Assigning Values With the Standard Lustre Calculator			Using Audio
Chapter 4, Basics

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Saving Intermediary Grades

Applying Intermediary Grades to Shots

Deleting Intermediary Grades

Store shot settings to a Grade bin when you need intermediary grades or scratch pad memories. Intermediary grades are useful when you want to experiment with different looks. Intermediary grades are saved on a shot-by-shot basis and contain all shot settings.

You can also use Grade bin thumbnails as reference images. See Viewing Reference Images.

Saving Intermediary Grades

You can save intermediary grades to the Grade bin. When you save intermediary grades, all the settings are saved with a thumbnail for identification. Save your shot settings for use within a scene or throughout the entire project--by saving them to the Scene Grade bin or the Global Grade bin, respectively.

1. Using the various options on the menus, modify a shot to your satisfaction.

2. Select the Grade bin you want to use.

   

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   Click:	To save:
   Scene	Shots for use within the current scene.
   Global	Shots for use throughout the entire project.

   
   
   

3. Scroll to the area of the Grade bin you want to use. To scroll through a Grade bin, middle-click and drag right or left, or use the horizontal slider located immediately below the Grade bin.

4. Do one of the following:

   • To create an intermediary grade, select an unused storage container.

   • To save a new version of an intermediary grade, select the last saved version.

   

   Used storage container

   Unused storage container

   
   

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   The red line in the slider indicates the current position.

   Note: When you add a grade to a position in the last column of the Grade bin, three new columns are automatically added to the right. You can add an unlimited number of grades.

5. Enter a name in the Name field.

   Note: Spaces are not permitted in naming conventions. It is recommended that underscores be used instead of spaces when working on either Linux or Windows.

6. Click Save.

   The settings from the current shot in the timeline are saved to the intermediary grade and a thumbnail of the current frame appears in the Grade bin.

   Hint: You can use the thumbnail as a reference image while you work on another shot. See Viewing Reference Images.

1. From the Storyboard or the Multi-Layer Timeline, select shots whose grading information you wish to save to the Grade bin. For more information about selecting elements in the Multi-Layer Timeline, refer to Selecting Elements.

   Note: If you do not select any shots, the entire timeline's grading information is saved.

2. In the Grade bin, select the storage container where you wish to save your grade.

3. Make sure the positioner is over a shot. If you are in the Storyboard view, see Navigating Using the Timebar and Storyboard. If you are in the Multi-Layer Timeline view, see Timeline Navigation Controls.

4. Hold down the Shift key while pressing the Save button.

   Warning: If you are saving more than one grade to the Grade bin, each grade is saved into one storage container starting from the selected container and proceeding column by column from left to right. Therefore, be aware of the storage containers whose existing grading information will be overwritten.

   If you are saving to storage containers that already have grading information, Lustre prompts you to confirm you want to overwrite this grade.

5. If prompted, confirm or cancel the action, as required. See Confirming and Cancelling Actions.

   The selected grades (or all grades if no shots are selected) are saved to the Grade bin.

Applying Intermediary Grades to Shots

Apply intermediary grades to your shots when you want to experiment with different looks. You can apply intermediary grades to one or multiple shots in the Storyboard. You can control which saved settings you want to apply-- all the settings from the intermediary grade, only those selected in the Selector, or only those in the current menu.

1. In the Storyboard, select the shots to which you want to apply an intermediary grade.

   Hint: You can select multiple shots by right-clicking them in the Storyboard. You can also create groups of shots. See Selecting Shots in the Storyboard and Creating Shot Groups.

2. Select the Grade bin you want to use.

   

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   Click:	To access:
   Scene	Intermediary grades saved for the current scene only.
   Global	Intermediary grades saved for the entire project.

   
   
   

3. Scroll through the Grade bin to the thumbnail representing the intermediary grade you want to load. To scroll through a Grade bin, middle-click and drag right or left, or use the horizontal slider located immediately below the Grade bin.

   Hint: To display an enlarged image of the thumbnail, place your mouse cursor over a thumbnail without clicking.

   

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4. To view the name of a thumbnail, click the thumbnail.

   The thumbnail is outlined in red and its name appears in the Name field.

   

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5. Do one of the following:

   • To load all the settings in the intermediary grade to the current shot only, double-click a thumbnail.

     Hint: Double-click an unused storage container in the Grade bin to reset selected shots to their default settings.

   • To load all the settings in the intermediary grade to selected shots, press Shift and double-click a thumbnail.

   • To load the intermediary grade settings to the current shot only from the current menu only, press Ctrl and double-click a thumbnail. For example, if the Grading menu is displayed, the saved settings from the Grading menu are applied.

   • To load the intermediary grade settings to selected shots from the current menu only, press Ctrl+Shift and double-click a thumbnail. For example, if the Grading menu is displayed, the saved settings from the Grading menu are applied.

   • To load the intermediary grade settings that are selected in the Selector to the current shot only, press Alt and double-click a thumbnail. See Copying Parameters with the Selector.

   • To load the intermediary grade settings that are chosen in the Selector to a selection of shots, press Alt+Shift and double-click a thumbnail. See Copying Parameters with the Selector.

   The intermediary grade is applied. In the Player, the image is updated to reflect the current settings.

   Hint: To revert to the previous settings, click Undo.

Deleting Intermediary Grades

You can delete intermediary grades one at a time, or delete all grades from the Grade bin simultaneously. When you delete an intermediary grade, the thumbnail is also deleted.

1. Select the Grade bin from which you want to delete grades.

   

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   Click:	To delete:
   Scene	Intermediary grades saved for the current scene only.
   Global	Intermediary grades saved for the entire project.

   
   
   

2. Scroll through the Grade bin to the thumbnail you want to delete. To scroll through a Grade bin, middle-click and drag right or left.

3. Click the thumbnail you want to delete.

   The name of the selected thumbnail appears in the Name field.

4. Click Delete.

   The intermediary grade and associated thumbnail are deleted.

1. Select the Grade bin from which you want to delete grades.

   

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   Click:	To delete:
   Scene	Intermediary grades saved for the current scene only.
   Global	Intermediary grades saved for the entire project.

   
   
   

2. Hold down Shift while clicking Delete.

   The Delete All button appears as a red confirmation button.

3. Do one of the following:

   • Click Delete All to clear the Grade bin.

   • Click outside the button to cancel the operation.

   

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