Post Production Workflow; Working With 3Rd Party Software; Using Final Cut Pro X; Using Avid Media Composer - Blackmagicdesign Video Assist Installation And Operation Manual

Post Production Workflow

Working with 3rd Party Software

If you have your own favourite editing software you'd like to use, you can easily copy your clips
to an internal/external drive or RAID and then import your clips into the software.
If you want to, you can even edit your clips directly from the SD card.

Using Final Cut Pro X

To edit Apple ProRes clips using Final Cut Pro X, you need to create a new project
matching your clips' video format and frame rate. For this example, clips are set using
ProRes 422 1080p25.
1 Launch Final Cut Pro X, go to the menu bar and select 'file/new project'. A window
will open containing project settings.
2 Name your project and select the 'custom' checkbox.
3 Set the 'video properties' settings to 1080p HD, 1920x1080 and 25p.
4 Set your 'audio and render properties' settings to 'stereo, 48kHz, and Apple ProRes 422
5 Click 'ok'.
To import your clips into your project, go to the menu bar and select 'file/import/media'. Choose
your clips from your SD Card. You can now drag your clips onto the timeline for editing.
Final Cut Pro X project settings.

Using Avid Media Composer

To edit your clips using Avid Media Composer 7, create a new project matching the clip's video
format and frame rate. For this example, clips are set using 1080i59.94.
1 Launch Media Composer and the 'select project' window will appear. Click the 'new
project' button.
2 In the 'new project' window name your project.
3 Go to the 'format' dropdown menu and select 1080i/59.94.
4 Go to the 'color space' dropdown menu and select YCbCr 709.
5 Go to the 'raster dimension' dropdown menu and select 1920x1080. Click 'ok'.
6 Select 'tools>background services' and click the 'start' button if background services
are not already running and then click 'ok'.
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