Apple Pro Training Series: Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System: A Technical Guide to RealWorld PostProduction [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

Open the

Lesson 06 Project.fcp Final Cut Pro project file.

2.

Select the

Scene 4 sequence in the Timeline.

3.

Click the Timeline Layout pop-up and enable Show Duplicate Frames.

Lesson 4.

incoming clips , and you will use the notes as a guide so that you can mark the transitions on the conformed work print.

Note

Always ask your contact printer how they define standard-length durations and how many handles they want you to set. The regular standard-length transitions for 23.98 fps and 24 fps projects are identified as durations of 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and 96 frames. For 29.97 fps and 30 fps, standard-length are identified as 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, and 120 frames in duration.

10.

Enter

10 in the Handles field.

These handles are applied to transitions only. You will enter a number between 0 and 32. Cinema Tools will apply the number you indicate in this setting plus half a frame to the head and tail of each incoming and outgoing clip.

11.

Choose Feet & Frames from the Show pop-up menu.

The Show pop-up options allow you to count your footage using either feet and frames, timecode, or frames. You can use any of these options to verify the accuracy of your cut list against your edited sequence.

Feet and frames is useful when conforming to a film work print because it allows you to check your sync using a synchronizer block. You can also set your edited sequence to show feet and frames and use this option to verify the accuracy of the sequence running time against the cut list.

Note

A synchronizer block has a counter connected to several rotating wheels with sprockets and a footage counter. When working with film, you can interlock the film onto the sprockets and check the position of the film by footage and frame number. You can then check the footage and frame against your list and verify that the readings match.

Time is useful if you want to compare running times in the cut list with the timecode shown in the sequence. Set your sequence to timecode, and compare the cut list to the timecode in your edited sequence.

Note

You may notice that the timecode shown in the cut list may not match the timecode shown in the sequence. This is because you need to calculate from the film frame number.

Count is useful if you are printing opticals because you will know how many frames are used between the beginning and the end of an effect.

12.

Enter

0000+00 in the Starting At field.

This is where you will enter a starting location for the cut list. For example, if you're exporting the second scene from a film, you would begin the count from the starting position of that scene within the film. If you're generating a cut list with time, enter the starting timecode of your edited sequence in the Starting At field.

13.

Choose One And One-Half from the Cut Handles pop-up menu.

Find out what allowances your negative cutter prefers with cut handles. You can select to allow for up to five and one-half frames of cut handles. Cinema Tools assumes that at least one-half of a frame is destroyed. This allowance is essential information, and is included in the duplicate list and double usage warning list.

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This is an example of a double usage warning list.

14.

Choose Scene & Take from the Show pop-up menu.

Showing scene and take is more useful than showing clip name because it relates directly to the Cinema Tools database.

Tip

Consider naming your clips by scene and take names. This will be especially useful when comparing your clips to the cut list and your Cinema Tools database.

15.

Choose Camera Roll from the Show pop-up menu.

Choose the option that matches how your film is stored. If you're unsure, ask your negative or work print cutter which type of roll they want to see displayed.

16.

Choose Key Code from the Show pop-up menu.

You only have the option to choose Ink Numbers when the film standard is 35mm 4 perf.

17.

Select the Save A Cinema Tools Program File check box.

You need a program file if you plan to make changes to your Final Cut Pro sequence or if you want to export an audio EDL from Cinema Tools.

18.

Deselect Start With 8 Seconds Of Leader.

This option inserts 8 seconds of leader before the start of the sequence. It's best to insert the leader directly into your sequence to maintain sequence timecode accuracy.

19.

Select Open In Text Editor so that the film list opens immediately in the specified text editor.

20.

Choose Other from the pop-up menu.

21.

Select Final Cut Pro from the Applications folder, and click Open.

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It's easier to view and compare the film list in a Final Cut Pro window. Although you can't print or save changes to the list, you can edit the document and then copy and paste the text to a text application.

22.

Select Cut List.

A cut list is also known as your assembly list. It contains all the information you need to cut your film negative or work print. If your edited sequence contains any titles or superimposed images, you will see two lists, a cut list and a foreground layer list. The foreground layer list contains only the title and superimposed image information contained on video track 2.

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This is an example of a cut list, also called an assembly list.

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This is an example of a foreground layer cut list.

23.

Select Dupe List.

You must give your lab the dupe list so the technicians can pull shots from your negative rolls and make duplicates.

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This is an example of a dupe list.

24.

Select Optical List.

The optical list is the master list for all transition and motion effects. This list describes how the effects shots are assembled. If you have motion effects or transitions in your edited sequence, you will also get a motion effects and a transition effects list.

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This is an example of an optical list.

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This is an example of a transition effects list.

25.

Select Pull List.

The pull list and the cut list both show the shots contained in the edited sequence. Where the cut list defines the sequence order of the shots, the pull list defines the order in which the shots can be found on the negative rolls.

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This is an example of a pull list.

26.

Select Scene List.

The scene list contains each shot that is listed in the cut list, except each shot is only listed once. You can also use this list to order prints of the clips in your program so that you can conform a work print.

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This is an example of a scene list.

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This is an example of an optical scene list.

Note

If you selected Optical List and Scene List, you will see an optical scene list included in the cut list. An optical scene list contains a description of all the shots used in all the opticals and motion effects. Each shot is only listed once. The lab uses the list to pull the negative shots needed to make the opticals.

27.

Select Missing Elements List.

This essential list shows all the clips that lack the information that the negative cutter will need to conform the negative. The list is useful because the missing information is shown for each missing element.

Each source clip must be connected to a record unless you use the timecode-based method for cut list generation. Generally, this relates only to camera-roll transfers, since you capture an entire camera roll and enter one database record for each complete clip. If you use the timecode-based method, each record must include a video reel, timecode, and duration.

28.

Click OK.

29.

Enter

SUFR_FilmList_version01 in the Save As dialog.

30.

Click Choose Database.

31.

Navigate to the Lesson 06 folder, choose

Lesson 06 Database , and click Open.

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32.

In the Save The Film List As dialog, click Save.

33.

Enter

SUFR_Cinema ToolsFL_version01 in the Cinema Tools Program File Save As dialog box, and click Save.

The film list opens in a Viewer window in Final Cut Pro. It is a read-only file, but you can copy and paste the text file into a text application and save and print it.

Tip

Information in the lists must be very easy to read, so always use a monospaced font such as Arial or Courier for printing and displaying information. Your negative cutter needs to easily distinguish between letters and numbers.

1.

Scroll down

SUFR_FilmList_version01 in Final Cut Pro until you see the heading showing the cut list in construction order.

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Compare each shot in the

Scene 4 Timeline to the shots and information in the cut list.

2.

Place your playhead at the beginning of the Timeline.

3.

Look at the Shot 001 in the cut list, then look at shot 1 in the

Scene 4 sequence.

Does your footage counter in the sequence and in the cut list begin at 0000+00?

4.

In the Timeline, press the down arrow key to jump the playhead to the beginning of the next clip.

Is the Timeline feet and frames displaying 0012+00? That should match the length of the first event in the cut list.

5.

Continue comparing the events in the cut list to those in your Timeline.

6.

Look at the keycode numbers on the window burns of the clips in the Canvas.

Do they match the keycode numbers displayed in your list?

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This type of error checking may seem tedious, but it will ensure a successful conform.

1.

Duplicate the

Scene 4 sequence, and name the duplicated sequence

Scene 4 Version 02 .

2.

Trim some of the edited clips in the duplicated sequence. Exactly what you do isn't important; the goal here is just to make some changes.

3.

Type

0161+00 in the feet and frame counter in the Timeline, and press Return.

4.

Delete the extra clip at the playhead position.

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5.

Choose File > Export > Cinema Tools Change List.

6.

Select the

SUFR_Cinema ToolsFL_version01 Cinema Tools program file you created earlier.

The Change List dialog opens.

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Note

Keep the Film Standard, Telecine Speed, Show Key Code, and Start With 8 Seconds Of Leader values the same as your original cut list. This is essential to exporting an accurate change list.

7.

Choose All Are Cuts from the Transitions pop-up menu.

When you export a change list, choose All Are Cuts whether the transitions are of standard length or not. Cinema Tools will insert notes describing the transitions. These notes will include where and how the transitions should be represented on the work print.

Remember, this is a change list; it doesn't need to describe every event that led up to the changes.

8.

Deselect the Dupe List and Optical List check boxes from the list selections.

9.

Select

all check boxes in the Change List Options:

• Include Pull List This will include any new shots that need to be added.

• Include Discard List This will list any shots that need to be removed.

• Show Only Changes Select this option to display new edits only. However, if the Cut List check box is selected, the original cut list is included in the Show Only Changes list file. This means all footage from the sequence, both changed and unchanged, will be included.

• Combine Deletions This is a very useful option because it will regard footage deletions that are continuous as one shot instead of a series. A film assistant will remove a series of pieces as one piece and store them intact. This saves you time because you won't need to store a series of shots.

10.

Click OK, and enter

SUFR_ChangeList_version01 for the change list name.

11.

Enter

SUFR_Cinema ToolsFL_version02 for the Cinema Tools program file name.

Remember, this is the second version of your Cinema Tools program file.

12.

Click Save.

13.

Scroll down the change list, and stop when you reach the heading labeled The Cut List In Construction Order.

14.

Compare your cut list construction order against your new sequence. Check that everything is correct.

15.

Scroll up to the statistics heading. You will see figures for original length and new length.

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16.

Compare the new length to the length of your sequence.

Tip

As long as you have the exported Cinema Tools program files (.pgm), you can export a change list directly from Cinema Tools. The dialog in the change list from Cinema Tools is more straightforward and only includes Change List options specifically applicable to changes. This is useful if another editor or assistant is working on your Final Cut Pro project, or if you need to re-export a change list without opening FCP.