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802Final Cut Pro User Guide
Archive the media on your tape-based camera or camcorder
1. If you want to save the archive to an external storage device, connect it to your Mac.
2. Connect the camera or camcorder to your Mac using the cable that came with the
device, and turn on the device.
See
Memory cards and cables used with Final Cut Pro.
If you’re using a camcorder, set it to PC Connect mode. The name of this transfer mode
may be different on your device. Your camcorder may automatically go into “connect”
mode if you turn it on in playback mode while it’s connected to your Mac. See the
documentation that came with your camcorder.
3. In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Import > Media (or press Command-I).
• Click the Import Media button on the left side of the toolbar.
4. Select your device in the list of cameras on the left side of the Media Import window.
5. Click the Create Archive button at the bottom-left corner of the window.
6. In the “Create Camera Archive as” field, type a name for the archive.
7. Click the Destination pop-up menu and choose a location to save the archive, then click OK.
Note: To protect your media, it’s a good idea to save your archive to a disk or partition
different from the one where you store the media files used with Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro begins archiving from the current location on the tape. Archiving
continues until one of the following occurs:
• The end of the tape is reached.
• You stop the archiving process by clicking Stop Import or Close (to close the Media
Import window).
The camera archive is stored at the location you chose. You can mount the archive as if
it were a file-based camcorder and browse the archive’s contents, or you can import the
media on the camera archive
into Final Cut Pro.