New Features in Cinema Tools 4

New Features in Cinema Tools 4 This version of Cinema Tools includes a number of new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever to generate film lists, including extensive customization capabilities and more detailed optical lists. Additionally, there is an improved user interface that streamlines the database management process. The most significant of these new features are introduced below. All of these features are fully documented in the Cinema Tools User Manual, available from the Help menu. An Improved User Interface Cinema Tools 4 introduces an improved user interface that helps streamline the film database management process. List View Window The List View window now includes a Show All button as well as the Find button that used to be in the Detail View window. Use the Show All button to quickly show all database records. Use the Find button to show only the records you need. 1 Detail View Window The Detail View window has been reorganized to make entering and viewing information easier. Telecine session information is now easier to see. A tooltip shows a clip’s location, which is useful when a clip is missing. Clip Window The Clip window now includes two panes that used to be separate windows—Identify and Analysis—reducing clutter on your desktop and making it easier to get at detailed clip information.The Clip window also now includes Previous Clip and Next Clip buttons, making it easy to jump from one clip to the next in the List View records. Click the Identify button to verify and enter clip information in a database. Click the Analysis button to see clip file and format details. Click the Previous Clip and Next Clip buttons to jump from one clip to the next. 2 Export Film Lists Dialogs The Export Film Lists dialog has been updated to allow you to export PDF-format film lists and choose which track to base an exported film list on. A new dialog, the Export XML Film Lists dialog, lets you export XML-format film lists. For more information about these features, see “New Film List Formats,” next, and “General Film List Improvements” on page 5. For exporting PDF-format film lists For exporting XML-format film lists New Film List Formats Cinema Tools 4 now supports two new formats for your exported film lists: PDF and XML.  PDF file: A format for easy viewing that contains only the information that you specify  XML file: A format for use with other software that contains all of the film-related information from the sequence Note: Cinema Tools no longer supports exporting plain text film lists. 3 About PDF-Format Film Lists Exporting a PDF-format film list creates a file that can be opened in Preview or any other PDF viewer.You are able to choose which items to include in the list and even set their order. The left column lists all of the possible items that can appear in the PDF film list. The right column lists the items in the order that they will appear in the PDF film list. Additionally, you can set the PDF list’s orientation and font size, and even save the current settings or load a previously saved settings file. Saving and loading settings files is especially useful when you are using Cinema Tools on multiple systems and want them to export similarly formatted lists. Note: Change lists are also exported in PDF format. 4 About XML-Format Film Lists Exporting an XML-format film list creates a file that contains all film-related information from the Final Cut Pro sequence. Important: XML-format film lists are not related to the other XML files you can export from Final Cut Pro. Unlike PDF-format film list files, XML-format film list files are not intended to be easily printed and read by humans.The XML format is intended to be used to exchange information between software applications.The purpose of XML-format film lists is to provide all of the film-related information about a Final Cut Pro sequence in a format that the user can incorporate into other custom software being used in the film workflow. Note: You can open an XML-format film list in a text editor, such as TextEdit, to see the film list’s structure and the information it contains. General Film List Improvements Several improvements have been made to the film lists that you generate with Cinema Tools. Improved Optical Film Lists The opticals that are tracked by an exported film list now include any filter, transition, and motion effects used in your sequence. An optical list now consists of up to four separate lists:  The optical list: This list contains an entry for each cut list event that uses an optical effect. Based on the type of optical effect, each entry links to one of the three effects lists (described next) that are also included with the optical list.These effects lists include the actual details of the optical effect.  The transition effects list: This list contains an entry for each optical list entry that contains a transition effect, such as a cross dissolve or wipe.  The filter effects list: This list contains an entry for each optical list entry that contains a filter effect, such as a blur or color correction.  The motion effects list: This list contains an entry for each optical list entry that contains a motion effect, such as a time remapping speed change. 5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn