User guide

Chapter 34 Working With Video 843
Offsetting Video From a Project
You can directly enter the SMPTE offset value in the Movie Start field. This is
independent of the SMPTE offset for the project.
This enables you to work from bar one (1 1 1 1 in the Transport), even if the video time
code—at a particular point in the video—is several minutes into the movie file. Put
simply, this makes your life easier when creating a soundtrack for all, or part of, a movie
file.
You can fine-tune the offset of internal and external video in the Video preferences.
These globally affect all projects (see “Video Preferences” on page 993).
Click the Video Preferences button in the Video settings tab to open the Video
preferences.
Activating Follow Tempo
Turn on the Follow Tempo checkbox and set a basis tempo in the field below to make
the QuickTime movie run at the chosen tempo value until it receives a tempo change
message (from the Tempo track).
Video Preferences
The Video preferences determine how Logic Express handles video memory and video
hardware settings. You can also make timing adjustments here.
To open the Video preferences, do one of the following:
m Choose Logic Express > Preferences > Video (or use the corresponding key command).
m Click the Preferences button in the Arrange Toolbar, and choose Video from the pop-up
menu.
 Adjustments: Video to Project: A global setting for fine tuning the start point of a
movie.
 Adjustments: External Video to Project: The same setting as above, but for external
FireWire Video devices. This setting compensates for the latency of the video
hardware in use, if applicable.