Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1481)

130 Part II Project Interchange
EDL Notes
EDL notes are useful for including details about your Final Cut Pro sequence, even
though the information can’t be used directly by the editing system that imports
the EDL.
 File or Clip Names: This pop-up menu allows you to include either the file or clip
names as a note beneath each edit.
 Comments pop-up menu: Choose one of the comments columns in the Browser
(Master Comments 1–4 or Comments A–B) to include in the EDL. This is a useful way
for offline editors to provide notes about shots to the online editor.
 Filters: Includes names of video and audio filters applied to a clip.
 Video Levels: Opacity levels of each clip, if they are not 100%. Opacity keyframes are
also included, displayed by clip timecode and percentage level. Bezier curve
information is ignored.
 Audio Levels: Audio level changes of a clip, along with keyframe timecode and
relative gain adjustment (in decibels). The audio channel (A1, A2, and so on) is
specified next to each audio level note.
 Transitions: Includes notes about the transitions used in your edit.
Master
These settings allow you to set the starting timecode number for the master tape. This
overrides the Starting Timecode field in the Timeline Options of Sequence Settings.
 Start Time: The timecode for the first edit on the master tape. This number defaults
to the starting timecode of the sequence, but you can set it to any number you want.
 Drop Frame: Defines whether the timecode on the master tape being edited to has
drop frame or non-drop frame timecode. This appears as the first element under the
title in the EDL and defaults to the type of timecode of the sequence you’re
exporting.
Note: This option is only relevant for sequences that have a timebase (frame rate) of
29.97 fps.
Audio Mapping
You can choose which audio channels in your sequence are edited to the audio tracks
of the master tape. Some EDL formats support two audio channels, while others
support four. Each track in your sequence can be mapped to any audio channel in the
EDL format. For example, you can map sequence audio tracks 2, 6, 10, and 14 to audio
track 2 in the EDL. The resulting master tape created from this EDL will have audio clips
from sequence tracks 2, 6, 10, and 14 edited onto track 2.