Photoshop Format Settings - Import

Metadata Settings

Tape Name box

Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips. Disabled if Sequence Detection from the Clip Options menu is set to Frames.

Select:	To:
Enter Tape Name	Activate the Tape Name field where you enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
Tape Name from File Name	Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.
Tape Name from Directory	Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. Use the Level field below to configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.

Level field

Set from which directory the tape name is taken, relative to the location of the clip in the directory structure.

Although available for all types of files, the Level field is intended for directory structures output by film scanners. A typical image file directory structure looks like this: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######. In this case, selecting Levels Up 2 in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>). Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.

Tape Name field

Enter the name to use as tape name when importing the clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape Name.

Clip Settings

Clip Name box

Flame imports the channels of multi-channel files as individual clips. Select how to name, at import, the created clips.

Select:	To:
Filename	Use the filename of the container for all the imported channels.
Channel	Use the channel name as the clip name. Default setting.
Channel + Filename	Combine the channel name and the filename of the container to form the clip name.
Filename + Channel	Combine the filename of the container and the channel name to form the clip name.

Sequence Detection box

Select how Flame displays image sequences. Sequence builds and displays a clip out of multiple files, using their numerical suffix to rebuild the sequence. Frames displays each file independently and disables the Tape Name box from the Metadata menu.

An image sequence consists of image files, such as .psd, named identically except for a numeric suffix.

• myPhotoshopFile_version_001.psd
• myPhotoshopFile_version_002.psd
• myPhotoshopFile_version_003.psd
• myPhotoshopFile_version_004.psd

Layers Settings

Resolution box

Select how Flame sets the resolution of .psd clips.

Select:	To:
Background	Import the layers using the same resolution as the background layer.
Native	Import the layers at their original resolution.