The take.xml file has a ““ element, with an array of ““ elements.

has two attributes:

  • vframe: The frame number in the timeline
  • file: The file number on disk

When you delete frames from the timeline, those files get dropped from the edl.

The vframe attribute holds the frame number, along with some flags:

  • 0x00FFFFFF – the frame number mask
  • 0x40000000 – the hidden frame flag
  • 0x1F000000 – the color tags (version 5.2 and newer)

The color tags (version 5.2 and newer) are:

  • 0x01000000 – red
  • 0x02000000 – green
  • 0x04000000 – blue
  • 0x08000000 – orange
  • 0x10000000 – purple

Examples

You start a new scene and capture four frames:

  
   
   
   
   
   

Then you decide you want hold the second frame for two frames:

  
   
   
   
   
   
   

Then you cutback to frame 4 and reshoot frames 4 and 5:

  
   
   
   
   
   
   

Then you hide frame 3:

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

That’s it!

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