• In Final Cut Pro X - Prepare Media

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  In Final Cut Pro X, import the media associated with this Event.

   

  (Optional) Create multicam clips in Final Cut Pro X if you have used multiple cameras without matching Timecode, or if you have double system sound (audio recorded separately from the video for better quality). For most purposes, Final Cut Pro X's multicam clips are more versatile than synchronized clips, even if there is only one angle of audio and one of video. Set appropriate video and audio angles as the active angles in the multicam.

   

  Note: Lumberyard uses the time-of-day of the media in the first angle in the multicam. Set whichever source with the most accurate time as the first angle in the multicam. (Remember you can drag the order after the multicam clip is created.) See: Get Accurate Time.

   

  IMPORTANT: Media must be fully imported before exporting XML. You can view the import progress in the Background Tasks window.

   

  Before export, think about what you want the keyword ranges applied to and then select accordingly. Only selected items will be included in the exported XML.

  • If you are keywording just the clips, select the Event and export XML

  • If you've created multicam clips, select only the multicam clips and then export XML. Otherwise string-outs will include both original and multicam clips for a very confusing timeline.

   

  In Final Cut Pro X you can create a Smart Keyword collection using the Type filter.

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  The Filter can be made into a Smart Collection by clicking on the 'New Smart Collection' button at the bottom of the window. The Smart Collection will appear as Untilted in the Smart Collections Folder. Rename to Multicam Clips (or whatever you prefer.)

   

   

  Note: Metadata in the original clips, such as Content Created (time-of-day) and Camera Angle can be included in the exported XML for Lumberyard.

   

  The easiest way to include this metadata is to install the Lumberjack Metadata View and select it in the Metadata Views popup menu when exporting XML.

  • In Lumberyard, choose the Help menu and select Install Metadata View.
  • Quit Final Cut Pro X (if it is running) and run Final Cut Pro X.

   

  The Lumberjack metadata view is available in the Info panel of the Inspector, and in the Metadata View popup menu of the Export XML dialog.

   

  Drag the Event from Final Cut Pro X to the Lumberyard dock icon. (A progress bar in Final Cut Pro X shows the XML being generated.) Alternatively, export XML with the Lumberjack metadata view from the Event to a convenient location (such as the Desktop).

   

• In Lumberyard - Process Keyworded Time Ranges to Clips

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  In Lumberyard, sign in to your account by clicking the "lock" button.

   

  Click the Import XML... button to import the XML exported from Final Cut Pro X for this Event.

   

  Tip: Final Cut Pro 10.3 supports drag-and-drop instead of exporting and importing XML. First, select the Lumberjack Metadata View from the popup menu in the Inspector. You can install the Metadata View from the Lumberyard Help menu.

  Then drag the Event and drop it on the Lumberyard icon in the Dock. (A progress bar in Final Cut Pro X shows the XML being generated.)

   

  From the Event pop-up menu, select the matching Event. Events are listed by most recent to oldest.

   

  Set any adjustment to media time.

   

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  Keywords that have been logged by a Logger are added to an Event of clips using Lumberyard’s Keyword mode. By default Lumberyard uses time-of-day set in the cameras to match media with its logged keyword ranges.

   

  Some users may need to override this default behavior. In the Preferences panels Camera tab there are three options for the media file's content created time:

  1.  most cameras set the content created when they start recording the media file, so this is the default
  2.  some cameras set the content created when they stop recording the media file
  3.  for cameras that lock to time-of-day SMPTE/EBU Timecode, this time can be used instead of the media file's content created time (these camera’s clocks will still need their date and time zone set accurately)

   

  For short turn-around projects, there’s also the option to create selects string-outs.

   

  Unless you are using option 3 above, Lumberyard relies on UTC (Time-of-Day with time zone) to match media and logged keywords. To make this accurate the time set on the cameras must match the time of day used. Since it is easy to get camera times wrong, Lumberyard allows you to offset media times to better match logged times. As you make adjustments you will see the media times adjust. See: How to Get Accurate Time for tips on finding any offset necessary.

   

  If you need to make an adjustment beyond the range available in Lumberyard, you can alternatively change the media time in Final Cut Pro X.   From the Modify menu, select ‘Adjust Content Created Date and Time.’ If you select all the clips  with the incorrect times and change just the date, Final Cut Pro  X should change all the dates relative to their original start times.

   

  Click the Send to Final Cut Pro X button to create a new, logged Event in Final Cut Pro X. (A new Event has to be created in Final Cut Pro X in the absence of any Update Event command, something available in Final Cut Pro 7.) Keywords are added to multicam clips and video clips.

   

  There are also selects string-out options that you may want to explore before clicking Merge and Send to Final Cut Pro X.

   

• In Lumberyard - Create Selects String-outs

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  Lumberyard can create a string-out of selects based on Activities or Other Keywords. Each string-out is a compound clip with the clips in its timeline strung out in time order. There are four types of string-out checkboxes that can be used in any combination:

  • each person's activities makes a compound clip for each person with all their logged Activities (for example all the plays in a match by a specific player)
  • each person's other keywords makes a compound clip for each person with all their logged Other Keywords (for example a cut down of an interview to only the keyworded parts of the interview)
  • each activity makes a compound clip for each logged Activity
  • each other keyword makes a compound clip for each logged Other Keywords

   

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  For example, if you wanted to create a selects string-out for all clips that have the Other Keyword “Insurance” click the "each other keyword" checkbox on. Lumberyard will only create a string-out if there are three or more ranges to add to the compound clip.

   

  Note: The two people string-out options function differently from the Activity or Other Keyword string-outs. With People string-outs there is double-filtering going on. For each Person their activities will be in the string-out, but not the activities from another person. Similarly for a Person's Other keywords will include only Other keywords from that person.

   

  This means that People based string-outs have some unusual applications. For example: if you want to just cut down a long, live shoot to the active moments, assign a "Person" (could be episode title or number) and add appropriate Activity or Other Keyword Ranges during the shoot. Then set Lumberyard for a Person/Activities (or Person/Other if you went down that path) and Lumberyard will give a string-out of the keyworded parts of the shoot.

   

  Each compound clip is tagged with the keyword "String-outs" and can be found in that keyword collection.

   

  If you have created multiclips before sending the Event to Lumberyard, the clips will optionally switch angles on each edit in the string-out to make it more “producer friendly” during playback (avoiding jump cuts). You can (and will) change angles as you create your edit from the string-out.

   

  Note: You can create select string-outs from a single Event during the original Keyword mode, or from multiple Events of keyworded clips using Story mode

• In Lumberyard - Add Lower Third Titles

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  Lumberyard can add a basic lower third title that identifies each person when they first come on camera in a Selects string-out.

   

  To add a basic lower third title for each person, click the “and add lower third titles for each person” checkbox on.

   

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  In Final Cut Pro X these titles will have the subrole “Lumberjack” so that they can be turned on or off globally in the compound clip.

   

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  Tip: In Final Cut Pro X you can drag a new Title design onto the title created by Lumberyard to update the appearance of the title (and animation) to the Title design that was dropped on the existing clip.

   

  When you have made your Selects string-out choices, click the Send to Final Cut Pro X button to create a new, logged Event in Final Cut Pro X

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