Video Editing With Final Cut Express

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1 Video Editing With Final Cut Express PAGE 1 Start Up Page 1 of 4 Start Up...pages 1-4 Log and Transfer...pages 5-6 Importing Material from USB-stick, CD a.o... page 7 Working With Clips...page 8 Working With Clips In The Timeline... page 9 Adjusting The Pictures (Light, Contrast And Color)...page 10 Adjusting the sound... pages Transition Effects (Video Dissolves And Audio Cross Fades)... page 13 Connect the camera to the computer with the USB-cable... (see page 20-21)...and start up Final Cut Express by clicking the icon in the Dock. Subtitles / Texting...page 14 Other Texts...page 15 Archiving The Program... page 16 If you get this warning, you must: Reset Scratch Disks Internet Version... page 17 Short-cuts and tools...page 18 Tips And Tricks, Problems, Your Notes a.o.... page 19 Connecting The AG-151 Camera To Computer...page 20 Formatting the SD Card (AG-151)...page 21 Connecting the TM-300/700 Camera to the computer and Card formatting...page 22 This is how it works: If NOT, go to PAGE 2 The footage you have transferred from the camera via Log and Transfer, will stay in the folder you have made for that purpose. No matter how many changes you make to your program, these files (Media Files) will not change. Only the way in which they are played back will change This principle is called Non Destructive Editing. When you edit your program the files appear to have changed. You can trim, adjust the light, colors etc. These instructions will be saved with your project. The project is a number of instructions on how the media files are to be played back. Then click OK and you will go to page 2 point 2. This is why you can change your instructions and why the Project and Media Files MUST be placed the same folder. Your Folder Project with editing instructions Unchanged original media files HBN 04.11

2 PAGE 2 Start Up Page 2 of 4 PAGE 3 Start Up Page 3 of 4 1. Choose: System Settings 1. In Final Cut Express menu, choose Easy Setup 2. Click Set. 3. Navigate to Local Documents. 4. Click New Folder. 5. Name the folder with your name/s 2. Choose like this: 6. Then click Choose.

3 PAGE 4 Start Up Page 4 of 4 PAGE 5 Log and Transfer Page 1 of 2 Choose File - Save Project As Choose File > Log and Transfer 1. Go to Local Documents > your folder. (the one with your name/s) 2. Name the project and save. 1. Useable video will appear. If not - select Add Folder. 2. Find the disc-icon and the folder: AVCHD Log and Transfer window. Then your folder look like this...

4 PAGE 6 Log and Transfer Page 2 of 2 PAGE 7 Importing material... Select a clip you want to use. It will appear in the window at the right. Mark in and out, then Add Clip to Queue or drag it to Drag media here....from USB-stick, CD, ext. Harddisk a.o. 1.Copy the file into your project folder. 2.Remove the media (CD, USB-stick, ext. harddisk a.o.) from the computer, by dragging it to trash (eject). This is very important!! 3. You can now import the file from within Final Cut Express. Add Clip to Queue Choose File > Import > Files... or Folder... Find files/folder in project folder, click on it and it will appear in the Browser. in out Drag media here Then Transfer starts and the video-clips show up in the Browser, as they are being transfered. Still-pictures, from Photoshop or others: Image size: 1920 x 1080 pixels File-format: JPEG in best quality or TIFF REMEMBER to close Log and Transfer window when the Transfer process is over. Audio: File-format: AIFF Hz. All other formats have to be rendered (converted by the computer). Some MP3 files are not genuine, standard MP3 files and cannot be used.

5 PAGE 8 Working With Clips PAGE 9 Working With Clips In The Timeline Viewer: 1.When you want to work with a clip, you can either double-click or mouse-drag it from Browser to Viewer. 2. You can preview the clip by choosing Play - Jog - Shuttle or by moving the Playhead (PH). 3. Set In - and Out points with the buttons or i and o on the keyboard. 4. You can trim the In and Out points by dragging the in- and out-markers. 5. After trimming you drag the clips to the Timeline (see page 9). When you drag a clip to the Timeline, be aware of the arrow and the look of the icon. It should be dark and the arrow pointing downwards (Overwrite) Overwrite Playhead Insert If the arrow is horizontal (Insert-mode) the clip will be inserted. Existing clips will be moved to give room for the new clip and the length of the programme wiil be extended. Set In-point Set Out-point In Out The first clip you put into the Timeline may display this message: Sequence Settings doesn t match the clip setting, select Yes and FCE will change Sequences Setting to fit the clip. Shuttle Play Jog NOTE NOTE Linked Selection (video and audio locked) Video- or Audio-tracks can be locked, so when you drag a clip to the Timeline, only video or audio will be present. Video track locked Audio track locked TIP: If you hold down alt button (on the keyboard), you can trim Video or Audio tracks individually.

6 PAGE 10 Adjusting The Pictures PAGE 11 Adjusting The Audio 1 of 2 Place the Playhead over the clip in the Timeline so that it is visable in the Canvas. Double-cklik the clip in Timeline and it will also appear in the Viewer. Choose Effects > Video Filters > Color Correction > Color Corrector Final Cut initially has the audio in stereo, indicated by the green icons in the Timeline (Stereo Pair). To adjust CH1 or CH2 separately you have to change the audio to mono. Stereo Pair icon Changing the audio to mono: apple (cmd) + a = Select All Modify > Stereo Pair Before doing anything else, you need to center the audio: Modify > Audio > Pan Center A new tab named Color Corrector will appear in the Viewer. Select it! With this filter you can adjust color- and white-balance. The highlights (whites), shadows (blacks) and midtones (mids) can be adjusted with the sliders. Tab You can drag the color-balance button and adjust the color balance of the clip Color balance White balance If you press the White balance icon, and find something that should be white in Canvas, clik and the picture should have the correct colors. You can finetune with the colorwheel. Adjusting the audio level: 1.If you don t have a red line through the audiotrack (pic. 2) click on the icon in the lower left corner of the Timeline (pic. 1), then the red line will appear. 2. The level of each clip can be adjusted with your mouse by dragging the line up or down. The level for the whole length of the clip is adjusted. 1 2 Red line Whites Reset Midtone Blacks Saturation When adjusting exposure Mids give the strongest effect. Don t overdo it!! 3. You can adjust selected parts of a clip Choose Pen Tool, put one or more marks (Key Frames) on the red line and drag the Key Frame to create your adjustment. 3 Key Frame TIP: Don t overdo the corrections. The picture quality deteriorates quickly! TIP: Keyframes can be removed by dragging them outside of the clip. When adjusting color, reducing saturation may improve the picture.

7 PAGE 12 Adjusting The Audio 2 of 2 PAGE 13 Transition Effects (Picture And Sound) Finishing the audio track = easy listening It should be possible for the viewer to watch the finished program without having to use the remote control to regulate fluctuating audio levels. Video: Select the point between two clips by clicking the mouse. Choose Effects > Default - Cross Dissolve All important audio (speech) should be clearly understandable. Judge the mix of clean sound and speech. Judge the audio level from one clip to the next. Procedure: Find the first clip with important audio (= speech). Adjust the level to a -12 max reading on the meter. Go to the next clip. It should sound as loud as the previous clip. Listen carefully, compare and adjust. The meter reading is not important here. (the viewer doesn t have a meter - only ears!) Audio: Select the point between two clips by clicking the mouse. Choose Effects > Default - Cross Fade... Continue to the next clip - comparing the audio with the previous clip. --- and so on. Take care that speech is clearly audible when mixed with clean sound and/or music. Audio Level: -12 is the normal level for broadcast, -12 speech will vary between -18 and -6. Never let it go to or exceed 0. Cross Dissolve and Cross Fade in Timeline. Default time 25 frames (1 second) You can trim the length by dragging left or right at the icon on the track. You can lock the Video- or Audio-track, if you just want to trim one of them. TIP: You can "Mute" the video track = less distraction from the audio TIP: Video dissolves tend to slow down the tempo and kill the dynamics in short stories.

8 PAGE 14 Subtitles / Texting PAGE 15 Other Texts 1.Select the symbol in bottom of the Viewer, and choose Text > Lower 3rd 1.Select the symbol at the bottom of the Viewer, and choose Boris > Title 3 D The Viewer now looks like this. 2.Drag the text down on the Timeline and double-click on it. 2. Drag the black clip to the timeline and double-click it. 3.Activate the Controls tab in Viewer 4.Write your text in the Sample Text 1 box 5.Set Size to 30 6.Write your text in the Sample Text 2 box 7.Set the Size to 25 8.You can make a Background, choose Solid og set Opacity to 45 Background, makes a color behind the text so that it is easier to see. 3.Activate the Controls tab in theviewer 4.Click Title 3 D and wait......after e few seconds this window will appear: Font and size Font color Outline Shadow When you have finished working with the text, click Apply 50 By texting: Set Sizes to 24 Set Background Opacity to 50 You can move the text arround in the Canvas. Select the clip in Timeline, place the Playhead on it. A white cross will appear in Canvas window. TIP: The text clip in the Timeline can be copy/pasted and reused elsewhere in the timeline Double-click the copy an write a new text. In the Canvas you can move the text and place it as you wish. Canvas w. cross

9 PAGE 16 Archiving The Program PAGE 17 Internet Version Activate your program (sequence) in the Timeline or the Browser Choose: File > Export > QuickTime Movie 1 In the File menu select Export > Using QuickTime Conversion... Follow steps Remember to name the program (Save As:) Make certain that the Make Movie Self-Contained option is selected And save it in your folder. 5 7 Self-Contained Movie: The file contains all raw material and will exist even when the original program files are deleted. 6 8 Write these numbers: 853 X 480 NON Self-Contained: The file still points to the original files. These files are still needed for playback. When these files are deleted, the nonself-contained movie doesn t work anymore. Finally: name your project and save it in your folder. TIP: You can make other sizes, just keep in mind that the ratio is 16 : 9.

10 PAGE 18 Short Cuts and Tools Page 19 Tips And Tricks, Problems, Your Notes, a.o. Short-Cuts: i = Mark in o = Mark out n = Snapping on/off a = Selection (normal cursor) b = Blade Tool p = Pen Tool The Arrows: up/down-arrows = from clip to clip left/right-arrows = move one frame Spacebar = play/stop Make new Sequence / Bin If one or more of the screen windows is missing:! + U = Custom Layout 1 or ctrl + U = Standard Select all tracks forward/ backwards. Snapping Selection No sound in the headphones: Check that the headphone-amplifier is turned on. Login / Password: Name: stud / Password: tv Blade Your Notes: Pen Tool Audio Level AUDIO LEVEL. The value -12 is the normal max level. The value 0 must never be exceeded

11 Page 20 Connecting The AG-151 Camera To The Computer Make certain that you have a fully charged battery or (even better) are using the AC adaptor. Press the MODE button on the camera to put the Camera from CAM mode (red light) to PB mode (green light) and press the MODE again for 3 seconds until the camera is in PC mode (red light) Page 21 Formatting the SD Flash card (AG-151) Press MENU and use the joystick to navigate to the CAM MENU page 2/3 Follow the steps shown in the illustrations below. Never format the card in the computer! The CHECK USB CABLE message is displayed in the viewfinder and the USB cable can be connected from the camera to the computer. Always format in the camera. Use a USB connector at the back of the Mac computer NOTE! Only SD cards class 10 (up to 30 MB/S) or better can be used for recording in this camera. USB CABLE

12 Page 22 Connecting The TM300/700 Camera/Card Formatting Connecting the camera to the computer: 1) Turn on the camera 2) Connect via USB cable. Use a USB connector at the back of the Mac computer. 3) Select PC on camera s touch screen When the camera is conected to the PC: Do not disconnect the USB cable while the acces lamp is on or the card access symbol is visible on the touch screen. Do not disconnect the USB cable while the memory access icon appears on the touch screen. OBS: Take care when the HDD ACCESS lamp is ON. Do not turn off the camera or remove the USB cable. TIP: Make certain that you have a fully charged battery before starting the process of transferring files to the computer A full charge will take 2-3 hours. The camera will run minutes on a full charge. Formatting the built-in memory card. Follow the 3 steps: SETUP - FORMAT - OK 3