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whats “the MOJO” in FCP and naming a clip while capturing
hello guys i have to quetions
1_ what is the equivalent to MOJO in final cut pro? Meaning if I need to print to component VTR how do I do that?
2- how can I name the clip while capturing or after (coz if I name it after capturing the clip gets a -
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You need a third party board or box like Black Magic or AJA.
You can name the clip afterwards, but the media file is unchanged, still untitled. Name it before you capture it.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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If you do happpen to capture “untitled” clips, you can go into your capture scratch and rename them at a file level. This will mean having to re-import or reconnect your clips once your back in FCP.
This ain’t a great idea though – Tom’s advice is sound: Name it before you capture it.
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o.k i guess this is a point to Avid then, coz many times i name the clip while watchig it.
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Rap,
You are rightthere is good and bad about this. Here is what I like about the FCP way. The media file onthe disk and the clip that you ahve logged has exactly the same name. This is great when it comes time for deleting media or if you want to watch stuff with Quicktime rather than opeing up FCP. It is great when you are running multiple projects. I rarely name clips IE: (cu shot of hand, WS empty room etc.) because I can have that added as a comment later, but I find that being able to name clips by project tape and numver is so effective. IE; a clip for tape one of a film called LOVE would look like this.
LOVE_T001_01
LOVE_T001_02
LOVE_T001_03Project, tape number, clip number, eact sits in it’s own folder with the tape name. Then I can look at this at the root of the hard drive at any moment. As a rule I break clips when scenes change or the ten minute mark. so I know that I am ususally dealing with different scenes.
As simple and non discript as it seems, it actually allows any editor to step in and understand what is going on. It’s a standard.
Avid will let you name a clip anything but then it goes into their own complicated database (which is rock solid) but the media object files then carry names like MMEDOBJ00993928276646552.kjsusill.lkjjhy. This means that once you have captured any media you have to go through the AVid to make it usable.
I like the QT file structure because it make things simple and fast. For example, stills, AE renders, music and all of the things that are also media, are much easier to import and work with.
my two cents.
David
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