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For Sequence Publish exports, when the media needs to be packaged, Smoke renders before exporting
for the segments that require to be pre-rendered. For example, using the Flattened tracks option with
Timeline FX requires rendering prior exporting, as do segments with a BFX or Resize.
■ Use Command-click to select multiple clips for export in one operation.
■ Select a folder or a library from the Media panel to export all of its contents. If that folder contains a
folder structure, that structure also gets exported.
■ When exporting a single frame as a file sequence, consider setting the Frame Padding field to zero to
export that frame without any file numbering. And if you export a multi-frame clip as a file sequence by
mistake without Frame padding, Smoke detects this and automatically assigns a frame padding of 8 digits
to correctly export the clip.
■ Apple Final Cut Pro X XML Export
When you open the XML in FCP X, the media will automatically relink if exported to a file location
available on the FCP X workstation. You might have to use the FCP X Relink tool to link the XML
sequence back to the QuickTime if the media file path is different.
■ When working with CODEX files, you cannot use the Link Original Media option in Media Export to
create file system links to the original media files because Smoke cannot generate 12-bit packed DPX,
the format used by CODEX recorders. Smoke will instead create new 12-bit unpacked DPX files.
■ DPX metadata
■ The frame rate is written to the DPX file header, in both the TV rate and Movie rate fields.
■ The Drop Frame mode of 29.97 fps files is written to the DPX file header. Limitations from the DPX
SMPTE-specifications prevent the drop frame mode from being specified in files using a timecode
higher than 30 fps.
■ In ProRes exports, Smoke corrects the aspect ratio to match the Apple-defined standard. For PAL 16x9,
the standard pixel aspect ratio is 118:81. For a frame of 720x576 this gives a an aspect ratio of ~1.82 =
(720 / 576) x (118 / 81).
■ MXF DVPro: a PAL export is always F2; a NTSC export is always F1. Fields are translated if required.
■ When exporting, use Add Token to build a dynamic file name. Here are some of the available tokens.
Definition:To insert the
token:
Select:
The clip's height, after resize if applicable.<height>Height
The clip's width, after resize if applicable.<width>Width
The current date ( YYYY_MM_DD)<date>Date
A number usually defined in a EDL, but that can be manually set in
Conform.
<event number>Event Number
The name of the project, as displayed in Smoke ➤ Project and User
Settings.
<project>Project
The name of the project, as displayed in Smoke ➤ Project and User
Settings ➤ Project Edit.
<project nickname>Project Nickname
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