Connecting source clips to the database – Apple Cinema Tools 4 User Manual
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Connecting Source Clips to the Database
Because source clips and database records can be created by different means at different
times, you may need to establish the link between a source clip and its record after they
both exist. This process is called connecting a clip to a record. How you connect clips to
the database depends on how you captured your clips.
• If you created your database by dragging a folder of clips to the Cinema Tools application
icon: All of the records were automatically connected to the clips. You can use the
Connect Clips command to connect the records to a different set of clips later if
necessary, or to reconnect the source clips if they are moved to a different disk.
• If you captured your source clips by using a batch capture list: Use the Connect Clips
command to automatically connect all your source clips to the database. See
for more information.
• If you did not capture your source clips by using a batch capture list: You need to
individually connect source clips to database records by using either the Detail View
window or the Clip window. These two methods are equally easy and accessible, so
the one you choose may depend on which window happens to be open. The Clip
window is most convenient if you’re interested in selecting a new poster frame for
each clip as you go, or if you want to use the Conform or Reverse Telecine feature on
each clip immediately after you connect it to the database.
Keep in mind these basic rules for connecting clips:
• Each database record can have a maximum of one clip connected to it, and each clip
can be connected to a maximum of one database record in the same database. In other
words, you can’t have two clips connected to one database record, and you can’t have
one clip connected to two different records in the same database. (However, a clip can
be connected to records in multiple databases. For example, you could have a clip
connected to a record in a master database and to a record in a second, smaller database
that represents an edited sequence.) See
Synchronizing a Set of Selected Clips to Create
for more information. Also, a database record does not have to have
a clip connected to it.
• You can connect source clips to database records any time between the time you
capture the clips and the time you export lists.
• If you are working with camera-roll transfer video that has a continuous key
number-to-timecode relationship, you can use the timecode-based method of film list
generation so you don’t have to connect your source clips to database records. See
Potential Database Shortcut for Camera-Roll Transfers
and
for more information.
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Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database