Apple M8728Z/A User Manual - Page 204
What Actually Happens to the EDL, Configuration Settings in the Export Film Lists Dialog
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A dialog appears in which you can configure the information in the output file. The settings in the dialog vary depending on the output format you chose from the List Format pop-up menu. See Settings the Export Dialogs Have in Common and PDF Configuration Settings in the Export Film Lists Dialog for details about the settings. 8 Click Export. 9 Choose a location and name for the film list file to be created, then click Save. 10 If you chose to have a Cinema Tools program file created in the Export Film Lists dialog, choose a location and name for the file, then click OK. The film list is generated. Note: If Cinema Tools has any problems processing the EDL file, a "parsing error" message appears that includes the line number that caused the problem. See What Actually Happens to the EDL for more information. What Actually Happens to the EDL Once you start the film list export, Cinema Tools first processes the EDL file and creates a version for its own internal use. During this processing, Cinema Tools looks for errors that would make the EDL unsuitable to use for creating a film list. If it encounters nonstandard or unexpected text, the export is halted and an error message appears listing the line number where the processing failed. This is referred to as a parsing error. Problems in an EDL can often be repaired by manually editing its contents. Because EDLs are actually plain text files, they can be opened in TextEdit. Be careful: often the line number listed is not the actual problem; the real issue may be with the line before. Experiment with deleting lines and comparing them to similar ones that occur previously in the EDL to help determine the problem. See Using TextEdit to Make Changes to an EDL for more information. 204 Chapter 12 Working with External EDLs, XML, and ALE Files