Click the Batch Prefs or BFX Prefs button to access settings to customize rendering, preferences, and adaptive degradation in Batch or Batch FX.
Note: Some Batch or Batch FX nodes also have specific preferences related to the functionality of the node. Click Node Prefs to access the preferences for a selected node.
Rendering Tab
- Free Frames field
- Displays the space remaining on the framestore. Non-editable.
- Hardware Anti-aliasing Sample box
- Select a hardware anti-aliasing sampling level to accelerate edge anti-aliasing with no performance penalty. Available values are dependent on your graphics card.
- On Render button
- Enable to allow node and clip caching.
- Current Frame Cache field
- Displays the current number of cached frames. Non-editable.
- Read/Write button
- Click to set cache to read and write status.
- Read Only button
- Click to set cache to read-only status.
- Render Cache button
- Click to render the cache of selected nodes for the frames defined in the From and To fields.
- Disable button
- Click to turn the caching of selected nodes on or off.
- From field
- Displays the lower limit in the range of frames that can be cached. Editable.
- To field
- Displays the upper limit in the range of frames that can be cached. Editable.
- Fill with Intermediates button
- Enable to fill each node's cache with the intermediate clips contained in the history. If a clip was rendered in proxy mode, the history is not cached.
Preferences Tab
- Audio Source box
- Select the audio context you want to hear when working with another clip. This same setting appears in the Timing View menu.
- Text Log button
- Enable to save rendering status information in a text file, located in /usr/discreet/project/<project name>/batch/log.
- Status Webpage button
- Enable to create three status HTML files, located in /usr/discreet/html.
- Update Numerics button
- Enable to update numerics in fields as the timebar is scrubbed.
- Show Negative Frame button
- Enable to displays negative frame numbers in the Current Frame field when a segment is offset before frame 1. Disable to display only frames from frame 1 onward.
- Clip Info box
- Select what information to display under clip nodes in the schematic. (P) is also displayed on proxy versions of clips.
- Transparency field
- Displays the transparency of currently unselected nodes in the schematic. Editable.
- Auto Parent button
- Enable to allow Parent and Cut options in the schematic while using the Select edit mode.
- Auto Insert button
- Enable to automatically insert a node when dragged between two connected nodes. When disabled, press Shift to auto insert.
- Highlight Path button
- Enable to highlight the path of the currently selected node in the schematic.
- Show Indicators button
- Enable to display certain setting values in the schematic view (under the node) for some nodes.
Available indicators are:
- MUX: Timing Offset and Range.
- Clamp: Clamp Mode.
- Comp: Blending Mode.
- Coloured Frame: Mode.
- Mono: Channel.
- Render: Range.
- Write File: Range.
- Show Adaptors button
- Enable to display an adaptor icon on the connection between two nodes in the schematic when an automatic bit-depth conversion is applied.
- Auto Update button
- Enable to update a node's result proxy automatically.
- Update Clip box
- Choose whether to automatically update all clips or only selected clips.
- Clear Buffer button
- Click to clear the Undo buffer of all previous undo operations.
- Check for Updated Versions button
- Checks each imported Read File .clip file to see if it is the latest version, and updates it if that is not the case. Asks for confirmation before updating the version. Only available when a Read File node is used to import .clip files in the schematic.
Adaptive Degradation Tab
Use these settings to temporarily deactivate taxing operations during interactive manipulations. These settings do not affect the final renders.
- Degrade Mode box
- Select how to propagate display degradation in the image, according to settings for supported nodes. Nodes in the pipeline respect this degraded image. In this case, press Preview to see your results with full settings on.
- Change Node Degradation box
- Select whether to enable or disable adaptive degradation before clicking Apply To Selected.
- Apply To Selected button
- Click to set the selected nodes to the chosen option in the Change Node Degradation box.
The following two settings appear in the Node Prefs menu for specific nodes that support adaptive degradation:
- Active button
- Enable to activate adaptive degradation display settings. Use to prevent slowdowns in displaying your results when changing supported settings.
- Synchronize All button
- Enable to synchronize all nodes of the same type with the Adaptive Degradation settings of the current node.