User manual

Appendices

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UM-2014.1-07

Automatic Naming

Some parts of the application assign names to items such as library material

or folders based on a set of predefined rules. These rules are defined in the

application preferences Capture/Conform tab.

These rules are used for :

Auto assign name

Auto create library folder

Library tape name

Both Auto assign Name and Auto create library folder use the following

interface convention when building a filename/folder structure :

i.e. M folders up, adding N folders

The settings here control the creation of a name string based on the

filename/folder structure on disk. The resulting string can be used as a

name, or part of a name, of an item in a project library.

Basic Name String

Consider the example file and folder structure :

five / four / three / two / one / clip.0001.dpx

The filename is "clip" inside folder "one".

Note that the application considers the filename as "clip", ignoring the

file numbers (0001) and extension (.dpx).

We start by going :

M folders up :

five / four / three / two / one / clip.0001.dpx

| | | | | |

5 up 4 up 3 up 2 up 1 up 0 up

Where we end up, we then:

add N folders (such that we try and end up with N folders) :