Chapter 9, Pre-Compositing
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When you import pre-comp files and render layers and passes, you can set the following options in the Pre-Compositing Import Options dialog box. You can also set these options in your project preferences--see Setting Project Preferences.
| Parameter | Description |
| Destination Folder | The folder in which imported Toxik compositions are created or updated. |
| Update Mode | Specify how to handle existing compositions during import. You can update or recreate the working version, overwrite all versions, skip existing compositions (no update), or asked to be prompted for each composition. |
| Backup Working Version | Back up the working version of the composition when an update is required. |
| Multi-Stream | Specifies how to create stereoscopic compositions--see Working with Stereoscopic Compositions. |
| Verbose | Displays the Embedded Script Console which shows the progress of the import. |
| Debug Mode | Shows the Python stack trace when an error occurs in the pre-compositing import script. |
| Show Options | Show or hide the pre-compositing import options. |
| Scene Subfolder | Adds a subfolder (named after the pre-compositing anchor) to the destination folder. |
| Passes Folder | The name of the subfolder in which the render pass compositions are stored. |
| Layers Folder | The name of the sub folder in which the render layer compositions are stored. |
| Merge | Merges the content of all render layer compositions into the scene composition--see Merging Layers. |
| Template Path | The location of the scene composition template to use for merging compositions--see Using Pre-Compositing Templates. |
| Render Directory | The root folder of the rendered image files hierarchy. It is used to locate the rendered image files. |
| Save to Project Settings | Saves the current pre-compositing import options in your project preferences--see Setting Project Preferences. |
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