Final Cut Pro; Familiarity With Final Cut Pro; Before You Launch Final Cut Pro; Getting Started - MOTU V4HD User Manual

Final Cut Pro

CHAPTER 7
OVERVIEW
The V4HD serves as a powerful video capture and
playback device for Apple Final Cut Pro. Operation
is straightforward and follows the general
workflow prescribed by Final Cut Pro. In addition
to standard log and capture procedures and
straightforward timeline playback, the V4HD also
provides presets for Easy Setup, Sequences,
Capture and Device Control.
The V4HD supports full-raster HD capture to
Apple ProRes or any other similar HD codec of
your choice. It also provides hardware-accelerated
capture directly to DVCPro, DVCPro50 and
DVCProHD.
Familiarity with Final Cut Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Before you launch Final Cut Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Easy setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Final Cut Pro Audio/Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Choosing a workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
V4HD hardware settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Log and capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Playback and monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Hardware conversion during capture or playback . . . 63
V4HD audio settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audio capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Audio playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Refresh A/V Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Time code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Device control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
FireWire 400 bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Final Cut Pro video formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

FAMILIARITY WITH FINAL CUT PRO

This chapter assumes that you have a working
knowledge of basic Final Cut Pro operation.

BEFORE YOU LAUNCH FINAL CUT PRO

Before you launch Final Cut Pro, be sure to:
Insert the V4HD Installer CD and run the Easy
■
Install option.
Connect the V4HD to the computer via a single
■
FireWire connection and connect your video
devices to it as explained in chapter 3, "Installing
the V4HD Hardware" (page 19).
Switch on the V4HD and run MOTU Video
■
Setup to make sure that installation has been
successful. If MOTU Video Setup launches without
any error messages, then Final Cut Pro should
successfully communicate with the V4HD.

GETTING STARTED

You are now ready to run Final Cut Pro.
1 Launch Final Cut Pro.
2 Create a new project using Final Cut Pro's Easy
Setup feature in the Final Cut Pro menu. See the
next section for details about Easy Setups.
Figure 7-1: The V4HD ships with over 60 Easy Setups for the many
formats and operating scenarios it supports.
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