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Cinema Tools/Final Cut – Able to change clip name after batch capture?
Hi,
I`ve been refreshing myself on Cinema Tools (did a super 16 short or two, a few years back as assistant editor, but mostly have done digital jobs since then).
I have gotten up to speed on the majority of the workflow again, from the manual, but I wanted to double check something.
Am I able to change the names of my clips in Final Cut 7 AFTER I have batch captured my telecined footage from tape and still maintain the relationship to the master clips in Cinema Tools for creating film lists for conform?
Last I remembered, only the source clip that Final Cut references on the drive needs to remain the same as the CT database, but I wanted to double check. I don`t have access to any of my old footage to test at the moment.
Thanks.
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As far as I remember you can change names of the clips. You can even change names of the files but at the cost of a lot of relinking both in CT and FCP to maintain the integrity of the database.
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it’s been a while since i was using CT for film-based projects.
i tended to stick to the simple rule of keeping the names the same in three places: FCP, The Finder, and the CT database.
that way nothing can go wrong.this means either NOT changing the names in FCP,
OR simply updating the names in all three places, which i is actually simple enough.as there were often errors in slating, or in the logging & Capture done in the post house,
i found myself doing this re-name routine pretty much daily.nick
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