Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual
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Chapter 2
The Cinema Tools Workflow
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Camera-Roll Transfers
Camera-roll transfers require you either to capture the entire tape or to manually
capture a clip for each take. As long as the tape uses continuous video timecode and
film key numbers, Cinema Tools only requires a single database record showing the
relationship between the two.
If Final Cut Pro has device control of your source deck, the best method for capturing the
desired takes is to use its Log and Capture window and enter the In and Out points and reel
number for each. You can then use batch capture to finish the process. It’s not necessary to
create a database record for each clip, as long as you do not change the timecode.
Without device control, you must manually capture either the desired takes or the
entire tape. For each take you capture manually, you may need to trim it and you will
also have to manually set its timecode to match the source tape. An advantage to
capturing the entire tape is that you only have to set the clip’s timecode once
(assuming that the source tape had continuous timecode). The drawback is the amount
of disk space required, although once captured, you can use Final Cut Pro to create
subclips of the useful takes, then delete the unused material.
Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database
page 95 for details on capturing clips.
Scene-and-Take Transfers
Scene-and-take transfers generally result in the Cinema Tools database having records
suitable for performing a batch capture. You can export a capture list from
Cinema Tools and import it into Final Cut Pro’s Browser. Final Cut Pro can then perform
a batch capture (assuming it can control the source device), creating clips as directed
by the Cinema Tools list. These clips can then be easily linked to records in the
Cinema Tools database.
Step 3:
Connect the clips to the database
Once you have captured the source clips, you can connect them to the Cinema Tools
database (also known as linking the clips the database). Connecting a clip to the
database gives Cinema Tools the ability to access a record’s clip while creating the cut
list, reducing the chance of timecode entry problems.
When creating a cut list, Cinema Tools starts by looking at the clip pathname used in
the edit and matching it back to its database. Being able to work with the clip file in
this way reduces the chances of a timecode error which can cause inaccurate records in
the cut list. This is especially important when editing at 24 fps. See Appendix B, “
Cinema Tools Creates Film Lists
,” on page 213 for more information on how
Cinema Tools generates a cut list. Also see “
Connecting Captured Source Clips to the
” on page 102 for more information.
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