An overview of using cinema tools, Editing film digitally – Apple Cinema Tools 4 User Manual
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Cinema Tools combined with Final Cut Pro gives unprecedented power to film, digital
intermediate, and 24p video editors.
This chapter covers the following:
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Creating the Cinema Tools Database
(p. 14)
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Capturing the Source Clips with Final Cut Pro
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Preparing the Clips for Editing
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Creating Cut Lists and Other Lists with Cinema Tools
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How Much Can Be Done from Final Cut Pro?
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Editing Film Digitally
Computer technology is changing the film-creation process. Most feature-length films
are now edited digitally, using sophisticated and expensive nonlinear editors designed
for that specific purpose. Until recently, this sort of tool has not been available to
filmmakers on a limited budget.
Cinema Tools provides Final Cut Pro with the functionality of systems costing many times
more at a price that all filmmakers can afford. If you are shooting with 35mm or 16mm
film and want to edit digitally and finish on film, Cinema Tools allows you to edit video
transfers from your film using Final Cut Pro and then generate an accurate cut list that
can be used to finish the film.
Even if you do not intend to conform the original camera negative, as in a digital
intermediate workflow, Cinema Tools provides a variety of tools for capturing and
processing your film’s video. See
About the Digital Intermediate Process
for more
information.
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An Overview of Using
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