Instruction manual

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Workflow Scenarios
Understanding Typical Workflows
KONA LS and Final Cut Pro 4 allow more workflow flexibility than ever before.
Users can independently select different formats for capture and storage media,
while also outputting to an array of analog and digital uncompressed formats—
with all outputs active simultaneously. Capture can range from DV to analog, or
digital uncompressed. Media can be stored on disk as:
• offline quality at low bit rates
• on-line quality at moderate bit rates
• or with the highest quality as 8 or 10 bit uncompressed
Following are summaries of the most common workflows, listing data rates and
relative quality levels. Some workflows require a RAID array and some will work
using the host Power Mac’s internal system drive—it’s noted where this is
supported in the following discussions.
KONA LS captures and outputs
SD video with embedded
audio. Use high-quality AES/EBU
and/or embedded 8-channel audio
output.
Using standard desktop video
techniques, video/audio is captured
directly from a camcorder or deck.
KONA LS is used for playing back
captured media and editing/mastering
to tape or DVD using Final Cut 4.5HD
and other tools such as After Effects,
Combustion, Apple Motion, etc.
Using Final Cut Pro, work with
a wide range of old and new SD and
analog sources, and then also
using desktop graphics and video
software for creative power and
flexibility.
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
On-site Editing
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
Desktop Video
On-site Editing
Post-production
Animation
Compositing
Digital SD
Examples: Digibeta, DV50, DVCPRO
and DVcam
Digital capture via Firewire with Output via AJA
KONA LS
Example: MiniDV
Without even using a deck; use the video monitor
as a second Mac monitor. The KONA LS
desktop lets you drag graphics from
programs like Adobe Photoshop from
the computer display to the video monitor. You
paint full frame and live onto a broadcast monitor.
Output virtually anything to video—ideal for
animators and compositors.
Workflow Attributes
Source Deck Type(s)
Applications
KONA LS captures and outputs
Y/C, Component, and Composite
Video, with 2-channel audio.
Analog
Example: Beta
Corporate/Industrial
Pro Broadcast
On-site Editing