ARRIRAW Format Settings - Import

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

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.

Set the name to use as the tape name of the imported clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape.

Select an option to specify how the timecode information for the clip is set.

Select how the clip is named when the file is imported.

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.

Select the debayer algorithm to use when importing ARRIRAW files. AMC-1 is newer and more efficient, but also creates sharper images than Camera.

Set the cutoff steepness value of the downscaler.

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.

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

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.

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.

Enable to use the LUT stored with the Look information read by Smoke from the location determined by the Look Selection 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.

Select the colour space to used to import clips.

Select the value of the output gamma curve applied to imported clips.

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.

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.

Select how the file's exposure is set. Select Exposure From File to use the camera settings burnt in the clip.

Select the value of the linear gain operation.

Select how the white balance is defined. Select White Balance From File to use the camera settings burnt in the clip.

Set the perceptual colour temperature of the imported clip. Only available if White Balance is set to Set Temperature.

Set the green and magenta tint balance. Only available if White Balance is set to Set Temperature.

Set the RGB gains of the imported clip. Only available if White Balance is set to Set RGB White Balance.