Film editing, Timecode – Apple Final Cut Pro HD (4.5): New Features User Manual
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Preface
New Features in Final Cut Pro HD
Listening to sequence audio while trimming
When trimming footage in the Trim Edit window, the following options are available in
the Editing tab of the User Preferences window:
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Trim with Sequence Audio:
Allows you listen to all sequence audio tracks while
trimming in the Trim Edit window.
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Trim with Edit Selection Audio (Mute Others):
Mutes all audio tracks except the ones
currently selected in the Timeline.
For more information, see “
Listening to Sequence Audio While Trimming
Film Editing
New support for conforming 25 fps to 24 fps and exporting 25 fps EDLs
Final Cut Pro now provides features that let you conform 25 fps (PAL) media to 24 fps,
edit at 24 fps, and export a 25 fps EDL. This is for situations in which your content
originated on film and your negative cutter prefers to receive a 25 fps EDL from you
instead of a film cut list. To allow you to edit at the same speed as the film and yet
export an accurate 25 fps EDL for the negative cutter, the 25 fps timecode is
maintained while the editing timebase of your sequence is 24 fps.
The new features that make this possible include:
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A DV PAL 24 @ 25 Easy Setup and DV PAL 48 kHz - 24 @ 25 sequence preset
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A “Conform 25 to 24” command in the Tools menu
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The ability to export a 25 fps EDL from a 24 fps sequence
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A new source timecode rate called 24 @ 25
For more information about editing film using 24 @ 25 fps PAL video, see “
With Final Cut Pro in a PAL Environment
Timecode
New timecode display and modification options
Final Cut Pro HD displays timecode information differently than in earlier versions:
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Speed adjustments are no longer interpreted by the clip time display mode. Instead,
a separate time mode called View Native Speed can be selected. The View Native
Speed mode can be applied to source time or clip time modes.
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60 @ 30 time display and 24 @ 25 frame rate are supported.
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New Project Properties allow you to set global timecode view settings per project.
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Sequence presets now have independent timecode rate and video frame rate
(timebase) settings.
For more information, see “
Viewing and Modifying Timecode
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