To work in a remote connection environment, open a remote framestore on start-up.

To start Flare:

1. Double-click the application icon on the desktop.

   The Project Management menu appears.

   
   

   (a) Framestore box  (b) Volume box  (c)  User box  (d) Project box   (e) Host box  

2. Select a remote framestore from the Framestore box. If the framestore has more than one volume, select a volume from the Volume box. Click Open.
3. Select a project from the Project box or create one. See Creating a Project.
   NoteYou cannot modify projects created on a remote framestore. If you create a project while connected to a remote framestore, it resides on the remote framestore. You cannot modify the project after creating it.
4. Select or create a user:
   • To select a user, select the user name from the User box. You can select a local or remote user by first selecting the appropriate option from the Host box.
   • To create a user, select <create new user> from the User box. In the Create User menu that appears, you can choose to create a user by copying a user profile.

     
     

     (a) User Profile copy options 

   If you copy a user profile, note the following:

   • You can copy a user profile from a local or remote system.
   • You can copy all preferences from a user profile in the current version of the application.
   • You can copy only hotkey preferences from a user profile in an older version of the application.
   NoteIf you create a user profile while connected to a remote user, the new user will reside on the remote host and not on your local machine.

   See Creating User Profiles.

5. Click Start.

   You enter the Batch module. You have access to the same creative toolset as is found in Flame Batch.

To exit Flare:

1. From main level Batch, click Preferences.
2. Click EXIT Flare.