Apple Cinema Tools 4 - Manual (Page 116)

Avoid Moving or Renaming Your Source Clips in the Finder
Once a source clip is connected to the database, that link must be intact when you
generate any film lists. If the link is broken, the lists will be incomplete. A clip-to-database
link is broken if:
• The source clip filename is changed
• The source clip file is moved or deleted
See Fixing Broken Clip-to-Database Links for information about fixing broken links.
Using the Connect Clips Command
You can use the Connect Clips command to connect source clips to the database in a
variety of situations:
• If you captured clips using a batch capture list: The Connect Clips command can connect
your captured source clip files to the appropriate database records. This process requires
that the reel name and the timecode of the captured clips match those of the database
entries.
• If you moved your connected clips to a new location: Once you have clips connected to
your database, moving the clips to a different folder or disk causes the clips to be
disconnected. You can use the Connect Clips command to reconnect the records to
the relocated clips.
• If you renamed one or more of your clips: Once you have clips connected to your database,
renaming the clips causes them to be disconnected. As long as the clips still have the
same reel number and timecode information, you can use the Connect Clips command
to reconnect the records to the renamed clips.
• If some clips have been updated and put in a different folder: If you have created different
versions of some connected clips (for example, versions that have been color corrected
or recaptured using a different codec) and have put the new clips in a separate folder,
you can use the Connect Clips command to connect records to those new clips.
Important: Records connected to DPX image sequence clips use the folder name that
contains the image sequence files as the reel name, and the name of the first image as
the clip name. If you change the name of the folder that contains the image sequence
files, you have effectively changed the clip’s reel name, and you cannot use Connect Clips
to reconnect to the DPX image sequence clip.
The Connect Clips command uses a record’s video reel and timecode values when trying
to connect records in the found set to clips in the selected folder (and its subfolders). You
also need to keep the following in mind when using the Connect Clips command:
• Only records with video reel and timecode entries can be connected to a clip.
116 Chapter 7 Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database