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Process Mode
Use this menu to select the Fields Processing mode used by Fusion when loading the image.
The Has Fields checkbox control in the Frame Format preferences determines the default
option, and the default height as well. Available options include:
Full frames
NTSC fields
PAL/HD fields
PAL/HD fields (reversed)
NTSC fields (reversed).
The two reversed options load fields in the opposite order and thus result in the fields being
spatially swapped both in time order and in vertical order as well.
Use the Swap Field Dominance checkbox (described below) to swap fields in time only.
Depth
The Depth menu is used to select the color depth used to process footage from this Loader.
The default option is Format.
Format: The color depth is determined by the color depth supported in the file format
loaded. For example, JPEG files automatically process at 8 bit because the JPEG
file format does not store color depths greater than 8. EXR files load at Float. If the
color depth of the format is undetermined, the default depth defined in the Frame
Format preferences is used. Formats that support multiple color depths are set to the
appropriate color depth automatically.
Default: The color depth is determined by the settings in the composition’s Frame
Format Preferences panel.
Int 8 Bit/Int 16 Bit/Float 16/Float 32: These options set the color depth for processing
the image.
NOTE: For more information on color depth, see Chapter 11, “Preparing Projects and
Importing Media” in the Fusion Studio Reference Manual or Chapter 55, “Image
Processing and Color Management” in the DaVinci Resolve Reference Manual.
Pixel Aspect
This menu is used to determine the image’s pixel aspect ratio.
From File: The loader conforms to the image aspect detected in the saved file. There
are a few formats that can store aspect information. TIFF, JPEG, and OpenEXR are
examples of image formats that may have the pixel aspect embedded in the file’s
header. When no aspect ratio information is stored in the file, the default frame format
method is used.
Default: Any pixel aspect ratio information stored in the header of the image file is
ignored. The pixel aspect set in the composition’s frame format preferences is used
instead.
Custom: Select this option to override the preferences and set a pixel aspect for the
clip manually. Selecting this button causes the X/Y Pixel Aspect control to appear.
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