Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual
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Appendix C
Solutions to Common Problems and Customer Support
There are missing elements reported in the cut list.
 In the cut list, “
to create the cut list is missing. If you chose to include a missing elements list in the
film list, you’ll see all missing items listed there. See “
page 139, for information about which elements might be missing and how to
resolve them.
You see warnings about duplicate usages of source material.
 When the number of frames reused is fewer than the number of frames you entered
in the Cut Handles or Transition Handles settings, it’s possible that a duplicate usage
warning is a result of the cut handles or transition handles. To determine whether
this is the case, try setting the Transition Handles option to zero frames and the Cut
Handles option to one half of a frame, then export the film list again.
 When your edited program contains duplicate usages of source material and you
only have one original camera negative to cut, you have a couple of options. You can
reedit your scene or scenes in order to avoid using the material more than once. Or,
you can export a dupe list and give it to a lab so they can create duplicate negatives
of each shot that is used more than once. You then transfer the duplicate negatives
to video, capture them into Final Cut Pro, log them in the Cinema Tools database,
and use them to replace the duplicate sections in your edited project.
The key numbers in the cut list do not match the key numbers in the digital clips.
 First, make sure that it is something to be concerned about. When editing at the NTSC
video rate of 30 fps (actually 29.97 fps), key numbers might be off by +/– one frame.
This is normal and to be expected if you edited at the NTSC video rate. (See “
” on page 22.) Also, the key number may be off by more than one frame at
the end of the cut, if it was necessary to add or subtract a frame in order to maintain
sync with the sound. However, under no circumstances should the key number be off
by more than one frame at the beginning of the cut. And, if you are editing PAL video at
24 fps, the key number you see burned in to the frame should never be different from
the key number you see in the cut list at the In and Out points.
 If the difference is more than one frame, the most likely cause is that the clip is not
properly identified in the Cinema Tools database. To check that the clip is correctly
identified, go to the corresponding database record, then click Open Clip to open the
Clip window. Use the Identify feature to check the key numbers for more than one
location in the clip to see if the frames are properly identified. If the key number was
entered incorrectly, correct it in the Identify window. See “
Edge Code Numbers and Timecodes
” on page 88 for more information. Then,
generate the cut list again, and verify that the correct key numbers are now displayed.
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