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Setting Up Processing Jobs

Use the Queue Manager to manage output and export processes. You can set up several output or export processes, specify the frames at which to start and end a process, as well as set job priorities.

You can execute jobs immediately or at a later time using a Batch script. You can attach scripts that convert processed images to a movie file (.mpg) or that send messages about the status of Batch processes. The jobs that appear in the Queue Manager are saved in the Batch setup file.

The Queue Manager also displays some settings you defined for a specific Output or Export node. For example, it lists the destination you specified for a processed output as well as the type of output.

To set up processing jobs:

1. In the schematic, click an Output or Export node.

   The Queue Manager appears. Each row in the Queue Manager contains details about a Batch job. The job corresponding to the selected node appears with a yellow border.

   At the main Batch level output and export processes are displayed in white. At the BFX level, processes are displayed in blue.

   (a) Process indicators(b) Reels destination(c) Nodes box(d) List box(e) Output Type(f) Job of selected node (g) Library destination

2. Use the following Queue Manager controls to set up your processing jobs.
   Nodes box
     Select whether to enable or disable all processing jobs in the Queue Manager.

   Enabled jobs have a yellow process indicator. Disabled jobs have a grey process indicator. Only enabled jobs are processed.

   List box
     Select which nodes to process. The Queue Manager updates to show the pending jobs.

   Select: | To process:
   --- | ---
   Current | The visible Output or Export nodes in the current view.
   Current + Group | All Output or Export nodes in the current view (even if they are nested inside a group).

   Process indicator
     Activate individual Output or Export nodes for processing. Click an indicator to activate or disable one job at a time.

   The arrow in the P column is yellow when a job is active, grey when disabled, and red when there is a processing error.

   Node name
     Provide a name for the processed clip. Click a Node Name field to rename the clip.
   Start and End frames
     Specify the range of frames you want rendered in a processed result.

   For example, one node could be set to process the first 30 frames of a 60-frame clip, and another node could process the remaining 30 frames.

   The Start and End fields override the total number of frames in the timebar. For example, if the timebar shows a 60-frame clip and a node is set to start at frame 20 and end at frame 100, then 80 frames are processed.

   Destination
     Displays the destination for the output or exported result. Use the Output Destination box in the Output or Export Settings to change the destination.
   Priority
     Specify the priority of the jobs to be processed. If two processing nodes are connected to the same process tree, they have the same priority.

   If there is a processing error, for example, if the Export or Output node is not connected to a process tree, the job is deactivated and the priority is automatically set to 0.

   Script
     Attach a script file whose content is executed when the Output or Export node is finished rendering. Scripts must have the file extension .bscript.

   Click this field to load an existing script from the file browser. See Using Scripts.

   Source
     Generate your output with a source timecode. To edit the timecode, double-click the field and enter a new value.
   Record
     Generate your output with a record timecode. To edit the timecode, double-click the field and enter a new value.
   FCM
     Displays the framecode mode. Change this value using the Framerate box in the Output or Export Settings.
   Output Type
     Displays the type of clip to be processed: RGB, RGB-A, or Stereo (Output node only).

   For Output nodes, use the Output Type box in the Output Settings to select between Stereo and RGB-A processing modes.

3. Click Process or select a processing option from the dropdown list.

   All active jobs (marked with yellow indicators) are processed to the destinations you set.

Adding Clip Parameters to the Output

You can add a clip's name, duration, source, and record timecodes, in and out points, and FCM to the Queue Manager.

To add clip parameters to the Queue Manager:

1. Select an Output node.
2. Press T and click a clip.
3. The Queue Manager is updated with the settings of the selected clip.