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

Lisa Brenneis

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  • Recording Timeline Playback

    If you are receiving Final Cut Express's output in your video camcorder or deck, you don't need to use Print to Video to record your FCE sequence to tape. Print to Video provides mastering options (color bars, slate, and so on). Otherwise, recording Timeline playback directly provides exactly the same output quality, and you may find it more convenient.

    To record Timeline playback onto tape:

    1.

    Cue your video tape to the point where you want to start recording.

    2.

    Cue your sequence in the Timeline (Figure 19.6 ).

    Figure 19.6. Cue your sequence in the Timeline. You don't need to set In and Out points unless you want to record less than the entire sequence.

    3.

    Render any unrendered sections of your sequence. Unrendered material appears as blue, unrendered graphics when you record Timeline playback to tape.

    4.

    Start recording on your video deck.

    5.

    Choose Mark > Play and then select a play option from the submenu (Figure 19.7 ).

    Figure 19.7. Choose Mark > Play and then select a play option from the submenu. In to Out plays only the portion of your sequence between the In and Out points.

    Final Cut Express plays the contents of the Timeline as you specified and then holds on the final Timeline frame marked for playback. A freeze-frame is recorded on your tape until you stop recording.

    6.

    Stop recording on your deck when Timeline playback is done.

    Touching Up Your Timeline Playback

    Chapter 17, "Titles and Generators."

  • When you record Timeline playback, your camcorder or deck records whatever is sent to Final Cut Express's external video output from the instant you press your deck's Record/Play button. If the Viewer or the Canvas is active, you'll record whatever is currently displayed until you start playback of your Final Cut Express sequence. Even if you have positioned the Timeline playhead at the start of your sequence, you'll record a freeze-frame of the first frame of the sequence until you start Timeline playback. Make sure your external video output is displaying black by inserting a frame of black before the first frame in your sequence. Now the freeze-frame will appear as a solid black leader at the start of your recording.

  • Place another frame of black at the end of your sequence, so when FCE reaches the end of the Timeline and freezes the final frame, that frame is black as well.

  • Wait a few seconds after you start recording before you start the Timeline playback. You'll give your video tape time to get up to speed, and your picture will be rock solid from the first frame of your sequence.