The Timecode keyword sets the default timecode format used by the project.
| Where: | Is: |
|---|---|
| <format> | One of the following timecode formats: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, or 60. |
| DF | An optional parameter indicating drop-frame timecode for 29.97 or 59.94 fps timecode formats. |
| Timecode Format | Keyword Example |
|---|---|
| 30 fps | Timecode 30 |
| 29.97 fps (drop frame) | Timecode 29.97, DF |
The ColourSpace keyword defines how RGB/YUV conversions are handled. By default, for NTSC or PAL projects, the ITU-R BT.601-5 colour space is used. For DTV projects, the ITU-R BT.709-3 colour space is used.
where <space_type> is the colour space type used by the project.
| Project | Keyword Example |
|---|---|
| NTSC and PAL standard projects (ITU-R BT.601-5) | ColourSpace 601 |
| DTV standard projects (ITU-R BT.709-3) | ColourSpace 709 |
| 1920x1035 projects (SMPTE-240M) | ColourSpace 240 |
The Hires keyword sets the refresh rate of the graphics monitor. Note the following when setting the refresh rate:
| Where: | Is: |
|---|---|
| Custom | An optional parameter that overrides the application's refresh rate. For example, you may choose to override the 60-Hz refresh rate for an NTSC project by using the Custom option with a value of 30Hz. |
| <refresh_rate> | The refresh rate of the graphics monitor. Append Hz for free-running configurations, Hzf for configurations that are fixed to an external sync source. |
| Project Resolution | Keyword Example |
|---|---|
| NTSC | Hires 60Hz |
| PAL | Hires 50Hz |
| NTSC (external sync source) | Hires 30Hzf |
| PAL (external sync source) | Hires 25Hzf |
| Film | Hires 48Hz |
| 24p Multi-Master Editing™ | Hires 60Hz |
| Custom | Hires Custom, 30Hz |
The VideoPreviewWindow keyword is used when using a Miranda DVI-Ramp device. It locates a preview device that has a matching size and refresh rate in the VideoPreviewDevice list specified in the init.cfg configuration file. When you start the application or switch to another project from the application, the graphics-to-video display is mapped to the appropriate device according to the width, height, and refresh rate specified with this keyword.
VideoPreviewWindow <xsize>, <ysize>, <refresh_rate>
| Where: | Is: |
|---|---|
| <xsize>, <ysize> | The horizontal and vertical size of the area of the image window output to the graphics-to-video display. |
| <refresh_rate> | The refresh rate of the output. |
Online HTML and ASCII tables of contents will be saved to the filesystem. You can specify the destination directory by setting this keyword. Its default value is /usr/discreet/archive. You can make the target directory relative to the project directory by prefixing the path with a tilde (e.g. ~/archive).
ArchiveLibrary <directory_path>
where <directory_path> is the path to which online HTML and ASCII tables of contents are saved.
Environment directory keywords specify the paths to directories containing resources for all projects. For example, the LUTs that Autodesk provides are located in the directory /usr/discreet/<product_home>/lut. You can place resource files in these directories that you want to be able to share between projects more easily.
Not all directories are relevant to the application. However, the inclusion of directories pertaining to other Visual Effects and Finishing products allows for cross-product project compatibility.
The ~ in the following table stands for /usr/discreet/<product_home>.
| Resource | Path | Resource File Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Action | ~/action | .action |
| Audio | ~/audio | .audio |
| AudioDesk | ~/audio | .audiodesk |
| Audio ImpExp | ~/audio | .aiff |
| AutoMatte | ~/automatte | .automatte |
| AutoPaint | ~/paint/autopaint | .auto |
| Average | ~/average | .average |
| Axis | ~/axis | .dve |
| Batch | ~/batch | .batch |
| BatchClip | ~/batchclip | .clip |
| Blur | ~/blur | .blur |
| Burnin | ~/burnin | .burnin |
| ColourCurves | ~/ccurves | .ccurves |
| ColourFrame | ~/colourframe | .col |
| Colour Warper | ~/colourwarper | .cw |
| Composite | ~/composite | .composite |
| Compound | ~/compound | .compound |
| Correct | ~/correct | .correct |
| Cutout | ~/paint/cutout | .sgi |
| Deal | ~/deal | .deal |
| DeGrain | ~/degrain | .degrain |
| DeInterlace | ~/deinterlace | .deinterlace |
| Desktop | ~/desktop | .desk |
| Difference | ~/difference | .diff |
| Dissolve | ~/dissolve | .dissolve |
| Distort | ~/distort | .distort |
| Documentation | ~/documentation | |
| DVE | ~/dve | .dve |
| Edge | ~/edge | .edge |
| EDL | ~/edl | .edl |
| Export | ~/export | .export |
| ExprUserFun | ~/expressions/userfun | .expressions |
| FieldMerge | ~/fieldmerge | .fieldmerge |
| Filter | ~/filter | .filter |
| FilmCompress | ~/filmcompress | .compress |
| FilmExpand | ~/filmexpand | .expand |
| Flip | ~/flip | .flip |
| Geometry (Paint) | ~/paint/geometry | .geom |
| GMask | ~/gmask | .GMask |
| Guides | ~/guides | .guide |
| Histo2d | ~/histo2d | .histo2d |
| HotKey | ~/hotkey | .hotkey |
| Image | ~/images | See Image File Extensions. |
| Import | ~/import | .import |
| Interlace | ~/interlace | .interlace |
| Key | ~/key | .key |
| Keyer3d | ~/keyer3d | .key3d |
| LensDistort | ~/lensDistort | .lensDistort |
| Letterbox | ~/letterbox | .letterbox |
| LogicOp | ~/logicop | .logicop |
| Lumkey | ~/lumkey | .lumkey |
| Lut | ~/lut | .lut |
| Mask (Paint) | ~/paint/mask | .sgi |
| MasterKeyer | ~/masterkeyer | .mkeyer |
| Mix | ~/mix | .mix |
| Moncal | ~/monitor | .monitor |
| ModularKeyer | ~/modularKeyer | .modularKeyer |
| Mono | ~/mono | .mono |
| Morf | ~/morf | .morf |
| MotionAnalyse | ~/motionAnalyse | .motionAnalyse |
| MotionBlur | ~/motionBlur | .motionBlur |
| NormalMap | ~/normalmap | .normalmap |
| Note | ~/note | .note |
| Omf® | ~/images | .omf |
| Optics | ~/optics | .optics |
| Output | ~/output | .output |
| Paint | ~/paint | .paintnode.xml |
| Picture | ~/paint/picture | .sgi |
| Play | ~/play | N/A |
| Posterize | ~/posterize | .posterize |
| Pulldown | ~/pulldown | .pulldown |
| QComp | ~/quickcomp | .qcomp |
| ReGrain | ~/regrain | .regrain |
| Repeat | ~/repeat | .repeat |
| Resize | ~/resize | .resize |
| Restore | ~/filmrestore | .restore |
| Spark | ~/sparks | .spark |
| Stabilizer | ~/stabilizer | .stabilizer |
| Text | ~/text | .ttg |
| Timewarp | ~/timewarp | .timewarp |
| VectorViewer | ~/vectorViewer | .vectorViewer |
| Wipe | ~/wipe | .wipe |