Focus FS100 Workflow Manual

April 20, 2006 Introduction The Focus Enhancements FireStore FS-100 is a powerful tool designed to interface with the Panasonic AG-HVX200, enabling the end user to capture DVCPRO HD and DVCPRO 50 video clips (as well as standard DV/ DVCPRO 25) in the Panasonic P2 media format. Equipped with an ...

Figure 1.01: Organize P2 Utility A progress bar will appear for several seconds as the "Organize P2" operation proceeds. Once the "Organize P2" operation is completed, the FS-100 display will return to the main HOME screen. Now you are ready to set the FS-100 to "Disk Dri ...

Once the FS-100 is connected to the Mac in "DD DRIVE" Mode via FireWire, it will mount to the desktop and show up as a regular hard drive. The P2 clips that were captured on the FS-100 are now available to import into Final Cut Pro. Now, it’s time to properly configure Final Cut Pro so that you can ingest the footage and start ed ...

preferences Presets to coincide with the format of the clips you wish to edit. These Presets include: Sequence Preset, Capture Preset, Device Control Preset, Playback Output Video and Playback Output Audio. Figure 3.01: Easy Setup Tool Following is a list of the individu ...

Figure 3.02: Audio/Video Settings Following is a list of Audio/Video Settings for each P2 media format currently supported in Final Cut Pro v5.1: P2 FORMAT SEQUENCE PRESET CAPTURE PRESET DEVICE CONTROL PRESET 720/60P DVCPRO HD - 720P60 DVCPRO HD - 720P60 48kHz DVCPRO HD FireW ...

the FS-100 clips to be edited, you are now ready to import the FS-100 P2 media clips into the Final Cut Pro Project Browser. STEP 4: Treat FS-100 Clips as P2 Media in Final Cut Pro: Import P2 You are now ready to import the FS-100 P2 media clips using the "Import Panasonic P2" ...

Duplicate/Adv. Pull-down Frames" option that allows you to remove duplicate frames when transferring footage to your Final Cut Pro scratch disk. (Figure 4.02) By checking this new option during P2 import, Final Cut Pro will create a QuickTime file at the native frame rate coinciding with the ...

c) To import all of the available FS-100 P2 clips, select the "Import All" button. A progress bar will appear as the selected P2 clips are being imported into the browser. (Figure 4.04) Figure 4.04 Import Panasonic P2 Progress Bar ...

Final Cut Pro will handle the FireStore FS-100 just in the same way it will handle a standard Panasonic P2 media card. No need to copy the contents of the FireStore FS-100 to your Final Cut Pro workstation before importing your P2 clips - Final Cut Pro will handle that for you as your P2 me ...