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Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips. Disabled if Sequence Detection
from the Clip Options menu is set to Frames.
To:Select:
Activate the Tape Name field where you enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files
for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
Enter Tape Name
Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.Tape Name from File Name
Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. Use the Level field below to
configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.
Tape Name from Directory
Level field Set from which directory the tape name is taken, relative to the location of the clip in the directory
structure.
Although available for all types of files, the Level field is intended for directory structures output by film
scanners. A typical image file directory structure looks like this: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######. In this case,
selecting Levels Up 2 in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>).
Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.
Tape Name field Enter the name to use as tape name when importing the clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set
to Enter Tape Name.
Clip Settings
Clip Name box
Smoke imports the channels of multi-channel files as individual clips. Select how to name, at import, the
created clips.
To:Select:
Use the filename of the container for all the imported channels.Filename
Use the channel name as the clip name.Channel
Combine the channel name and the filename of the container to form the clip
name.
Channel + Filename
Combine the filename of the container and the channel name to form the clip
name.
Filename + Channel
Sequence Detection box Select how Smoke displays image sequences. Sequence builds and displays a clip
out of multiple files, using their numerical suffix to rebuild the sequence. Frames displays each file
independently and disables the Tape Name box from the Metadata menu.
An image sequence consists of image files, such as .psd, named identically except for a numeric suffix.
■ myPhotoshopFile_version_001.psd
■ myPhotoshopFile_version_002.psd
■ myPhotoshopFile_version_003.psd
■ myPhotoshopFile_version_004.psd
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