Use the Queue Manager to manage output and export processes. You can set up several output or export processes, specify the frames at which to start and end a process, as well as set job priorities.
You can execute jobs immediately or at a later time using a Batch script. You can attach scripts that convert processed images to a movie file (.mpg) or that send messages about the status of Batch processes. The jobs that appear in the Queue Manager are saved in the Batch setup file.
The Queue Manager also displays some settings you defined for a specific Output or Export node. For example, it lists the destination you specified for a processed output as well as the type of output.
The Queue Manager appears. Each row in the Queue Manager contains details about a Batch job. The job corresponding to the selected node appears with a yellow border.
At the main Batch level output and export processes are displayed in white. At the BFX level, processes are displayed in blue.
(a) Process indicators (b) Reels destination (c) Nodes box (d) List box (e) Output Type (f) Job of selected node (g) Library destination
Enabled jobs have a yellow process indicator. Disabled jobs have a grey process indicator. Only enabled jobs are processed.
Select: | To process: |
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Current | The visible Output or Export nodes in the current view. |
Current + Group | All Output or Export nodes in the current view (even if they are nested inside a group). |
The arrow in the P column is yellow when a job is active, grey when disabled, and red when there is a processing error.
For example, one node could be set to process the first 30 frames of a 60-frame clip, and another node could process the remaining 30 frames.
The Start and End fields override the total number of frames in the timebar. For example, if the timebar shows a 60-frame clip and a node is set to start at frame 20 and end at frame 100, then 80 frames are processed.
If there is a processing error, for example, if the Export or Output node is not connected to a process tree, the job is deactivated and the priority is automatically set to 0.
Click this field to load an existing script from the file browser. See Using Scripts.
For Output nodes, use the Output Type box in the Output Settings to select between Stereo and RGB-A processing modes.
All active jobs (marked with yellow indicators) are processed to the destinations you set.
Adding Clip Parameters to the Output
You can add a clip's name, duration, source, and record timecodes, in and out points, and FCM to the Queue Manager.
To add clip parameters to the Queue Manager: