Instruction manual

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Easy Setups for Typical Uses
Final Cut and KONA 3 together make working with multiple formats an easy
proposition. Inside of Final Cut, equipment and setting presets are available in
groups called Easy Setups, from which you can choose typical system
configurations. A large set of Easy Setups are supplied with KONA 3 and installed
along with the KONA 3 software. These canned choices can be used directly or as
the basis for making your own customized Easy Setups unique to your system. By
duplicating an Easy Setup and then making changes to it, you simplify the process
of configuring and re-configuring when working with new formats.
Although this manual assumes you’re familiar with Final Cut Pro and have read its
documentation, let’s review Easy Setups and how to use them effectively with
KONA 3.
At the simplest level, Final Cut lets you choose and edit presets for capturing media,
device control, and for project sequences. These presets are defined in the Audio/
Video Settings menu. Just like Easy Setups, here also there are factory defined
choices, plus you can create and make your own. When you have a set of presets you
want to use again, you can store them as an “Easy Setup.”
On the following pages we’ll further review the Easy Setups menu and Audio/Video
Settings Menu.
Easy Setups Menu Both the Easy Setups menu item and the Audio/Video Settings menu item are
located under the main Final Cut Pro menu.
Easy Setup and Audio/Video Menu Items
Click on the Easy Setups menu item and Final Cut Pro will present the Easy Setup
dialog window: