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Use the controls in the Interface menu to set the appearance of the user interface to your liking. For example, set the user interface to suit the room lighting conditions. From the Interface menu, you can also add an overlay, such as a logo, to your cut.

• In the Main menu, click Setup, and then click Interface.

  The Interface menu appears.

  

  Gain slider	Background slider	Overlays field
  Gamma slider	Colour Circle slider

  
  

The Interface menu is made up of the following elements.

Background field--Sets the shade of grey of the area surrounding the image window.

Gamma field--Sets the brightness of the midtones of the menu area. The gamma primarily affects the grey areas of the menu, such as button backgrounds.

Gain field--Sets the overall brightness of the menu area. The gain primarily affects lighter areas of the menu, such as text.

Colour Circle field--Sets the position of colours in the colour wheels found in the Grading menu. The default rotation degree is 110.

Reset button--Resets all parameters in this menu to the default values.

Overlay list--Includes a list of all files that can be applied as an overlay. See Applying Overlays.

Applying Overlays

Use this feature to apply an overlay to your cut. For example, you can add a logo to every frame. An overlay consists of a single uncompressed RGBA, TIFF, or SGI® file containing alpha channel information. The white areas of the file are viewable in the cut.

1. Exit Lustre.

2. Navigate to the Lustre directory by doing one of the following:

   • If using the Windows version of Lustre, in Windows Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\lustre 2009, where C is the drive where Lustre is installed.

   • If using the Linux version of Lustre, type:

     cd /usr/autodesk/lustre2009

3. Create a directory called overlay. To do this in Linux, type:

   mkdir overlay

4. Place any files you want to use as overlays in this directory. To do this in Linux, type:

   cp / <path>/<filename>/usr/autodesk/lustre2009/overlay

5. Restart Lustre.

1. Load the cut to which you want to apply an overlay. See Loading a Cut.

2. In the Main menu, click Setup, and then click Interface.

   The files in the overlay directory appear in the Overlay list.

3. Click the overlay file that you want to apply.

   It is highlighted.

4. Enable On/Off.

   

   The overlay is applied to the cut.