Importing an existing cinema tools database – Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual
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Chapter 4
Creating and Using a Cinema Tools Database
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In each database record, enter the edge code number information and film roll
identifier. (These items are required to create a cut list or change list.)
Note: Because a Final Cut Pro batch capture list includes everything in the Final Cut Pro
Browser, it may include clips or sequences that you don’t want. For this reason, you
should delete any database records you don’t need. See “
Importing an Existing Cinema Tools Database
One Cinema Tools database can be imported into another Cinema Tools database.
There are a few reasons why you might want to do this:
 You may want to create separate databases for organization and archiving purposes,
and then bring them all together in a master database. For example, you might want
to create separate databases for your dailies. If you want to manage your dailies by
creating a date-named database for each of the dailies, you could import the telecine
log for that daily session, export a batch capture list, capture the clips, and use the
Cinema Tools Connect Clips command to connect all the clips to that date-named
database file. Then, you could import that database file into a master database that
contains all of the daily databases.
 You may need to correct a database that has incorrect project defaults. To do this,
you create a new, empty database with the correct defaults, then import your
original database file into the new one.
To import one database file into another:
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Open the database into which you want to import another database file by choosing
Database > Open Database, then selecting the database in the dialog.
2
Choose File > Import > Database.
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In the dialog that appears, select the database you want to import.
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