Chapter 8. Capturing Footage

Lesson Files

None

Media

Media > Imports; Your own

Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Connect video sources for capture

 

Preview and mark source material

 

Log clips

 

Choose clip settings

 

Choose capture presets

 

Choose capture options

 

Batch capture clips

 

Import from nontape sources

It may seem unusual for the first step of the editing process to appear in the middle of this book. The reason is simple. Now that you know how clip information is organized, how subclips are created, how markers are applied, and how you might want to shape your workflow, you can take advantage of the many ways to log and capture clips.

As video technology continues to evolve, editors have the opportunity to work with a ...

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