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# Rendering with Wiretap

When rendering with Wiretap, a new reel (based on the scene name, grade, and timeline name) will be created in the destination Clip Library that was defined when the project was created. See About Project Management.

This is the syntax to use when rendering to Wiretap, or publishing soft-import links to your graded sources:

<IP address or hostname> @wt:/ <volume> / <project_name> / <library>

In the above sample, <IP address or hostname> is the IP address or host name of the Wiretap server. For a Stone FS, the volume is specified as stonefs. For a Standard FS, it is specified as stonefs<#>—for example, stonefs2.

If, for example, 10.145.43.31@wt:/stonefs/HD_project/rendered_grades was entered in the Renders Full Home field, the rendered clip will be placed in:

/stonefs/HD_project/rendered_grades/ <scene>_<grade>_<timeline_name>

You can specify how you want render files to be organized in the Wiretap Clip Library using the Render Place controls in the Render Local menu.

Normal Rendering Mode

A Normal render creates source clips (with or without head and tail frames) and a timeline. The extension of the timeline is the grade that the timeline is associated with (e.g., <cut/timeline_name>_grd<number>. In this mode, dissolves are rendered, and cannot be further modified in the Visual Effects and Finishing application.

For shots rendered to a Wiretap Clip Library, a new reel (based on the scene name, grade, and timeline name) is generated in the Clip Library that was defined when the project was created. This is where the rendered material is placed.

For example, if 10.145.43.31@wt:/stonefs/tutor/lustregrades was entered in the Renders Full Home field, the graded rendered shots are placed in 10.145.43.31@wt:/stonefs/tutor/lustregrades. These shots contain the clip name, grade name, and the shot's unique ID.

<clip_name>_<grade>_<unique_id> (example:shot1_grd14_AB3E9770000053)

An additional clip with a _grd<number> suffix is also generated containing the cut or timeline name. For example, if the grade name is grd14 from the timeline called "interior_003", the additional file is:

interior_003_grd14

The graded timeline is generated based on the new rendered source files.

No ShotID Rendering Mode

As outlined in the Normal mode description above, when rendering clips to Wiretap, a new reel (based on the scene name, grade, and timeline name) is created in the Wiretap Clip Library and all rendered material is placed there. The additional clip with the _grd<number> suffix is also generated.

One-Sequence Rendering Mode

As with Normal and No ShotID mode, when rendering clips to Wiretap, a new reel (based on the scene name, grade, and timeline name) is created in the Wiretap Clip Library and all rendered material is placed there.

One-Sequence mode generates one clip of the graded sequence containing the Lustre cut or timeline name and the grade number. If, in Lustre, your scene is named interior_003, the timeline is named FINAL_CUT, and the grade file is named grd14, the new reel in the Wiretap Clip Library will be called:

/stonefs/HD_project/rendered_grades/interior_003_FINAL_CUT_grd14/

The rendered, one-sequence clip will contain the grade name: FINAL_CUT_grd14

Source Grade Rendering Mode

Src Grade mode renders the complete timeline back to Wiretap with Lustre grading applied, but dissolves and retimes are rendered as soft effects with modifiable values. This is the most convenient rendering mode for regenerating source clips for relinking in the Visual Effects and Finishing application, in a “simple source grading” workflow.

For shots rendered to Wiretap, a new reel (based on the scene name, grade, and timeline name) is generated in the library that was defined when the project was created. This is where the rendered material is placed.

For example, if 10.145.43.31@wt:/stonefs/tutor/lustregrades was entered in the Renders Full Home field, the graded rendered shots are placed in 10.145.43.31@wt:/stonefs/tutor/lustregrades/scene_grade. These shots contain the clip name, grade name, and the shot's unique ID.

<clip_name>_<grade>_<unique_id> (example:shot1_grd14_AB3E9770000053)

An additional clip with a _grd<number> suffix is also generated containing the cut or timeline name. For example, if the grade name is grd14 from the timeline called "interior_003", the additional file is:

interior_003_grd14

The graded timeline is generated based on the new rendered source files.

Rendered graded source files are renamed according to the grade number and the clip's unique ID. For example: grd01_4323B1F4.