HOW DO YOU GET VIDEO INTO YOUR PROJECT
There are two primary ways of getting video into Final Cut Pro. One is by using the IMPORT function and the other is by CAPTURING.
When you IMPORT footage, you are bringing in a video or audio file that is already on your computer’s hard drive or burned to a CD or whatever.
When you CAPTURE footage, you are bringing in video and or audio from a videotape. For today, we’ll stick with importing footage.
FIRST -> SAVE YOUR PROJECT [File->Save Project]
THEN -> CLOSE YOUR PROJECT [File -> Close Project]
FINALLY -> Completely SHUT DOWN Final Cut Pro [Final Cut Pro -> Quit Final Cut Pro]
You should now see the desktop. On the right hand side you should see an alias/shortcut to the Media Workspace.
On these computers, it may simply say "MEDIA" and look like this:
This is a Shared Networked Workspace that has been set up specifically for this class and this is a link to that workspace. You should note that this workspace does not exist on THIS computer. It is a networked workspace and, as such, exists on a server elsewhere on campus. By clicking on that icon, you are merely connecting to it.
In order to access the Media Workspace drive you will need your login and password. On the computers in the Mulberry computer lab, you just go to the "MEDIA" alias on the desktop, click on it and you will get a log in screen. If you are on your personal computer or a computer elsewhere on campus, you should note that the official server name for the Media Workspace is "rhea.cc.denison.edu" and you may need to use that name to connect to the workspace.
TIP: If you are on a Denison mac or a mac that is conected to the Denison network and you cannot easily locate the Media Workspace, do the following: You will then be asked for your login credentials and you should be able to log into the Media Workspace |
- Double click on the "MEDIA" icon and log in.
- After logging in, you should each see a folder called “WISKEMANNM”.
- Inside that you will find a folder called “CINE219-01”.
- Inside that you will find three folders: Assignment Inbox, Resources, Work Area
Open the "Resources" folder and you should see a folder called “testvideo”.
Use your mouse to drag the "testvideo" folder to your desktop. This will make a copy which on the computer you are presently operating. This is important because you do NOT want to try and work with or edit files that are on a networked shared workspace. You want to work with the files locally (i.e. on the computer you are using) because the speed of the network will not allow you to do video editing with files that are on an external server.
When it's done copying, you will have video files on your computer. You should note that they are located on your 'desktop' because you will need to locate them with FCPro in a moment.
Start up Final Cut Pro again by clicking its icon in the program dock. 
If you followed the instructions above and closed your project before shutting down Final Cut Pro, it should start with no/an empty project loaded. If you did NOT close your project first, then your previous project will open up as soon as Final Cut Pro opens up.
Since you followed the instructions above, you will have to open the “First Test Project” project you saved earlier. Go up to File-> Open... and select the project file called “First Test Project”
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