Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 229)

228 Part IV Logging, Capturing, and Importing
Create clips directly in the Browser, then batch capture them
You can create clips directly in the Browser using the New Offline Clip command in the
File menu. You can enter pertinent logging information, and then batch capture the
clips. This approach is useful if you are only creating a few clips, or if you have a
handwritten list of clips that you logged somewhere else. Otherwise, creating and
importing a batch list may be faster.
 Logging: Create clips in the Browser, then add the reel number, Media Start and End
points, and any additional logging information to the various columns in the
Browser. To create new offline clips quickly, you can assign a shortcut key to the New
Offline Clip command (see “
Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts ” on page 146).
 Capturing: Batch capture the clips you created to make them online.
Log in the Log and Capture window without tapes in the camcorder or VTR
If you already have a handwritten list of clips and log notes, you can manually turn
them into clips in Final Cut Pro using the Log and Capture window. This works in the
same way as logging the tape, but no VTR is actually connected. This is an alternative to
creating offline clips directly in the Browser.
 Logging: Use the Log Clip button in the Log and Capture window.
 Capturing: Batch capture the clips you created to make them online.
Important: Whenever you create clips from NTSC footage without a tape in your video
device, you risk entering the wrong type of timecode (drop frame instead of non-drop
frame or vice versa) because Final Cut Pro isn’t reading timecode directly from the tape
itself. If you are manually entering timecode in the Log and Capture window, and there
is no tape in the device, make sure that the Default Timecode pop-up menu in the
device control preset you are using is set to the proper timecode (for more information,
see Volume IV, Chapter 25, “Device Control Settings and Presets.” You can also Control-
click on the timecode field for the clip In or Out point in the Log and Capture window
and choose between drop frame or non-drop frame timecode.
Import Final Cut Pro XML created in another application, then batch capture clips
The Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format can be used to represent entire projects,
including sequences, bins, and clips. Using any XML-compliant application, you can
create an entire project in the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format, import the XML
file, and then batch capture the clips. This is similar to importing a batch list, but with
XML you can create not only clips, but sequences, bins, effects, and so on.
 Logging: Import the XML file into Final Cut Pro.
 Capturing: Batch capture the clips you created to make them online.