2. Edit to Tape In this exercise, you need to send this snowboard commercial to a broadcast station for airing. They require that your commercial start exactly at timecode 1:00:00:00 on the tape. So, here, you will learn a more advanced way to output your project: Edit to Tape.The key point to keep in mind about Edit to Tape is that it requires you to have timecode already recorded on the tape.
1. | Start Final Cut and open Chapter 12 Lesson, if it isn't open already. Double-click Seq Snowboard Final to load it to the Timeline.[View full size image] | 2. | Using Edit to Tape is straightforward. Start by choosing File > Edit to Tape. | 3. | Enter the timecode number of where you want the recording to start on the tape (the In of the tape) in the lower-left text box. This process and location is identical to entering an In in the Viewer. In this case, the In is set to 1:00:00:00. (By the way, the J, K, and L keys work in the Edit to Tape window, too.) | 4. | Choose the Mastering Settings tab at the top of the window. Set up any pre-program material, similar to Print to Videothe settings are the same.[View full size image] | 5. | Select the sequence you want to output to tape from the Browser and drag it to the Edit to Tape window. Drop it on the Assemble overlay. | 6. | Click OK in this dialog to start the output process. If you need to abort, press the Esc key.And that's it. Your edit to tape is done. |
NOTE | Edit to Tape Options Are Limited for DV In the world of linear editing, which means tape-to-tape, there are two types of edits: Assemble and Insert. Naturally, the word "Insert" means something different in linear editing than it does in nonlinear editing.Why should life be easy?Assemble edit: At the point of the edit, the deck cleanly switches into Record mode and performs a technically invisible edit. Timecode continues without a break. Audio and video edit seamlessly. At the end of the edit, however, there will be a break in timecode, along with a break in video and audio. This is sometimes referred to as a "clean In and dirty Out edit."An Assemble edit is the only edit a DV deck or camera can make. An Assemble edit edits video, audio, and timecode simultaneously.Insert edit: At the point of the edit, the deck cleanly switches into Record mode and performs a technically invisible edit. Timecode continues without a break. Audio and video edit seamlessly. At the end of the edit, the audio, video, and timecode switch out of the edit smoothly. This is sometimes referred to as a "clean In and clean Out edit."A professional-grade videotape deck can make both Assemble and Insert edits. Insert edits are most often used to replace a shot within an already edited and output sequence. An Insert edit can edit any combination of video, audio, or timecode (video-only, audio-only, video and audio, and so on). |
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