Apple Cinema Tools 4 User Manual
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• 24 FPS: Video timecode at 24 fps or 23.98 fps
• Telecine Speed: Telecine speed (shown as TK Speed in the Detail View window, the Clip
window’s Identify pane, and optionally in the Final Cut Pro Browser window) refers to
the frame rate of the film in the telecine equipment during the transfer to video.
From the Telecine Speed pop-up menu, you choose the speed at which the film was
transferred:
• 24: 24 fps or 23.98 fps telecine film speed
• 25: 25 fps telecine film speed
• 30: 29.97 fps telecine film speed
If you are working with NTSC video, you usually choose 24 fps as the telecine film speed,
though the actual telecine film speed is approximately 23.98 fps. The Telecine Speed
pop-up menu also allows you to choose a setting of 30 fps because it is possible to
transfer film to NTSC video with the film running at a speed of 30 fps (actually 29.97 fps).
If you are working with PAL video, see
for a discussion of the PAL
frame rate choices.
If your film was transferred to video at a telecine film speed of 24 fps, choose 24 fps as
the telecine film speed. If your film was transferred to video at a telecine film speed of
25 fps, choose 25 fps.
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Creating a Cinema Tools Database