Clip Naming Options

The options described below are not used by every format. Only the ones relevant to the selected format are accessible.

Clip Name boxSelect how the clip is named when the file is imported.

Select:	To:
Enter Clip Name	Activate the Clip Name field so that you can manually enter the clip name. When selecting multiple sequences for import, this name is used for all imported clips.
Clip Name From File Name	Use the name of the imported file as the clip name.
Clip Name From Header	Read the clip name from the header of the imported file.

Clip Name fieldEnter the name to use when importing the clip. Enabled if Name is set to Enter Clip Name.

Clip Names box (OpenEXR-only)Select how the channels of a multi-channel OpenEXR file are named when they are imported.

Select:	To:
File Name	Use the file name of the container for all the imported channels.
Channel	Use the channel name as the imported clip name.
File Name + Channel	Combine, in this order, the file name of the container and the channel name into the imported clip name.
Channel + File Name	Combine, in this order, the channel name and the file name of the container into the imported clip name.