Bars and tone

[Chris Borjis]

It’s part of the preferences.

you can back it up and restore it with fcp rescue.

[Stuart Smith]

Are you talking about the Drive>Library>Preferences>com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist
file? Because I can’t find anything in there that references tone level.
Thanks

[Rafael Amador]

I would look ( if I would know how) in the lines related to “Video Generators”. The Bars&Tone are just that.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Stuart Smith]

Thanks,
That’s exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. I’ve not found a file called video generators though. In the Resources>FXScripts>Generators folder there is a file called “More_Bars_Signals” That’s the closest I’ve come to finding something like that. However, that doesn’t appear to be it. Or if it is, then that code is beyond my comprehension. I don’t think that is the file though since all the video references in that file are SD only.

[Tom Matthies]

Although it’s not the solution you’re looking for, it’s easy to simply go to the audio tab on the bars and type in -20db for the correct level. Its kind of a pain to do every time, but I don’t think there is an easy way to change the default levels from within the program itself.
Tom

[Stuart Smith]

Hey, thanks, you would kind of hope everyone does that, but unfortunately people forget – including myself 🙂 this kind of stuff is just so easy with other apps, i was hoping someone could point me in the direction of where that code is, I’ve not been able to find it in the content of the FCP app and it’s not part of preferences.

[Michael Gissing]

There is more than one standard. NTSC broadcast expects -20dbfs and European (EBU) standard is -18dbfs. -12dbfs is a standard of sorts but the least likely so it is annoying that FCP defaults. There is nothing stopping you having a default project with your bars and tone pre set.

Each time you start a new edit, open your default and start. Even if it is a different codec, FCP will change the setting to match your captured footage, but your bars and tone, head board and countdown will be ready to go.

[Chris Borjis]

[Stuart Smith] “i was hoping someone could point me in the direction of where that code is, I’ve not been able to find it in the content of the FCP app and it’s not part of preferences.”

Stuart, just as I said, use final cut pro rescue (free app) to backup
your preferences AFTER you set your edit to tape window to -20 for
the bars.

It is indeed part of the preferences in that regard. Not all preferences
are accessible through parsed ascii data (text readable) files.

[Stuart Smith]

Actually, I’m not talking about the edit to tape window, I’m talking about he bars and tone accessed through the video generator pop up window in the viewer.

[Chris Borjis]

ah…my mistake.

that is a drag!