Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
If you are editing at 23.98 or 24 FPS, you can batch reverse telecine just as you did with the original
footage. Return to Final Cut Pro. Just as with the original footage, the new reversed clips are now
off-line. Connect all off-line clips to the new reversed clips.
Just as before, the Batch List can also be opened in a text editor or Excel spreadsheet. The new shots
can be copied and pasted into the original text or Excel editing log without disturbing the original
editing log and editing notes.
Adding Digital Dailies to the Picture Edit
In many cases, new digital shots can be simply logged and captured in the Final Cut Pro project.
This would be true of projects edited at 29.97 FPS and 24P projects shot in 24 PA with 2 : 3 : 3 : 2
removal set in capture. It will also work for projects capturing and editing at 23.98 or 24 FPS using
photo JPEG. An alternate workfl ow should be followed for:
24 FPS and 23.98 FPS HD Cam and D5 projects that are capturing from 29.97 FPS “clones” or
“down converts”
24P projects being edited in 23.98 or 24 FPS needing reversal in Cinema Tools
Projects maintaining an editing log in a text program or Excel
Projects maintaining a Cinema Tools database
While these projects need to follow this alternate workfl ow, any project can follow this workfl ow if
it is more convenient.
In this case, a new 29.97 FPS project is started for each set of dailies. The shots are logged in this
project, but not captured. A Final Cut Pro batch list is exported.
Projects not maintaining a database or batch reversing in Cinema Tools can import the batch list
directly into the editing project. The batch list is imported into the actual editing Final Cut Pro project.
If you are editing at 23.98 or 24 FPS, you may need to set the sequence settings to your video format
at 29.97 FPS (i.e., DV NTSC 48 KHz). This will allow the batch list to be imported at 29.97. You
will need to set the sequence settings back before creating any new sequences at 23.98 or 24 FPS.
You can now capture all off-line clips with batch capture.
For projects using Cinema Tools for reversing telecine and maintaining a database, the batch list is
imported into the Cinema Tools database. A new Final Cut Pro batch list is exported from Cinema
Tools and imported into the Final Cut Pro editing project at 29.97 FPS.
Just as with the original footage, the off-line clips can now be batch captured. The clips are now
connected to the off-line clips in cinema tools and batch reversed. Back in Final Cut Pro, the new
23.98 or 24 FPS are linked to the now off-line clips in the editing project. (For more detail, see
Chapter 2 on shooting 24P.)
Problems in Timeline Editing
Many editors like to use an editing technique known as vertical timeline editing. Several video tracks
are used to place shots one on top of the other. Only the highest video clip in the timeline plays on
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