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Focus Firestore FS-100 Workflow Manual

Final cut pro - 5 easy steps
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FireStore FS-100 Workflow Guide for Final Cut Pro - 5 Easy Steps
April 20, 2006
Introduction
The Focus Enhancements FireStore 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 FireStore FS-100 offers long record times in a unique, portable
enclosure.
When using the FireStore 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:
DVCPRO HD: 720/60P, 720/30P, 720/24, 1080/60i , 1080/24P
DVCPRO 50: 60i, 30P, 24P and 24PA (Advanced Pulldown)
The P2 formats 720/30PN and 720/24PN are not yet supported for live capture over FireWire. As
of this writing, the P2 format 1080/30P is not yet natively supported in Final Cut Pro v5.1.
Breaking Down the Workflow into 5 Easy Steps
In general, the workflow for ingesting and editing P2 Media captured with the
FireStore FS-100 can be broken down into five easy steps:
1: Organize P2 Folder on FS-100 Prior to Importing to Final Cut Pro
2: Set FS-100 to Disk Drive Mode and connect to your Mac
3: Set Up Final Cut Pro Preferences to Coincide with P2 Captured Format
4: Treat FS-100 Clips as P2 Media in Final Cut Pro: Import P2
5: Edit the FS-100 P2 clips as you would normally edit P2 Media
Assuming that you have successfully captured P2 media from the Panasonic AG-
HVX200 onto the FireStore FS-100, let's begin with the first step.
STEP 1: Organize P2 Folder on FS-100 Prior to Importing to Final Cut Pro
You have just captured P2 media clips with the FireStore FS-100 and are now
ready to import those clips into Final Cut Pro. Before importing P2 media from
the FS-100 to your Final Cut Pro workstation, you must first run the "Organize
P2" utility within the FS-100...
a) Once shooting with the FS-100 is complete, navigate to the "UTILITIES"
screen on the FS-100 using the LEFT or RIGHT Arrow Key
b) Scroll down to "ORGANIZE P2". (Figure 1.01)

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  • Page 1 STEP 1: Organize P2 Folder on FS-100 Prior to Importing to Final Cut Pro You have just captured P2 media clips with the FireStore FS-100 and are now ready to import those clips into Final Cut Pro. Before importing P2 media from the FS-100 to your Final Cut Pro workstation, you must first run the "Organize...
  • Page 2 c) Press the SELECT key on the FS-100 to initiate the "Organize P2" operation. Figure 1.01: Organize P2 Utility A progress bar will appear for several seconds as the "Organize P2" operation proceeds. Once the "Organize P2" operation is completed, the FS-100 display will return to the main HOME screen.
  • Page 3 STEP 3: Set Up FCP Project Preferences According to Captured Format You have now successfully connected the FireStore FS-100 to your Final Cut Pro workstation via FireWire. You are now ready to open Final Cut Pro and create an Easy Setup for the particular P2 format that you intend to edit.

  • Page 4: Easy Setup

    Selecting a particular Easy Setup allows Final Cut Pro to use the correct Project preferences Presets to coincide with the format of the clips you wish to edit. These Presets include: Sequence Preset, Capture Preset, Device Control Preset, Playback Output Video and Playback Output Audio. Figure 3.01: Easy Setup Tool Following is a list of the individual Easy Setups available for each P2 format supported in Final Cut Pro v5.1:...
  • Page 5 e) In the Final Cut Pro menu, choose "Audio/Video Settings" (Figure 3.02) Figure 3.02: Audio/Video Settings Following is a list of Audio/Video Settings for each P2 media format currently supported in Final Cut Pro v5.1: P2 FORMAT SEQUENCE PRESET 720/60P DVCPRO HD - 720P60 720/30P...
  • Page 6 You are now ready to import the FS-100 P2 media clips using the "Import Panasonic P2" import menu. The FireStore FS-100 can capture DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO 50 (as well as standard DV/ DVCPRO 25) as P2 media from the Panasonic AG-HVX200 in the same P2 file format that the AG-HVX200 records to P2 cards.
  • Page 7 Version 5.1 of Final Cut Pro offers an additional Import P2 "Remove Duplicate/Adv. Pull-down Frames" option that allows you to remove duplicate frames when transferring footage to your Final Cut Pro scratch disk. (Figure 4.02) By checking this new option during P2 import, Final Cut Pro will create a QuickTime file at the native frame rate coinciding with the particular frame rate in which the Panasonic AG-HVX200 was set to during capture.
  • Page 8 Figure 4.03: Import Panasonic P2 Tool Window c) To import all of the available FS-100 P2 clips, select the "Import All" button. A progress bar will appear as the selected P2 clips are being imported into the browser. (Figure 4.04) Figure 4.04 Import Panasonic P2 Progress Bar...
  • Page 9 STEP 5: Edit the FS-100 P2 clips as you would normally edit P2 Media Final Cut Pro will handle the FireStore FS-100 just in the same way it will handle a standard Panasonic P2 media card. No need to copy the contents of the FireStore FS-100 to your Final Cut Pro workstation before importing your P2 clips - Final Cut Pro will handle that for you as your P2 media clips are transcoded to QuickTime .mov files during import.