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Batch and Batch FX Preferences

Click the Batch Prefs or BFX Prefs button to access settings to customize rendering, preferences, and adaptive degradation in Batch or Batch FX. 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.
32-Bit Graphics button
Enable to output in 32-bit precision. This setting can degrade performance as it uses more memory than 16-bit precision.
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.

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 /opt/Autodesk/project/<project name>/batch/log.
Status Webpage button
Enable to create three status HTML files, located in /opt/Autodesk/html.
Update Numerics button
Enable to update numerics in fields as the timebar is scrubbed.
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.
Update Clip box
Choose whether to automatically update all clips or only selected clips.
Action Display Default box
Select whether Action nodes in the Batch or Batch FX schematic are collapsed or expanded by default.
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.
Show Keyframe button
Enable to display a blue dot, in the Schematic view, above the nodes that have keyframe animation applied to them.
Compass Default Colour patch
Click to display the Colour Picker, in order to select the default colour of the Compass node.

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.

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