Apple Cinema Tools 4 - Manual (Page 156)

• Length: Contact printing requires that the length of the transition be one of a set of
standard lengths, whereas optical printing does not. Cinema Tools identifies the set of
standard lengths for 24 fps or 23.98 fps media as 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and 96 frames in
duration. Cinema Tools identifies the set of standard lengths for 29.97 fps media as 20,
30, 40, 60, 80, and 120 frames in duration. (Make sure to check with your contact printer
about the standard lengths required for different frame rates.)
Comparing Quotes
To get quotes to compare costs of contact and optical printing, you need to export two
versions of the film list.
To export different film lists to give to the printers for quotes
1 In the Export Film Lists dialog, choose “All are cuts” from the Transitions pop-up menu
to export a film list for a contact printing quote.
Note: See An Introduction to Film Lists and Change Lists for details about the Export Film
Lists dialog.
2 After exporting that list, choose “All are opticals” from the Transitions pop-up menu to
export a film list for an optical printing quote.
Dividing Transitions Between a Contact and Optical Printer
You can have standard-length transitions created by a contact printer and the rest of the
transitions created as opticals.
You do this by exporting a film list in which standard-length transitions are listed as cuts
for printing on a contact printer, and nonstandard-length transitions are listed as opticals.
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