, Final Cut Pro always outputs at full quality.
For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 15, “Printing to Video and Outputting
From the Timeline.”