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# Photoshop Format Settings - Import

Metadata Settings

Tape Name box
  Select an option to determine how the tape name is set for the imported clips.

  Select: | To:
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  Enter Tape | Activate the Tape Name field so that you can manually enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
  Tape from Filename | Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.
  Tape from Directory | Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. A Level field appears below the Tape Name box. Use this to configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.
  Tape from File Header | Read the tape name from the header of the imported file.

Level field
  Select an option to set the relative file path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined. Although it is available for all file types, the Level field is specifically designed to work with the directory structures that are output by film scanners. A typical file structure would look like: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######.dpx. In this case, selecting Up 2 Levels in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>). Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.
Tape Name field
  Set the name to use as the tape name of the imported clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape.

Clip Settings

Clip Names box
  Layers are imported as clips in Smoke. Select how to name, at import, the clips thus created.

  Select (PSD): | To:
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  Filename | Use the filename of the container for all the imported layers.
  Layer | Use the layer name as the clip name.
  Layer + Filename | Combine the layer name and the filename of the container to form the clip name.
  Filename + Layer | Combine the filename of the container and the layer name to form the clip name.

Sequence Detection box
  Select how Smoke displays image sequences. An image sequence consists of image files, such as .psd, named identically except for a numeric suffix.
  - myFile_version_001.psd
  - myFile_version_002.psd
  - myFile_version_003.psd
  - myFile_version_004.psd

  Select: | To display and process the related images:
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  Sequence | As a single clip made of all these related images.
  Frames | As independant images.

Layers Settings

Resolution box
  Select how Smoke sets the resolution of .psd clips.

  Select: | To:
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  Background | Import the layers using the same resolution as the background layer.
  Native | Import the layers at their original resolution.