Please note this is specific to the Rembrant 104 camera / external hard drive set up. Other setups may require modification of this procedure.

Plug in your camera to the computer’s firewire input, with the special camera to computer connector firewire cable. (note:for class cameras the input is behind the battery). Turn Camera On, and set camera to VCR setting. Plug in Lacie External harddrive with fire wire cord to computer.

Open Final Cut Express

Set up Scratch disk settings by going to Final Cut HD >Go to System Settings

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Select Set > Allocate the settings to your Lacie External Hard drive…then click OK

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Go to File > Open Log and Capture or Quick Key (Apple + 8)

Set Titles for individual clips under clip settings. For example Description: Bob Falls Off the Chair. Scene: Bob’s Spill Shot/Take: 1

***note*** for the sake of organization, choose titles that are closely correlated to the footage you are viewing.

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Go To VTR setting on Capture Screen and Play Footage or use your camera as a video deck and press play in the VCR setting of the camera. Press Capture Now to save the footage being viewed on screen.(A new screen that is recording the footage will appear displaying your images at a slower frame rate!!!)

Press Capture Now to save the footage being viewed on screen.(A new screen that is recording the footage will appear displaying your images at a slower frame rate!!!)

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Press Esc to exit capture screen or press stop on the VTR of your camera.  Continue with this process to capture the remaining clips that you would like to edit with. After your clips are captured, go to the bin where your files will now appear as segments.

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and drag and drop the segments/clips that you just saved onto the timeline…

and enjoy editing the movies :)