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Looking at the Avid and Final Cut Pro log and capture tools.

By S Simmons. Filed in Avid editing, Final Cut Pro  |  
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In this 5th installment of Avid vs. FCP we take a look at the Log and Capture tools.

First, give the article a read at this link.

To me, the Avid capture tool is the better of the two. The interactivity that you get while capturing with the live subclipping, markers and naming and commenting of clips is great. But most of all I like that Avid keeps the timecode readout in the window running as you capture. This is indispensable when capturing and I would guess that FCP will be adding this is a future release. I also like the simplicity of the Bin pop-up menu in the capture tool rather than having to go back to the browser in order to set the logging bin for clips to be saved to. Mostly the tools are very similar with the same buttons in different places (which is a common difference between the two applications) but this interactivity gives Avid an easy edge. Now if only Avid would add the incremental take naming…

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3 comments to “Looking at the Avid and Final Cut Pro log and capture tools.”

  1. Comment by Hans:
    Wednesday, July 16th 2008 at 6:56 pm

    I just started working on Avid and I have a simple question.
    When you capture your media, where does the captured files go?
    In the case of FCP it renders a Quicktime Movie inside “capture scratch” folder.
    So where can I find a similar folder for Avid?

  2. Comment by Hans:
    Wednesday, July 16th 2008 at 6:59 pm

    I just started working on Avid and I have a simple question.
    When you capture your media, where does the captured files go?
    In the case of FCP it renders a Quicktime Movie inside \\\”capture scratch\\\” folder.
    So where can I find a similar folder for Avid? Thanks

    hvb544@yahoo.com

  3. Comment by editblog-admin:
    Wednesday, July 16th 2008 at 7:21 pm

    Hans, Avid puts all media imported or captured into the application in either the OMFI media folder or the Avid Media Files folder on your media drive. OMFI if the media is SD OMF format or Avid Media Files if it is HD MXF format. Unlike FCP, everything brought into Avid is written as new media in that folder and then tracked by Avid’s database. While this might seem unnecessary with something like graphics or audio it makes the media management very solid (more so than FCP). While it’s good to know where the media goes you really don’t ever need to get into the media folder because when you import or capture media it shows up in the bin.