Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 284)

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Using the Media Manager After Capturing
After you capture, there are several ways you can use the Media Manager to process
your media files:
 Capture media files at a lower resolution and edit your project using the low-
resolution files. Once you are finished editing, you can then use the Media Manager
to duplicate your edited sequence, deleting any unused media in the process, and
recapture only the media you need for the final sequence at full-resolution. For more
information, see Volume IV, Chapter 5, “Offline and Online Editing.”
 Even if you’re not planning to recapture clips later at a different data rate, you may
find yourself needing additional disk space. For example, if you have a lot of long
clips that you only use portions of, the Media Manager can help. You can use the
Media Manager to discard any unused media from your scratch disk.
 Capture an entire tape, make subclips of all the shots you want to use, and then use
the Media Manager to create smaller media files based on the subclip limits. You can
discard media for subclips you don’t want to use. If you’re using DV tapes, you can
use DV Start/Stop Detection to mark all of your takes in preparation for creating
subclips. For more information, see Volume II, Chapter 2, “Creating Subclips.”
Note: If you’re capturing an entire tape in order to follow the above workflow, it’s
vital to make sure that your tape has no timecode breaks. Make sure that Make New
Clip is selected in the “On timecode break” pop-up menu in the General tab of the
User Preferences window. For more information, see Volume IV, Chapter 22,
“Choosing Settings and Preferences.”
For more information about media management, see Volume IV, Chapter 7, “Overview
of the Media Manager.”