Apple Cinema Tools 3 - Manual (Page 75)

Chapter 4 Creating and Using a Cinema Tools Database 75
Using Scene, Shot, and Take Identifiers
An identifier can be any combination of numbers and letters (up to 15 characters).
 Take identifier: If the source clip associated with a database record contains more
than one take, you can think of the take identifier as a source clip identifier.
 Scene identifier: The identifier you enter in the Scene field actually identifies both
the scene and the shot for the clip. For the Scene identifier, most people enter the
number or letter combination that appears in the Scene field on the slate. The
typical method for identifying scenes and shots is to use a number for the scene
and add a letter to specify the shot in the scene. So when a slate says Scene 12B, it
is referring to shot 12B in scene 12. You see this reflected in the Detail View window;
the first number you enter in the Scene field appears next to the word Scene in the
Detail View window. Next to the word Shot, both the number and the letter appear.
For example, if you enter 1D in the Scene field, you see the following at the top-left
corner of the Detail View window:
 1 next to the word Scene
 1D next to the word Shot
Tip: In the Scene field, you can enter a letter before the first number, and it will be
part of the scene identifier. Adding a letter to the beginning of a scene identifier is a
useful naming scheme when you need to add a scene in the middle of an existing
order of scenes. For example, between scene 1D and scene 2D you could add a scene
named A2D, so the new order would be scene 1D, scene A2D, scene 2D, scene 3D,
and so on.
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