Ingest All Media and Export Subclips
A great workflow is to ingest media as a whole i.e. an entire tape, and the export subclips to create stand alone media. Instead of beating up your tape deck, ingest the entire tape, and use subclips in Final Cut Pro to create self contained media.
Once you have your hour long source clip, you take it into the Viewer
and set an in and an out at the begining and end of a portion of the
source clip. Then by making a subclip you create a reference to the
source clip that only refers to the selected portion of the source
clip. To make a subclip you press Apple/command + U. Once the subclip
is created it needs to be named. After all the subclips are created you
have the decision of whether to use them as references to the source
clip, or export them to become self contained media.
Choosing to create self contained media will certainly allow you to
free up space by deleting the source clip. Only do this if you have a
need for space, because there is almost always a piece of B Roll you
can pick off of the source clip late in a project. Otherwise unless you
need to export a self contained clip so you can reduce the processing
time for the smooth cam filter, you can leave your subclips as
references to the source clip. Exportng self contained media also
allows you to develop an organized B Roll library.
If you choose to export self contained media, all you need to do is
highlight the specific subclips and perform a batch export out of the
File Browser. Be sure to check the box to make self contained. After
the export is complete you can delete the source clip and work directly
from the new self contained media. You will want to make sure that the
File Browser is clear of all of the old source and reference clips
before you import the new media. I typically delete everything out of
the File Browser, then import the new media.
Choosing to create self contained media will certainly allow you to
free up space by deleting the source clip. Only do this if you have a
need for space, because there is almost always a piece of B Roll you
can pick off of the source clip late in a project. Otherwise unless you
need to export a self contained clip so you can reduce the processing
time for the smooth cam filter, you can leave your subclips as
references to the source clip. Exportng self contained media also
allows you to develop an organized B Roll library.
If you choose to export self contained media, all you need to do is
highlight the specific subclips and perform a batch export out of the
File Browser. Be sure to check the box to make self contained. After
the export is complete you can delete the source clip and work directly
from the new self contained media. You will want to make sure that the
File Browser is clear of all of the old source and reference clips
before you import the new media. I typically delete everything out of
the File Browser, then import the new media.
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