MediaHub Reference: Browsing for Files

MediaHub Browser

The MediaHub file browser displays two sections:

• The Autodesk Network lists other Smoke, Flame, or Lustre workstations on the network, and can be used to import files from those workstations.
• The Local Devices displays the hard disks, external disks, and other storage devices that appear under the Devices category in the Finder. Use the Local Devices to access local storage.
  TipNetwork volumes connected to your workstation appear in Local Device.

General Tab

Cache Source Media button

Enable to create a managed copy of the media in the application storage; this copy is a transcoded version of the original media, using the Cached Media Compression Format as the transcode target. Disable to link to the media of the imported clip, without transcoding or copying the media.

Enabling Cache Source Media ensures that the application is the sole owner of the media, preventing the media from being modified by an external source. With Cache Source Media disabled, the application decodes the clip on-the-fly and there is no transcoding.

You can always change your mind after importing a clip: right-click the clip and select Media Cache Source Media to transcode the media and copy it to your local storage. Right-click and select Media Flush Source Media Cache to get rid of the transcoded copy and refer back to the original media.

Create Matte Container button

Enable to import an RGB media and its alpha channel as a matte container inside a clip. This matte container has the RGB of the imported media on one track, and its alpha on another. Disable to import the RGB and its alpha as two separate clips.

TipTo have the alpha actually applied to the RGB track, add an Axis Timeline FX to the clip.

Cached Media Compression Format field

Displays the compression format applied to clips imported with Cache Source Media enabled. Defined for the project, in the Cache and Renders tab of the Project dialogue box.

You acces your project's settings in Flame Project and User Settings.

Resolution Presets box

Select a resolution for the new clip. Select Custom to specify a non-standard resolution.

Fill box

Select a fit method to be applied to the selected clip.

Select:	To fit:
Centre/Crop	The source image, centred, over the destination resolution frame. If the source is larger than the destination, it is cropped. If the source is smaller than the destination, it is surrounded by a black border.
Crop Edges	One edge of the source into the destination resolution frame without stretching or squashing the frame. Excess parts of the source frame after resizing are cropped. If the source—after the one edge is resized—is wider than the destination, its overhanging left and right edges are cropped. If the source is taller than the destination, the upper and lower edges are cropped.
Fill	The source, width, and height, into the destination resolution frame. This process, if the source and destination resolutions do not have the same aspect ratio, can distort the image.
Letterbox	The source to the destination resolution frame without squashing or stretching it, and without cropping the source. If the source is wider than the destination, black bars fill the top and bottom of the destination frame. If the source is narrower than the destination, black bars fill the right and left sides of the frame. In all cases, the entire source frame is fit into the destination frame.

Resize Filter box

Select the resize filter to apply to the clip; all but the Impulse filter are rendered using the GPU. This box does not appear if you select the Centre/Crop fit.

Select:	For:
Lanczos	Excellent and sharp results. Recommended for upscale and downscale. Expensive to compute.
Shannon	Excellent and sharp results. Results are sharper than Lanczos in small details. Recommended for upscale and downscale. Expensive to compute.
Gaussian	Medium quality and softer results.
Quadratic	Medium quality and softer results.
Bicubic	High-quality results, but not as sharp as Shannon. Use for both upscale and downscale.
Mitchell	High-quality results, but not as sharp as Shannon. Use for both upscale and downscale.
Triangle	Low quality results that are fast to compute. Use for downscale.
Impulse	Very low quality results that are fast to compute. Use for downscale.

Width field

Displays the custom width resolution of the clip. Editable.

Height field

Displays the custom width resolution of the clip. Editable.

Aspect Ratio Presets box

Select a standard frame aspect ratio. Select the Set to w:h option to set the clip to use square pixels. Select Custom to define a custom frame aspect ratio in the Aspect Ratio field.

Aspect Ratio field

Displays the custom render/output aspect ratio. Editable

Frame Depth box

Select the render/output frame depth of clips.

Scan Mode box

Select the scan mode of clips.

Use LUT button

Enable to apply the LUT or colour transform displayed in the Applied LUT field to the clip.

LUT Format box

Select the type of LUT or colour transformto apply to the clip.

Applied LUT field

Displays the type of conversion LUT applied to the clip, either imported using Import, or edited using Edit.

Import button

Use to browse and select a LUT or a colour transform.

LUT Editor Access button

Click to open the LUT editor.

Format Specific Options

Show All Formats button

Disable to display only the format of the file selected in the MediaHub browser. Enable to view or edit import options for any of the available file formats.

File Format box

With Show All Formats disabled, File Format displays the format of the file selected in the browser; if more than one file is selected, File Format displays the formats of the selected files. With Show All Formats enabled, select the file format to view or edit its import options.

Options Category box

Select the set of options to view or edit.

Sequence Import Options

Jobs

The Jobs tab displays ongoing and completed background processes. Use the Jobs tab to monitor the import and export processes.

Actions box

Select from the list an action to perform on the selected job. Note: any frames already processed are retained. For example, if the Status column reads 20 of 44 when you click Abort, you will have 20 of the 44 frames of the clip.