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Using the print to video command – Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual

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Chapter 15

Printing to Video and Output from the Timeline

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Using the Print to Video Command

Make sure you’ve read and followed the instructions in Chapter 13, “

Preparing to

Output to Tape

,” on page 187 before you use the Print to Video command. Make sure

everything is working properly before you start recording.

To test playback:

m

Move the playhead to the position in the Timeline where you want output to begin,
then press the Space bar to play back your clip or sequence.

If you have an external monitor connected to your video device, the clip or sequence
will play on it, as well as on your computer’s monitor.

To print to videotape:

1

Select the desired sequence or clip in the Browser, or open your sequence and make
the Canvas or Timeline active.

2

To output part of a sequence or clip to video, set In and Out points to designate the
part you want to record to videotape.

For more information, see Volume II, Chapter 7, “Setting Edit Points for Clips and Sequences.”

3

Choose File > Print to Video.

Mark In and Out
points, if desired.