Christine Steele's Final Cut Pro in Professional Post
Series 4 - Media Management - iTunes/iPad Edition
A big part of the post production process is managing your media. In this series you'll learn how to manage render files, consolidate media to improve searching and system performance; the safest way to delete media and how to use the media manager for offline to online workflows.

For full descriptions of what's in this series, check out the table of contents
Who is this Tutorial for?
This tutorial was designed for professionals and would-be professionals working with Final Cut Pro - editors, assistant editors, post production and visual effects supervisors, directors, producers and DPs.
Watch Series 4 - Media Management on the iPad
The iPad is revolutionizing the way people access and interact with media. Video training is therefore a natural fit for people who want their training on the go or on a separate device from their main system. Because of the limited storage capacities of the iPad, we have labored to keep the movie sizes as small as possible while maintaining our high standards of image and sound quality. And perhaps best of all, you don't need to be connected to the internet to watch our tutorials on your iPad.

We realize you may have a question or two, so we created a short FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page to answer them.
Table of Contents
Media Management - Render Files
- Safe vs. Unlimited RT
- Locating Render Files
- The Render Manager
- The Render Manager's Achilles' Heel
- Deleting Render Files from the Finder
- Baking Your Effects
- Render Management Tips
Media Management - Consolidation
- Selecting Items for Media Management
- Anatomy of the Media Manager
- Choosing a Media Operation
- Managing the Project
- Setting a Media Destination
- Checking for Media Corruption
Media Management - Archiving
- Archiving a Project
- Setting the Media Options for Trimming
- Verifying the Copy
Media Management - Offline to Online
- Offline to Online to Workflow
- Tape Based Offline to Online
- File Based Offline to Online
- Archiving a Trimmed Project
- Making a Trimmed Copy - Step-by-Step
- Creating Offline Media
- Inspecting the Online Sequence
- Bringing Media Online
- Christine's Media Management Recap
System Requirements for Viewing Tutorials
- Mac Computer with 1.25 GHz or faster G5, Intel Core Duo or Intel Xeon processor
- MacOS 10.4.11 or Mac OS 10.5.5 or later
- iTunes 8 or later
- SuperDrive for backing up the iTunes lessons
- 1 GB or more of RAM
- QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
- Monitor Depth - Millions
- 1024 x 768 screen size or better
- Optional iPad - a really awesome viewing experience if you do!