Appendix 1

4 Editing Picture to Lock
Beginning the Edit
On larger projects, the edit can and should begin as soon as there are dailies sunc and organized into
bins. New footage can be integrated into the edit as it becomes available. Different editors have different
ways of working, but for the most part, editors like to “string out” the footage, bringing all of
the best takes into the edit more or less in order. This very long edit is tightened over and over,
bringing the scene and the entire project into a shorter and better-developed edit with each
tightening.
It’s entirely possible to have a very basic edit ready by the end of production. This is one reason why
most large projects employ several assistant editors. It is usually their job to sync, log, manage the
database and edit log, and even string out scenes.
Because this is such a common workfl ow, the Final Cut and Cinema Tools are designed to import
new footage as it becomes available without scrambling the database. New logs and data when
imported are added in seamlessly.
Adding Film Dailies to the Picture Edit
The picture edit can and should start the minute there are sunc dailies. New footage will be arriving
daily and must be integrated into the project without disrupting the editing process.
When working from telecined fi lm, the process is straightforward. Open the Cinema Tools database
for the project and import the new telecine log(s). Export a new Final Cut Pro batch list. Open the
Final Cut Pro project and import the new batch list. You may need to set the sequence settings in
audio/video settings to your format at the standard 29.97 FPS so that the batch list will import at
29.97. The new shots will be sorted into the project off-line without affecting the original footage.
Batch capture all off-line clips. Return to Cinema Tools and connect the new clips with the Connect
Clips command in the Database menu.
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