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Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database
 If your video is non-drop frame timecode, make sure that Non-Drop Frame is chosen
from the Default Timecode pop-up menu in the Final Cut Pro Device Control Presets tab.
A quick way to do this is to choose DV-NDF in the Easy Setup dialog in Final Cut Pro.
(Refer to the Final Cut Pro documentation for more details on using Easy Setups.)
 The naming of the source clips is important because you will need to connect clips to
database records. In order to make the connection process as smooth as possible,
use an easy naming scheme with the scene and take identifiers. For example, the clip
for scene 33, take 1 could be named 33-1. Hyphens are fine in a clip name, but do not
use a slash or colon.
Connecting Captured Source Clips to the Database
Since source clips and database records are created by different means at different
times, you need to establish the link between a source and its record after they both
exist. This process is called connecting a clip to a record. How you connect clips to the
database depends on how you captured your clips.
 If you captured your source clips by using a batch capture list: Use the Connect Clips
command to automatically connect all your source clips to the database. See “
the Connect Clips Command to Connect Source Clips
 If you did not capture your source clips by using a batch capture list: You need to
individually connect source clips to database records by using either the Detail View
window or the Clip window. These two methods are equally easy and accessible, so
the one you choose may depend on which window happens to be open. The Clip
window is most convenient if you’re interested in selecting a new poster frame for
each clip as you go, or if you want to use the Conform or Reverse Telecine feature on
each clip immediately after you connect it to the database.
Keep in mind these basic rules for connecting clips:
 Each database record can have a maximum of one clip connected to it, and each clip
can be connected to a maximum of one database record. In other words, you can’t
have two clips connected to one database record, and you can’t have one clip
connected to two different database records. Also, a database record does not have
to have a clip connected to it.
 You can connect source clips to database records any time between the time you
capture the clips and export lists.
 If you are working with camera-roll transfer video that has a continuous key number-
to-timecode relationship, you can use the timecode-based method of film list
generation so you don’t have to connect your source clips to database records. For
more information, see “
A Potential Database Shortcut for Camera-Roll Transfers
How Cinema Tools Creates Film Lists
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