Apple POSTPRODUCTION Using Applications Together
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Using Apple Postproduction
Applications Together
Apple professional audio and video applications work
together seamlessly in even the most demanding
postproduction workflows.
LiveType
Motion
Motion graphics
Soundtrack
Compressor
A.Pack
DVD Studio Pro
DVD authoring and distribution
Cinema Tools
Final Cut Pro HD
Editing
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Contents
sing Apple Professional Video Applications Together” on page 3
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“Editing” on page 4
“Final Cut Pro HD” on page 4
“Cinema Tools” on page 5
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otion Graphics and Titles” on page 7
otion” on page 7
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“Exporting Clips or Sequences From Final Cut Pro HD to Motion” on page 8
“Importing Motion Projects Into Final Cut Pro HD” on page 10
“Importing Motion Projects Into DVD Studio Pro” on page 11
eType” on page 17
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“Imp
orting LiveType Projects Into Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro” on page 17
sing LiveType Clips in Final Cut Pro HD” on page 18
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“Editing the LiveType Title Contents” on page 18
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dding Music” on page 19
“Soundtrack” on page 20
“Using Soundtrack With Final Cut Pro HD” on page 20
“Using Soundtrack With DVD Studio Pro” on page 21
“Using Soundtrack With Other Applications” on page 22
“Importing Audio and Video Into Soundtrack” on page 23
“DVD and Web Distribution” on page 24
“DVD Studio Pro” on page 25
“DVD Studio Pro Asset Sources” on page 25
“Importing iDVD Projects Into DVD Studio Pro” on page 26
“Compressor” on page 27
“Exporting From Final Cut Pro HD to Compressor” on page 27
“Exporting From Compressor to DVD Studio Pro” on page 27
“Basic Compressor Workflow” on page 28
“A.Pack” on page 29
“Exporting From A.Pack to DVD Studio Pro” on page 30
“Exp
orting Final Cut Pro HD Audio for Encoding With A.Pack” on page 30
orting Soundtrack Audio for Encoding With A.Pack” on page 31
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Using Apple Professional Video Applications Together
Video, film, and sound elements are edited together in Final Cut Pro HD, along with
motion graphics from Motion and audio from Soundtrack. Your finished movie can be
imported into DVD Studio Pro where, together with motion menus and transition
graphics created with Motion, background audio clips created with Soundtrack, and
text graphics created with LiveType, you can author and burn a DVD of your project.
Note:
Help documents for all of the applications without printed manuals can be found
on the product DVD, in the Documentation folder. Refer to these documents for
detailed instructions on using the applications, or look in the onscreen help by
choosing the application name from the Help menu when that application is open.
Final Cut Pro HD
Use Final Cut Pro HD to capture, edit, and output a wide range of DV, standard
definition, and high definition video. Final Cut Pro HD (version 4.5) includes additional
applications:
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LiveType:
Cinema Tools:
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Soundtrack:
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Compressor:
DVD Studio Pro, and the web
For creating professional-looking titles and text animation
For editing film digitally and creating a film cut list
For creating original, royalty-free music for your video productions
The high-quality compression conduit between Final Cut Pro HD,
Note:
The Final Cut Pro HD (version 4.5) release is the latest version of what was
previously known simply as Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro HD can be used to create both
standard definition and high definition projects. Many of the workflows and examples
in this document work equally well with earlier versions of Final Cut Pro.
Motion
Motion can create motion graphics and compositing projects that contain QuickTime
movies, still images, audio files, text, shapes, and particle systems. You can apply
powerful filters and animated motion to your project elements and arrange them in an
unlimited number of layers. Use Motion to easily create compelling motion graphics,
animations, and title sequences for your Final Cut Pro HD movies. Additionally, the
integration between DVD Studio Pro and Motion makes it easy to create motion menus
and transitions for your DVD projects.
DVD Studio Pro
You can import your finished movie into DVD Studio Pro to author and burn a DVD of
your project. Additional applications included with DVD Studio Pro are:
A.Pack:
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For creating Dolby Digital AC-3 compressed audio files, including 5.1
surround sound files
Compressor:
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The high-quality MPEG compression conduit between Final Cut Pro HD,
Motion, and DVD Studio Pro
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Editing
The editing process is the organizational and creative backbone of movie
postproduction. All of your media (film, video, sound, and graphics) must be captured,
organized, reviewed, synchronized, spliced together, and output to create a seamless
flow of picture and sound. Traditionally, editing tasks fall into two main categories:
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Making creative choices about the narrative flow by cutting image and sound
Organizing, reviewing, labeling, and sifting through numerous image and sound
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elements. This is an ongoing process that starts as early as the preproduction phase
and lasts all the way to the final cut.
Additional tasks include mixing sound, layering video together for special effects,
creating titles and credits, and correcting color.
Final Cut Pro HD
Final Cut Pro HD is the ultimate movie editing application, giving you complete
freedom to edit video and audio together, choosing whatever style and workflow suit
you best.
Final Cut Pro HD is also the central application that ties all the elements of your
movie together. You can use Final Cut Pro HD to:
Capture video and audio from tape
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Import QuickTime media
Edit film using Cinema Tools
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Natively incorporate motion graphics projects from Motion and titles from LiveType
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Import music created in Soundtrack
When you have finished your movie, the entire project can be:
Output to a wide variety of standard definition and high definition tape formats
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Exported to a QuickTime movie file
Converted to an MPEG-2 or MPEG-1 file using Compressor, for DVD distribution using
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DVD Studio Pro
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Converted to MPEG-1 or MPEG-4 formats for online web distribution
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Cinema Tools
Cinema Tools, in combination with Final Cut Pro HD, provides tools designed to make
both editing film digitally and working with the emerging 24P video standard easier
and more cost effective, providing functionality previously found only on high-end or
very specialized editing systems.
A Cinema Tools
database. With this list (and appropriate device control), Final Cut Pro HD can capture
and digitize the appropriate takes from your telecine transfer tapes with minimum
effort on your part.
To export a batch capture list from Cinema Tools for Final Cut Pro HD:
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Make sure that the List View window displays the database records of the clips you
want to capture.
Important:
reel, timecode start, and timecode duration. Also, any database records that are already
connected to a clip do not appear in the batch capture list.
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Choose File > Export > Batch Capture.
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In the Export dialog, choose what you want to capture:
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Final Cut Pro Video:
the source clips. When you choose this option, the batch capture list includes the
video reel and video timecode entered in each clip’s database record.
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Final Cut Pro Audio:
clips. When you choose this option, the batch capture list includes the sound roll and
sound timecode entered in each clip’s database record.
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Click OK.
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In the dialog that appears, select a location and enter a name for the batch capture list.
batch capture list
The batch capture list will only include database records that have a video
Choose this option to capture all video and audio contained in
Choose this option to capture only the audio from the source
is a list of the source clips entered in a Cinema Tools
Once you have exported a batch capture list from Cinema Tools, you can import it into
Final Cut Pro HD.
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To import a Cinema Tools batch capture list into Final Cut Pro HD:
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In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Import > Batch List.
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In the Final Cut Pro Batch List dialog, select the batch capture list you exported from
Cinema Tools, then click Open.
The clips appear in the Browser as offline clips, ready to be batch captured.
Cinema Tools is tightly integrated with Final Cut Pro HD. When you finish a film editing
project in Final Cut Pro HD, you will want to export lists (called
film lists
) to be used as a
guide for cutting the negative or workprint. Using the Cinema Tools database you
created for the project, Cinema Tools can translate the edits made in Final Cut Pro HD
into a film list.
To export a film list from Final Cut Pro HD using a Cinema Tools database:
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In the Browser, select the sequence from which you want to create a film list.
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Choose File > Export > Cinema Tools Film Lists.
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Enter and select settings in the Film Lists dialog, then click OK.
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In the dialog that appears, enter a filename for the film list, choose a location, then
click Save.
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In the next dialog that appears, select the Cinema Tools database you created for the
media files used in the sequence, then click Choose.
You can also export audio edit decision lists (EDLs) and change lists using the same
basic method.
It’s possible to capture your source clips before creating your database, and to build the
Cinema Tools database by importing a batch capture list created in Final Cut Pro HD.
This approach is not as easy as building a database from a telecine log or Avid Log
Exchange (ALE) file, because you then need to manually add the key number and film
roll information to each database record.
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To import database information into Cinema Tools from a Final Cut Pro HD
batch capture list:
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Make sure that the Cinema Tools database is open.
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In Cinema Tools, choose File > Import > Final Cut Pro HD Batch List.
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In the dialog that appears, select the batch capture list you exported from
Final Cut Pro HD.
The data in the batch capture list is used to create database records.
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In each database record, enter the edge code number information and film roll
identifier. (These items are required to create a cut list or change list.)
Motion Graphics and Titles
Final Cut Pro HD already has built-in motion graphics and titling capabilities. However,
Motion and LiveType significantly expand your postproduction toolset while remaining
perfectly integrated with Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro. If you need a multiplelayer, animated logo or title sequence for your Final Cut Pro HD movie, or a motion
menu background for your DVD Studio Pro project, you can easily create those
elements in Motion or LiveType and import the native project files into your
Final Cut Pro HD or DVD Studio Pro project. Final Cut Pro HD also provides a means of
media capture and output for Motion and LiveType projects.
Motion
Final Cut Pro HD includes support for exchanging clips and sequences between
Final Cut Pro HD and Motion. The applications are closely integrated so that, when
using Motion and Final Cut Pro HD on the same computer, you have the option of
working with the Motion project in both applications at the same time, without having
to worry about moving files between applications. Or, you can export clips for
someone else to use for creating advanced motion graphics while you edit, and then
import the Motion project into your sequence when it’s ready.
Motion also can easily export clips for use in DVD Studio Pro. These can be used as
complex motion menus, animated graphics in drop zones, and transitions between
elements such as buttons and their targets or the slides in a slideshow. DVD Studio Pro
can import and preview Motion projects that have not been rendered. Once a Motion
project has been imported into DVD Studio Pro, you can reopen the project in Motion
to make changes, and DVD Studio Pro automatically updates to include the changes
you made.
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Exporting Clips or Sequences From Final Cut Pro HD to Motion
Final Cut Pro HD clips and sequences can be exported as Motion projects using the
new Export to Motion Project command. This command is useful when you want to do
either of the following:
Send captured media to Motion from the Final Cut Pro HD Browser.
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Send items or a sequence from your Final Cut Pro HD project to Motion for
animation work.
To export clips or sequences from Final Cut Pro HD to a Motion project:
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Select the items or sequence you want to export to Motion in one of the
following ways:
Select one or more items in the Browser, as long as one of them is a clip.
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Select a sequence in the Browser.
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Select items in the Timeline. (The Timeline must be active.)
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Choose File > Export > Export to Motion Project.
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In the dialog that appears:
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Choose a location and name for the new Motion project.
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You can also select the following options:
Launch Motion:
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opened as a project in Motion. (Final Cut Pro HD remains open as well.)
Embed Motion Content:
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Motion project as a clip in Final Cut Pro HD. You can think of that clip as “live” in
Final Cut Pro HD, meaning it updates as it is worked on in Motion. Even while both
applications are open, when you examine the Motion clip in Final Cut Pro HD, you’ll
see that the content has been updated with any changes that were saved in Motion.
Note:
When Motion projects are embedded in Final Cut Pro HD, Final Cut Pro HD
reflects subsequent changes made to the project in Motion, but Motion will not
reflect any changes (such as filters and titles) made to the Motion project clip in
Final Cut Pro HD.
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Click Save.
If you did not select Embed Motion Content, any items you exported appear as a
nested sequence in the Browser, and any items in the Timeline remain unchanged.
When this option is selected, the clips or sequence you export are
When this option is selected, Final Cut Pro HD creates the
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What Properties Are Exported?
When you select clips to export to Motion, the following properties are retained with
the exported project.
Exported properties
Video
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Audio
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The audio exported to Motion is not imported when you bring the Motion project back into Final Cut Pro HD. The
audio is only intended to be used in Motion for playback and markers. For this reason, make sure that you retain the
audio clips.
Media
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Any relevant timing information, such as frame rates and In and
Out points
Markers
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All of the standard motion characteristics, including scale,
position, rotation, composite modes, and opacity, as well as any
linear and smooth keyframing of these parameters
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Media
Markers
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When exporting to Motion, Final Cut Pro HD
does not
export properties omitted from
the list above, such as filters and generators.
What Happens in Final Cut Pro HD After the Export?
In the Browser, the sequence or group of items exported to Motion becomes a single
Motion clip item, with a Motion filename extension.
If the selection was in the Timeline when it was exported, and Embed Motion Content
was selected, then you also see the new Motion clip item in the Timeline. And, the
content of the Motion clip is updated as changes are saved to it in Motion (assuming
it’s on the same computer). If Embed Motion Content was not selected, the content in
the Timeline remains the same.
The audio associated with the Motion video clip remains exactly as it was before you
exported. For example, if you exported from a selection of clips in the Timeline, the
audio remains on the same audio tracks. Be sure to
retain this audio in your movie,
as it
will not be imported back into Final Cut Pro HD with the Motion project.
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Making Changes to a Motion Clip
While working in Final Cut Pro HD, you can open a Motion clip from the Browser or
Timeline in order to edit it in Motion.
To open a Motion clip in Motion, from within Final Cut Pro HD:
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Select the clip, Control-click it, then choose Open in Editor from the shortcut menu
that appears.
Both the Motion video clip and the audio associated with it in Final Cut Pro HD open
in Motion.
Note:
If you use Media Manager in Final Cut Pro HD, be aware that Media Manager will
not move the source media files referenced by a Motion clip to a new location.
Importing Motion Projects Into Final Cut Pro HD
Whether or not you have Motion installed, you can import Motion projects into
Final Cut Pro HD in the same way you would import other media.
To import a Motion project into Final Cut Pro HD, do one of the following:
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Drag the Motion project into the Final Cut Pro HD Browser or Timeline.
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Choose File > Import > Files, then select the Motion project in the dialog that appears.
Note:
Remember that it’s not necessary to import Motion projects back into
Final Cut Pro HD if you exported them with Embed Motion Content selected. When
embedded, the Motion project that appears in Final Cut Pro HD automatically picks up
any changes saved to it in Motion.
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What Happens When a Motion Project is Imported or Embedded?
Although you cannot edit the content of an imported or embedded Motion project
clip in Final Cut Pro HD, you can play it to see how it looks in your movie, place it in
your sequence, trim edit it, add transitions, and apply filters and titles to it.
When a Motion project is imported or embedded into Final Cut Pro HD:
Final Cut Pro HD displays the project as a clip, with all of the layers of the Motion
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project composited together into one sequence. It appears in the Browser with a
Motion filename extension. If embedded and already in the Timeline, it also appears
in the Timeline.
The audio in Motion is not imported into Final Cut Pro HD.
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If project properties (such as frame width or height) were altered in Motion, those
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new properties are reflected in the Motion project in Final Cut Pro HD.
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