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# Importing the Timeline from Smoke/Flame

To import a timeline from Smoke/Flame:

1. Open the Editing/Browse menu in Lustre.
2. Determine whether you want to work using the Source Grading or the Sequence Grading workflow. If you are working in the Source Grading workflow, enable Source Grading. If you are working in the Sequence Grading workflow, disable Source Grading.
3. Navigate to the folder that contains the timeline you want to import.
4. Drag your timeline directly from the file browser to the storyboard area.
5. Your timeline and its sources are added to the library by default. You are now ready to grade.

Note

- If you import an unrendered timeline without enabling Source Grading, Lustre looks for the processed SoftFX segments in the timeline rather than the source clips and displays black frames on unrendered effects. This also applies to relink media. If you relink media to an unrendered timeline without enabling Source Grading, Lustre looks for the processed SoftFX segments in the timeline rather than the source clips and displays a red X on unrendered effects.
- The behavior in Lustre has not changed when importing with Timelines Only disabled, even if Source Grading is enabled. The one sequence version of the timeline sources will be imported as before.