Working with Others

Flame offers you two methods to work in collaboration with another Flame.

The first one is the Projects browser in the MediaHub. Use it to transfer clips between your project and another one. This other project can be a local, such as a previous project you worked on, or a remote project, such as a a sequence being put together in Flame Assist. Or use the Projects browser to transfer clips from a project created with an older version of the software.

To work on the same shots, clips, sequences, use shared libraries. This other second method integrates directly in the Media panel, and are best used when you are working with other users on the same project. Flare Workflow has more about working with Workspaces, and even if it targets mostly a Flame-Flare workflow, it applies to any setup where shared libraries are used.

Import Settings and Lustre

When importing media files and using the Cache Source Media, Flame bakes in import options like resize, LUT, and format specific options like R3D settings. Of course, you always have access to the import settings, and edit it if need be. Open the Pre-Processing editor from the Timeline FX ribbon.

But Lustre does not have access to the import history for clips imported in Flame with an enabled Cache Source Media option. This means that if you import in Lustre a Flame-created sequence that uses such clips, you do not have access to their import history. Flushing the media cache prior to importing the clip in Lustre restores access to import history.

To restore access to the import history for Lustre:

1. From Flame, right-click the material to grade in Lustre.
2. Select Media > Flush Source Media Cache.

   You can now edit the import history of the clip from Lustre.

Important Compatibility Information

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