Final Cut Pro 6. Cinema Tools 4.
Advanced tools for film and 24p HD video.
Cinema Tools 4 is a powerful database that tracks Final Cut Pro edits for conforming film and 24p video projects. For editors and filmmakers who specifically want to shoot and finish on film, Cinema Tools is an essential part of the Final Cut Studio post-production process.
Film-to-video tracking
Cinema Tools 4 allows you to track the relationship between film frames and their corresponding video frames, no matter which video standard you use. It converts your video to 24p, removing pulldown frames as necessary, so that your video conversion aligns perfectly to your film original. Cinema Tools performs conversions in the background, so you can continue to edit other material.
Cinema Tools lets you edit your film just as you would edit any other project in Final Cut Pro. A new, streamlined interface makes your film workflow even more efficient.
Intuitive setup process
Start by importing telecine logs into Final Cut Pro. Cinema Tools sets up a database and creates a batch capture list for use in Final Cut Pro. After you capture your media, relink your assets to the Cinema Tools database in a single step. If you need to add new footage to your project, you can easily import new telecine logs, capture the media, and relink the media assets.
Final Cut Pro film views
Film editors are accustomed to judging a project’s length by using feet and frames. You can set the timecode display format in Final Cut Pro 6 to Feet+Frame units in the Timeline ruler and timecode fields throughout the application. Feet+Frame counter options include 35mm 3-perf, 35mm 4-perf, and 16mm.
You can view film data such as keycode and ink numbers directly in Final Cut Pro 6. Access this information in the Film tab of the Item Properties dialog, as well as in Viewer and Canvas overlays.
Customizable film lists
Use Cinema Tools to generate accurate negative assembly lists and optical lists from Final Cut Pro 6 projects, including a list of duplicate uses of source material in a sequence. Film lists are completely customizable, and you can now combine timecode and keycode in a single list.
Cinema Tools supports lists for 35mm (3- and 4-perf) and 16mm film formats. The lists can also track ink numbers for conforming work prints. If you have two versions of a sequence, Cinema Tools can generate ink-number or key-number change lists.
Exporting XML
Easily export your film lists as XML and import them into industry-standard tracking systems used to pull film negatives. Cinema Tools 4 makes it easy to work seamlessly with leading digital laboratories to produce a problem-free film out. Learn more about developing with the Cinema Tools XML format.
Dupe Lists and Optical Lists
In digital editing, you can use the same clip repeatedly without creating physical copies. Cinema Tools includes a list of digital dupes in the cut list. This information helps filmmakers reduce costs by eliminating unwanted dupes. Dupes that remain in the list alert the negative cutter that additional copies of the film footage are required. The cut list identifies optical effects as well.
Editing with Cinema Tools 4
To edit film footage digitally, you have to convert your film footage to digital video, using a film-to-tape telecine process. Transfer your film footage to any of a wide range of SD and HD video formats supported by Final Cut Pro 6. Then edit your project the same way you would cut original video, using the 24p frame rate required for film. Cinema Tools 4 tracks the edits and outputs the information you need to conform the original camera negative for your final film out.
