Presented: July 14, 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: 59:29
File size: 128 MB (ZIP file)
Format: Quicktime movie (1280 x 800)

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Tutorial Overview

The video industry is rapidly converting from video-tape, to file-based, or tapeless formats. The good news about this transformation is that cameras are becoming increasingly flexible. The bad news is that this new technology totally changes the way video editors work with media.

In this one-hour video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you what you need to know to work successfully in a tapeless world. Using step-by-step techniques and actual media, Larry explains how to organize your system, how to name your folders and files, shows you traps to avoid, then, using Final Cut Pro, illustrates how to ingest (meaning “bring into Final Cut”) virtually every popular tapeless video format.

In addition, Larry provides weblinks for useful utilities that can make working with tapeless media even easier. Here’s a tutorial that specifically discusses a complete tapeless video workflow.

NOTE: Tapeless media discussed includes formats such as P2, XDCAM EX, DVCPROHD, AVCHD, AVCCAM, RED, H.264, and DSLR (both Canon and Nikon).

Audience Level

This tutorial is designed for someone familiar with Final Cut Pro, who is having trouble understanding how to work with these new media formats, or wants to learn how to set up their system to work successfully with these new formats.

This webinar provides information for Final Cut Pro 6 and 7 (contained in Final Cut Studio 2 & 3).

Content Outline

• • The benefits of using tapeless media
  • The challenges of working with tapeless media
  • War stories from the field — practical problems with tapeless media
  • Creating a tapeless workflow that works during production
  • How to organize your folders
  • How to name files and folders
  • How to safely back-up your files
  • The differences between back-up and archiving
  • How to archive your files
  • Things to consider when connecting card readers and cameras on set
  • Creating a tapeless workflow that works during post-production
  • Introduction to the Log & Transfer window in Final Cut Pro

• Ingest Example: Working with P2 media
• Ingest Example: Recapturing media (all formats)
• Ingest Example: Working with XDCAM media
• Ingest Example: Working with AVCHD/AVCCAM media
• Ingest Example: Working with DSLR media
• Ingest Example: Working with RED media
• Ingest Example: Working with H.264/FLIP media

FREE BONUS! Courtesy of Carey Dissmore Productions (www.dissmore.com), we are bundlling two FREE workflow charts on using tapeless media: one for production and the other for post-production. These two PDFs are included in the same ZIP file as the webinar!