Apple Cinema Tools 3 - Manual (Page 82)

82 Chapter 4 Creating and Using a Cinema Tools Database
 Connect Clip/Open Clip button: If a clip has not been connected to the database
record, this button is labeled Connect Clip. If a clip has already been connected, the
button is labeled Open Clip.
 Click Connect Clip to select a source clip to connect to this record. When you select
a clip, it is connected to the database record and the first frame of the clip appears
in the box below the Connect Clip/Open Clip button.
 Click Open Clip to open a Clip window for the connected clip. If the related clip is
not found, a dialog opens so that you can select the correct clip.
 Press the Command key to change Open Clip to Disconnect Clip. Click Disconnect
Clip to disconnect the clip from the database record.
 Notes field: Enter any notes you want to include about the source clip.
 Telecine session notes: Enter any notes you want to include about the telecine session.
 New button: Click to create a new database record. In the dialog that appears, enter
the scene and take identifiers for the new database record. See “ Using Scene, Shot,
and Take Identifiers ” on page 75 for more information.
 Save button: Click when you have added or modified data in the current database
record. Your added or modified information is not recorded unless you click Save.
Using the Identify Feature to Enter and Calculate
Database Information
You can use the Identify window to determine the key number, ink number, or
timecode values for the database. The database requires these values for the first frame
of the clip, but you might not have them if you aren’t creating database records from a
telecine log or if your clips are lacking window burn.
To use the Identify feature to determine or verify edge code or timecode values:
 you need to know a key number, ink number, or timecode value for at least one
frame in the clip
 the clip needs to have a database record
 the key number-to-timecode relationship must be continuous. See “
Is Your Edge Code
Number-to-Timecode Relationship Continuous or Noncontinuous? ” on page 64.
Keep in mind that in the Identify window, the Key, Ink, Video Timecode, and Audio
Timecode fields should always reflect the values of the frame currently displayed in the
Clip window, whereas in the Detail View window these fields are associated with the
first frame of the clip. The Identify feature will, however, calculate and enter the first-
frame values you see in the Detail View window.
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