Getting Started With Blackmagic Cintel - Blackmagicdesign cintel Installation And Operation Manual

Getting Started

Getting Started with Blackmagic Cintel

Getting started is as simple as plugging in power, connecting
to your computer via Thunderbolt, launching Blackmagic
DaVinci Resolve, and lacing your film. If you just want to
get started previewing your scan, you can load film,
manually tension it, and output it to a HDMI monitor using
the 'lacing film,' and 'playback controls' section of this
manual. Capture controls for Blackmagic Cintel are located
in DaVinci Resolve's Cintel scanner palette, therefore, the
first thing you'll need to do when you're ready to scan is
make sure DaVinci Resolve is installed.
Your scanner comes with Cintel Installer software comprising
Blackmagic Desktop Video and DaVinci Resolve, as well
as a DaVinci dongle allowing you to use the full version of
DaVinci Resolve.
You can use the packaged installer to get started, however,
we recommend downloading the latest versions of the
Cintel Installer from the Blackmagic Design support center
at: www.blackmagicdesign.com/support
Step 1. Turning your scanner on
Power Blackmagic Cintel by connecting a standard IEC
cable to the AC power socket on the lower right side
of the back panel. Your scanner's power indicator LED
should glow green.
Step 2. Connecting your scanner to your computer
Connect Blackmagic Cintel to your Mac OS X or
Windows computer via the Thunderbolt port on
your scanner's lower right side.
Once your download has completed, unzip the file and run
the installer within the uncompressed folder. Simply follow
the prompts in the installer app and DaVinci Resolve and
Blackmagic Desktop Video will soon be available on
your system.
As the scanner will capture a large amount of image data
you should select in Resolve where you wish to record the
captured files. This is easily done by first launching DaVinci
Resolve, clicking on preferences in the DaVinci Resolve
menu bar and then clicking on the 'plus' icon in the 'media
storage' tab. Browse to and select a drive or folder path,
click 'save', and restart DaVinci Resolve.
Now that DaVinci Resolve is installed on your computer,
we can get started using Blackmagic Cintel.
You won't need to do anything further with Blackmagic
Desktop Video, it simply allows DaVinci to communicate
with your scanner.
You can also connect to an external monitor via
your scanner's HDMI port for focusing or preview
purposes.
Step 3. Launching DaVinci Resolve
Launch DaVinci Resolve, select the Media page and
then open the Cintel palette by clicking on the 'capture'
button at the top right of the screen. If you have
additional capture devices installed on your computer,
click the Cintel tab to switch to the correct palette.
The Cintel palette in DaVinci Resolve controls
all capture settings.
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