Settings in the export audio edl dialog – Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual
Page 163
Chapter 9
Export Considerations and Creating Audio EDLs
163
3
Enter and select settings in the Export Audio EDL dialog, then click OK. See “
,” next, for settings information.
4
In the dialog that now appears, select the Cinema Tools database file to use, then click
Choose. Once you select the database, Cinema Tools starts matching events in the
sequence to it:
 For each edit involving a track enabled in the Export Audio EDL dialog, Cinema Tools
searches the database to see if that edit’s video clip is connected to any database
records. If not, it tries to locate a record using the edit’s video reel number that
includes its timecode In and Out points.
 If Cinema Tools finds a suitable record, it checks whether that record includes sound
information (timecode and reel number). If so, an entry is made to the EDL and
Cinema Tools moves on to the next edit.
 Cinema Tools may not be able to match all audio edits within the sequence. This may
be due to incomplete database records or the use of audio from sources other than
the logged sound rolls. For those edits that cannot be matched back to the database,
an entry is added to the EDL using the reel and timecode from the sequence, with an
asterisk placed by the reel name. A comment stating that no matching database
record was found is also added to the EDL entry.
Cinema Tools creates two files during the export: a CMX 3600 EDL format file and a
text file containing information on the EDL export:
 The CMX 3600 EDL format is widely used as a standard for EDL interchange, and
should be acceptable at virtually all facilities.
 The text file created along with the EDL file uses the EDL’s filename with a “.txt”
extension. The file contains information regarding the sequence used and all the
settings of the Export Audio EDL dialog, including the number of tracks and their
mapping. It also lists any errors that occurred during the export.
Settings in the Export Audio EDL Dialog
Cinema Tools uses information from the sequence to fill in several fields in the top part
of the Export Audio EDL dialog:
UP01101.Book Page 163 Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:16 PM