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Table Of Contents
- Final Cut Studio Workflows
- Contents
- Introduction
- Developing a Post-Production Strategy
- Ingesting and Organizing Your Media
- Integration During Editorial Development
- Client Review
- Finishing
- What Is Finishing?
- Finishing Using Compressed Versus Uncompressed Media
- Format Conversion When Finishing Mixed-Format Sequences
- Reconforming Media to Online Quality
- Creating Final Broadcast Design Elements and Effects
- Color Correction
- Final Sound Editing, Design, and Mixing
- Mastering
- Output and Delivery
There are many more possible combinations of input and output formats, and
Final Cut Studio can accommodate nearly all of them. The important thing to remember
is that the type of program you’re working on has less of an effect on your workflow plan
than do decisions concerning how best to match the original acquisition format of your
media to the required output format of your program’s final master. Once that’s settled,
everything in between can be determined based on your hardware setup, how much
time you have to complete the project, and how you like to work.
As much as is possible, Final Cut Studio Workflows attempts to provide a universal guide
to creating a workflow using the Final Cut Studio applications, based on the factors that
will have the greatest effect on increasing your efficiency in post-production.
About the Final Cut Studio Documentation
Final Cut Studio Workflows provides an overview of relevant features in the Final Cut Studio
applications that support the workflows being described, but for more information,
consult the documentation for each application. To access the onscreen help for an
application, open the application and choose the application’s help from the Help menu.
The documentation for the Final Cut Studio applications is also available (in English) at:
• http://documentation.apple.com
Additional Resources
The following websites provide general information, updates, and support information
about Final Cut Studio, as well as the latest news, resources, and training materials.
Final Cut Studio Website
For more information about the applications included in Final Cut Studio, go to:
• http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/overview.html
Apple Service and Support Websites
The Apple Service and Support website provides software updates and answers to the
most frequently asked questions for all Apple products, including all Final Cut Studio
applications. You’ll also have access to product specifications, reference documentation,
and Apple product technical articles:
• http://www.apple.com/support
For support information about all Final Cut Studio applications, go to:
• http://www.apple.com/support/finalcutstudio
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