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.

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 clips

location, which is useful
when a clip is missing.

Clip Window
The Clip window now includes two panes that used to be separate windowsIdentify
and Analysisreducing 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.

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.

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 lists 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.

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 lists 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.

Track Selection
You can now select the track to use when exporting the film list.
All of the lists you choose to include in the film list are now based on the video track
you choose from the Track pop-up menu of the Export Film Lists dialog or Export XML
Film Lists dialog.
You can choose a different track and export a second list if needed. For example, if your
sequence contains titles (including any superssuperimposed images or frames) on
video track 2, you can export a second film list that includes the edit information for
them. This makes it possible for you to configure alternative title tracks and export film
lists for each version.

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