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# DPX 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.

Rate box
  Select how the framerate is determined. Select Auto to use the framerate specified by the imported clip; if the clip specifies no framerate, it uses the one of the project. Select Select rate to set the framerate using the Framerate box.
Framerate box
  Select the frame rate of the imported clip. Enabled if the Rate box is set to Select rate.
Drop Frame button
  Enable to have use a drop frame mode. Disable to use non-drop frame mode. Enabled if the Rate box is set to Select rate.

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.

Clip Name field
  Enter the name to use when importing the clip. Enabled if Name is set to Enter 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.
  - myPhotshopFile_version_001.psd
  - myPhotshopFile_version_002.psd
  - myPhotshopFile_version_003.psd
  - myPhotshopFile_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.

Keycode Settings
NoteThe keycode supplied here is only used for information purporses. In case of a discrepancy between the information supplied in the Metadata menu and the Keycode menu, the former is used to determine the timecode and frame rate used.

Keycode Scan Mode box
  Select an option to determine how keycode data is applied to the imported clip.

  Select: | To:
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  File Header Keycode | Use the keycode information embedded in the image file header.
  No Keycode | Not use the keycode information.

Keycode Fcm box
  Select the frame code mode of the tape. Set to File FCM to read the frame code mode from the file.
Film Gauge box
  Select a film gauge for the keycode.