User Manual

 Capture Location: Before you begin a film scanning session, scroll down to the
‘capture info’ section of DaVinci Resolve’s film scanner panel to make sure the scanned
files are being saved to the directory and volume where you want them. Click the
‘browse’ button and choose a location from the file destination dialog. It’s good to do
this first, as this step is easy to forget.
 Capture: When you have a Cintel Audio and KeyKode Reader fitted, this menu gives
you options for ‘audio only’ so no images will be captured, or ‘image and sound’.
Alternatively, you can capture ‘image only’ if audio is not important.
 Resolution: The resolution of the capture files depends on the source film format so
this field cannot be edited.
 Codec: DaVinci Resolve selects the ‘Cintel Raw’ codec for lossless compression
bydefault, or you can choose ‘Cintel Raw 3:1’ for even smaller file sizes.
 FPS: This sets the frame rate of the film itself and Resolve automatically adjusts the
timeline frame rate based on this.
TIP When using the optional Audio and KeyKode Reader accessory to scan
audio, the reader will automatically adjust for frame rate to maintain an overall
sample rate of 48kHz. Timecode output is supported for 24, 25 and 30 fps,
and for other frame rates no timecode signal is outputted.
 File Name Prefix: Prefix to help identify the scan. This can be the name of your project,
such as the title of the film you are scanning.
 Timestamp Prefix: Select this checkbox to prefix your scans with a timestamp as well
as the ‘file name prefix’ you specified. Your clips will be saved to independent sub-
folders in the destination folder. This checkbox is selected by default.
If you want to save all your clips together in one master destination folder without the
timecode in the file name, simply deselect the checkbox.
NOTE If you don’t make capture names unique with the timestamp prefix and
the files go into the same location, this could potentially overwrite files.
 Roll/Card, Reel Number, Clip Number, and Program Name: These are ways
toidentify the clip with metadata.
 Flags: You can use these color coded flags to tag clips.
 Good Take: Corresponds to ‘circled take’ metadata in the media pool.
 Log Clip: Adds a clip to the media pool. After you mark ‘in’ and ‘out’ points for a section
you want to scan, confirm the metadata is correct, and then click ‘log clip’. For more
information, refer to the ‘Logging and Capturing Individual Clips’ and ‘Logging and
Capturing Multiple Clips’ sections in the DaVinci Resolve manual.
 Batch Clip, Capture Clip, Capture Now, and
Snapshot: These scanning buttons
offer different methods to capture clips. For more information about scanning buttons,
refer to the ‘Scanning One or More Sections of Film’ section of this manual.
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