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Setting Preferences To Restore Archives from Previous Versions

In earlier versions of Inferno, Flame, and Smoke, archives did not include all the metadata that version 2011 needs to restore archives with the correct scan mode and aspect ratio. The Default Resolutions menu makes it possible to assign the scan mode and aspect ratio preferences to older archives. The information you need to assign depends on the software version in which the archive was created. Assign the information using the Default Resolutions menu. Use the following table to determine which information you need to assign to your old archive.

Archived clips prior to: | Information you must assign:
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Smoke 6.0, Fire® 6.0, Inferno 5.5, Flame 8.5, Flint 8.5, and Backdraft 5.5 | Scan mode
Smoke 5.2, Fire 5.2, Inferno 5.0, Flame 8.0, Flint 8.0, and Backdraft 5.0 | Scan mode and aspect ratio

The parameters listed in the Default Resolutions menu act as default values for all listed resolutions. For example, if you want to change the default values for PAL clips, you must change the values for the PAL entry, which is the entry that has a width value of 720 and a height value of 576. If you are working with a PAL archive created in an earlier version, the aspect ratio would have automatically been set to 1.3333, but you may want to restore all your PAL archives with 16:9 aspect ratio. You can change this setting by changing the aspect ratio to 16:9 for the PAL entry.

NoteYou should only restore an old clip at one resolution. If you restore versions of the same clip at different resolutions, you may encounter problems with the clip.

To add an archiving preference:

1. In the Archive menu, click Default Resolutions.

   The Default Resolutions list and menu are displayed.

   (a) Add Resolution box(b) Apply Changes button(c) Width and Height fields

   (d) Aspect Ratio field(e) Aspect Ratio box(f) Scan Mode box(g) Framerate box

2. Enter values in the Width and Height fields.
3. Select a default aspect ratio value from the Aspect Ratio box or enter a custom value in the Aspect Ratio field. Specifying a unique aspect ratio causes the Aspect Ratio box to show Custom automatically.
4. From the Scan Mode box, select Progressive, Field 1, or Field 2 to determine how the lines of the contents of the archive are scanned.
5. From the Framerate box, select a framerate.
6. Click Add Resolution.
7. Click Apply Changes.

   The new archive preference is added to the list.

To open an archive using a selected archive preference:

1. In the Archive menu, click Default Resolutions to display the Default Resolutions menu.
2. Add new preferences to correspond to a specific clip resolution contained in the archive that you plan to open.
3. Open the archive created in an earlier version.
   TipIt is recommended that you open the archive with Open Read Only selected since you are opening an archive created in an earlier version. When you open in Read-Only mode, an auto test is not executed.
4. In the Archive menu, click Load.
5. Select the clips to be loaded from the archive.
6. If you want to see the preference that is applied to the clip, press Alt as you drag over the clip.

   The applied preference appears in the message bar as you drag over the clip.

7. Continue restoring the archive.

To edit an existing preference:

1. In the Archive menu, click Default Resolutions.
2. In the Default Resolutions list, select the entry you want to modify.
3. Modify the values and press Enter after each change.
4. Select Edit Resolution.
5. Click Apply Changes.

   The changes are applied to the selected preferences.

To delete an existing preference:

1. In the Archive menu, click Default Resolutions.
2. In the Default Resolutions list, select the entry you want to delete.
3. Select Remove Resolution.
4. Click Apply Changes.

   The selected resolution is removed.