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Editing in Final Cut Pro…
I’m editing HD film in Final Cut Pro and have a question. I have a 13inch HDMI TV by my desk and was wondering if I can view my footage (full screen) on the television so I can color correct and also see how it looks. I have the adapter but it just acts like a second monitor.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Jesse -
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Outputting from FCP to a monitor for correct color grading requires an I/O interface. These are made by AJA (Kona), Blackmagic, Matrox and MOTU.
Proper calibrated grading monitors are recommended. Searching this forum will reveal a world of information about the correct way to monitor and grade.
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Also a quick search on the Color forum will yield several days worth of reading on this subject. Some great info there.
Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
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It can be done, but should really, never, ever, ever be used for critical viewing – for sync or for color. Seriously.
Once the Mac OS sees both monitors, and both are lit up with the Mac OS desktop, launch FCP.
VIEW Menu—> Video Playback. (at the bottom)
You’ll see a few settings, including:
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview
and
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview MainThese correspond to your left and right monitor. Each one of these correspond to your left and right monitor, and will change depending on what your ‘Main’ monitor is.
Also, make sure the EXTERNAL VIDEO is set to ALL FRAMES.
~Michael
.: michael kammes mpse
.: senior applications editor . post workflow consultant
.: audio specialist . act fcp . acsr
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Thanks all! 🙂 I’ll give these a try
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