Importing and Exporting Catalog Entries

Importing an Image or File Sequence to the Catalog

1.   Select File > Import Image / Sequence (from the Catalog tab).

The Import Image / Sequence dialog displays.

2.   Select whether you want an individual frame or a sequence by toggling Sequence Listing.
3.   Select the image or sequence to import.
4.   Click Accept.

Note:  During import only a single AOV, the primary pass, is read into the Catalog and becomes available for preview within the Monitor tab.

Exporting an Image or File Sequence from the Catalog

1.   Select File > Export Catalog and:

All Images - all entries in the Catalog tab.

Locked Images - only those entries in the Catalog tab that are locked.

Selected Images - only selected entries in the Catalog tab.

The Export Catalog dialog displays.

2.   Choose one of the export method below:

Specify the full path to the directory where your files are exported. File names are automatically generated and begin with catalog_export.

Specify the full path for a sequence. The sequence must follow the pattern sequenceName.#.fileFormat, where # is the amount of padding for image numbers.

The supported export formats are .exr, .tif, .jpg, and .png.

3.   Click Accept.

Note:  When manually entering in a directory path, you must include the file path and name of the directory in order to click Accept.