Lustre can interpret a Visual Effects and Finishing timeline as a single one-sequence clip, or as an imported timeline. When you reference a Wiretap timeline in Lustre, the dissolve and splice transitions are maintained. The Wiretap timeline appears on the Lustre Storyboard as a series of shots and transitions. Each shot comprising the timeline is added separately to the Shot bin. Working with remote timelines containing soft-imported clips is equally possible.

Lustre can import a multi-layer timeline from a Visual Effects and Finishing application and export it to the Wiretap server (only available with Wiretap 2010 Extension 1 or higher). When gaps are imported from a multi-layer timeline, they are seen as black media for Layer 1 and appear transparent for the layers above Layer 1.