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Starting Flare

To work in a remote connection environment, open a remote framestore on start-up.

To start Flare:

1. Double-click the application icon on the desktop.

   The Project Management menu appears.

   (a) Framestore box(b) Volume box(c) User box(d) Project box(e) Host box

2. Select a remote framestore from the Framestore box. If the framestore has more than one volume, select a volume from the Volume box. Click Open.
3. Select a project from the Project box or create one. See Creating a Project.
   NoteYou cannot modify projects created on a remote framestore. If you create a project while connected to a remote framestore, it resides on the remote framestore. You cannot modify the project after creating it.
4. Select or create a user:
   - To select a user, select the user name from the User box. You can select a local or remote user by first selecting the appropriate option from the Host box.
   - To create a user, select <create new user> from the User box. In the Create User menu that appears, you can choose to create a user by copying a user profile.

     (a) User Profile copy options

   If you copy a user profile, note the following:

   - You can copy a user profile from a local or remote system.
   - You can copy all preferences from a user profile in the current version of the application.
   - You can copy only hotkey preferences from a user profile in an older version of the application.
   NoteIf you create a user profile while connected to a remote user, the new user will reside on the remote host and not on your local machine.

   See Creating User Profiles .

5. Click Start.

   You enter the Batch module. You have access to the same creative toolset as is found in Flame Batch.

To exit Flare:

1. From main level Batch, click Preferences.
2. Click EXIT Flare.