Presented: Oct. 6, 2010

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, training webinar discussing issues related to video post-production; often focused on Apple Final Cut applications. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 49:39
File size: 74.9 MB (ZIP file)
Format: Quicktime movie (1280 x 720)

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Tutorial Overview

Since Larry Jordan published his first tutorial on tapeless media — Working with Tapeless and DSLR Media — lots of viewers asked him to provide a second webinar that presents an entire workflow for tapeless media for those that are new to the media.

So, this session is designed for folks that are new to working with tapeless media. As our example for this training, we will be working with AVCHD media.

Tapeless media requires entirely different organization and ingest techniques than traditional tape-based media. This session walks you thru the entire process from initially setting up and naming folders, to bringing the media into Final Cut (“ingest”), to configuring scratch disks and other preference settings, to editing, rendering and exporting for the web.

If you are moving into tapeless media and want to do it right, you need to watch this training.

Audience Level

This tutorial will be most helpful to editors that have installed Final Cut Studio 2 or later. You do not need access to tapeless media to watch this session. While this illustrates using AVCHD media, this training applies to all tapeless media formats.

Content Outline

• • Present a consistent tapeless workflow you can use immediately
  • Define basic terms and concepts
  • Explain the most important rule when using tapeless media in production
  • Provide an easy-to-remember folder naming convention
  • Illustrate the best way to organize your folders
  • Explain when to convert your media to ProRes
  • Illustrate which version of ProRes is best for your project
  • Illustrate how to estimate ProRes file sizes
  • Optimize Final Cut Pro’s preference files
  • Illustrate best ways to export your files

• Demo: Imagine Product’s ShotPut Pro
• Demo: Configuring Final Cut Pro preference files
• Demo: Using Log & Transfer
• Demo: Changing Log & Transfer preference settings
• Demo: How to capture a portion of a clip
• Demo: How to batch capture clips
• Demo: How to recapture a missing clip
• Demo: Auto-configuring sequence settings