Apple Cinema Tools 3 - Manual (Page 84)

84 Chapter 4 Creating and Using a Cinema Tools Database
4 Enter the edge code and timecode values for the marked frame (the frame showing in
the Clip window) in the appropriate fields.
Note: You may be using ink numbers instead of key numbers, or vice versa. If so, you
can leave the field you aren’t using blank.
Note: If you decide you want to reset the values to what they were when you opened
the Identify window, click Revert.
5 Click Apply.
The clip’s database record is immediately updated with the values for the first frame
of the clip.
Calculating and Entering Clip Timecode Duration in the Database
The correct timecode duration of a clip is essential if you intend to generate a batch
capture list with Cinema Tools, or if you will be creating a cut list or change list by
matching back to the video reel and timecode (instead of matching back by using the
key numbers or ink numbers and clips). The value for this field can come from a
telecine log, and if you connect a clip to a database record that does yet contain the
timecode duration, Cinema Tools looks for this information in the clip file and
automatically enters it in the database record.
You can use the Identify feature to calculate a clip’s timecode duration (length in
timecode format) and this value is entered automatically in the database.
To calculate the timecode duration of a clip:
1 If it isn’t already open, open the clip in the Clip window in one of the following ways:
 Click Open Clip in the Detail View window of the clip’s database record.
 Choose File > Open Clip, then select the clip in the dialog.
2 Click the Identify button to open the Identify window.
3 Click Apply.
The clip’s timecode duration is entered or updated in the clip’s database record.
Enter the key number or
ink number for the
marked frame.
Enter the video
timecode for the
marked frame.
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