Apple Cinema Tools 3 - Manual (Page 142)

142 Chapter 8 Generating Film Lists and Change Lists
Optical List
The optical list serves as a master list for transition and motion effects. It can refer to
transition effects, motion effects, or both. If there is a series of connected transition
and motion effects, the optical list combines them and describes them as a single
optical. You give the optical list to the optical house to outline how the effects shots
are to be assembled.
Note: Titles, which are another kind of optical, are displayed in the foreground layer of
the cut list, so they are not part of the optical list.
See “ Using Effects and Transitions ” on page 128 for more information.
Important: Be sure to view and print the optical list using a monospaced font such as
Monaco. Otherwise, the information in the list will not display correctly.
When you export an optical list, you also get a motion effects list if there are any
motion effects, and a transition effects list if there are any transitions.
An example of an
optical list
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