Working with Projects

To create a project:

1. From the Startup screen, click New in the Project section.
2. In the Create New Project dialog box, in the Name field, enter a name for the new project, up to 120 characters long.
3. If you have multiple volumes on your system, you can select the volume you want to work with from the Volume field. If you only have one volume, the volume name is displayed. Projects are tied to the volume they were created on and cannot be accessed from a different volume. To access the content from a project on a different volume, wire the clips and sequences from that project to a project on the current volume using MediaHub > Browse for Projects.
4. Set the default resolution for the project. The default project configuration template is automatically loaded in Config Template or you can manually select a different project configuration template. This can be useful if your monitor does not natively support the resolution of your project. See About the Project Configuration Template.
5. Set the other Resolution options, if required. You should leave Graphics Rendering to the default option of 16-bit FP Graphics.
6. Choose a Colour Policy. The Colour Policy defines the colour management settings that will be used to configure the project. See Project-Based Colour Policies.
7. Set the Cache and Renders settings.
8. Set the Proxy Settings.
9. Set the Lustre Settings.
10. When you are satisfied with project settings, click Create. Projects have an autosave feature. The project is automatically saved at the interval set in the preferences. You can manually save your project with the Alt+S keyboard shortcut or by selecting Save Project from the Flame (or Flare) menu.

To edit a project:

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Startup screen, select a project.
   • In the middle of a session, from the Flame menu, select Project and User Settings. And then, from the Project and User Settings window, select the project.
2. Click Edit.
3. In the Edit Project dialog , modify the settings.
4. Click Done. The modifications are applied to your project.

To delete a project:

1. Do one of the following:
   • At start-up, select a project.
   • In the middle of a session, from the Flame (or Flare) menu, select Project and User Settings. From the Project and User Settings, select the project to delete. You cannot delete the current project.
2. Click Edit.
3. The Edit Project dialog click Project Edit and select Delete Project.
4. Click Delete and then Confirm. When you delete a project, all its associated clips and setups are deleted with the project.

You cannot open a project created in a previous version of Flame without first converting it.

To open a project created in a previous version:

1. From the Startup screen, in the Project section, set the Versions filter to All Versions.
2. Select the project to convert from the Project box. The version of Flame used to create it appears in brackets.
3. Click Start.
4. In the dialogue box that appears, click Convert to proceed with the conversion.

   The conversion creates a copy of the project and converts this copy to the new version of the application, duplicating the setups. The original project remains untouched and accessible to the application that created it.

If you cannot convert a project because of its age, use either of the following methods to open and access the contents of the project.

• Create an archive in the old version of Flame and restore the archive in the newer version.
• Open MediaHub > Browse for Projects and browse to project to restore. You can then import those files in the new Flame.

Project Compatibility Between Releases

The Flame 2017 family of products (Flame Premium, Flare, Flame Assist) can now read contents created in Smoke Desktop Subscription (DTS), with the following limitations:

• Projects from Smoke DTS can be opened (and converted) by the Flame Family 2017 products.
• Projects can be seen and imported through MediaHub, using Browse for Projects.
• Archives created in Smoke DTS can be read in Flame Family 2017 products.
Important: Contents created in Flame Family 2017 products cannot be read or opened in Smoke DTS.

		Will import in...
		Flame 2017	Flare 2017	Flame Assist 2017	Smoke DTS 2017	Training Edition 2017
Projects Created In...	Flame 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Flare 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Flame Assist 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Smoke DTS 2017	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Training 2017	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Flame 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Smoke DTS 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Training 2016	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Smoke DTS 2015	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No