DAEL Lab Getting Started with Final Cut Pro
DAEL Lab Procedures
Getting Started
With Final Cut Pro 2.0
Nov. 25, 2001
Table of Contents
Getting Started with Final Cut Pro 2.0 3
Getting Started 3
Set your Scratch Disk Preferences 5
Create a New Project 8
Enter a Reel Name 9
Backup 9
Having Problems with the Mac? 10
To Shutdown a Macintosh: 10
To Restart a Macintosh: 10
My Application is frozen on a Macintosh: 10
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DAEL Lab Getting Started with Final Cut Pro
Getting Started with Final Cut Pro 2.0
Getting Started
Before you start using Final Cut Pro in the DAEL Lab, you need to do a few important things. Follow these steps:
1. Turn on the tape deck and insert your DV tape into the deck.
2. Log in to the Macintosh:
· Click Guest or the user name on the Apple menu. (The user name of the last person who logged in may display on the menu instead of the menu item, Guest.)
· Click Sign Off.
· Enter your User Name and Password
· Click OK.
3. Select and open your drive. This is the drive with your login name on it. For example, if you logged in as Pam, double-click on the Pam drive.
4. Open your folder on your hard drive. This is the folder named for your login name. If you logged in as Pam, double-click the Pam folder to open it.
Your files will now be saved in this protected folder. Other users who log into the computer will not be able to see your files, if they are saved in your folder.
NOTE: THIS IS IMPORTANT. If you do not save your files in your personal folder, they will be accessible to anyone who logs on to the computer. For security, be sure to save your files in your protected folder.
5. Open Final Cut Pro on the Mac:
· Click the apple key in the upper left corner of the screen:
· Select Applications
· Select Final Cut Pro (or Final Cut Pro Alias) as shown below:
Figure 1. Select Final Cut Pro
6. After Final Cut Pro opens, on the menu, click Window/Arrange/Dual Screen Editing to automatically arrange the windows on your dual screen:
Figure 2. Arrange Windows
7. Final Cut Pro automatically opens the last project that was opened on your computer. If this is not your project, close the project that opens by clicking File/Close Project.
8. Final Cut Pro will also open using the Preferences set for the last project. Go to the next section to “Set your Scratch Disk Preferences.”
Set your Scratch Disk Preferences
The first time you open Final Cut Pro, you need to set the scratch disk preferences for your project. These preferences will be saved with your project when you save your project. You won’t have to do this every time you open your project.
The scratch disk is the disk space where all your project information will be stored. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to set your scratch disk before you start your project.
Follow these steps:
1. Click Edit/Preferences:
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Figure 3. Edit menu
2. The Preferences screen will display. Click the Scratch Disks tab on the Preferences screen. The Scratch Disks screen will display:
Figure 4. Preference Window, Scratch Disks tab
3. Click the first Set button on the Scratch Disks tab:
4. Click the New button to create a new folder for your scratch disk:
5. Enter a name for your scratch disk folder. Use a descriptive name, for example, PamScratch.
6. Click Create.
7. The new folder now appears in the list. Click the new folder to select it.
8. Click the Select “” button at the bottom of the dialog. This is now your scratch disk.
9. Click OK.
Create a New Project
1. After you have set your scratch disk preference, you can create your new project. Click File/New Project.
2. Then, click File/Save Project As. The following window displays:
Figure 5. Save Project As Dialog
3. Enter a name for your project in the Save Project as: field. Make sure your scratch disk is selected, as shown in Figure 5 above.
NOTE: Never save a project as Untitled Project, which is the default entry.
4. Click Save.
Enter a Reel Name
1. From the File menu, click Log and Capture. The Log and Capture window will open:
Figure 6. Enter Reel Name
2. The most important field in Figure 6 is Reel. (This field could also be called “Tape Name.”)
Enter a name in this field that matches the name on your DV tape label. Each DV tape you use should have a label with a name on it. This name should describe the information on your tape, and be easily recognizable.
(In 6 months, when you have 20 tapes to pull data from and you need to recapture a sequence, you will appreciate this more!)
3. Enter other information in this screen to describe your data.
4. Now, you can begin to log and capture data.
Backup
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Having Problems with the Mac?
To Shutdown a Macintosh:
In the Finder menu, select Special, then select Shutdown.
To Restart a Macintosh:
In the Finder menu, select Special, and then select Restart. This is the preferred way to reboot the computer.
My Application is frozen on a Macintosh:
1. Press these keyboard keys all at the same time: Control, Option, Apple, and Esc.
2. Select Force Quit at the prompt.
3. In the Finder menu, select Special, and then select Restart.
4. The computer should chime and restart.
If your Mac is still frozen,
5. Press these keyboard keys at the same time: Control, Option, Apple, and the power key. (The power key is in the far upper right corner of the keyboard.) This is called a “Force Restart.”
6. The computer should chime and restart.
If your Mac is still frozen,
7. Find the CPU tower that is connected to your monitor.
8. Press and hold the front power button on the CPU tower, until you hear the power go off and come back on again. This is called a “Hard Reboot.”
9. The computer should chime and restart.
If your computer or application still does not work,
10. If you are still having problems after doing a hard reboot, contact a DAEL Graduate Lab Assistant (GLA) and let them know you are having problems.
If there is no GLA available, contact the System Administrator (room 107 in the DAEL Lab, 1 Park Place).
NOTE: The GLAs are not responsible for helping you learn to use the software. Consult your professor if you have specific software questions.
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