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Importing assets from a file-based camera

Importing assets from a file-based camera - Final Cut Pro Tutorial

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Importing assets from a file-based camera

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- In this movie, we're going to look at importing file based media inside of Final Cut Pro X. So, so far, through this chapter, where we've been importing material, it's always been either from the desktop or from an external drive. We've had the option of either leaving those files in place, or copying them to the Final Cut Pro X library. But importing file based media is something different. So, in one example, what you can do is, certain Macs have the ability to plug in an SD card. And let's say that that SD card was originally in a DSLR camera, such as a Mark IV, and you're capturing movie footage. When you would put in that SD card, into the appropriate slot, if Final Cut was open, it would open automatically, and then allow you the option of copying that media directly to the library, leaving it in place. And that's the difference between a file based media and, say, media that you just have sitting on your drive. Now, we're going to mimic this file based media process through a…

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