Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X نسخه متنی

Capture Project: Batch Recapturing

Use Capture Project to batch recapture DV clips and sequences you've previously captured with Final Cut Express. Capture Project captures selected DV clips, all DV clips, or just the offline clips in your project. Capture Project requires a camcorder or deck with device control.

This command is useful if you want to recapture several clips or an entire sequence in one automated batch recapture processfor example, when restoring a project you've removed from your hard disk. If you've accidentally deleted a few media files in the course of a project, you can use the Select Offline Items Only option to recapture just the footage you deleted.

Capture Project can recapture only DV clips from a source video tape. To restore an entire project, you must also restore all graphics, music, and any digital video that did not originate on a DV tape. For information on archiving and restoring FCE projects, see "Project Maintenance Tips" in Chapter 20.

Automated, unattended batch capture is limited to clips from one tape. You can set up an automated batch capture that involves clips from several reels, but you'll have to hang around and feed new tapes to your video deck during the process.

Preparing to recapture a project

Capture Project is an automated process. It's worthwhile to prepare carefully before you kick off an automated capture because, well, things can happen while your back is turned. Here are some suggestions:

Check your currently selected Easy Setup and scratch disk preferences. Make any changes you want applied to this batch capture; you won't be able to change these settings after you open the Capture Project dialog box.
Answer these questions: Are your capture settings correct for this batch capture, or are you capturing tapes in a different format? Is the estimated space available on your designated scratch disk sufficient to contain your incoming media files?
Make a note of the available space estimate compared to the estimate of space needed in the Capture Project dialog box (Figure 5.25 ). This comparison can yield clues that can help you debug your batch capture list. For example, a 10-second subclip from a 20-minute master clip can throw your whole capture scheme out of whack; Final Cut Express would capture the entire 20-minute master clip.

Figure 5.25. Total Disk Space, calculated at the bottom of the Capture Project window, compares estimated space needed to storage space available for this batch capture operation.
If you suspect that your tape contains timecode breaks, you should be aware that each time it encounters a timecode break during capture, FCE will automatically create a new clip that starts at the first frame of timecode after the break. (Timecode breaks can be caused by shutting down the camera or ejecting your tape in mid-reel and not re-cueing on the last bit of previously recorded timecode.)

To batch recapture selected clips:

In the Browser, select the clips and sequences you want to recapture; then control-click and choose Capture Project from the shortcut menu (Figure 5.26 ).

Figure 5.26. Select the clips and sequences you want to recapture; then choose Capture Project from the Browser's shortcut menu.

In the Capture Project window's Capture pop-up menu,

do one of the following:

Choose All Selected Items to recapture all selected offline and online DV clips in the project (Figure 5.27 ).

Figure 5.27. Select All Selected Items to recapture the entire length of all selected offline and online DV clips in the project.
Choose Offline Items Only to recapture just the offline DV clips in the project.

Enter a duration to set the handle size of offline clips (this is optional).

Handles add extra frames beyond the In and Out points of a captured clip.

Select a capture preset option from the Capture Preset pop-up menu. This setting should match the video format and audio sample rate of the source tape you are recapturing.

Click OK.

The Insert Reel dialog box appears, displaying a list of all the reels (tapes) required for this batch capture operation.

Load the first tape you want to capture into your camcorder or deck, select it from the list, and click Continue (Figure 5.28 ).

Figure 5.28. Load the reel you want to capture into your deck, select it from the list, and click Continue. When it's finished capturing all the clips from that reel, FCE will prompt you to select the next reel.

To interrupt batch capture, press Escape or click the mouse button.

If you interrupt batch capture, Final Cut Express displays the Insert Reel dialog box again with a count of "aborted" clipsproject clips that remain uncaptured (Figure 5.29 ).

Figure 5.29. The Insert Reel dialog box displays a count of "aborted" clipsproject clips that remain uncaptured.

Click Cancel to abort the Capture Project recapture, or click Continue to resume capture. If you cancel the process, you'll have to recapture all the clips in the current reel if you retry the Capture Project operation.

Tip

If you recapture online clips into the same scratch disk folder where the original clips' media files are stored, the original media files are overwritten. If you recapture into a different folder, the original media files are preserved.

To recapture all DV clips in a project:

With the Browser window active, make sure no clips, sequences, or bins are selected in the Browser window.

Choose File > Capture Project (Figure 5.30 ).

Figure 5.30. To recapture all the DV clips in the project, start by deselecting everything in the Browser window; then choose File > Capture Project.

In the Capture Project window's Capture pop-up menu, choose All Selected Items (Figure 5.31 ).

Figure 5.31. Choose All Selected Items from the Capture Project window's Capture pop-up menu.

Follow steps 3 through 8 in "To batch recapture selected clips" earlier in this chapter.

Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X نسخه متنی

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