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Process Mode
Use this menu control to select the Fields Processing mode used by Fusion to render changes
to the image. The default option is determined by the Has Fields checkbox control in the Frame
Format preferences.
Use Frame Format Settings
When this checkbox is selected, the width, height, and pixel aspect of the rendered images by
the node will be locked to values defined in the composition’s Frame Format preferences. If the
Frame Format preferences change, the resolution of the image produced by the node will
change to match. Disabling this option can be useful to build a composition at a different
resolution than the eventual target resolution for the final render.
Width/Height
This pair of controls is used to set the Width and Height dimensions of the image to be
rendered by the node.
Pixel Aspect
This control is used to specify the Pixel Aspect ratio of the rendered particles. An aspect ratio of
1:1 would generate a square pixel with the same dimensions on either side (like a computer
display monitor), and an aspect of 0.9:1 would create a slightly rectangular pixel (like an
NTSC monitor).
NOTE: Right-click on the Width, Height, or Pixel Aspect controls to display a menu
listing the file formats defined in the preferences Frame Format tab. Selecting any of
the listed options will set the width, height, and pixel aspect to the values for that
format, accordingly.
Depth
The Depth menu is used to set the pixel color depth of the particles. 32-bit pixels require 4X the
memory of 8-bit pixels but have far greater color accuracy. Float pixels allow high dynamic
range values outside the normal 0…1 range, for representing colors that are brighter than white
or darker than black.
Source Color Space
You can use the Source Color Space menu to set the Color Space of the footage to help
achieve a linear workflow. Unlike the Gamut tool, this doesn‘t perform any actual color space
conversion, but rather adds the source space data into the metadata, if that metadata doesn‘t
exist. The metadata can then be used downstream by a Gamut tool with the From Image option,
or in a Saver, if explicit output spaces are defined there. There are two options to choose from:
Auto: Automatically reads and passes on the metadata that may be in the image.
Space: Displays a Color Space Type menu where you can choose the correct color
space of the image.
Source Gamma Space
Using the Curve type menu, you can set the Gamma Space of the footage and choose to
remove it by way of the Remove Curve checkbox when working in a linear workflow. There are
three choices in the Curve type menu:
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