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Clip Options Menu

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The options described below are not used by every format. Only the ones relevant to the selected format are accessible.

Select:	To:
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 from Header	Read the clip name from the header of the imported file.
Clip Name from XML	Use the clip name listed in the XML file accompanying the XDCAM media. (XDCAM only)
Clip Name from Essence	Use the clip name inferred from the directory structure of the P2 or XDCAM clip. (P2 and XDCAM only)

Clip Name field

Enter the name to use when importing the clip. Enabled if Name is set to Enter Clip Name.

Clip Names box (OpenEXR and PSD)

Layers (PSD) and channels (OpenEXR) are imported as clips in Smoke. Select how to name, at import, the clips thus created.

Select (OpenEXR):	Select (PSD):	To:
Filename		Use the filename of the container for all the imported channels or layers.
Channel	Layer	Use the channel (or layer) name as the clip name.
Channel + Filename	Layer + Filename	Combine the channel (or layer) name and the filename of the container to form the clip name.
Filename + Channel	Filename + Layer	Combine the filename of the container and the channel (or layer) name to form the 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.

Select:	To display and process the related images:
Sequence	As a single clip made of all these related images.
Frames	As independant images.

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