New from FCP…
I learned something new in Final Cut Pro…
Over the weekend I was working with a friend on his Final Cut Pro editing machine, and I noticed that his layout was set up for a two screen display, a little bit differently then mine is. The way I have it set up is that I have the Browser and the timeline in the usual place, but I have the Canvas Window set up to take up the entire right screen. Then I moved the Viewer screen over one spot, and I filled in the hole where the viewer once was with the effects window. This set up was alright, it allowed me to view my edits on the canvas while remaining on their own separate screen, however it prevented me from setting up my Final Cut Pro in the default manner which I liked and had gotten used to.
My friends set up was still maintaining the standard FCP set up, but he had a third viewer, that took up the entire second monitor, and basically mirrored the Canvas window. Leaving you no buttons, no controls in the second monitor, just a playback image. This sort of thing works out nice if you have a Television hooked up to your computer, or you are just trying to show someone what you’ve been working on without having all the FCP interface get in the way.
Well, I wanted my set up to look like that…and I did a little poking around and couldn’t figure out exactly how to set it. Oh sure, I could have asked my friend, but then there is no fun in figuring it out myself…
I looked under the window setting thinking it was a window thing…and checked my user and system preferences and still couldn’t find it. I finally found it in the View menu, all the way down at the bottom, in the Video Playback option…in there it gives you 5 options.
None - no Display
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview - Main: sets it up on your main screen leaving no FCP interface at all.
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview: This sets up a 720×48o preview on your second monitor with a black border around it. This is the option I chose…
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview - Full Screen: Gives you a playback image that fills up the entire screen. This option I might use if I was showing of my work to a client. Gives them more to look at, and they don’t have to be as close as I would be.
Digital Cinema Desktop Preview - Raw: Gives you the same as the Digital Cinema Desktop Preview, but it seems to be a little clearer. This option might be used for HD, and it probably uses more of your computers resources.
So if there is any FCP users out there who have had this same quandry, and wondered how you can make this work…now you know. And it didn’t take long to find out either.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
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