Section 2 Fs-100 To Final Cut Pro Work Flow - Focus Firestore FS-100 Software Manual

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. Transfer times should be relatively short. This will give you a back
up copy of your raw MXF data. Do not alter the contents of the CONTENTS folder or the
LASTCLIP.TXT! Only alter these if instructed to do so by appropriate technical support.
The second method is to ingest the footage into Final Cut Pro from the FS-100 directly. This
ingesting phase must be performed even if you have copied the P2 data to your hard drive as
mentioned above. Be aware that ingesting footage directly from the FS-100 into Final Cut Pro will
leave you with no back up copy of the original P2 (MXF) data, as you will need to re-format the FS-
100 before recording to it again.
To un-mount the FS-100 from your Mac desktop, you have several options. You can right click
(cnt+click for one button mice) and chose Eject "FS..." from the pop-up menu. You can highlight the
drive and chose this same option from the File menu. Or you can simply drag it to the Trash can icon
in your Dock.
Once the FS-100's icon has vanished from your desktop, press the user button on the FS-100 unit
labeled EXIT. You will then see DISCONNECT COMPUTER NOW displayed on the FS-100's LCD
screen. Unplug the Firewire cable from the FS-100 and press the user button labeled EXIT again.
You will be returned to the HDD MODE menu.
Before Recording to your FS-100 again
Before you begin recording new footage to your FS-100 again, you need to erase the footage you
already have run the ORGANIZE P2 function on. Using the left or right arrow key, navigate to the
UTILITIES menu. Scroll down to highlight the FORMAT option and press the right arrow key. To
erase the old data, press the user button labeled YES. After a few moments of formatting, you will be
returned to the main screen on the FS-100's LCD. You are now ready to begin a new recording
session with your HVX200 and FS-100.
Ingesting footage into Final Cut Pro
Before using the footage you copied from your FS-100, you may wish to use a P2 software utility
such as P2 Genie or P2 Log to view, label, and customize some of your P2 metadata. You can find
more information about these utilities on the Internet. For our purposes here, we will skip this phase
and go directly into Final Cut Pro.
Once inside Final Cut Pro, a good workflow is to first create a new Bin in your Browser and name it
something appropriate. Highlight that Bin and right click (cnt+click for one button mice), then from the
pop-up menu select Set Logging Bin. This will cause all your ingested clips to be placed inside this
Bin, thus leaving your Browser clutter free.
Also, be sure to save your Final Cut Pro project first with an appropriate name. Otherwise all P2
footage from the FS-100 or from P2 cards will be placed all together in a folder called "Untitled Project