Apple Cinema Tools 4 - Manual (Page 180)

• You cannot export any of the standard film lists, such as a cut list or a duplicate list,
along with the change list, as you can from Final Cut Pro. You can include the change
list–specific change pull list and discard list.
The following diagram shows the basic process when exporting a change list from
Cinema Tools. After you finish the initial edit of the program, you export a Final Cut Pro
XML file (or a Cinema Tools program file if you are using a film-based workflow) and
screen the program. If changes are required, you make the edits in the sequence and
then export a new Final Cut Pro XML file. In Cinema Tools, you export the change list by
comparing the file representing the initial edit and the file representing the current edit.
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Change list (for sound
conforming, and so on)
More changes
required?
Screen
program
Exported
XML for
second edit
Exported
XML for
initial edit
Final Cut Pro
Edit
sequence
Cinema Tools
Export
change list
Yes
Should You Use XML or Program Files?
There are a few differences between using a Final Cut Pro XML file and a Cinema Tools
program file when exporting a change list. These differences can help you decide which
approach is the best for you to take.
• When you export a Cinema Tools program file, you must also export a film list. If you
do not need a film list, exporting a Final Cut Pro XML file is simpler. If you do need a
film list, it is easy to add a Cinema Tools program file to that process and avoid having
to go through a second export process to create the Final Cut Pro XML file.
180 Chapter 10 Generating Film Lists and Change Lists