Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 177)

This chapter covers the following:
• Components of a Basic Final Cut Pro Editing System (p. 177)
• Setting Up a Final Cut Pro Editing System (p. 178)
• Connecting Your Camcorder (p. 179)
• Opening Final Cut Pro and Choosing Your Initial Settings (p. 179)
• Confirming Remote Device Control Between Final Cut Pro and Your DV Device (p. 184)
• About FireWire (p. 185)
Setting up Final Cut Pro to capture DV video is as simple as connecting your camcorder
to your computer with a FireWire cable.
Components of a Basic Final Cut Pro Editing System
With a basic Final Cut Pro system, you can capture, edit, and output DV video. This basic
editing system requires the following components:
• Mac computer with Final Cut Pro installed: Your computer is the core of your editing
system.
• Scratch disk: An internal hard disk with enough capacity and speed for capturing DV
media files is required.
• DV camcorder or video deck (also called a VTR): This is used for capturing footage and
outputting finished projects back to tape.
• FireWire cable: This is used to connect your computer to the DV camcorder.
What Are Input and Output Devices?
When you capture footage, you use an input device (in this case, your camcorder or video
deck) to transfer footage to your computer. For output, you record your finished movie
on an output device (again, a camcorder or VTR). In a basic editing system, a DV camcorder
or deck serves as both an input and output device.
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