Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1407)

56 Part I Media and Project Management
Setting Up and Capturing Media to an OfflineRT Format
Before you capture, you need to choose an appropriate OfflineRT format for offline-
quality editing in Final Cut Pro.
To prepare your project for capturing media to an OfflineRT format:
m Choose an OfflineRT Easy Setup that corresponds to the standard or your original
footage (NTSC or PAL) and frame rate.
OfflineRT Easy Setups are named with the following conventions:
 Video standard: NTSC or PAL
 Frame rate: The frame rate is included in the name of an OfflineRT Easy Setup when
nonstandard frame rates are used, such as 23.98 fps for NTSC video.
 Anamorphic: Choose an anamorphic Easy Setup if you shot your original footage
with an anamorphic lens or the anamorphic (16:9) setting selected on your
camcorder.
For information about choosing an Easy Setup, see Volume I, Chapter 13, “Connecting
DV Video Equipment and Specifying Initial Settings.”
Capturing or Recompressing Media to an OfflineRT Format
Once you’ve selected the appropriate Easy Setup, you can capture OfflineRT clips using
your camcorder or deck. For more information about capturing, see Volume I,
Chapter 19, “Capturing Your Footage to Disk.”
When your system is set up correctly, you can log and capture using device control as
usual. During capturing, video is transcoded from its original format to the OfflineRT
format and written to your scratch disk.
Alternatively, you can capture your footage at full resolution and then transcode, or
recompress it, to the appropriate OfflineRT format using the Media Manager. For more
information, see “
Example: Recompressing Media Files for an Entire Project for Editing
on a PowerBook ” on page 101.