Batch and Batch FX Preferences

Rendering Tab

Free Frames field

Displays the space remaining on the framestore. Non-editable.

Use Proxies button

Enable to replace clips with proxies. When enabled, the image window is outlined in amber.

Hardware Anti-aliasing Sample box

Select a hardware anti-aliasing sampling level to accelerate edge anti-aliasing with no performance penalty. Available values are dependent on graphics card and project graphic bit depth.

On Render button

Enable to allow node and clip caching.

Current Frame Cache field

Displays the current number of cached frames. Non-editable.

Read/Write button

Click to set cache to read and write status.

Read Only button

Click to set cache to read-only status.

Render Cache button

Click to render the cache of selected nodes for the frames defined in the From and To fields.

Disable button

Click to turn the caching of selected nodes on or off.

From field

Displays the lower limit in the range of frames that can be cached. Editable.

To field

Displays the upper limit in the range of frames that can be cached. Editable.

Fill with Intermediates button

Enable to fill each node's cache with the intermediate clips contained in the history. If a clip was rendered in proxy mode, the history is not cached.

Preferences Tab

Audio Source box

Select the audio context you want to hear when working with another clip.

Text Log button

Enable to save rendering status information in a text file, located in /usr/discreet/project/<project home>/batch/log.

Status Webpage button

Enable to create three status HTML files, located in /usr/discreet/html.

Update Numerics button

Enable to update numerics in fields as the timebar is scrubbed.

Show Negative Frame button

Enable to displays negative frame numbers in the Current Frame field when a segment is offset before frame 1. Disable to display only frames from frame 1 onward.

Set to In/Out button

Click to have the timebar display frames as defined by the in and out points set on the clip's timeline.

Set to Media Range button

Click to have the timebar display the head and tail frames brought in from the clip's timeline.

Clip Info box

Select an option to display resolution, frame rate, size, or any combination of information in the schematic.

Transparency field

Displays the transparency of currently unselected nodes in the schematic. Editable.

Auto Parent button

Enable to allow Parent and Cut options in the schematic while using the Select edit mode.

Highlight Path button

Enable to highlight the path of the currently selected node in the schematic.

Auto Update button

Enable to update a node's result proxy automatically.

Update Clip box

Choose whether to automatically update all clips or only selected clips.

Clear Buffer button

Click to cleas the Undo buffer of all previous undo operations.

Check for Updated Versions button

Checks each imported Read File .clip file to see if it is the latest version, and updates it if that is not the case. Asks for confirmation before updating the version. Only available when a Read File node is used to import .clip files in the schematic.

Adaptive Degradation Tab

Degrade Mode box

Select how to propagate display degradation in the image, according to settings for supported nodes. Nodes in the pipeline respect this degraded image. In this case, press Preview to see your results with full settings on.

Change Node Degradation box

Select whether to enable or disable adaptive degradation before clicking Apply To Selected.

Apply To Selected button

Click to set the selected nodes to the chosen option in the Change Node Degradation box.

The following two settings appear in the Node Prefs menu for specific nodes that support adaptive degradation:

Active button

Enable to activate adaptive degradation display settings. Use to prevent slowdowns in displaying your results when changing supported settings.

Synchronize All button

Enable to synchronize all nodes of the same type with the Adaptive Degradation settings of the current node.