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# Media Export Window Overview

## Basic Options

Export Type box
  Select the type of export to use with the selected files.
Preset Selection box
  Select the export preset to apply to the exported files. Autodesk presets are built-in presets that you can still modify using the Advanced Options. An asterisk indicates that the preset's advanced options were modified.
Exported File Name field
  Name given to the exported file, as defined in the Advanced Options. Editable when exporting a single clip.
Advanced Options button
  Enable to display the advanced export options. You should not have to edit these settings, unless the pre-configured presets cannot meet your needs.

## Create Export Format Preset Dialog Box

Preset Scope box
  Select Shared to have this new preset available across users and projects. Select This Project Only to make it available to the current project only.

## Sequence Options Tab

Sequence Format box
  Select the format of the sequence. Media Only exports the segments of the sequence as individual clips, but does not export the sequence itself.
Include Video button
  Enable to include in the published sequence the video tracks information. Required to export video.
Include Audio button
  Enable to include in the published sequence the audio tracks information. Required to export audio.
Sequence Filename field
  Displays the sequence filename based on the Pattern field. Each type of exported file has its own filename defined in the relevant tabs. Non-editable.
Sequence Filename Pattern field
  Displays how to name the exported media files. Build a dynamic naming scheme using Add Token, or characters normally allowed in a file name. Create folder structure using / . The extension for the file format is automatically appended. Frame identifiers are automatically added to image sequence files. Editable.
Add Token box
  Inserts in the Pattern field a token to build a dynamic filename. Note: date is the current date, formatted as YYYY_MM_DD.

  Select: | To insert the token: | Definition:
  --- | --- | ---
  Clip Name | <name> | The clip's name
  Date | <date> | The current date ( YYYY_MM_DD)
  Workstation | <workstation> | The name of the workstation, as displayed in the Host Computer field in File Project and User Settings.
  Project | <project> | The name of the project, as displayed in File Project and User Settings.
  User | <user> | The user name, as displayed in File Project and User Settings.
  Clip Height | <height> | The clip's height, after resize if applicable.
  Clip Width | <width> | The clip's width, after resize if applicable.
  Tape/Reel/Source | <tape> | The clip's tape name
  Time | <time> | The time, formatted HH:MM:SS.

Export Video button
  Enable to export the segments of the sequence as files of the type specified in Video Format.
Video Format box
  Select the type of video file to create. For movie, you select the wrapper and codec in the Movie Options tab. For file sequence, you select the file type in the Video Options tab.
Media Source box
  Select Use Original Media to export the original source referred by the exported sequence, without any modifications. Select Use Media with FX to export the rendered media.
Video Tracks and Transitions box
  Select Keep All Tracks to export a clip for each segment of the sequence. Select Flatten Tracks to export commit every transition and flatten the sequence. Select Flatten with Transitions to flatten the sequence and commit every transition except dissolves, creating a single clip.
Include Video Handles button
  Enable to add head and tail frames to exported segments.
Video Handles field
  Display the amount of head and tail frames.
Export Audio button
  Enable to export the audio files the sequence will link to.
Audio Source Selection box
  Select Use Original Media to export the original source referred by the exported sequence, without any modifications. Select Use Media with FX to export the rendered media.
Audio Track State box
  Select Flatten Tracks to commit all transitions and create one audio clip per track. Select Flatten Tracks with Transitions to create an audio clip per track but keep live transitions. Select Keep All Tracks to export one audio clip per audio segment.
Include Audio Handles button
  Enable to add head and tail frames to exported segments.
Audio Handles field
  Enable to export the audio files the sequence will link to.

## Movie Options tab

Container Format box
  Select the container for the exported file.
YUV Headroom
  Enable to convert your clip into a YUV headroom compliant clip (also known as valid- or legal-range). As a general rule, should be enabled when deliverable is broadcast. Disable to output a standard full-range clip.
Include Audio button
  Enable to include audio tracks within the exported file. Available only Export Type is Movie.

## Video Options tab

Video Format field
  Select the format for the exported media.
Compression box
  Select the image compression to apply to the exported file. The available compressions depend on the selection in File Format.
Codec Profile box
  Select a pre-defined video compression codec profile when exporting QuickTime files using the H.264 or MPEG-4 codecs.
LUT Activation button
  Enable to apply the LUT displayed in Applied LUT to the clip .
LUT Type box
  Select the type of LUT to 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.
LUT Editor Access button
  Click to open the LUT editor.
Link Original Media button
  Enable to hard link the published files to the original files if both the original and exported files are located on the same filesystem. If not, the application creates soft links back to the originals. Available for file sequences only.

  This option saves disk space on export as files that remain unchanged by the export are not duplicated. Unchanged in this context means they were not rendered not resized in anyway. For example, a file sequence of 20 dpx are imported in Smoke. Of those 20, 12 are modified in some fashion. With Link Original Media enabled, of the sequence of 20 dpx, only the modified 12 are actually created at export; the other 8 dpx are just linked to from the export folder.

Frame Padding field
  Define the padding of the frame identifiers appended to each file of an image sequences. This ensures that the images are listed and stored in the correct order. Only used with image sequences.

  For example, a frame pad of 6 indicates that each frames's file name has its frame identifier padded with a number of zeroes required to make it a 6-digit number: frame 1 is written as 000001, frame 22 as 000022, frame 55555 as 055555, and so on.

Use Timecode button
  Enable to base the start number of the exported sequence of numbered images on the timecode read from the clip file.
Start Frame field
  Enter the start number to be used in the exported sequence of numbered image files. Disabled when Use Clip TC Names is enabled.
Resolution Presets box
  Select a resolution for the new clip. Select Custom to specify a non-standard resolution.
DPX Transfer Characteristics box
  Select an option to identify the attributes associated with a particular film or video format, such as resolution, frame rate, or colour space. Active when File Format is set to DPX.

  When exporting DPX files, you can choose a DPX Transfer Characteristic. A DPX Transfer Characteristic is information that is stored in the DPX image file header. It identifies the attributes associated with a particular film or video format, such as resolution, frame rate, and colour space.

  Setting a Transfer Characteristic in no way changes the image information stored in the DPX file. The Transfer Characteristic simply indicates the attributes of the DPX file to another device or application. Some devices or applications may take advantage of this information to improve workflow. For example, selecting Logarithmic can allow a film recorder to adjust its parameters to print film-originated DPX files with the correct densities.

  Select: | For:
  --- | ---
  Z depth homogeneous, Z depth linear, PAL, NTSC, CCIR 601 (525), CCIR 601 (625), CCIR 709-1, SMPTE 240M | Images that you want to identify as one of these types. Although the SMPTE 268M standard defines these DPX Transfer Characteristics, it does not provide usage specifications for them. As a result, these Transfer Characteristics are not generally used in the industry.
  Unspecified | Images where the format is not specified.
  Logarithmic | Negative film scanners recording status M densities.
  Linear | Video images which have built-in gamma correction. This refers to images having a true linear quantization scheme (such as CG-originated material).
  Printing Density | Negative film scans which use the SMPTE Printing Density settings. SMPTE Printing Densities use status M density measurements with a higher gain in the red component.

JPEG Quality field
  Specifies the degree of quality versus compression. A value of 0 gives the lowest quality (and highest compression), while a value of 100 gives the best quality (but applies no compression). Available when File Format is set to JPEG.
Frame Width field
  Displays the frame width of the selected clip. By clicking it you activate the field, allowing you to enter the frame width value that you want to use on export.
Frame Height field
  Displays the frame height of the selected clip. By clicking it you activate the field, allowing you to enter the frame height value that you want to use on export.
Bit Depth box
  Select a bit depth to be used on export. Some file formats support multiple bit depths. Bit Depth is active only when Resize is enabled.
Fit Method box
  Select a fit method option to be applied to the exported clip.

  Select: | To:
  --- | ---
  Centre/Crop | Fit the source image, centred, over the destination 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 | Fit one edge of the source into the destination 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 | Fit the source, width, and height, into the destination frame. If the source and destination frames do not have the same aspect ratio, the image can become distorted.
  Letterbox | Fit the source to the destination 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 contained within the destination frame.

Resize Filter box
  Select the filter option to determine the quality of the interpolated resize result. The Resize Filter box is active only if Fit Method is set to Crop Edges, Fill, or Letterbox.

  Select: | To get:
  --- | ---
  Impulse | Quick, low-quality results.
  Triangle | Moderate results with little processing overhead.
  Mitchell | Best results when resizing a clip to a higher resolution.
  Bicubic | Very good results for resizing soft-looking images. Use to sharpen the image.
  Quadratic | Good results for resizing simple images with straight edges. Similar to Gaussian but with more blurring. Use to soften the image.
  Gaussian | Excellent results when resizing a clip with no patterns and alot of straight edges to a lower resolution. Useful for softening some detail.
  Shannon | Excellent results when resizing a clip to a lower resolution. Very similar to Lanczos, but results are a little softer.
  Lanczos | Best results when resizing a clip containing a variety of patterns and elements to a lower resolution. It is the most complex with the longest processing time.

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 aspect ratio defined by Aspect Ratio Presets. Editable.
Scan Mode box
  Select an option to set the order in which the fields of interlaced material are scanned.

  For interlaced material, you can specify whether the resize needs to be done from both fields or just from one of the two. In the latter case, the result is a progressive clip made from the same two fields.

  Select: | To resize:
  --- | ---
  From Clip | Using the scan mode of the source clip.
  Progressive | A frame-based clip to another frame-based clip.
  Field 1 | A clip by drawing Field 1 followed by Field 2.
  Field 2 | A clip by drawing Field 2 followed by Field 1.

## Audio Options Tab

Audio Format box
  Select the audio format of the exported audio tracks. If Export Type is Movie, the audio is embedded within the video file. Any other Export Type outputs a separate audio file.
Audio Bit Depth box
  Select the bit depth of the exported audio file.
Audio Compression field
  Select the compression for the exported audio file. The available options depends on the Audio Format.
Audio Sample Rate box
  Select the sample rate of the exported audio.
Audio Mixdown box
  Select a mixdown to apply to the audio tracks, if any are included with the source clip.

  Select: | To mix down:
  --- | ---
  No Mixdown | Nothing
  Mixdown As Is | With the current output strip assignments.
  Mixdown To 4 tracks | To four tracks. The output strips are assigned sequentially in fours to the mixed-down channels (where M1 goes to 1, M2 to 2, M3 to 3, M4 to 4, M5 to 1, and so on).
  Mixdown To Stereo | To one stereo track. The output strips are assigned sequentially in twos to the mixed-down channels (where M1 goes to 1, M2 to 2, M3 to 1, M4 to 2, and so on).
  Mixdown To Mono | To one mono track.

## Clip Options Tab

Create Clip in Media Library button
  Enable to automatically create an unmanaged copy of the exported media in the Media panel, linked to the exported files. Available when performing a Sequence Publish with a File Sequence, without any resize or bit depth change.
  This is similar to importing back the exported media with Create Source Cache disabled.