Scanning One Or More Sections Of Film; Extracting Audio - Blackmagicdesign Cintel Installation And Operation Manual

Scanning One or More Sections of Film

After you've adjusted the light source, it's a good idea to stay organized as you scan each clip
by entering all relevant metadata into the metadata editor as you go. The 'capture info' group
of metadata fields contains information for defining the file name prefix, roll, reel number, clip
number, program name, flags, and whether a particular take is good. If you populate these
fields before scanning a clip, that metadata will be written into the clip.
At the bottom of the 'capture info' panel, you will see three buttons for film scanning, 'capture
now', 'capture clip', and 'batch clips'. For more information about these scanning methods, refer
to the 'Three Methods of Capture' section in the DaVinci Resolve manual.
With all of this accomplished, you can scan clips from film in one of three ways:
Capture Now: Clicking 'capture now' begins scanning near the current frame, ending
whenever you click 'stop capture'. Using the capture now setting, you can capture long
sections of a roll all at once.
Capture Clip: A more controlled means of scanning specific sections of film. After
you've used the transport controls and the In and Out button to define a section of film,
clicking 'capture clip' scans that one clip and then stops.
Batch Clips: A way you can log multiple clips in advance of scanning them all at once
using the current light source settings in DaVinci Resolve's film scanner panel. Log each
clip in advance by setting In and Out points for each section of film you want to scan,
and click the 'log clip' button to save that frame range as an unscanned clip in the
media pool. When you click 'batch clips', all unscanned clips will be scanned one after
the other until the job is complete. You can also select one or more unscanned clips,
and only the selected clips will be scanned. Furthermore, you can import an EDL that
corresponds to a particular film roll, and use the resulting logged clips for scanning.
NOTE Once scanning, if DaVinci Resolve detects that your storage bandwidth is too low
to capture at the selected speed, the scan speed will automatically adjust to ensure the
capture is successful. If you are using the optional Audio and KeyKode Reader accessory,
the audio sample rate will also be adjusted to maintain your chosen audio quality.
NOTE For more information on batch capture workflows, refer to the 'Ingesting From
Tape' chapter in the DaVinci Resolve manual.

Extracting Audio

If the film you're scanning also contains an optical sound track, you can extract the audio in a
separate step. There is a standard image frame to audio frame offset of 26 frames for 16mm and
21 frames for 35mm that DaVinci automatically aligns when extracting the audio. Select all of the
clips that have an optical sound track, then right-click one of the selected clips and choose
'extract audio'. Resolve analyzes the overlapping optical track area of each frame and
automatically generates a matching audio track, synchronized with the scanned image sequence.
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