Use the Project settings to define:
- The Project Name
- The Project Home directory
- The Scans Home directory
- The Renders Home directory
- The Transcode Home directory
- The architecture
- The scan type
- The frame rate
- The proxy size
- The pixel ratio
- The Stereoscopy state
- The RED Timecode
For the project's directory structure, follow the guidelines described in Recommended Directory Structure for Projects. When entering a directory path, you can use the path browser. See Browsing for Paths.
- Project Name field
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Enter the name of the project.
- Project Home field
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Enter, or browse to, the location of the main project directory.
- Scans Full Home field
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Enter, or browse to, the location of the scanned footage directory.
- Scans Half Home field
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Enter, or browse to, the location of the proxy footage directory.
- Renders Full Home field
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Enter, or browse to, the location of the render directory for renders of (full resolution) footage.
- Renders Half Home field
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Enter, or browse to, the location of the render directory for renders of proxy footage.
- Architecture option box
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Toggle to set the default grading architecture and colour space while working in
Lustre to logarithmic or linear.
- Scan Type option box
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Toggle to set the default scan type.
- Frame Rate buttons
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Enable the default frame rate for the project's timeline and editing tools.
- Drop Frame button
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Enable when your shot contains drop frames. For the majority, this button is greyed-out since most of the default frame rates
do not support drop frames. This button becomes available when you select a frame rate that supports drop frames (e.g., you
have selected 29.97 or you have entered a personal frame rate within the frame rate field).
- Frame Rate field
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Displays the selected default frame rate or you can enter your own frame rate within the field.
- Output Colour Space option box
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Toggle to set the default colour space architecture when rendering to logarithmic or linear.
- Percent/Pixel option box
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Toggle to set whether
Lustre will determine the proxy width as a percentage of the original footage, or as a fixed number of pixels.
- Proxy Width slider
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Use to define the default proxy width. Whether it is a percentage or a number of pixels is defined by the Percent/Pixel option
box.
- Pixel Ratio button
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Enable to configure the default aspect ratio.
- Pixel Ratio slider
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Sets the default aspect ratio. Available if Pixel Ratio is enabled.
- Stereoscopy button
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Enable to work on a stereoscopic project.
- RED Timecode option box
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Select which RED media timecode to transcode. Note that when conforming an EDL, overiding the timecode data of the clips
with a different timecode track will prevent relinking in the Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing applications. For more
information about RED media and transcoding, see
Transcode Options.
Select: |
To: |
Primary |
Select either the Time of Day or Edgecode timecode. Only select this option if you know which timecode has been set as the
primary.
|
Time of Day |
Establish a timecode field that is set by the internal clock from the RED camera. |
Edgecode |
Establish a timecode field that is set by the camera operator. |
- Project Template field
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Enter the name of a project template you wish to create in this field before clicking Save.
- Save button
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Click to save the project settings of the current project to the template named in the Project Template field. Use to create
a new template or to update an existing template.
- Load button
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Click to load a project template after you select a template in the Template Name list.
- Delete button
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Click to delete a project template after you select a template in the Template Name list.
- Template Name list
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Select an existing project template from this list before loading or deleting the selected template. See
Working with Templates.