Apple MA261Z/A User Manual - Page 178

Capture Buttons You can use one of the buttons in the Capture window when you're ready to capture your media. Â Capture Clip: Captures the media between the current In and Out point and logs a corresponding clip in the current capture bin. Â Capture Now: Instead of using In and Out points, Capture Now immediately captures the current video and audio input signal to a media file until you press the Escape key. You can use this to capture an entire tape as a single media file or to capture arbitrary sections of tape. When capturing is complete, a corresponding clip is placed in the capture bin of your project. Â Capture Project: Recaptures all currently selected clips in your project. Preparing to Capture Before you capture your footage to disk, you should organize your original source tapes, decide what you want to capture, and make sure you have enough disk space to store your footage. Organizing and Labeling Your Tapes Because production schedules can be hectic, tapes are sometimes labeled improperly when shooting is finished. Before you can capture your footage to disk, make sure each tape is properly labeled with a unique reel name. If for any reason you ever leave the Final Cut Express HD editing environment to work on another system, simpler reel names will cause less confusion. Choosing Reel Names for Tapes You should label your tapes as concisely as possible while still being descriptive. In addition, you should assign a unique three-digit reel number to each tape. This has become a standard reel-naming approach because early electronic editing systems were limited to three-digit reel numbers. Using this approach, you can quickly glance at the descriptive name to figure out what's on the tape and you can use the three-digit reel number to tell Final Cut Express HD what tape is currently in your camcorder or VTR. 178 Part IV Capturing and Importing