Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1411)

60 Part I Media and Project Management
Adding Final Color Correction, Effects, Transitions, and Titles
An online edit session focuses on the quality of your video. A fully-equipped online edit
suite includes a video waveform monitor, a vectorscope, and a broadcast-quality
monitor to make sure your video looks as good as possible.
Output to Tape, MPEG-2 (for DVD), or a QuickTime Movie File
Once all effects are added, color correction is completed, and the final audio mix is
added, you render sections of the Timeline where necessary and then output to tape.
For more information about output to tape, see Chapter 13, “
Preparing to Output to
Tape ,” on page 175.
Alternatively, you can export to an MPEG-2 file for DVD, a QuickTime movie file for web
output, or an image sequence for transfer to film. For more information about these
output methods, see the corresponding sections in Chapter 16, “
Exporting Sequences
for DVD ,” on page 215, Chapter 18, “ Exporting QuickTime Movies ,” on page 239, and
Chapter 20, “ Exporting Still Images and Image Sequences ,” on page 261.
Online Editing on Non–Final Cut Pro Editing Systems
The offline/online editing workflow is the same regardless of the type of editing
systems you use for each phase. The critical step is generating a project interchange file
that correctly translates your edit decisions from one system to another. Transferring
from an offline Final Cut Pro system to an online Final Cut Pro system is easy because
both systems recognize the native Final Cut Pro project file format. However, there are
situations when you want to use a non–Final Cut Pro system for online editing, usually
to take advantage of the unique features of that system.
Transferring your sequence to a non–Final Cut Pro system requires an intermediate
project interchange format. Some examples of non-Final Cut Pro online editing systems
include:
 Tape-based linear editing suites: These are traditional online suites, complete with
high-quality monitors, a waveform monitor and a vectorscope, several playback
decks and a record deck, a video switcher with effects, and a computer-based edit
controller. These systems usually only recognize EDLs, which are the oldest and most
limited project interchange format.