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Capturing Tactics There are several approaches to capturing your video and audio. Determining which is right for you depends on a number of factors, including whether you have device control of the source tape deck and the transfer type used (camera-roll or scene-and-take). Device Control A primary consideration when determining how to capture video and audio is whether Final Cut Pro supports device control for the deck you use. Device control allows you to capture precisely the video and audio you want in a way that can be exactly repeated, if necessary. You can even set up a "batch capture" that automates the process, freeing you to do other tasks. Capturing without device control presents several challenges. Clips that are captured manually do not have precise start and end times. If you intend to match start and end times from a telecine log, you must trim the clips after capturing them. Additionally, without device control, a clip's timecode does not match the timecode on the tape. Final Cut Pro has a provision for changing a clip's timecode, but in order for that timecode to match the source tape, you must have a visual reference (a hole-punched or marked frame) with a known timecode value. For more information about device control, see the Final Cut Pro documentation. Camera-Roll Transfers Camera-roll transfers require you either to capture the entire tape or to manually capture a clip for each take. As long as the tape uses continuous video timecode and film key numbers, Cinema Tools requires only a single database record showing the relationship between the two. If Final Cut Pro has device control of your source deck, the best method for capturing the desired takes is to use the Final Cut Pro Log and Capture window and enter the In and Out points and reel number for each. You can then use batch capture to finish the process. It's not necessary to create a database record for each clip, as long as you do not change the timecode. Without device control, you must manually capture either the individual takes you want or the entire tape. You may need to trim a take that you capture manually, and you will also have to manually set its timecode to match the source tape. An advantage to capturing the entire tape is that you only have to set the clip's timecode once (assuming that the source tape had continuous timecode). The drawback is the amount of disk space required, although once the tape is captured, you can use Final Cut Pro to create subclips of the useful takes and then delete the unused material. See Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database for details about capturing clips. 18 Chapter 1 An Overview of Using Cinema Tools