Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1473)

This chapter covers the following:
• About Mixed-Format Sequences (p. 1473)
• Determining Whether Clips in a Sequence Will Play Back in Real Time (p. 1474)
• Conforming Sequence Settings to Match a Clip’s Settings (p. 1476)
• Conforming Clips to Match Sequence Settings (p. 1477)
• Mixing Frame Rates (p. 1479)
• Combining Interlaced Footage with Different Field Dominances (p. 1480)
• Mixing Footage with Different Codecs (p. 1482)
• Nesting Nonmatching Sequences (p. 1482)
• Adding Filters and Motion Effects to Mixed-Format Sequences (p. 1483)
• Combining SD and HD Video (p. 1483)
• Downconverting HD Video (p. 1483)
• Upconverting SD Video (p. 1488)
• Rendering Mixed-Format Sequences (p. 1489)
• External Monitoring and Output (p. 1489)
• Media Management and Project Interchange (p. 1490)
Final Cut Pro allows you to mix formats in the Timeline so you can combine and play back
footage with different codecs, frame rates, and image dimensions in a single sequence.
About Mixed-Format Sequences
A mixed-format sequence is a sequence containing clips whose media files don’t match
the sequence format. For example, a DV sequence containing HDV footage is a
mixed-format sequence. Final Cut Pro can play sequence clips in real time even when the
clips’ settings don’t match those of the sequence. Any number of formats can be combined
together in a single sequence.
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