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  Final Cut Pro Beginner Questions

  Posted by Chad Miller on August 24, 2009 at 11:32 am

  I just finished installing FCS 3, coming from FCE, and have a few questions.

  In Easy Setup, what format, rate and use should I use to capture and edit with my XH-A1 1080i shooting at 24f in the highest quality?

  What export settings would be best for use on vimeo and youtube?

  and lastly, I have read that the only program I need to keep on my main HD is FCP, what would be the easiest way to move all of the other programs to my external drive?

  Thank in advance!

  Chad

  Lorelei Young replied 16 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  August 24, 2009 at 12:13 pm

  [Chad Miller] “d lastly, I have read that the only program I need to keep on my main HD is FCP, what would be the easiest way to move all of the other programs to my external drive? “

  Completely false. All applications should remain in your Applications Folder on your main Hard Drive.

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  Tom Wolsky

  August 24, 2009 at 1:15 pm

  For the second question use Share and select YouTube.

  To elaborate on what Walter said, you were misinformed, as he said the apps, must be on the system drive. However the additional content like the Motion content, audio loops, and DVD content can be installed on a separate drive. You have the option to do that in the installation setup process.

  All the best,

  Tom

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  Chad Miller

  August 24, 2009 at 7:28 pm

  Thanks for the responses guys, I will leave the full suite on my main hd.

  Can anyone answer my first question, I’m not quite sure which format to use to capture off of my Canon XH-A1 1080i 24f

  Thanks again, great help on this site
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  Chad Miller

  August 25, 2009 at 12:41 am

  I decided to use the ProRes codec and the raw footage captured very nicely. Is this the best way to be importing footage?
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  Lorelei Young

  March 3, 2010 at 9:52 pm

  How do I go from Final Cut Pro to a External Hard drive.
  What I’m trying to do is import video and have it end up on a External Hard drive for other people to use.
  I sometimes get requests for it to be in a AVI file.
  Is there an easy way?

  Thanks, Lorelei

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