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# ARRIRAW 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.
Timecode box
  Select an option to specify how the timecode information for the clip is set.

  Select: | To:
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  Timecode from Header | Set the source timecode of the imported clip based on the timecode information in the image file header.
  Timecode from File Name | Use a numerical filename (for instance, 100000.dpx) and translate it into timecode for the resulting clip (based on the selected framerate ). This is useful when working with files that do not have embedded timecode.

Clip Settings

Clip Name box
  Select how the clip is named when the file is imported.

  Select: | To:
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  Enter Clip Name | Activate the Clip Name field so that you can manually enter the clip name. When selecting multiple files for import, this name is used for all imported files.
  Clip Name from File Name | Use the name of the imported file as the clip name.

Resolution Settings

Debayering box
  Select the resolution for imported media. Higher resolution is more processing intensive —Full being the full resolution of the media. Resolutions marked as Draft offer better performance at the cost of lower image quality when compared to the same non-Draft resolutions.
Debayering Mode box
  Select the debayer algorithm to use when importing ARRIRAW files. AMC-1 is newer and more efficient, but also creates sharper images than Camera.
Crispness field
  Set the cutoff steepness value of the downscaler.
Aspect Ratio box
  Set the aspect ratio used when importing the clips, or have Smoke use the information stored in the file header to set automatically the aspect ratio.

Colour Settings
NoteSome combinations of Source Camera, Colour Space, and Colour Rendering are not supported.

Colour Settings box
  Select how Smoke uses the colour information stored within an ARRIRAW file.

  Select: | To import ARRIRAW clips using:
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  User | The options you set in the Colour, Processing, and Image menus.
  Camera | The look created on the ARRI camera and stored in the ARRIRAW file. This option disables the Processing and Image menus, as well as the Colour Rendering box.

Save as User Settings button
  Enable to make the Colour, Processing, and Image menus editable in the Import History. Save as User Settings is implicitly enabled when the Colour Settings box is set to User.
Look Selection box
  Select from where Smoke reads the Look information, when available.

  Version 4 of the ALEXA Software Update Packet enables a "look" creation workflow. In this workflow, a look is created in the ARRI Look Creator application and either embedded in the source files during the shoot, or saved to a look file. This look information is accessible by Smoke.

  NoteWhen used, the Look file must be placed in the folder containing the source material and named look.xml.

  Select: | To:
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  Do not apply Look | Not apply any Look information.
  From File Header | Apply Look information contained in the ARRIRAW file header.
  From Look File | Apply Look information contained in an XML Look file located in the same folder as the media to import.
  Header or Look File | Apply Look information from the header of the media to import. If none is present, use the information from an XML Look file located in the same folder as the file to import.
  Look File or Header | Apply Look information from an XML Look file located in the same folder as the file to import. If none is present, use the information from the header of the file to import.

Apply Look LUT button
  Enable to use the LUT stored with the Look information read by Smoke from the location determined by the Look Selection box.
Colour Rendering box
  Select one of the preset combinations of colour spaces and encoding to apply to all imported clips, or select From File Header to read that colour space and encoding information from files header. Select Custom to create your own combination using the Colour Space and Colour Encoding boxes.
  When working with Look information, set the Colour Rendering to Rec709 or DCI P3 option. If the Colour Rendering is set to LogC, Smoke displays a checkerboard instead of the media as ARRI Look Creator does not support images encoded in LogC.
Colour Space box
  Select the colour space to used to import clips.
Colour Encoding box
  Select the value of the output gamma curve applied to imported clips.

Processing Settings

Processing Version box
  Select the version of the colour science used to process the file, or use From File Header to have Smoke read the version of the colour science from the header of the imported file. Use From File Header unless you are trying to recreate a look based on a specific colour science.
Source Camera box
  Select the camera that created the file, or have Smoke read from the file header the camera used. Leave at Camera from File Header unless you are troubleshooting a file.

Image Settings

Exposure box
  Select how the file's exposure is set. Select Exposure From File to use the camera settings burnt in the clip.
ISO
  Select the value of the linear gain operation.
White Balance box
  Select how the white balance is defined. Select White Balance From File to use the camera settings burnt in the clip.
  NoteTo determine if white balance information is already present in a clip, look at White bal burnt in in the Metadata tab of the Previewer. If it displays true, there is white balance camera settings present in the clip.
Kelvin field
  Set the perceptual colour temperature of the imported clip. Only available if White Balance is set to Set Temperature.
Green/Magenta Tint field
  Set the green and magenta tint balance. Only available if White Balance is set to Set Temperature.
RGB Gain fields
  Set the RGB gains of the imported clip. Only available if White Balance is set to Set RGB White Balance.