Video Capture Final Cut Pro
 


Transfer VHS, SVHS, High8 or 3/4 video to DV:

At the transfer station select "FROM VIDEO" on the From Box and  "TO DV" on the To Box for both audio (grey buttons) and video (black buttons).  This may have changed.

Place source material (SVHS or VHS) in the SVHS player and configure the player to ---
Line 1 for SVHS    or       V/C358 for standard VHS.

Place blank DV tape in the DV-CAM recorder.

Press play on the source video deck  and record on the DV.  Stop when finished.

Eject DV and video.

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Video Grab from DV with Final Cut
Throw out the Final Cut Pro Preferences file.  There is a link to the system preference folder under the Apple icon.  Look in the folderFinal Cut Pro Data.

OpenFinal Cut Pro on the Mac:

Close the Viewer Slug Window

UseFile->Close Project to close any Projects in the Project Window

ChooseFile->New Project

Choose File Save Project As...   Save the project in a new folder on the Spare Hard Drive in a new folder.

ChooseEdit->Preferences
           Select the General tab
           Select the Scratch Disks tab
                     Click Set... Button
                     Select the Folder you set up on a Hard Disk

If the Time Line or Sequence Windows do not appear, double click on the Sequence icon in the Browser Window.

VHS does not have time code or deck control. (If you are capturing from miniDV, you can set in and out points on the tape and grab very specific sequences.)

ChooseFile->Log and Capture...

On the deck, play your tape, find the video you want, rewind a little before.

Hit Play on the deck.

In the Log and Capture window, hit the Now button.

Hitesc on the  keyboad when you are finished.

Choose the clip window, choose File Save Clip As, save this clip to your folder on the spare drive.

ChooseFile->Import File to bring the file into the browser window.

Close the Log and Capture window.

Drag the clip into theTime Line Sequence window, use  the arrow tool to shorten the clip if needed.  Click and drag on the beginning or end of the clip.

If you need to edit the clip go to the Final Cut editing directions.

At this point you have 2 choices, you can get the quicktime movies you just captured out of the capture scratch directory and proceed to the next section; or you can trim your movie down in FinalCut, and then export to a quicktime movie.

     Choose File-Export Quicktime...
     Name the file
     Choose Format: Quicktime Movie
     Click Options...
          Choose Settings:  Compressor    DV-NTSC
         Choose quality Best
         Uncheck sound, if you don't need it.
    Click Save

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Moving your files from a Mac to an NT

On a Mac:
Select the Dave from the apple menu.
          Go look at the name of your NT where your files are stored.
                    Doubleclick that server's name in the list.
                           Type your account and password.
                           Double click the F drive.

Drag your mac folder to the F drive on the PC.

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