Apple Final Cut Express HD: New Features - Manual (Page 4)

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4 If necessary, specify a scratch disk (the hard disk where the media files you capture in
Final Cut Express HD are saved).
For information about specifying a scratch disk, see Final Cut Express HD Help,
Chapter 4, “Specifying User Preferences, System Settings, and Easy Setups”.
Note: By default, Final Cut Express HD saves media files to the startup disk.
5 Choose the Easy Setup that corresponds to your HDV video format.
a Choose Final Cut Express HD > Easy Setup. The Easy Setup dialog appears.
b Choose one of the following options from the Setup For pop-up menu:
 HDV Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30
 HDV Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50
 HDV Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i60
You are now ready to begin capturing HDV video in Final Cut Express HD.
Capturing HDV Video
Capturing HDV video is very similar to capturing DV video using the Capture Now
command. The main difference is that capturing HDV video may not take place in real
time. The reason for this is that Final Cut Express HD processes the HDV frames into the
Apple Intermediate Codec, so you can edit the video.
To capture HDV video in Final Cut Express HD:
1 Click in the Browser to make it active, then choose File > New Folder.
2 Control-click the folder, then choose Set Capture Folder from the shortcut menu.
Your captured clips are placed in this folder.
3 Name the folder, then press Enter.
4 Choose File > Capture (or press Command-8).
5 In the Capture dialog, enter a name for the clip, then click Capture.
The capture preview window appears and the camcorder begins playing back video.
However, unlike video on the LCD screen on the camcorder, video in the capture
preview window may not play back in real time.
The status area of the capture preview window displays the percentage of real time in
which the video is being encoded from HDV to the Apple Intermediate Codec.
6 Press the Esc (Escape) key to stop capturing.
The video playback on the camcorder stops immediately. The capture preview window
may lag behind, displaying where the video is in the encoding process instead. As
these frames are being processed, the status area of the capture preview window
displays the percentage of frames left to process.
Note: Pressing the Esc key a second time stops the encoding process and cancels the
capture.