Final Cut Pro HD | H•O•T Hands-On Training [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

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Start Final Cut, if it isn't running already, and open Offline Project. This is the same file you used earlier in Chapter 13, except all the clips are now offline.

When a clip is offline, meaning it can't find the media file on your hard disk that it is linked to, it shows up in the Browser with a red line through the icon.

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An offline clip in the Timeline shows up as white.

If the clips are offline because the media is missingfor instance this is an old project and the media files no longer existyou need to redigitize the media back into your computer in a process called "recapture."

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To do this, select the clips you want to recapture, and choose File > Batch Capture. This is where having accurate reel names and timecode makes this process dead easy.

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The Batch Capture window opens. The pop-up menu is set to capture all selected clips. The default handle setting is 0:00. I always want handles, so I set this to 2:00. Then click OK.

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This dialog prompts you to put in a tape for capture. Notice that it uses the reel names you entered for each clip. Put in the correct tape and click Continue. Final Cut starts at the beginning of the tape and captures clips as fast as it can cue the tape.

Sigh… I love that part.

This batch capture system works great as long as your reel names are correct and there are no breaks in timecode. If you forgot to make sure your reel names are accurate (something you will only do once) or have lots of timecode breaks, you will need to recapture each of these clips manually. And that's such a painful process, I don't even want to think about it. It would be easier to just start over.

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In this case, though, the media files for this project are on your hard disk, so you just need to reconnect them. Reconnection is necessary whenever Final Cut loses track of a media file. Normally, it doesn't lose track. However, if you move a media file, rename the file, rename the folder it's in, or move a folder containing media files, Final Cut will need your help to reconnect it.

To reconnect the files in the offline project, select all the files you need to reconnect in either the Browser or Timeline.

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Choose File > Reconnect Media. The dialog that opens asks you to specify what you are looking to find. In this case, you are looking for offline files, so the default setting is correct. Click OK.

By the way, I only reconnect an online file when I've made changes to it outside of Final Cut, or if I mistakenly connected the wrong media file to a clip. Also, I never reconnect render files, I always re-render them. It's faster.

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Final Cut attempts to find the missing file by looking for its file name on all the hard disks connected to your computer. (The file name is the one you gave it when you first logged, or captured, the clip.) If it finds the missing file, it selects it and displays it in this dialog.

In this case, all the missing files are stored in the FCP HOT files > Media > Snowboard folder, except for the music, which is stored in FCP HOT Files > Media > Music.

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Reconnect the file by confirming that the name of the selected file (or the file you selected) in the upper portion of this dialog matches the name of the file Final Cut is displaying in the lower-left corner, then choose Continue.

In the event Final Cut can't find the file, it may be because the file name changed. If this is the case, uncheck Matched Name Only, select the correct file, and click Choose.

If there are other missing files stored in the same folder, checking Reconnect All Files in Relative Path allows Final Cut to automatically connect all the files it finds in the same folderprovided that their file names match what Final Cut expects.

Because the files on the Browser are related to the clips in the Timeline, in what Final Cut calls a masteraffiliate relationship, the offline Timeline clips should automatically relink once you finish linking clips in the Browser.

A Browser clip is automatically a master clip the first time it appears in the Browser.Timeline clips are affiliate clips. An affiliate clip is linked to the master clip via its metadata. In other words, Timeline clips are related to the Browser based on clip name, reel name, timecode, and auxiliary timecode. Changing one of these attributes in one file changes the same attribute in all related files.

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If any Timeline clips don't relink, select the unlinked clips, choose File > Reconnect Media, and repeat this process.

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Once all clips are linked, you are done. Close this project, and don't save changes, since this project was designed to teach reconnection. Quit Final Cut, if you need a break. Otherwise, there's one more exercise left in this chapter.