OpenEXR Format Settings - Import
- In the Previewer, the Metadata tab displays all the metadata available from OpenEXR files, including the file attributes. Open the Metadata tab, and display the section Clip Information
Attributes. - Some OpenEXR files are multi-part, and contain multiple separate images in one file. To find out the number of parts an OpenEXR file contains, look at Clip Information Number of Parts, in the Previewer Metadata tab, .
- Flame can also read from the OpenEXR header the timecode, tape name, frame rate, and the keycode.
- The colour space of the image will be set to ACES2065-1 if the import is in "From File or Rules" mode and the header contains the acesImageContainerFlag attribute set to 1, per SMPTE 2065-4.
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. |
Tape Name from Header | Read the tape name from the header of the imported file. |
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.
Timecode box
Select an option to specify how the timecode information is set when importing clips.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Timecode from Header | Set the source timecode of the imported clip based on the timecode information in the image file header. |
| Timecode from File Name | Use a numerical file name (for instance, 100000.xyz) and translate it into timecode for the resulting clip (based on the selected frame rate ). This is useful when working with files that do not have embedded timecode. |
Rate box
Select Auto to use the frame rate specified by the clip; with no rate specified, the application assigns a rate from the Default Resolutions table, or the project's rate if there is no match in the table. Use Select Rate to set the frame rate using the Frame Rate box.
The Default Resolutions table uses a frame's height and width to assign it an aspect ratio, a scan mode, and a frame rate. You can find the Default Resolutions table in MediaHub Browse for Archives Default Resolutions. It is also used when restoring legacy archives.
Frame Rate box
Select the frame rate of the imported clip. Enabled if the Rate box is set to Select Rate.
Drop Frame button
Enable to have use a drop frame mode. Disable to use non-drop frame mode. Only applies to clips running at 29.97 and 59.94 frame rates. Enabled if the Rate box is set to Select Rate.
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: |
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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. |
EXR Multi-Part Index
Enable when browsing OpenEXR multi-parts files sequence with non-matching part name/AOV. Only use this option when AOV are not read as expected as this option slows down multi-part browsing.
Include Part Name
Use in conjunction with Clip Name Channel to include or exclude, from the clip name. the name of the part.
Pixel Space Window
Use the Pixel Space Window box to import an OpenEXR using either the Data window or the Display window. The OpenEXR display window is similar to a viewport, whereas the Data window is similar to a region of interest. This concept is often used in 3D, where the rendered object might not occupy the full space of the displayed frame. Or the data window can be bigger than the Display window, similar to an overscan, to provide edge-accurate blurring.