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Chapter 3, Project Management

Warning: In Lustre, you must create a scene before starting to do any work (importing, capturing, or creating data), or you may lose important data.

A scene is a specific sequence of shots (or a scene) within the project. You can create as many cuts per scene as needed.

When you create a scene in Lustre, a directory with the same name is created in the Project Home. With the exception of dust removal data and marry grades, the metadata for all changes made to the cuts associated with the scene is stored in a sub-directory of the scene directory. This directory is called sacc_data and includes files containing metadata for the grade, cut, as well as render, gang, and bin information. The metadata is contained in files-- for example, the grade metadata is stored in a file named grdxx.grade, where xx is the number of the grade file, and the cut metadata is in a file named cutname.cut, where cutname is the name of the cut.

1. In the Main menu, click Setup, and then click Scene.

   The Scene menu appears.

   

   Scene list

   
   

2. Enter a name for the new scene in the Create Scene field. If there is already a name in the Create Scene field, delete it and then enter the new name. This does not affect the existing scene.

   Note: You can create a scene with the name of an existing sub-directory of the Project Home; in this case, Lustre recognizes the directory as a scene and places the required scene metadata directory inside it.

3. Click Create.

   The new scene is added to the Scene list. It is highlighted in grey, indicating it is the currently selected scene.

Selecting Scenes

When you select a scene, you gain access to the grade files associated with the scene. Nothing changes in the application or gets loaded when you select a scene except the contents of the Grade bin, which is associated with the scene. Once you select a scene, you then select the grade you want to work on from a list of those associated with the scene. The grade and its associated cut will then be loaded.

You can select a scene from either the Scene or Grade menu.

1. In the Main menu, click Setup, and then click Scene.

   The Scene menu appears.

2. In the Scene list, click a scene to select it.

   It is highlighted in grey, indicating it is the selected scene.

1. In the Main menu, click Setup, and then click Grade.

   The Grade menu appears.

   

   Scene list

   
   

2. Enable Scenes.

   A list of scenes created in the current project appears.

3. In the Scene list, click the scene to select it.

   It is highlighted in grey, indicating it is the selected scene.