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Working With External EDLs
and ALE Files
You can use Cinema Tools to work on projects started on
other systems.
On occasion you may find that you want to create film lists, including a cut list, based on
edits from an editing system other than Final Cut Pro. For this reason, Cinema Tools lets
you generate film lists based on Edit Decision Lists (EDLs) created with other systems.
Cinema Tools also lets you import and export Avid Log Exchange (ALE) files. These files
contain most of the film, video, and audio information in a Cinema Tools database, in a
format supported by most film-based editing systems. They do not contain any edit-
based information (as is found in an EDL).
Creating EDL-Based Film Lists
The same considerations you have to take into account when creating film lists from
within Final Cut Pro apply to other video editing applications. You must
 have a complete and accurate Cinema Tools database that includes the film and
timecode information
 have video timecode and reel numbers in the EDL that match exactly those in the
Cinema Tools database
 be prepared to deal with audio speed issues that may affect synchronization with the
picture
All of the considerations related to the telecine transfer, including whether the scene-
and-take or camera-roll method was used, apply as well. The telecine log from a scene-
and-take transfer is still the best way to build your Cinema Tools database. See
Chapter 4, “
Creating and Using a Cinema Tools Database ,” on page 61 for information
on building a Cinema Tools database.
Important: When you export a film list from an EDL, Cinema Tools has to use the
timecode-based method of film list creation. For this reason, you must be careful to
have accurate video timecode values in the database, since they alone, and not the
actual clips, provide the edit information for generating the lists.
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