User Manual

Transferring Film to Tape
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After you perform the final telecine operation, you can capture at a finishing resolution, such as
1:1 (uncompressed).
The transfer facility might have available one or more of the production aids described in the
following table, which you can include in your film-to-tape transfer:
Transfer of 24-fps Film to NTSC Video
For an NTSC transfer, the telecine converts your film footage into video running at 29.97 fps.
The video can then be captured and edited at 24 fps in the Avid editing system. This approach
ensures that all your edits correspond to true film frames so you see an accurate representation of
the finished film.
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If you transfer sound along with picture, your Avid editing application captures audio at the
slowed-down speed. Then during editing and playback, your Avid editing application speeds up
the play rate by 0.1 percent to play in sync with the 24-fps video. Audio plays at 44100 Hz (44.1
kHz) or 48000 Hz (48 kHz).
Aid Description
Automatic logging Whenever possible, you should instruct the facility to log tracking information directly
into a computer database program. Logs generated automatically are more accurate
than manual logs and can be imported easily into the Avid editing system, see “Using
Avid Log Exchange to Prepare Log Files for Import” on page 118. A log file typically
indicates the relative timecode, key numbers, and pullin (“A” frames) for each clip that
will be captured.
A keypunch at the head
of each camera roll
Ask the lab or transfer house to keypunch the head of each camera roll at the zero
frame and give you a list of the corresponding key numbers. After you have captured,
you can match this list with your captured material to check for potential transfer
errors.
Burn-in code If the transfer facility is equipped with a timecode or film-code character generator,
you can instruct the facility to display or “burn-in” tracking codes on the videotape
transfer. Burn-in code provides visual feedback for logging and tracking footage.
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Burn-in code cannot be removed from the image and should be used only
for the offline stage of a project.
16:9 wide screen format Your Avid editing application supports the 16:9 wide-screen display format. You can
either shoot your footage by using a 16:9 lens, or transfer the footage anamorphically
to display a larger area of the film aspect ratio during offline and online editing. Also,
this aspect ratio lets you create media that takes advantage of 16:9 monitors that
conform to SDTV and HDTV standards.