Capturing strategies, saving projects.

Two questions.
I'd appreciate some advice in capturing clips with FCE. Is it better to mark the in and out points or clips for an entire tape, then capture them? Is this too much wear and tear on my camcorder? Or should I use Capture Now and then scan the clips for media stop/start detection? The latter seems quicker but the former seems more precise. Any recommendations?
Second, what is the difference between "Save Project" and "Save All"?
Information or advice greatly appreciated.

Depends on what's on the tape and the style required.
If I know most of the tape will be required then I use Capture Clip and set IN/OUT points to grab it in one go, name it clearly (very important when your BIG Scratch Drive fills up), then capture. I run DV start/stop to break 'em up a bit.
Using precise in/out points during capture of individual clips can backfire on you. My thoughts are if you use in/out points for each clip capture, add a few seconds on each end, no need to be frame accurate at the capture stage. This allows Media Handles to be available on your clips that can be available for transitions later. All the fine tuning (frame accuaracy) can be done in the Viewer just before dropping them into the Timeline.
"Second, what is the difference between "Save Project" and "Save All"?"
You may have more than one Project open at the Save time.
Al

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I'm not finding it documented...it must be really, really
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quote:
Originally posted by:
fennisdembo
quote:
I have a couple follow-on questions based on your reply.
1.) How do I "Open" my saved project as a Training
Simulation? I was able to do as you say and publish my project as a
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quote:
2.) You describe moving the Training Simulation interactions
to the demo. Can you give me a few examples of reasons I would do
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presentation, or am I still missing something?
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them to try it out for themselves. This approach enables you to
build the learning up at a gentle pace and ensures that you don't
lose them in the details. To be fair you could just branch to the
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2. You are creating some a piece of learning content that
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HTH
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