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Enter a timecode value in the dialog box that appears. For example, if you're scanning the
first roll of a project, you can enter 01:00:00:00.
The set current frame timecode dialog
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When you're done, click OK.
Timecode cannot be a negative value, so don't set the start frame to zero. Another common
organizational technique is to change the hour number whenever you change rolls, to coincide
with the film roll's number, which makes it easy to identify a scanned clip with the corresponding
source roll and frame range.
Your Cintel Scanner has built in 'Options Interface' ports for adding optional hardware in
the future. This offers the ability to add optional features such as reading KeyKode from the
camera negative, or optical/magnetic audio. For more information, see the 'Optional Audio and
KeyKode Reader' section.
Choose a Location to Save the Scanned Frames
Once all this is done, scroll down to the 'capture info' controls in DaVinci Resolve's film scanner
panel, and click the 'browse' button to choose a location for the scanned files. You can use
the other fields in this section to set what prefix you want to add to the name of the scanned
files and enclosing folders. The 'file name prefix' updates the file name preview that's shown
at the top in the header. The header also shows the file path, resolution, frame rate, duration,
and the format. Specify what roll, reel, clip, and program information you want associated with
the scanned media. The 'timestamp prefix' checkbox in the 'Capture info' controls is selected
by default and will save your clips to independent sub-folders within the destination folder,
together with a timecode prefix in the file name.
If you want to save all your clips together in one master destination folder, simply deselect
the checkbox.
When you capture an HDR clip, the scanner completes a high exposure scan and saves it in
a hidden folder named .HDR inside the same folder as the standard scan. If you delete the
.HDR folder, the scan converts to a normal clip after refreshing it in the media storage and
re-importing the clip into media pool. This is useful if there is a problem with the HDR portion
of the scan, as you can easily convert it to a regular CRI clip.
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