Chapter 9:Editing Film on Final Cut Pro NLEs with FilmLogic

In this chapter, we’ll examine the methods for cutting films using two relatively new applications. Apple’s Final Cut Pro is a very popular nonlinear editing application that was designed for video editing with Apple’s Quicktime digital movie format. FilmLogic, a matchback and 24 fps solution made by Focal Point Software, is compatible with Final Cut Pro, Media 100 and Adobe Premiere. It can be used as a standalone application or as a plug in with Final Cut Pro.

FilmLogic

FilmLogic consists of a powerful database manager that can create cut lists in two very different ways. Like Slingshot Pro, FilmLogic can compare between telecine and EDL databases to assemble cut lists. But it also ...

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