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Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Creating and Using a Cinema Tools Database

To choose a new poster frame for 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

In the clip playback area, locate the frame you want to use as the poster frame.

Tip: Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move forward and backward frame-by-frame.

3

Click Poster Frame when the window displays the frame you want to use.

The new poster frame appears in the Detail View window of the clip.

Note: Regardless of the poster frame you set, the Clip window always opens to the first
frame of the clip.

You can drag the slider to locate
and display the frame you want to
use as the clip poster frame.

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