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Using FilmScribe
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Using FilmScribe
The FilmScribe application, available with some Avid editing applications, provides tools for
creating frame-accurate cut lists and change lists from 23.976p, 24p, 25p, and matchback
projects. You can use these lists to conform a work print, a film negative, audio tracks, or
videotape transfers.
For information on how to use FilmScribe, see the FilmScribe Help.
To start FilmScribe:
t Select Output > FilmScribe.
Understanding Matchback
The Matchback option on some Avid editing applications, along with the Avid FilmScribe
application, lets you generate a film cut list from a 30-fps or 25-fps video project that uses film
as the source material. This video-to-film conversion is useful in a variety of matchback
circumstances, including the following:
• Using the Matchback option to generate both a videotape master for the project and a final
cut on film.
• Using the Matchback option to generate pull lists for retransferring selects at high quality
before online editing.
Matchback supports 16mm, 35mm 3-perf, and 35mm 4-perf formats.
If you plan to use matchback, you must select the Matchback option when you first create the
project. See “Creating a New Project” on page 50.
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Editors working in a film matchback project for the first time should pay extra attention to
duplicate material in the final edited piece. Use Dupe Detection in the Timeline and verify any
dupes flagged when delivering a cut negative. For information on dupe detection, see “Dupe
Detection” on page 724.
How Matchback Works
The matchback process refers to the video edit information for your sequence and performs a
conversion to create a matching 24-fps cut list.
Because of the difference in frame rates between video and film (30 fps or 25 fps for video
versus 24 fps for film), the conversion of video edit points might fall within a film frame,
requiring the addition or subtraction of a frame in that edit event in the resulting cut list.