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Focus Firestore FS-100 Software Manual

Fs-100 and p2 workflow for final cut pro 5 from camera to timeline
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FS-100 and P2 Workflow For Final Cut Pro 5
From Camera to Timeline
Ben Balser
Apple Certified Trainer
Statement of Purpose
This document covers only the most basic set up and operation of the HVX200 with the FS-100, and
the consequential ingesting of P2 data into Final Cut Pro, and it's Sequence set ups. There are other
options that are available that allow this work flow to be very flexible and powerful. For more
information about these other options, see your hardware and software manuals.
Introduction
The Focus Enhancements FS-100 is a powerful tool designed to interface with the Panasonic AG-
HVX200, enabling the end user to capture DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO 50 video clips (as well as
standard DV/ DVCPRO 25) in the Panasonic P2 media format. Equipped with an internal 100GB hard
disk, the FS-100 offers long record times in a unique, portable enclosure.
When using the FS-100 to capture P2 Media from the Panasonic AG-HVX200, it is possible to
capture a wide variety of Panasonic P2 formats generated by the AG-HVX200. Hence, it is important
to properly set Final Cut Pro (v5) to the correct settings to handle the particular format to be edited.
Following is a list of the formats currently supported with Final Cut Pro v5.1.1 natively:
DVCPRO HD: 720/60P, 720/30P, 720/24, 1080/60i
DVCPRO 50: 60i, 30P, 24P and 24PA (Advanced Pull-down)
The P2 formats 720/30PN and 720/24PN are not yet supported for live capture over FireWire. As of
this writing, the P2 format 1080/24P and 1080/30P is not yet natively supported in Final Cut Pro
v5.1.1, but can be generated as non-native Sequences. Non-native Sequences do not make any
guarantee of any Real Time play back from the Timeline window. See the section of this guide
devoted to this subject. Also note that some video cards include codecs for some formats that will
expand Final Cut Pro's Real Time playback ability for 1080p24 and 1080p30.
Outline:
1- HVX200 to FS-100 work flow
2- FS-100 to Final Cut Pro work flow
3- Utilizing and configuring Final Cut Pro
Section 1
HVX200 to FS-100 work flow

Necessary settings on the HVX200:

Menu > 9. OTHER FUNCTIONS
Set 1394 Control to EXT
Set 1394 CMD SEL to REC_P
Set PC MODE to 1394DEVICE

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  • Page 1 Introduction The Focus Enhancements FS-100 is a powerful tool designed to interface with the Panasonic AG- HVX200, enabling the end user to capture DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO 50 video clips (as well as standard DV/ DVCPRO 25) in the Panasonic P2 media format.
  • Page 2 Menu > 5. RECORDING SETUP REC FORMAT P2 > set this to the format you wish to record your footage in. Alternative frame rates are only available in any of the 720p modes. To set an alternative frame rate to get fast or slow motion effects frame accurate: Menu >...
  • Page 3 you stop recording, two red parallel lines (the Pause symbol) will show there in red, replacing the red dot. You can also verify recording by looking at the main screen on the FS-100 and monitoring the time code read out. It should be counting as it records footage. Press the record button on the HVX200 again and the FS-100 should stop recording.
  • Page 4 Section 2 FS-100 to Final Cut Pro work flow Transferring P2 (MXF) footage to your Mac There are two methods of getting your footage off of the FS-100. The first, and recommended method is to simply copy the CONTENTS folder and the LASTCLIP.TXT document directly to a folder on one of your Mac’s hard drives.
  • Page 5 1” in the Capture Scratch folder on your Scratch Drive. For more information about Final Cut Pro, refer to the user manuals or the Apple Pro Training Series of books for Final Cut Pro. To ingest your footage, go to the File menu and select Import, then select “Panasonic P2...” This will bring up the Import Panasonic P2 window.
  • Page 6 29.97) DVCPRO 50: 24PA DV50 - NTSC 24P (23.98) (23.98) Section 3 Utilizing and Configuring Final Cut Pro Pull-down/Frame Removal The HVX200 records everything in a standard 60 frames per second format (except for 24p Native formats). It “flags” the original frames in the metadata. When we ingested footage as outlined previously, we left everything as is, in it’s 60 frames per second format.
  • Page 7 frames per second (23.98). The result is frame accurate, in-camera slow motion just like film. Since there are 60 frames for each second of real time action, we are spreading them out so that only 24 of them fit in each second of real time. Presto, super clean slow motion. Using frame rates slower than what our target editing platform is, 24fps for example, gives us fast motion.
  • Page 8 performance and/or may need to render clips. You will see a degradation of Real Time playback especially if you mix different frame rates. For example, if we drop a 60fps clip into a 24fps Sequence, we may have some Real Time playback if our system is enough to support it. But if we mix 60fps 1080i with 24fps 720p in a 720p24 Sequence, we may have to render the 1080i clip if our Macintosh is not powerful enough to handle it.

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