Capturing a clip in FCP
To capture a clip from your camera click on the “Capture – Now” button, then push play on your camera. Once the footage you want has been captured hit “esc” on your computer keyboard to stop capturing, then press “stop” on you camera’s VTR controls. The clip you just captured will appear in a separate window. You can close this window which will bring up a dialog box asking if you want to save it. Make sure to name the clip meaningfully and to save the clip in a folder where you can find it later. Close the “Log and Capture” window.