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■ When working with mixed resolution content, it is possible to export an XML that references the Original
Media and generate media files of the original source clip resolution.
■ A sequence made of mixed frame rates is exported at the sequence rate, and the Original Media option
generates files using the sequence rate. If clips were resized to accommodate the resolution difference,
the generated media files are exported at the sequence resolution.
■ Containers and Matte Container are exported as new clips and use the sequence's record timecode and
rate. No alpha is exported for Matte Container.
■ Transitions in FCP X XML are always centered and have even duration. Since Smoke is capable or creating
transitions of different orientation and duration, the transitions are modified to be compatible with FCP
X.
■ Avoid using illegal Unix characters in sequences and clip names because some third-party applications
cannot read media files with such characters. Smoke does not sanitize the file names when exporting
XML with media files.
■ XML files from DaVinci Resolve referencing file sequences cannot be imported in Smoke since the media
is flagged as Unlinked Media.
Creating New Export Presets
Smoke comes with a number of export presets that should cover most of your needs. But you can also create
your own presets.
Whenever you edit an existing preset, it gets appended _custom. That new custom preset remains until you
change project, exit Smoke, or click Reset.
To create a new export preset:
1 Select an Export Type.
2 Select a Format Preset.
Select the preset that is the closest to what you want, to minimize the amount of required configuration.
3 Enable Show Advanced Options.
4 Edit the settings as required.
Notice how the Format Preset box has appended the preset you selected with the _custom suffix.
5 Do one of the following:
■ To cancel your edits, click Reset.
■ If this is essentially a one-off customization that you will not need later, click Export to export your
sequence. You can always save that preset at a later time: a customized preset remains until you
exit Smoke or change project.
■ To keep this new preset, click Save. You now the new preset in Project or Shared sections of the
Format Preset drop-down menu, and the original preset back in the Autodesk section.
TIP Consider creating an Export preset with padding set to 0 to export single-frame clips without any file numbering.
And to avoid overwriting the media files, Smoke will automatically name file sequences of more than one frame
with the default padding of 8 digits.
H.264 Codec Export Profiles
When exporting a clip as an H.264 in QuickTime, you can use one of the pre-configured H.264 codec profiles.
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