A New Way to Ingest

Tuesday, August 07, 2007 Filed in: Weekly Tip

In the past few years, tapeless acquisition and post–production have really taken off. One really popular tapeless format is Panasonic’s P2. Capable of shooting DV all the way up to 1080p, it’s one cool format! Apple recognized this format and built the Log and Transfer window (although Log and Transfer does support other tapeless formats).

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It’s called Log and Transfer because you’re simply just transferring digital files from disk to disk. This is unlike tape-based media that you have to capture into a file on disk, i.e. Log and Capture. To launch Log and Transfer choose File > Log and Transfer or Shift+Cmd+8.

Overall, the Log and Transfer window operates like the Log and Capture window. The big difference, of course is how it ingests the media. Unlike Log and Capture where you have a few options for how to get the footage on to disk, with Log and Transfer you simply log your clip and then click Add Clip/Selection to the Queue to begin the transfer to your scratch disk.

Like this tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.