Apple Cinema Tools 3 - Manual (Page 61)

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Creating and Using
a Cinema Tools Database
At the heart of Cinema Tools is its database, providing
powerful organizational tools.
A Cinema Tools database is a database file you create in Cinema Tools, which contains
records that
 describe your source clips
 track the relationship between the film rolls and edge code (key numbers, ink
numbers, or both) and the video reels and timecode
 can also track other elements such as scenes, shots, and takes, and sound rolls and
sound timecode
You create a database for each film project. This database is what makes it possible for you
to export film lists that tell the negative cutter how to cut your original camera negative.
Beyond creating film lists, you may want to use the database as an organizational tool.
It can function similarly to the code book traditionally used in the post production of
film, tracking important elements such as the scene, shot, and take; the camera and lab
rolls; the edge code numbers; the video reels and timecodes; the sound rolls and
timecodes; and the source clips.
Depending on your situation, you may be able to simplify the database creation
process by building it from a telecine log or by creating just one database record per
camera roll.
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