Blackmagicdesign cintel Installation And Operation Manual

Installation and Operation Manual

Blackmagic Cintel

October 2015

Welcome!

Thanks for purchasing your new Cintel scanner!

Your new Cintel scanner runs film in real time so you can transfer film much faster

than a traditional scanner that runs non real time using a constant start-stop

motion. However it’s important to understand that your Cintel scanner is not a

telecine and it does not transfer film to video, as it transfers film direct to DaVinci

Resolve where you have the power to edit the film rolls back together and the

scans can be color graded, reframed, noise reduced and the audio extracted.

Using DaVinci Resolve to operate the scanner means you have much more

creative control than a simple telecine because DaVinci Resolve has many more

features than is possible to do in hardware. Plus because the Cintel scanner

takes advantage of the power of the DaVinci Resolve system and the GPU’s in

the host computer, this scanner itself does not need to be cluttered with bulky

expensive electronics assemblies.

This means the Cintel scanner is smaller, lighter and has more value engineered

into the parts of the scanner that result in better quality film scans, such as

precision mechanical film handling components, optics, high intensity defuse

light source and the built in camera.

The Cintel scanning workflow is simple as all you need to do is scan your film to

intermediate Cintel RAW files and then once you have joined the film rolls back

together in the timeline, added noise reduction, color grading and reframing,

you can use DaVinci’s deliver page to render out files to any format you like.

You might need to render to DPX frames to use third party film restoration

software or you might want to render to DNX or ProRes files for use in editing

software. You can even render out digital cinema package files if you want to

digitally project the film!

Your Cintel scanner is designed to work in conjunction with DaVinci Resolve

so you get incredible power and amazing quality, so please read through this

manual carefully so you can learn all about how to use your new scanner.

Of course with all the power of DaVinci Resolve available with your scanner, it’s

also important to check out the DaVinci Resolve manual and tutorials available.

There are also some great customer tutorial videos on using DaVinci Resolve

as well as high quality training available from third party vendors to help you

get the most out of your DaVinci Resolve system.

Grant Petty

CEO Blackmagic Design

Contents

Blackmagic Cintel

Getting Started 4

Unpacking and Mounting Cintel 4

Getting Started with Blackmagic Cintel 5

Using Cintel 8

Wind Types 8

Switching to 16mm 9

Playback Controls 11

Standby Mode 12

Servicing 12

Specifications 13

Help 14

Safety 15

Limited Warranty 15

Getting Started

Unpacking and Mounting Cintel

Blackmagic Cintel’s architecturally inspired design allows
it to serve as an aesthetic feature in your studio, but it is
also a large, heavy professional tool. As such, care should
be taken when unpacking and mounting your Cintel unit.

Once you have opened Blackmagic Cintel’s road case, you
will see that spaces have been cut in the foam padding to
give you a sturdy grip on your scanner.

Please note that Cintel weighs over 130 pounds and is too
heavy to be unpacked by one person. Unpacking should
be undertaken by 2 people using correct lifting techniques.

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Bend your knees, keep a straight back and lift with careful,
controlled movements.

Once you have gently removed your scanner from its road
case, place it upright on a flat surface capable of supporting
its weight and follow the getting started procedure in the
‘getting started with Blackmagic Cintel’ section.

Blackmagic Cintel’s wall mounts conform to industry
standard television mounting hardware and any television
mount rated higher than 130 pounds will allow you to mount
your scanner securely to your studio wall.

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1. Core clamp 2. Roller 3. Particle transfer roller 4. Left options interface 5. Tensioner sprocket wheel

6. Skid plate 7. Light source 8. Drive sprocket wheel 9. Pin registration expansion port

10. Right options interface 11. Compliance arm 12. Spooler backplate 13. Focus wheel

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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

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all capture settings.