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 four buttons for film scanning.
With all of this accomplished, you can scan the film in one of four ways:
Capture Now
Use the capture now button to capture long sections of a reel all at once. Clicking 'capture now'
begins scanning near the current frame, ending whenever you click 'stop'.
If 'Enable 2 Pass HDR Scan' is selected, click 'Capture HDR' after the capture has begun to let
DaVinci Resolve know you've reached the end of your desired clip so it can now proceed to
capture the high exposure pass. If you scan the entire reel without clicking 'Capture HDR', the
scanner automatically proceeds with the high intensity scan from where you started it until the
end of the reel.
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.
If 'Enable 2 Pass HDR Scan' is selected, the high intensity HDR scan uses the same In and Out
points as the initial scan.
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
When you click the 'log clip' button, Cintel Scanner applies the same
project settings to all clips in the batch, and uses the newest project settings at
the time of capture. You are advised to confirm the scanner settings before starting
the batch capture.
If 'Enable 2 Pass HDR Scan' is selected, the high intensity HDR scan uses the same sets of In
and Out points as the initial batch of scans.
For more information on batch capture workflows, refer to the 'Ingesting From Tape' chapter in
the DaVinci Resolve manual.
Snapshot
Capture a single frame with normal exposure and current scanner settings.
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