How cinema tools names batch-captured clips, Considerations before capturing clips individually – Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual
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Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database
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Considerations Before Capturing Clips Individually
Clips can also be captured individually with Final Cut Pro, without using device control.
(See the Final Cut Pro documentation for details on capturing clips individually.)
When you capture your clips, remember these points:
 If you don’t use device control, Final Cut Pro cannot receive the correct timecode for
the clips during capture. This means you need to correct the timecode for each and
every source clip in Final Cut Pro. To do this, open each clip in the Viewer and note
the timecode that appears in the window burn of the first frame of the clip. Then,
choose Modify > Timecode and enter the value from the window burn into the
Source field, selecting the Drop Frame checkbox if appropriate. Finally, be sure to
update the key number information for the clip in the Cinema Tools database by
using the Identify feature, as described in “
Verifying and Correcting Edge Code
 You don’t want to drop any frames while capturing because that can result in an
incorrect cut list and will interfere with the reverse telecine process.
How Cinema Tools Names Batch-Captured Clips
If you capture clips with a batch capture list, and if there is both a scene and a take
identifier in the database record, Cinema Tools creates a clip name using the scene
and take, separated by a hyphen. For example, the clip for scene 10, take 1 would be
named 10-1. If there are no scene and take identifiers, Cinema Tools creates a clip
name based on the video reel and timecode. For example, a clip from reel 001 that
begins at timecode 01:35:30:15 would be named 001-01.35.30.15.
When naming the clips, Cinema Tools makes sure that none of the clips have the
same name. For example, clips from different cameras may have had the same scene
and take identifiers. When this happens, the clip names are distinguished by adding
the roll or reel identifiers. For example, the clips for scene 4, take 4 in roll “1A” and roll
“1B” would be named “4-4” and “4-4B,” respectively. If there were no roll or reel
identifiers found, those clips would be named “4-4” and “4-4_1.”
Note: Before exporting a batch capture list from Cinema Tools, it’s best to sort by
Slate in the List View window to see if any clips have the same Slate column
descriptions. If any clips have the exact same information in the Slate column, modify
the Scene or Take fields in those database records so that they are not the same. This
will help ensure that none of the clips in the batch capture list have the same name.
Important:
In order to make the clip-connecting process as automated as possible,
do not change the filenames that Cinema Tools creates for the source clips when they
are captured.
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