View Full Version : Need help! How to capture clip by clip in FCP


Danny Jones
October 22nd, 2005, 11:38 AM
I am trying to do batch capture and record each time break on the tape but FCP keeps capturing the whole tape not each clip I have. Example, this is a tape from music video in each i need to edit clip by clip or frame by frame. I need FCP to be able to log each clip without me having to go through all the footage and mark in/out points. For example I was...well kinda still a Vegas user but trying to convert to FCP but Vegas would allow you to capture all and it will log each clip automatically. Is this possible with FCP?

Martin Mayer
October 22nd, 2005, 11:42 AM
Yes - capture the whole tape (or as much of it as covers the material you want) and then highlight the captured result, and use Mark:DV Start/Stop Detect, and FCP will split it up into sub-clips for you at timecode breaks.

Danny Jones
October 22nd, 2005, 12:32 PM
Ok great it works like a charm....I'm almost committed to FCP...:)

Martin Mayer
October 22nd, 2005, 12:51 PM
You're welcome!