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# ConnectFX Preferences

Click the CFX Prefs button to access settings to customize rendering, preferences, and adaptive degradation in ConnectFX.

NoteSome ConnectFX nodes also have specific preferences related to the functionality of the node. Click Node Prefs to access the preferences for a selected node.

## 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 your graphics card.

## 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.

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.