336 Appendix PREPARING FOR LINEAR ONLINE If you know you are going to an EDL, don't use imported graph- ics. An online suite may be able to use PICT or TIFF files through a sophisticated character generator, but if you know you're going to an online room, all graphics should be fed to you on tape. The timecode numbers of the fill, matte, or backgrounds can go cleanly into your EDL with few questions asked. Also, if you use imported graphics, it means additional work for the graphics department because they must output the electronic version for you, then they have to make a fill and matte and lay it to tape for the online. If you have subtle variations in logos or graphics, the online editors can put in the wrong graphic since now you expect them to figure out which graphic on the graphics tape corre- sponds to your nontimecoded source. Even if you use imported graphics to simplify your edit or because you didn't know you were going to an EDL, I strongly recommend recutting those sections with the same graphics tape that is used for the online. Sound Levels