User manual

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Advantage —Using an EDL and Cinema Tools database to move your sequence into

Color and relink it directly to the native REDCODE media eliminates the added step of

reingesting using the Log and Transfer window. Relinking using a Cinema Tools

database is fast: you can relink to media on multiple hard drives in one step. Working

with REDCODE media provides all the same advantages as working with native RED

QuickTime ﬁles.

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Disadvantage — The edits in your project are limited to those that are supported by

the EDL format: one video track, dissolves only, no other effects, and no audio.

Stage 1 — Ingest Using ProRes, and Perform an Ofﬂine Edit

1. If itʼs necessary to edit your program at ofﬂine quality for efﬁciency, transcode the

archived RED media to one of the Apple ProRes codecs: ProRes 422 (Proxy),

ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422, or ProRes 422 (HQ) using the Log and Transfer

window in Final Cut Pro. (For more information on each codec, see “Transcoding to

One of the Apple ProRes Codecs.”)

2. Edit your project in Final Cut Pro as you normally would.

Stage 2 — Build a Cinema Tools Database

1. Drag the folder that contains the REDCODE media used by your project onto the

Cinema Tools icon in the Applications folder, or in your Dock (if you put it there).

2. When the Create New Database dialog appears, click Create Database and Add

Clips.

3. When the New Database dialog appears, ignore the settings and click OK. The

settings in this dialog have no effect on the creation of the database.

4. When the New Database save dialog appears, choose a name and location for the

Cinema Tools database youʼre creating, and click Save.

A new Cinema Tools database is created, and all of the media in the folder you

dragged (including media in all subfolders) is automatically added to it. When this

process is ﬁnished, a dialog appears, telling you how many clips were added to the

database.

5. Click OK.

The database opens up in List view. If necessary, you can add additional REDCODE

media from other hard drive volumes that are used by your project, to make relinking

to media in multiple locations easier.

Note – The List View in Cinema Tools defaults to Keycode view. You should choose

Video from the Display Mode pop-up menu at the upper-left hand corner of the

window to display and verify the reel names of each entry in the list.

6. Drag other RED media used by your project from any other volumes onto the

Cinema Tools List View window.

7. When a dialog appears asking if you want to “Add new clips to the database?” click

OK.

When this process is ﬁnished, another dialog appears, telling you how many clips

were added.

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