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Quick Start
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The workflow for creating ADR reports in `ptulsconv` is similar to other ADR
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spotting programs: spot ADR lines in Pro Tools with clips using a special
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code to take notes, export the tracks as text and then run the program.
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Step 1: Use Pro Tools to Spot ADR Lines
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`ptulsconv` can be used to spot ADR lines similarly to other programs.
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#. Create a new Pro Tools session, name this session after your project.
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#. Create new tracks, one for each character. Name each track after a
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character.
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#. On each track, create a clip group (or edit in some audio) at the time you
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would like an ADR line to appear in the report. Name the clip after the
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dialogue you are replacing at that time.
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Step 2: Add More Information to Your Spots
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Clips, tracks and markers in your session can contain additional information
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to make your ADR reports more complete and useful. You add this information
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with *tagging*.
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* Every ADR clip must have a unique cue number. After the name of each clip,
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add the letters "$QN=" and then a unique number (any combination of letters
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or numbers that don't contain a space). You can type these yourself or add
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them with batch-renaming when you're done spotting.
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* ADR spots should usually have a reason indicated, so you can remember exactly
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why you're replacing a particular line. Do this by adding the the text "{R="
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to your clip names after the prompt and then some short text describing the
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reason, and then a closing "}". You can type anything, including spaces.
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* If a line is a TV cover line, you can add the text "[TV]" to the end.
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So for example, some ADR spot's clip name might look like:
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Get to the ladder! {R=Noise} $QN=J1001
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"Forget your feelings! {R=TV Cover} $QN=J1002 [TV]
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These tags can appear in any order.
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* You can add the name of an actor to a character's track, so this information
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will appear on your reports. In the track name, or in the track comments,
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type "{Actor=xxx}" replacing the xxx with the actor's name.
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* Characters need to have a number (perhaps from the cast list) to express how
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they should be collated. Add "$CN=xxx" with a unique number to each track (or
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the track's comments.)
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* Set the scene for each line with markers. Create a marker at the beginning of
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a scene and make it's name "{Sc=xxx}", replacing the xxx with the scene
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number and name.
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Step 3: Export Tracks from Pro Tools as a Text File
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Export the file as a UTF-8 and be sure to include clips and markers. Export
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using the Timecode time format.
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Do not export crossfades.
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Step 4: Run `ptulsconv` on the Text Export
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In your Terminal, run the following command:
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ptulsconv path/to/your/TEXT_EXPORT.txt
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`ptulsconv` will create a folder named "Title_CURRENT_DATE", and within that
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folder it will create several PDFs and folders:
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- "TITLE ADR Report" 📄 a PDF tabular report of every ADR line you've spotted.
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- "TITLE Continuity" 📄 a PDF listing every scene you have indicated and its
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timecode.
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- "TITLE Line Count" 📄 a PDF tabular report giving line counts by reel, and the
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time budget per character and reel (if provided in the tagging).
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- "CSV/" a folder containing CSV documents of all spotted ADR, groupd by
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character and reel.
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- "Director Logs/" 📁 a folder containing PDF tabular reports, like the overall
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report except groupd by character.
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- "Supervisor Logs/" 📁 a folder containing PDF reports, one page per line,
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designed for note taking during a session, particularly on an iPad.
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- "Talent Scripts/" 📁 a folder containing PDF scripts or sides, with the timecode
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and prompts for each line, grouped by character but with most other
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information suppressed.
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