2011
Table Of Contents
- Autodesk Composite 2011 User Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Getting Started
- Reference
- About Reference
- Projects
- Wiretap
- Importing Media
- Getting Familiar with Your Workspace
- The Player
- About the Player
- Player View Default Settings
- Setting the Target
- Setting Context Points
- Playing Back in Multiple Views
- Playback Performance
- Setting the Target for the Player
- Setting the Channels for the Target
- Setting the Mark In and Mark Out Points for Playback
- Setting the Repeat Mode
- Setting the Frame Rate for Playback
- Setting the Real-Time Playback Preference
- Synchronizing or Separating Playback between Views
- Setting the Playback Point when the Player Updates
- Setting the Resolution for a Player
- Setting the Grid in the Player
- Setting a Region of Interest (ROI) in the Player
- Displaying Masks and Guides
- Showing or Hiding Tiles
- Turning Hardware Rendering On or Off
- Setting the Pixel Aspect Ratio of the Player
- Displaying Player Option Information in the Player view
- Displaying Manipulators in the Player
- In-player Pixel Display
- Adjusting the Zoom or Pan
- Applying a LUT or Color Conversion Tool to the Player
- The Mini-Player
- The Fullscreen Player
- Working with Compositions
- Multilayer Compositing and 3D Effects
- Reaction Compositing and Effects
- Compositing Workflow
- Basic Compositing in Reaction
- Working with Maya Pre-Comps
- Working with Layers
- Working with Geometric Surfaces
- Using Parenting Axes
- Working with Materials
- Working with Lights
- Working with Cameras
- Camera Mapping
- 3D Displacement
- Transforming Objects
- Reaction Rendering Effects and Output Results
- Setting up a Stereo Camera Rig
- Pre-Compositing
- Importing FBX Files
- Premultiplication
- 2D Compositing
- Image Processing Tools
- Pixel Expressions
- Warping
- Effects Tools
- Managing Film Grain
- Pulling Keys and Creating Mattes
- Masking
- Raster Paint
- Vector Paint
- Color Correction
- About Color Correcting
- Applying LUTs
- Working with ASC CDLs
- Broadcast Safe Tool
- Transforming Color Space with the Log and Delog Tools
- Color Correcting with CC Basics
- CC Histogram
- Clamp Color Tool
- Color Space Tool
- Processing Images with Photo Lab
- Inverting an Image
- Remap Color
- Set Fill Color
- Solarizing an Image
- Creating a Monochrome Image
- Modifying a Display With the Pass Through Tool
- Setting the Amount of Gray in an Image
- Converting an Image to sRGB
- Animation
- Animation Concepts
- The Animation Tab
- Composition Browser
- Animation Editor
- The Animation Property Area
- Player Controls
- Working with Cue Marks
- Contextual Menus
- Keyframing Workflows
- Marking Attributes for Keyframing
- Setting Keys Manually
- Setting Keyframes Automatically
- Editing Keyframes in the Tool UI
- Editing Keyframes in the Animation Editor
- Adding and Deleting Keyframes
- Modifying Interpolation
- Modifying Extrapolation
- Temporarily Modifying Attribute Values
- Customizing the Layout when Working with Animation Curves
- Global Time vs. Local Time
- Time Offsets, Keyframing, and Instancing
- Time Tools
- Customization Tools
- Vectors
- Expressions
- About Expressions
- Short Expressions
- Expression Input Paths
- Visual Linking
- Visual Linking Methods
- Navigating the Expression String
- Validating and Applying the Expression String
- Viewing the Expression
- Associating Comments with an Expression
- Editing an Expression
- Removing an Expression
- Setting Expressions Examples
- Expression Reference Tables
- Arithmetic Operators
- Comparison Operators
- Operator Precedence
- Math Functions
- Vector Functions
- Random Number Functions
- Rounding Functions
- Trigonometric Functions
- Constants
- Time Functions
- Profile Functions
- Conditional Functions
- Tracking and Stabilizing
- About Tracking and Stabilizing
- Tracking Concepts
- Stabilizing Concepts
- Tracker UI
- Tracking Workflow
- Choosing a Reference Point
- Positioning the Reference Box
- Resizing the Reference and Tracker Boxes
- Resetting the Reference Box
- Resetting the Tracker Box
- Changing the Color of a Tracker
- How the Tracker Works
- Tracking Position
- Tracking the Scale of an Object
- Tracking the Rotation of an Object
- 4-Point Tracking
- Tracking Difficult Shots
- Correcting Errors
- Stabilizing
- 1-point Stabilizing
- 2-point Stabilizing
- Simultaneous Stabilizing and Tracking
- Video Tools
- Utilities
- Hotkeys
- Composite Executables
- Python Scripting
- Initialization Variables and String Substitutions
- Glossary
- Index
Pixel Aspect Ratio Displays the aspect ratio of each of the pixels of the
selected format. If you selected Custom in the Format box, you can click
in this box and edit the ratio.
Rate View the frame rate of the selected format. Click to display the
list of frame rates available for this format, and select the one you want
to use.
Version Name Enter a default name pattern for new versions created
in compositions. You can enter any alphanumeric character, or click the
Comp Name, Date, Time, or Frame No. buttons to insert any of those
variables as part of the name. If you defined custom attributes, you can
also insert any of these as variables in the file name. Click the Select UDA
button to select the custom attribute you want to insert, then click UDA
to insert it. Note that the file name, after all variables are resolved, cannot
exceed 126 characters in length.Select a name for the composition version.
Channels Select the channels you want the media for the new
composition to have by default. Select A to only have the alpha channel,
RGB to have only red, green, and blue channels or RGBA to have all
channels (red, green, blue, and alpha).
Depth Select the bit depth (8, 16, or 32 bits) for new compositions.
Start, End, Duration Set the start, end, and duration of the footage.
Repeat Select the default repeat mode (Hold, Loop, Ping-Pong, No
Repeat) for new compositions when you play them in the Player.
5 Select the Render tab. Select a default file format and set the render folder,
file name pattern and Wiretap preferences.
6 Select the Render Actions tab.
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