User Manual

Film-Related Log Information
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3. Click the menu, and select the correct pulldown phase for timecodes ending in 0 or 5.
4. Click OK.
The pulldown phase for each selected clip changes, based on the pulldown phase you select
for 00:00:00:00.
The Pulldown Phase setting also appears in the Film and 24p Settings dialog box (24p
projects only). You can override that setting with the Modify Pulldown Phase dialog box.
The selection in the Film and 24p Settings dialog box remains the same. For more
information, see “Setting the Pulldown Phase” on page 149.
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If you want to modify the pulldown phase after you capture, you must first unlink the clips. See
“Modifying the Pulldown Phase After Capturing” on page 275.
After you capture an NTSC transfer, the timecode shows a loss of every fifth frame of video. For
example, if you find that your timecode jumps at one point from 1:00:14:15 to 1:00:14:17, you
haven’t lost a frame, just an extra pulldown field.
Entering Frames-per-Second Rates for PAL Transfers
When you log in advance for PAL film-to-tape transfers, you must log the footage as clips that
have a 25-fps play rate, as listed in the FPS column of the bin. You can capture the footage
on-the-fly, without logging the clips first. The minimum information required to capture the
footage is the data logged in the Start and End video timecode columns.
Entering Key Numbers
You can enter your own custom key numbers for all clips (including captured, imported, and
file-based clips) in the KN Start column in the bin.
To add key numbers:
t Highlight the KN Start column. Use one of the following formats and type the key number
for the sync point at the start of the clip:
-Keykode
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Format: Type a two-character manufacturer and film-type code, a six-digit
prefix for identifying the film roll, a four-digit footage count, a two-digit frame offset,
and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
Your Avid editing application adds a space, hyphen, and either a plus sign (for 35mm
projects) or an ampersand (for 16mm projects) to format the number. For example, in a
35mm project, to enter KJ 23 6892-1234+15, type KJ236892123415. In a 16mm
project, if you type the same number results in the code KJ 23 6892-1234&15.
- Other Formats: Enter other key-number formats in the Ink Number column. Type up to
eight characters for the prefix, up to five characters for the footage count, two digits as
the frame count, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).