Pro Audio Support

Q:
How Do I Work With QuickTime Video if I Don't Have a Time Code Ruler? How Do I Set Up My QuickTime Movie in the Session?
 
A:
You can import your QT Movie into Pro Tools LE, and move it to start on a specific Bar|Beat, Minutes/Seconds or Sample location. Pro Tools LE does not support QuickTime video capture. Instead, you must use a third-party application (such as Adobe Premiere). The Pro Tools Reference Guide contains several tips about this, but briefly, you'll want to "conform" your Movie to match the SMPTE frame rate for your session, and make sure you don't have any "dropped frames." Choose a resolution that won't overly tax your system. If the picture looks great, and you can't run many tracks, do any mixing, or add effects, you won't be happy...Once you're set, you can import the QuickTime Movie. Make sure that when you export it from your video application that you trim the Movie start to a logical (and known) start time. This is common if you have a "window burn" that shows a time code location on the picture, or a "2 pop" or Academy leader on your video, which allows you to set up sync easily between sound and picture. Then you can have the Movie start right at a certain Bar|Beat location, or at an even minute or second boundary by using Grid or Spot.