Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 46)

46 Chapter 3 Capturing Your Video
Capturing Tip
The following tip explains how to rename your clips and sequences once you’ve
completed capturing your video.
Renaming a Clip or Sequence
Whether you let Final Cut Express HD auto-name your clips and sequences or you’ve
changed your mind about the name of a clip or sequence you chose, you can rename
items within Final Cut Express HD. Renaming clips and sequences only changes the
filenames in the project. It does not change the names of source media files on your
computer.
Can I Use iMovie to Capture DV Clips Automatically?
iMovie and Final Cut Express HD capture DV-format video in different ways. When
iMovie captures DV clips, one at a time or by automatically capturing an entire tape
and breaking each shot into its own clip, all video and audio is saved on the
computer as DV Stream files. When Final Cut Express HD captures DV clips, they are
saved as QuickTime video files using the DV-NTSC or DV-PAL codec.
Final Cut Express HD can recognize both DV Stream and QuickTime files, but the
information in these files is stored differently. DV Stream files encode the audio and
video of a clip together as one data stream, the way it’s stored on DV-format tape. In
QuickTime files, video and audio are separate tracks inside a single QuickTime movie file.
DV Stream files that are edited into a Final Cut Express HD sequence must be
rendered before their audio plays back properly. QuickTime files require no rendering.
Also, video files captured using iMovie don’t have timecode. This makes it impossible
to recapture exactly the same clip twice, which may disrupt your workflow. If you
must use a clip captured using iMovie, it’s best to back it up when archiving your
project, in case you need it for future revisions.
Final Cut Express HD can import projects created with iMovie 3 and later. For more
information, see Appendix A, “
Importing an iMovie Project .”.