Setup guide

Advanced Configuration

and Troubleshooting

Visual Effects and Finishing Configuration Files

Overview

Configuration files are ASCII text files that define the working environment for

your application. Keywords in the configuration files define certain global and

project-specific parameters such as I/O devices, workstation display settings,

project environment directory paths, framerate, timecode, and colour space.

You can open a configuration file using any text editor, such as kedit.

There are two kinds of configuration files:

is parsed when you launch the

software.

The software initialisation

configuration file

is parsed when you select a project in

the software.

The project configuration file

Although you should not have to regularly edit these files, it is important that

you become familiar with them for the occasional instance where editing them

is necessary.

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