Apple Cinema Tools 3 - Manual (Page 99)

Chapter 5 Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database 99
Generating a Batch Capture List From Cinema Tools
If you have a video deck with device control, such as a DV-format camera with FireWire
or a high-end video deck or camera, batch capture is the most convenient way to bring
media into your computer. With batch capture, you connect a video deck to your
computer and, based on a Cinema Tools–generated list of the source clips, Final Cut Pro
copies all of the source clips from the tape to your computer. In other words, when you
use batch capture, you do not need to use your video deck to manually locate each
source clip before you capture it with Final Cut Pro.
To set up a batch capture, you specify the clips you want to capture (after your
Cinema Tools database has been created) and Cinema Tools generates a list based on
the information in the database. After you import this batch capture list into
Final Cut Pro, those source clips appear in the Browser as offline clips, meaning they are
logged and ready to be batch captured. When your source media is on multiple tapes,
you can still use batch capture. When you begin the batch capture, you see a list of all
the video reels needed. When all the clips from one reel are captured, you are
prompted to select another reel.
Note: You do not have to create a batch capture list from a Cinema Tools database
because you can first batch capture your clips with Final Cut Pro and then generate a
database from your Final Cut Pro batch capture list. However, this is not ideal because
you lose some of the advantages of building your database from a telecine log or Avid
Log Exchange (ALE) file. Most importantly, the key number and camera roll information
is not added to each database record so you have to enter that information manually.
See “
Importing Database Information From a Final Cut Pro Batch Capture List ” on
page 71 for more information.
Advantages of Using a Cinema Tools Batch Capture List
 Time savings: You can let Cinema Tools generate your batch capture list for you
instead of creating it manually yourself.
 Accuracy: The batch capture list captures source clips that match your database records.
 Convenient source clip filenaming: When you batch capture from a database batch
capture list, your source clip files are named with a naming scheme based on the
scene and take identifiers. For example, scene 10, take 1 would be given the
filename 10-1.
 Automatic linking between source clips and the database: With the Connect Clips
command, you can automatically link your captured source clips to the appropriate
database records.
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