Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 31)

Chapter 1 About the Post-Production Workflow 31
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Step 1: Planning
Planning is where you choose your basic workflow, such as offline and online editing
(for projects with a lot of media) or editing the uncompressed footage (for shorter
projects with quick turnaround times), choose input and output formats, and plan for
equipment requirements (such as hard disk space), timecode and sync requirements,
special effects shots and color correction, audio mixing requirements, and so on.
Planning for post-production primarily means preparing for each of the upcoming
post-production phases: choosing input and output formats; acquiring your original
footage, music, and graphics; deciding on a capturing method; choosing an editing
strategy; and planning the scope of effects you will be adding so you can determine
how much time and support you will need to dedicate to them.
Distribution
Industry Workflow
Final Cut Express
Post-Production Workflow
Preproduction
Production
Post-Production
Planning
Setting Up
Logging
and Capturing
Editing
Mixing Audio
Adding Effects
Outputting
Scripting