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# Preparing the Wiretap Timeline for Lustre

Before you can read a Visual Effects and Finishing timeline using Wiretap, the Visual Effects and Finishing artist must prepare the timeline.

To save a Wiretap timeline to a Visual Effects and Finishing clip library:

1. Process soft effects and transitions (see your Visual Effects and Finishing application's User Guide).
2. Save the timeline to the Clip Library.
   NoteWhen saving a timeline to the Clip Library for use in Lustre, the position of the focus point is important. See Timeline Considerations and Restrictions.
3. Exit the library by changing to a different clip library.

   Exiting the library updates the information in the Visual Effects and Finishing database, making it available to Wiretap, and frees up the directory for read/write activity in Lustre.