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OCTOBER 28, 2002 Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #11
AAAAAAFinal Cut Pro does an excellent job of letting you know what footage has been digitized and what footage has not. It also let’s you highlight that footage that has not been captured and batch capture it (again). Most NLE systems do this and do it very well as long as you have remembered to label your tapes correctly and have made sure there are not timecode breaks. Since Final Cut Pro does such a good job at batch capturing, I can walk away and prepare a detailed quote for my client, grab a quick bite to eat, or make some phone calls, while the system does the recapturing. Or better yet, I can make an Intern do it. That is what they are there for, right?[an error occurred while processing this directive]Depending on the size of your project and the number of tapes involved, it could take some time to redigitize the footage, but I also know that it can take a fair amount of time to restore the data from a DLT tape as well. Some people might say, "But Stephen, saving my data on a DLT tape will last longer than videotape." I used to think the same thing until you remember that DLT tape is very similar in make up as Digital Video (DV) tape, and the shelf life for both are about the same amount of time. In fact most CDs and DVDs that I have seen are only rated to last around 25 years, so if you are looking for long term storage, at some point you are going to have to transfer from one of these systems (DV, DLT, CD, DVD) to another at some point. (If you are a company that markets CDs and DVDs that last longer than that, please let me know). I recently had to use my method to restore a 30-minute project that was spread across 12 DV tapes and it worked out just great. This may not be the best solution for everyone, but it will work. If you are short on storage space, can’t afford a tape back up, and are nervous that a client may come back at some point in the future to make revisions, then this method may help you out. If you have found a back up or storage solution that work great for you, please let me know. Here is a current list of the Final Cut Pro Quick Tips to date: Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #1: Texture Treatments to Enhance Video Productions Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #2: Using Markers to Quickly Edit a Music Video Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #3: Import Your Music the Right Way Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #4: Nesting Helps Manage Longer Projects Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #5: Keying Explained Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #6: Configuring Your Scratch Disk Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #7: My Favorite Effects Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #8: De-Interlacing Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #9: Color Correction workflow tips Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #10: Locating files in the Timeline When not working deep in the labs of the DMN Central Division testing the latest and greatest software/hardware products Stephen Schleicher can be found at the local university teaching a few courses on video and web production. He can be reached at schleicher@mindspring.com. You can also visit him on the web at www.mindspring.com/~schleicher Related sites: • AV Video • Broadcast Newsroom • Content Mastering • Corporate Media News • Creative Mac • Digital Post Production • Digital Producer • Digital Video Editing • DV Format • Film and Video Magazine • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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