• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Super Excited – but I know little

  Posted by Andrew Meeks on December 8, 2009 at 6:51 pm

  Ok, first what I have:

  Apple iMac 10.6.2
  2.4 GHz Intel – 2 GB DDR

  Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
  Canon XH-A1
  Manfrotto 351MVCF Video Tripod and Head
  Lowell P2-10 Light
  Firewire Connected
  Using Panasonic MiniDV Tapes

  Me: 10 years print and web design along with a professional level understanding of DAW’s and software like Protools and Logic Studio.

  What I have to do: Corporate Training Videos (and personal projects)

  So I went through the Canon XH-A1 manual front to back (English section) during a flight last week and think I’m getting a better understanding of it’s functions and features, plus I’m feeling the same “bug” that came over me when I first started in design and music.

  It’s good to feel inspired again.

  But unlike guitars or Photoshop this is proving to be a bit more daunting as I know zip. I have and eye and creative chops to get a good end product I just don’t know in what order I should be approaching this mammoth undertaking.

  At this point everything is setup (listed above) but I’m having a heck of a time transferring the footage off of my camera – pretty sure it was recorded at 60i (I’m gonna stick with 24f in the future). It’s a test reel of a buddy giving a guitar instruction – I just want something to play around with, ya know get it in there and tweak some nobs and have a go at it.

  So basically my question is – how do I make the transfer? iMovie works just fine and recognizes the XH-A1 but iMovie is a bore frankly I want to jump into FC ASAP.

  Finally my other question is what online tutorials does the forum recommend and is there an A.D.D. friendly book that get help me get a grasp on even the most basic of things like White Balance, Lighting and the basic rules of my new endeavor?

  Thank you all again – I’m really looking forward to getting creative with all this great gear after I get the basics down.

  Stephen Smith replied 16 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Stephen Smith

  December 9, 2009 at 12:31 am

  [Andrew] Finally my other question is what online tutorials does the forum recommend

  I would check out the tutorials here on the COW at: https://library.creativecow.net/tutorials/applefinalcutpro

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