Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1562)

Chapter 15 Printing To Video and Output From the Timeline 211
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Recording From the Timeline
The easiest way to output to tape is to enable external video output in Final Cut Pro,
play back your sequence in the Timeline, then press Record on your connected
camcorder or deck. If you want to show black before and after your program, you have
to add Slug generators to the beginning and end of your sequence, or move all the
sequence clips to the right to leave a gap before the beginning of your sequence.
Important: Make sure you’ve read and followed the instructions in “ Setting Up Your
Editing System to Output to Tape ” on page 179.
To record directly from the Timeline:
1 If you want to add elements before or after your program (such as showing black), add
them directly to the Timeline.
Many of these elements are available from the Generator pop-up menu. For more
information, see Volume III, Chapter 21, “Using Built-in Generated Clips.”
2 If necessary, render any unrendered effects by doing one of the following:
 Choose Sequence > Render All > Both.
 Choose Sequence > Render Selection > Both.
 Press Command-R.
For more information on additional rendering options, see Volume III, Chapter 24,
“Rendering.”
All audio that requires rendering is automatically rendered with a render quality of
High, regardless of the render quality setting. Unrendered audio sections are output as
a series of beeps.
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Tip: You can turn off the beeps by deselecting “Beep when playing back underendered
audio” in the Playback Control tab of the System Settings window.