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Chapter 20

Using the Media Manager

The Media Manager operation proceeds.

A status window displays the progress of

each stage in the operation. If the opera-

tion encounters an error, the processing

stops, and Final Cut Pro displays an error

message. When the processing is com-

plete, a new project file containing your

offline sequence appears on the front tab

of the Browser (Figure 20.25). Clips with

reel designations appear in the Timeline

as offline clips, but items that do not have

a reel name, such as graphics and digital

audio files, are not taken offline, so your

links to those elements remain intact.

Figure 20.25 When the processing is complete, a new

project file containing your offline sequence appears

on the front tab of the Browser.

Working with Graphics in Offline RT

If you’re using FCP’s low-resolution Offline RT format in the early stages of your edit, you

might be wondering if you need to make two different-sized versions of your graphics. After

all, Offline RT uses a frame size of 320 by 240 pixels, and your default DV-NTSC sequence

frame size is 720 by 480, so won’t you need to make a set of graphics in each frame size?

Nope. Final Cut Pro will resize your 720-by-480 graphics automatically to fit Offline RT’s

smaller frame size. Here’s how it works:

When you edit graphics that are larger than the sequence frame size into an Offline RT

sequence, Final Cut Pro automatically resizes the graphics by setting each graphical clip’s

Scale property to 50 percent to fit the sequence’s 320-by-240 frame size.

Any generators you edit into an Offline RT sequence will be scaled in the same way.

When you’re ready to convert your Offline RT sequence into a full, online-resolution sequence

(such as DV-NTSC), use the Media Manager to create an offline trimmed duplicate of your

Offline RT sequence in an online Sequence preset such as DV-NTSC. FCP will automatically

reset the scale of any graphics you used so they fit the new, online frame size. Any generators

you used in your sequence will also have their frame sizes reset to match the new online

frame size.