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

Larry Jordan

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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.

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.

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Using Edit to Tape is straightforward. Start by choosing File > Edit to Tape.

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.)

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.

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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.

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).