Appendix 1

When Shooting on Film
Some editors like to perform fi nal editing to the work print, and the ink numbers can help with this
workfl ow. Where an optical key code number can be rather hard to read, an inked number is easy to
see and read. Work print can be inked at the lab and the inked numbers entered into the Cinema Tools
database. As these numbers are not machine-readable, the ink numbers are entered manually by
reading them directly from the work print. They can be entered at any time, even after the work print
is conformed to the cut list. (“Conforming” is accomplished by matching “key code” numbers located
on the edge of the fi lm. We look more closely at this in Chapter 5, on fi nishing on fi lm.)
Edit Logs
It is simple to turn your database into an editing log, where the editor can add comments or look up
needed information. You can export a new batch list from your Cinema Tools database or from Final
Cut Pro, only, instead of using it as a batch list, open it in a text editor like TextEdit or even Microsoft
Word.
You can add comments in the text editor and reprint as needed (see Figure 1.9). Your text editor may
change the type of fi le when you save it to a Word or other fi le. This is fi ne, as long as you don’t try
Figure 1.9 Edit log in TextEdit from the Final Cut Pro batch list
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