Lab 5 - Editing part II

Resources:  Vimeo Basic Editing 101, Setting Scratch Disk in Final Cut Express

Each time you opening your project, you must re-set your Scratch Disk!

1.  Open Final Cut Express

2.  Go up to the top tab and clink on "Final Cut Express"-->"system settings"

A window will open up that will look like this

3. Click on each of the set buttons that are highlighted below (the blue underline points out the folder you are pointing it to) and direct final cut to the folder you made called "scratch", inside your project #1 Define A Space project.

Setting the scratch disks tells Final Cut where to put all of the files that it generates as you edit.  You should set the scrach disks every time you open Final Cut!!!

Converting your Final Cut Express project into a blog post 

Once you've finished editing, place an "In" point at the very beginning of your sequence in your project, and an "Out" point at the end.  You can do this by putting your play head at the beginning of your project and hitting the "I" key to set the "In" point.  Next, you will put the play head at the end of your project and hit the "O" key to set the "Out" point.

Note: It can be a good idea to include a few secounds of black before or after your clip.

2.  Go to FILE/ EXPORT/ USING QUICKTIME CONVERSION

3.  Give your file a name, choose a destination location (should be a folder called "Output" in your project folder, then click the options.

4.  Click the Settings button on the Video Tab, and match your settings to the image below.  Then click OK. 

5.  Next, click the 'SOUND SETTINGS', and make sure they match those on the window below.

6.  Next, click 'SAVE', and wait for your project to export.

7.  Once your project has exported, Login to a Vimeo account, and click the upload button at the top of the page.

8.  On the next page, give your project a title and description.

9.  Once this is finished, click on "Go to Your Video.".  Once the video finishes encoding, you will see an icon of a paper airplane in the top right corner of your screen.  Click on this, and copy the EMBED code.

10.  In blogspot, create a new post, and choose to work in HTML

11.  Paste the embed code into your HTML window, and then publish your post.

12.  If this doesn't work, simply make a link on your blog to your vimeo window.