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Hiero and HieroPlayer 1.7v1 User Guide

1. Click Yes to load the autosave file or No to load the original project file gt LA NOTE Clicking No does not delete the autosaved project in this case The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 10 MANAGING TIMELINES Timelines can contain any number of video sequences and audio tracks with each track containing track items that reference the source clips in your project making changes to track items in the timeline does not affect the Original source clip Ea NOTE HieroPlayer does not allow you to edit read only projects If you need to edit an imported Hiero project select File gt Save as Player Project to make it editable in HieroPlayer NOTE Conformed EDLs only support one video sequence If you ve LA created multiple EDLs from the same edit you can add each one into the timeline using the right click Import New Tracks menu or the Import Track button under the spreadsheet See Adding Tracks to the Timeline Timecode Video Toggle Playhead Position 7 0700 08 07 Stet a vad eer S 01 0000 00 O11 00a4 01 0008 00 0100 17 00 BR_SHOTOO WF SHC WF SHI WF_SH Video 3 1 E g i F BR SHOTO BR SHOTOO BR SHOT j gt m T if Video 2 Ts d BR SHO NISSAN X TRAIL V1 tall NISSAN_X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC a NISSAN X TRAIL A NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC Track Lock O Scale Slider Audio Tracks Video Tracks Audio 3
2. LA NOTE If you haven t set a valid Project Root a dialog prompts you for a file path The selected track items are opened in the Nuke application specified in the Preferences gt Nuke Export gt Nuke Path field 4 GMISSA 1LA1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 554 1L Az NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC Aloo 3 4 These selections from Hiero Opened in Nuke Hiero also adds a single offline track item to receive the incoming VFX work NOTE If you selected Open each item in its own Nuke instance in the example above you d get three clips each in a separate Nuke Send to Nuke Send to Nuke enables you to add clips and track items to existing Nuke scripts that are connected to Hiero using Hiero lt gt Nuke Send to Nuke operates similarly to Open in Nuke in that clips are opened independently and track items are opened with additional nodes but they are added to an existing script 1 Select the required clip s or track item s 2 Right click a highlighted item and select Send to Nuke A list of available scripts is displayed in the submenu The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Using Hiero lt gt Nuke in HieroPlayer The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 171 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke Make Freeze Frame Copy Cuts OL 00 00 00 Hinor Delete 01 0028 00 Ripple Delete ERS Export ma F aRSAOTOOS J BR_SHOTOO _FAN WESHOTOO WFSHOTOO W WFX Bulld Track ERS fe 2 i Ope
3. All platforms RED Audio Audio interchange format Mac and Windows QuickTime Audio The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY APPENDIX C Third Party Licences This appendix lists third party libraries used in Hiero and HieroPlayer along with their licences Boost 1 46 0 Source code function Boost Software License Version 1 0 August 17th 2003 template library Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person or organisation obtain ing a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by this license the Software to use reproduce display distribute execute and transmit the Software and to prepare derivative works of the Software and to permit third par ties to whom the Software is furnished to do so all subject to the following The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement including the above license grant this restriction and the following disclaimer must be included in all copies of the Software in whole or in part and all derivative works of the Software unless such copies or derivative works are solely in the form of machine executable object code generated by a source language processor THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE AND NON INFRINGEMENT IN
4. Licensing Hiero or HieroPlayer Overa Network The Foundry NOTE If you access the Internet through a proxy server and cannot connect to the activation server you may get an error dialog prompting you to either e Click Use Proxy to enter the proxy server name port number user name and password This enables the application to connect to the activation server and obtain a licence The licence is then installed automatically e Click on the web link in the dialog and use the System ID also known as hostid provided to manually activate and install a licence For more information on how to install a licence manually see the Foundry Licensing Tools FLT User Guide available on our website at www thefoundry co uk support licensing Alternatively you can purchase a floating licence key from our website To generate a licence key we need to know your System ID The System ID sometimes called Host ID or rlmhostid returns a unique number for your computer We lock our licence keys to the System ID See Installing floating licences To display your System ID do any of the following e Qn Mac and Windows you can download the Foundry Licence Utility FLU from www thefoundry co uk licensing and run it Your System ID is displayed e Download the Foundry Licensing Tools FLT free of charge from www thefoundry co uk support licensing manage floating licences rlm and then e On Mac run Applications TheFoundry LicensingTool
5. MANAGING TIMELINES 131 Timeline Editing Tools a Dihiohi Oo li hieieatalplotlarertatet Peabiped ititit liali ititititiisdititi HHHH iTi HL Goda Eii 2 0k BR SHOTI ER SHOTO AR SHO eR SHOP aR SHOT WE SH wr SHWF SH NISSAN X TRAIL V1 a lege leer fe Sens aa Pi a Blank i Reference Media Nissan X Tra Nrc 7 ap Reference Reference Reference te cia Reference Reference fWedia gt NISSAN W TRAL AJ NESAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC lt 1 NISSAN W TRAN AZ NISSAN DIRECTORS CLT MUSIC 4 Figure 10 6 Copying cut between tracks To copy cuts 1 Select the track items containing the cuts to copy or if you intend to copy all the cuts from a track you don t need to make a selection Right click in the timeline and select Copy Cuts The Copy Cuts dialog displays e606 Copy Cuts Copy All Cuts bi NISSAN_X TRAIL VI NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 Reference Reference NISSAN_X TRAIL Al NISSAN_X TRAIL A2 Select Deselect All Tracks Rename Using From Shot Names Cancel If you made a selection on the timeline use the dropdown to select All Cuts or Selected Cuts as required This dropdown is not displayed if no track items were selected Click the From dropdown to select the source track Check all the destination tracks in the To field to which you want to copy the cuts Choose whether or not the resulting track items are named identically to the source track Selecting None retains the destination
6. V hotkeys to increment versions or Ctrl Cmd Alt MWY to go to the maximum or minimum When you reach the end of the discovered versions incrementing the version automatically scans for new versions that may have become available NOTE You can turn off the auto scan function by navigating to Preferences gt General and disabling Automatically rescan versions 3 For bin clips only you can select Version gt Open in Versions Bin to display all discovered versions of the target clip Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS 143 Using Versions The versioning conventions may allows clips into the Version Bin that you werent expecting You can disable versions by selecting them and pressing D or set the Active Version of a clip using the right click Ver sion menu The Active Version is the version displayed when you drag the source clip to the timeline denoted by the orange V in the top left hand corner of the thumbnail 09 WF Shotd04 v1 09 Wr Short wi 09 WF_Shotd04 v3 Oo WF_Shotdo4a yi 1280x720 39 25FPS QuickTime 0 00 0008 4 Once you ve sorted all the available versions select a clip in the bin view and press V to display all versions for that clip in a convenient window YT O ouecided Liat z NESAN_X TRAI P amp Conformih eee P do 29 19 WE Shada v3 120720 5 Select the required clip to set the Active Version and apply it to the clip The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1
7. e Select click and drag to marquee select clips Hold Shift to add to your selection or Alt to subtract See Selection Tools for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Move Trim Tool The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 115 Timeline Editing Tools e Slip placing the mouse at the bottom of the track item activates the tool and displays the slip handles Drag the track item to the new position and release the mouse to complete the slip See Slip Clip Tool for more information e Slide placing the mouse at the top of the track item activates the tool and displays the slide handles Drag the track item to the new position and release the mouse to complete the slide See Slide Clip Tool for more information e Roll placing the mouse on the edit between track items activates the tool and displays the handles Drag the edit to the new position and release the mouse to complete the roll See Roll Edit Tool for more information e Razor when using the Multi Tool Razor cuts are menu driven Navigate to Timeline gt Razor Selected or Razor All to make cuts at the current playhead position See Razor and Join Tools for more information The Move Trim tool allows you to manipulate the position of a track item or its output by adding or removing handles Activate the Move Trim tool by clicking the tool or pressing Q twice To move track items Click and drag the selected track item s to the required positio
8. 4 Select the Tags that you intend to use to filter which items receive the additional nodes If you want to affect only the Reference track for example select the Reference tag All items without that tag are ignored 5 Copy and paste a node from Nuke into the Script panel NOTE If you need more than one node you might consider creating a Group in Nuke and pasting that into the Script panel The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 158 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog aa Additional Nodes Setup channels rgb size 2 6 Sequence 7 filter quadratic name Blurl selected true x Ti Approved name Groupl selected true inputs 0 name inputi Click OK to accept the additional nodes Select the Additional Nodes checkbox and complete the export process as described later in this chapter Exporting to Nuke 1 Select a sequence in the bin view and navigate to File gt Export The Export dialog displays Select Process as Shots from the Processors list Enter the Export To directory or click Choose and browse to the location The Export To directory is the starting point from which the shot tem plate builds your shot hierarchy 4 Select the Basic Nuke Shot preset under Local Presets to auto complete the shot template or select Project Shot Template to use the Project Settings template NOTE You can build a custom shot template using Path tokens the Contents field
9. CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 35 Workspace Preferences Path substitution Sets the mapping rules for cross platform project sharing The mapping rules allow the application to read platform spe cific filepaths by explicitly mapping them to Mac Linux Win dows friendly names Click the icon to add an entry to the table and then enter the paths as necessary For example OSX Windows Linux mnt netshare Volumes netshare Viewers preferences determine the default settings for the Viewer at Startup as well as all new Viewers that you add to the workspace you can still adjust the settings of individual Viewers Playback Mode Sets the default playback mode for new Viewers See Viewer Tools for more information OpenColorlO config file Sets the OpenColorlO configuration to use if you don t intend to use the default settings Enter the filepath of the configuration file or click Choose to use the browser Note Hiero and HieroPlayer also include an environment vari able method for setting a config file See Environment Vari ables for more information Selects the default Guides to apply to Viewers Choose from Title Safe Action Safe and Format See Viewer Tools for more information Fullscreen Display Controls where the Viewer expands to when in Fullscreen mode See through missing When enabled any offline media on a timeline is treated as media transparent allowing the Viewer to display the track under n
10. HIERO and HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE VERSION 1 7v1 VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE Hiero and HieroPlayer User Guide Copyright 2013 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd All Rights Reserved Use of this User Guide and the Hiero software is subject to an End User Licensing Agreement the EULA the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference This User Guide and the Hiero software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the EULA This User Guide the Hiero software and all intellectual property rights relating thereto are and shall remain the sole property of The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd The Foundry and or The Foundry s licencors The EULA is available in the appendices The Foundry assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this User Guide and this User Guide is subject to change without notice The content of this User Guide is furnished for informational use only Except as permitted by the EULA no part of this User Guide may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of The Foundry To the extent that the EULA authorises the making of copies of this User Guide such copies shall be reproduced with all copyright trademark and other proprietary rights notices included herein The EULA expressly prohibits any action that could adver
11. Installing and licensing new applications can be a boring task that you just want to be done with as soon as possible To help you with that this chapter guides you to the point where you have a default workspace in front of you and are ready to start viewing and editing your media with the minimum of effort System Before you do anything else ensure that whichever platform you intend to n run the application on meets the following minimum requirements Requirements Operating System Mac OS X e Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10 6 8 or above Linux e Linux RHEL 5 4 64 bit or above Windows e Windows 7 64 bit or above with the latest version of QuickTime installed Hardware e 4 GB of disk space available for caching and temporary files e 8 GB of RAM minimum requirement e Intel i3 CPU or equivalent e Workstation class graphics card with OpenGL 2 1 driver support such as NVIDIA Quadro series or ATI FireGL series NOTE Hiero and HieroPlayer do not support the NVIDIA Quadro 4500 FX and GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards e RED Rocket cards with at least Rocket Driver 1 4 19 0 and Firmware 1 1 16 5 or later NOTE RED Rocket cards may not work as expected without the latest drivers and firmware VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE LA Installing Hiero or HieroPlayer The Foundry INSTALLATION AND LICENSING 10 Installing Hiero or HieroPlayer e The following monitor out cards are currently supported in Hiero not HieroPlayer though other
12. The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 198 APPENDIX A Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys Ctrl Cmd Shift Ctrl Cmd Shift Ctrl Cmd Alt Cycle forwards through all current panes backtick C __ p n Jump between tabs in the current pane n n Ctrl Cmd Alt n Cycle backwards through all current panes n n n Shift backtick Shift Ctrl Cmd N n a Open a new project Ctrl Cmd O Open an existing project Ctrl Cmd W Close the current project Ctrl Cmd S Save the current project Shift Ctrl Cmd S Save the current project with a different name Ctrl Cmd Import a clip or clips Shift Ctrl Cmd Import a folder or folders a Alt Shift Ctrl Cmd Shift Ctrl Cmd E File gt Import EDL XML Import an EDL or XML sequence File gt Export Export the selected sequence Display the available versions of a clip or sequence n a l Alt close Spread sheet a n a Close the spreadsheet and any linked timeline and Viewer panes Alt Shift lt num gt n a File gt Open Recent gt Open a previously saved project from the list Project Name Bin View Searchbox n a Ctrl Cmd left click n a n a Shift left click va Script Editor Ctrl Cmd Select a tag search criteria Toggle select individual tag search criteria n a n a n a Select a range of tag search criteria n a Go to the previous script Ctrl Cmd
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14. EULA SECTION 6 LICENSE FEE Licensee understands that the benefits granted to Licensee hereunder are contingent upon Licensees payment in full of the license fee payable in connection herewith the License Fee SECTION 7 UPGRADES ENHANCEMENTS The Licensee s access to support upgrades and updates is subject to the terms and conditions of the Annual Upgrade and Support Programme available on The Foundrys website The Foundry may from time to time and at its sole discretion vary the terms and conditions of the Annual Upgrade and Support Programme SECTION 8 TAXES AND DUTIES Licensee agrees to pay and indemnify The Foundry from claims for any local state or national tax exclusive of taxes based on net income duty tariff or other impost related to or arising from the transaction contemplated by this Agreement SECTION 9 LIMITED WARRANTY The Foundry warrants that for a period of ninety 90 days after delivery of the Software a the machine readable electronic files constituting the Software and Documentation shall be free from errors that may arise from the electronic file transfer from The Foundry and or its authorized reseller to Licensee and b to the best of The Foundry s knowledge Licensee s use of the Software in accordance with the Documentation will not in and of itself infringe any third party s copyright patent or other intellectual property rights Except as warranted the Software and Documentat
15. Float Pane Close Pane Jeane ls a Show Tabs Windows Floating and nesting You can move existing panes and tabs to new locations in the interface to help you organise your project e Float a pane or tab by e Right clicking the tab name and selecting Float Pane or Float Tab A Tare me Split Vertical Project Split Horizontal Float Pane Close Pane LS Close Tab Show Tabs Windows OR The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 31 Creating Your Own Workspace e Dragging the required tab from its current location We gs Tag Presets m Review 4 Markers i Apps 11 Shots 6 Views 3 Flags 42 Other 9 Tl z a F VVVVV Vr bPhhhh hi e Nest any floating pane or tab by dragging it to any existing pane i Tags Tag Presets E m Review 4 Markers i Apps 11 Shots 6 Views 3 Fiags 42 Other 9 a a VvVV VV Vr Be B Me Ho Be Oe i TIP Use the orange highlight HEE around the destination pane to help you determine where the tab nests Saving Workspaces Once you re happy with the changes you ve made to the workspace navigate to Window gt Workspace gt Save Workspace Enter a name for the workspace then click OK to preserve your workspace as a workspace file extension hws O Save Workspace Workspace name Scopes The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPAC
16. NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFT WARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE Library Breakpad 1 0 The Foundry Description Multi platform crash reporting system Data compressor APPENDIXC 204 Third Party Licences Licence Copyright 2010 Google Inc All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution Neither the name of the organization nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUT
17. SNAPSHOTS ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT The Foundry CONTENTS WAV Track Items 6 ico ee ow cee ee eh ee eee eet eee a Sees 106 Synchronising Audio and Video ce ee ee ee ee eee 107 Using Reference Medias c s2 4 tewsewd ot a s ews we sh eiadd eae S85 es 108 Comparing Medial stcc et e1d4 iarann awn eee eee Raw esx 108 Viewing Multi Format Timelines 0 ce eee eee eee eee 110 Refreshing and Replacing Track Items 0 eee eee ee 112 Timeline Editing TOOMS eener oh eo er ee a Peal EEE DE 113 Using the Multi TOOK 65 40 Senta dab ea awa aies BEE SERS OS 114 MOVE TiM TOO 22 2a tae cea edee eee ae aaa ae eee 115 Selection TOO 2 os a cuncccowo see ii ad Meee eee eda news 120 SID Cip TOO 44 bee SRS inre ee EE AA OER ER Eee ee 122 SUE CIN OO o oo ciri kyr is RR w Shae ee ea alae ae atts aires ae 125 ROW EGIE TOOl ices 48 onthe bene onl aes wee a ae aa 127 RETIMG Clip TOON sce 5d 5 a5 0 a a0h arian a due que ty rahe deeded oe 128 Razor and JOMA 00S ee Seas ids he oso wie wick EET 129 SELLING SONG WHIMS 34 2 5 ch cece cies wines Soe Eee ee eae ees 132 Enabling and Disabling Track Items 02 0 ee eens 133 AGING MFAaNSItIONS s lt 334 2 ce02cnc cia saee coe eee ae aks 134 Invalid Transitions 4 2 conneorewer aad wh dawns eee ee bke eee ew 136 Retimno GPS 4 rrer b gt SSG OS OS ae bb OER San BSA Bee eS 136 Using Freeze Frames x24 4 deee eis wa wala Se Wal auld Saale 139
18. Versions in Sequences Using Snapshots The Foundry A VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS 144 Using Snapshots As mentioned previously versions behave similarly in both bins and sequences but swapping versions in sequences allows you to compare results more easily NOTE You cannot use versions when a clip is opened as a sequence that is using the right click Open in Timeline option Locate the ingested version clip and drag it to the timeline e Version Up or Version Down to increment the version by one e Go to the Minimum or Maximum Version TIP You can also use the Alt Y hotkeys to increment versions or Ctrl Cmd Alt W to go to the maximum or minimum Once you ve scanned for versions in the bin view select a track item on the timeline and press V to display all available versions for that item in a convenient window 01 00 00 00 oars eee ear i hele il Loos 09_WF_Shot004_v3 1280x720 I9 i2SFPS QuickTime OD 00sh0 00 COE 09 WF Shotd04 w2 1280x720 3H G2 SFPS QuickTime O0 00 00 00 colour 1 Video 2 BR 1 NISSA IL v1 09 WF Shod vi 1280x720 4 GMISSA IL Al a o QuickTime cmar 4 DOSSA IL AZ MS 4 Select the required track item version to set the Active Version Within a project you can save the current state of a sequence as a Snapshot including a comment or tag to describe that snapshot You can see what snapshots exist for a sequence in the bin view and flip it back to any p
19. and the buttons Simply copy an existing template and edit as required The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 159 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog Basic Nuke Shot creates a folder for each clip or shot containing a plates folder and a nuke folder containing script and renders folders Patn V shot V ie nuke v script M shot _comp_ version nk Nu Ww mm renders Py shot comp _ version 2 j ext Nuh The tokens in the Basic Nuke Shot template break down as follows e filename simply extracts the source filenames as they appear in the file browser e shot comp version nk extracts the track item name for each clip and the version selected in the Export Controls For example Shot01_comp_v03 nk e shot comp _ version 4 ext appends padding and the specified file extension For example Shot01_comp v03 0001 dpx NOTE See the Example Shot Templates for information on how to use the shot template to create multiple format Write nodes in Nuke 5 Click the Nuke Project File preset to display the Read Node and Write Node settings Export To projecnoo t Path h ie shot YT fe nuke Y We script Pe shot comp vershon nk ders Transcode Images ka We renders B shot comp version wet tewt Nuke Render di Nuke Render External Render Symulnk Generator Copy Exporter Audio Export ra 6 Check which path from the shot template should be
20. as well as proficiency with the operating system on which Hiero is installed For the most up to date information please see the Hiero product page and the latest User Guide on our web site at www thefoundry co uk VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE Getting Help Online Help Customer Support The Foundry PREFACE Getting Help If you can t find what you need in this document there are other sources of help available to you for all aspects of Hiero and its operation Most controls offer concise instructions in the form of tooltips To display the tooltips hover your mouse pointer over an interface control or parameter O Export Queue colour 4 f 8 P sRGB yl N hel Set the layer to display Hiero s Help menu includes links to the latest Release Notes and Nukepedia the online knowledge base maintained by experienced Nuke users containing downloads tutorials interviews and more There is also a Hiero user forum at forums thefoundry co uk set up as a hub for users to ask questions and share information about Hiero Should questions arise that this manual or the online help system fails to address you can contact Customer Support directly by email at support thefoundry co uk or telephone to our London office on 44 0 20 7968 6828 or to our Los Angeles office on 310 399 4555 during office hours Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 2 INSTALLATION AND LICENSING
21. 25FPS 12408720 A5f 25FPS dpr r00 OMH dp Er 00 0 E PE SS z FP l Ta h sa J wt M Pe ar AP ShotO01_final WF_Shot001_final 12808724 aTi 25FP5 1280x720 431 25FPS dpa OO00 0000 dp O00 b00g Hero Seat Case Running Hiero and Nuke on the same machine can really take advantage of Stud the Hiero lt gt Nuke connection an open port between the two applications uay that doesn t require using Hiero s Export dialog Round tripping using Hiero lt gt Nuke After connecting Hiero lt gt Nuke changes made to clips in one application are automatically updated in the other For example VFX work in Nuke is added automatically to the scanned versions dialog in Hiero s timeline as it is completed See Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke for more information The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Element Library Case Study The Foundry HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW 24 Element Library Case Study As well as acting as a timeline context review tool in collaborative workflows HieroPlayer is well suited to passing elements from a library to Nuke over the Hiero lt gt Nuke connection OvO E 7y OOO id J Pass elements easily from HieroPlayer to Nuke Ingest and tag your elements in HieroPlayer then use the tag filtering and flagging field to quickly locate elements with the required tags See Ingesting Media and Using Tags for more information HieroPlayer also features all Hiero s ed
22. 5 4 Adjust the latency until the tracks are in synch The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using Reference Media Comparing Media The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 108 Using Reference Media Importing a lower resolution version of your timeline enables you to compare your current timeline against the reference media to avoid issues with continuity missed frames and so on To import reference media click Set Reference Media and use the browser to locate the required file NOTE HieroPlayer does not support Set Reference Media but you can import reference files manually and use A B compare in the Viewer Reel Track TOOS AKAL MISSAM W TRAIL YVI CU 4 KISSAN_N TRAIL YVI CU NISSAN N TRAIL YI Cu MISSAM X TRAIL YI Cu MISSAM NK Y WISSA TRAI Import Track Match Meda Set Reference Media The reference media is automatically imported into Reference tracks pushing existing tracks outward and marked with the Reference Media tag 01 00 00 00 erie Parvaureni cia A rated rear 0100200200 0100 04 00 02 00 08 00 BR SHOTC BR SHOTO BR SHO BR SHO BR SHOTI NISSAN X TRAIL V1 A a me Reference Media Missan_X T rail_DirCut_720p Reference S ri Reference Reference Media i ite Reference Reference Media a 4 NISSAN X TRAIL A1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN X TRAIL AZ NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC After importing the reference media use the show hide icon PS3 to compare the curren
23. Cmd Run the current script 5 enter a a Show the output pane only Show both the input and output panes Ctrl Cmd Clear the output pane Backspace The Script Editor also features auto completion and help for commands Classes attributes and so on are discoverable by e Entering the beginning of an object name and pressing the Tab key For example typing Bin and pressing Tab displays a list of objects start ing with Bin Bin Bin Binitem _ e Using the help command for a known object For example help Clip returns a list of useful information on Clip Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 191 CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER 192 Using the Script Editor Scroll down in the top pane to see more information relating to Clip e Using the dir command for a known object For example dir Project returns a concise list of useful information on Project Ka NOTE The last entry in the Script Editor is restored at startup by default but you can disable this behaviour by navigating to Preferences gt General and deselecting Save and restore script editor history For more information on Python scripting see Help gt Python Dev Guide The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY APPENDIX A Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys This appendix lists the hotkeys used by both applications along with their function In general contiguous areas of the keyboard
24. Hiero attempts to reconnect the media from a specified location on disk such as when the source was originally on a drive that is no longer connected e Replace Clip s replaces the selected entry with a specified source clip Hiero assumes that any source clip you choose is acceptable regardless of timecode e Rename Shot displays the Rename Shots dialog for all selected entries See Renaming Shots on the Timeline for more information e Tags allows you to add tags to your selection directly from the spreadsheet view See Using Quick Tags for more information e Nuke provides access to the Hiero lt gt Nuke functionality directly from the spreadsheet See Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke for more information timecode values 2 Double click in the Src In column You can easily adjust single or multiple event timecodes 1 Select the invalid entry or entries in the spreadsheet 3 Adjust the timecode as required You can enter absolute or relative Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO Conforming Sequences e Absolute absolute timecodes contain eight digits and specify the new timecode for the event regardless of the current timecode 01 05 43 21 Sets the timecode at 1 hour 05 minutes 43 seconds and 21 frames 01054321 e Relative uses and values to alter the timecode relative to its cur rent value You can also use h m and s to denote hours minutes and seconds EC T
25. Hierol 7vl script myscript py If the script resides in a different directory to the application specify the filepath as well player Hiero only Launches Hiero in HieroPlayer mode Sets the location of any logfiles created For example Hierol 7vl1 log file Desktop log txt See Setting Environment Variables to specify the logfile using an environment variable The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer The Foundry INSTALLATION AND LICENSING Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer Result Sets the level of logging produced during operation For example Hierol 7vl1 log level warning Log messages are output to screen unless you specify a log file There are four levels of detail on a sliding scale from minimal to verbose e error e warning default e message e verbose Note Setting the logging level to verbose can produce large log files when log file is specified See Setting Environment Variables to set the log level using an environment variable Launch the application without displaying the splash screen or Startup dialog single threaded playback Launch the application in single thread mode This option can solve playback issues on various Linux Fedora flavours See Setting Environment Variables to set the playback mode using an environment variable On Windows you can also use the same arguments on executables or their shortcuts by ad
26. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 207 Third Party Licences Google BSD Testing Framework Copyright 2009 Google Inc All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution Neither the name of Google Inc nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT
27. If no scripts exist the dropdown is disabled Some example scripts are included in the Hiero package in the following directories e On Mac Applications Hiero1 7v1 Hiero1 7v1 app Contents Plugins site packages hiero examples e On Linux usr local Hiero 1 7v1 Plugins site packages hiero exam ples e On Windows drive letter Program Files The Foundry Hiero1 7v1 plugins site packages hiero examples 13 Click Export The Export Queue window displays an estimate of how long each com ponent of the export is expected to take Once the export is complete the file structure specified in the shot tem plate is created containing the transcoded files a TIP Click the icon to reveal the exported file in a browser window The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 179 Transcoding Transcoding shots 1 Select Process as Shots and use the defaults or build a shot template using the Path and Contents fields and the buttons For example Path Content E shot i filename ext Transcode Images dpx 10 bit Creates a folder for each timeline item shot containing a clip file name with the required file extension ext 2 Enter the Export To directory or click Choose and browse to the location The Export To directory is the starting point from which the shot tem plate builds your shot hierarchy 3 Complete the File Type specific and general controls common to al
28. LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE JPEG 6b File format support This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Libexif 0 6 20 Metadata parser Author Lutz Mueller lutz users sourceforge net date 2001 2005 This library is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Founda tion either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WAR RANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 208 Third Party Licences Libpng 1 2 25 File format support This copy of the libpng notices is prov
29. Metadata To view metadata for a track item select the Metadata tab in the timeline pane and click on the item to examine Filtering and If searching your project using tags has not filtered your media effectively FI ina Media you can search for clips containing certain metadata For example if you agging wanted to find all clips that had a particular resolution or framerate Using Metadata To filter or flag using metadata 1 Right click the clip that contains the required metadata key and select Show Metadata VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE The Foundry VIEWING METADATA Filtering and Flagging Media Using Metadata 2 Drag and drop the required key from the Metadata pane to the bin view search box y a gpx 22 Hissan_X Tra gt audio 1 r 1280x720 1 TSAN _ X TRAIL SC Shoto final 127808720 con acre frat SS G25FFS 17 ope D0S00 00 kip AP Shor001_final WF_Sh Liwia i AT GSS 1280720 op CO 00 00 00 d px or001_ final is we if 25FRS 00 00 00 00 Key Timeline Duration TF Media Resolution File Size Pixel Aspect Ratio Audio Path Reel Start Timecode Shoot Time WF User Tags YF Media Resolution File Size Pixel Aspect Ratio Umid Buratian Bits per Channel Audio Velume Path Filename Colour Cury 3 Use the metadata key as a filter or flag as described in Filtering and Flagging Media Using Tags Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 81 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUI
30. SFA Audio Toggles e Video Toggle quickly turn off and on video tracks during playback e Playhead Position displays the playhead location synchronised with the contents of the Viewer e Timecode displays the timecode or frame number depending on the Time Display mode selected You can adjust the scale using the Scale Slider or by using the mouse wheel e Video Tracks contain all video sequences for the current timeline e Audio Tracks contain all the audio clips for the current timeline VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE MANAGING TIMELINES 100 Adding Tracks to the Timeline e Scale Slider adjusts the scale of the timeline You can fit the contents of the timeline to the screen space available by pressing the F hotkey e Audio Toggles dquickly mute audio or set the track output during playback to left right or mono e Track Lock secure the selected track to disable all editing tools Video tracks in multi track timelines are read from the highest number track downward for example Video 3 Video 2 Video 1 As a result if video is present on track 3 video on track 2 in the same time slice is obscured In Figure 10 1 although the playhead crosses clips on two video tracks only the clip in Video 3 is displayed in the Viewer 01 00 08 22 pial pttidtspetataeddad bad ti titadbitaladlatadta il iit li bal pba l l ti le 1 00900 00 01 00 04 00 01 0006 00 01 00 12 BR_SHOTOO WE SHC WF SHI Video 3 Par BR SHOTO
31. Select the renders_jpg folder and click to add a new entry 7 Replace the filename token with shot comp version ext the same as the existing entry under renders dpx LA NOTE The marks represent frame numbers for image sequences If you were creating MOV clips they d be omitted The shot template should look something like this Path Content Y shot Vv im nuke Y script M shot comp_jversion nk Nuke Project File V im renders ms shot comp_ version ext Nuke Render dpx 10 bit Y renders_jpg ishot _comp_ version f ext 8 Click the Contents column and select Nuke Render Path Content h ECC L im nuke E script l ishot _comp_ version nk Nuke Project File E renders i snot comp_ version ext Nuke F EE renders_jpg Transcode Images M shot comp_ version ext Nuke Project File A External Render NOTE When using a third party application to produce the VFX work select External Render instead of Nuke Render The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 154 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 9 In the Nuke Render settings use the File Type dropdown to select jpeg Nuke Render File Type jpeg quality 0 0 Colourspace default Reformat None Format Resize Notice that the settings available change depending on the File Type selected 10 Click Nuke Project File in the shot te
32. Sets the Viewer playback mode e Play All Frames the default setting plays all frames in realtime dependent on hardware e Skip Frames plays frames in realtime skipping where necessary to maintain the framerate e Play All Frames Buffering plays all frames by buffering and playing frames back as they become available See through When disabled any offline media on a timeline is treated as a blank clip so the Viewer cannot display the track underneath This setting also applies to missing frames within a clip Note This control only affects the current Viewer Crop to Enable or disable cropping when viewing sequences When Format enabled areas outside the Format guide are cropped automati cally Clipping Enable or disable Hiero s clipping warning tools e No Warnings all clipping warnings are disabled e Exposure alerts you when the image is under blue or over red exposed e Hot PAL Colours alerts you when the image chroma is too low blue or high red for PAL formats e Hot NTSC Colours alerts you when the image chroma is too low blue or high red for NTSC formats View Select the Viewer display mode for example Audio and Video or Video Only Obey Alpha _ Allows you to control the alpha channel independent of the Viewer Blend Mode e Enabled any alpha channel present in the image is treated as premultiplied transparency e Disabled the alpha channel is ignored Hiero and H
33. Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 66 7 00 00 00 01 00 04 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 24 3 Adjust the values as required to retime the track item s by the specified amount NOTE Any source or destination field highlighted in yellow indicates that the entry has been rounded down for display purposes To retime a track item using the Timeline menu Ms 2 Select the required track item s on the timeline Navigate to Timeline gt Retime The Clip Speed dialog displays Enter the required retime value as a percentage Select the required retime method using the dropdown e Keep timeline duration the track item length on the timeline is main tained regardless of the retime applied When increasing speed if no extra frames are available from the source the track item is filled with black frames e Keep source duration the track item length is altered on the timeline depending on the retime applied For example a 200 retime halves the length of the item e Anchor current frame the track item length on the timeline and the current frame s position are maintained after the retime When increasing speed if no extra frames are available from the source the track item is filled with black frames Click OK to retime the track item s The freeze frame feature enables you to create track items of any length using a single frame To achieve this the application takes the first frame of the track item and applies a 0 retime which
34. TEARCH FOR 27 Mems 456 93 GB avallable Ingest behaviour depends on the target flder Gt nfo INGESTING MEDIA 48 Ingesting Media Lej a Quick Look Action L AP Shot i_Anal Search LO AP_Shot002_final_final LL BR Shot _alternate DE BR_Shothtl_final gt RR Short final BA Shortta_ final D BR Shot alternans D BA Shot final D e Shotts alema D eR Shord05_final 2 SC_Shoroo1_final B SC_Shoroo2_final B SC_Shotoos_final D se Shotti final O SC_Shot005_final Lo C_Shot0t6_fnal D 5C_Shotto _final y lji Trailer _titleanim SEE s MALH e Dragging a folder into the Project tab automatically ingests all the contents of the folder including other folders and their contents e Dragging a movie file such as a mov or r3d automatically ingests the entire clip e Dragging a single file or file range that is part of an image sequence is controlled by the Preferences gt General gt Scan for file sequence range checkbox e Enabled the default setting dragging a single file or file range that is part of an image sequence creates a clip in the bin view containing all available frames For example dragging frames 1 5 and 11 20 ingests the entire frame range e Disabled only the dragged frame or range is imported into the bin For example dragging frames 1 5 and 11 20 ingests two distinct clips one containing 5 frames and one containing 10 frames Using the File If you prefer to
35. Using VENSIOUS eat aca oie 2 honk te aaa die Ow Seah eee eRe Ree a eels 141 VeErsiOnS IN BINS 2 4 34 bes derrate ae aes ee as BSS 142 Versions Im Seguente Sees ook ou dias dt antosuu E sae ees 144 Usina SNaPSNOUS 45 0 40 60 cad 2 aetamouedd eiwinewe we pe E E A 144 Creating SnapShOts s 324 24 scieisewedecee dS bck wath etes 145 Restoring SNADSNOUS so0e eee wat ane eSeae te iedasads 146 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 008 148 Introduction to the Export Dialog eee eee 148 Using the Shot Template 0 0 cece cee eee eee ee 150 Adding Burn in Text to Exports 0 0 cece eee eee 155 Adding Additional Nuke Nodes During Export 156 EXDOGEING tOJNUKG ceecee eu get ee eeu ata ee ce ew Sad Bees 158 Building VEX Tracks 6 o2 Cec it st eugantetisewe ot eeuskee eee 163 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke 0 0 cece ee eee ee 167 Connecting Hiero lt gt Nuke 0 cee ee ee ee eee 168 Using Hiero lt gt Nuke in HieroPlayer 2 ee eee 171 Advanced send tO NUKE lt lt s02 veucae eee eek dca IIe VEEE 173 ADOUL 3 2 PUNCOW hs ots obs ew is does eee ees 173 Transcoding lt a erates bo oo ae oS 4 ree eww e wea 176 Transcoding a Sequence or Shots cece eee e ees 176 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 5 CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D The Foundry CONTENTS
36. Using the Export Dialog Tracks From Export Structure 1 Select the required clips on the timeline and right click to display the context sensitive menu TIP You may find it easier to select clips in the spreadsheet and then right click on the timeline i Delete Hl 01 00 00 00 iMG ti Met Ee Ha Ripple Delete 7a AMKANA CAA AA BOE GeO Me EE LOLA KUU UUAA OB EL 01 00 00 00 01 0004 00 Export HE AR Shoto f Nuke t From Export Tag k i 7 A ee iL WI B gm f NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC IL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC AZ 2 Click Build Track gt From Export Structure The Build Track From Export Structure dialog displays ae Build Track From Export Structure Track Mane VFX Export Preset Busic Nike Shoe iprojectroot Path Content Be shot Y i nuke 7 ie script a shot comp versionLak Nuke Project File Y EE renders B shoti comp Iversion p ROF ent Nuke Render dpx 10 bid 3 Enter a Track Name or use the default VFX 4 Select an Export Preset using the dropdown menu In this case select the same preset used during the export 5 Enter the filepath of the Export Root directory or click Choose and browse to the location NOTE The root directory is the location entered in Export To when exporting the project The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 165 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 6 Select the content you intend to inges
37. VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE The Foundry INGESTING MEDIA 45 About Clips Clips in the Viewer Video Only QU GUSOEr 00 ER amotit nina oR Shots tinal Nissan Directors Cut Music Nissan Directors Cut Music Awdjo 1 Nissan Directors Cut Music Nissan Directors Cut Music Audio 2 Audio and Video Audio Only Video Only grey background See Managing Timelines for more information A Clip opened in a timeline 00 00 00 00 CTUT TROP OT PRC O TPO CO TOOT ti AATda laitiiti ittad idiin Aiia 00 00200 00 00 00 02 00 0000 04 00 AP ShotO02_final final wet Video 1 Er i purple background See Using In and Out Markers for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INGESTING MEDIA 46 Ingesting Media Clips and track items are highlighted differently in Hiero and HieroPlayer read only projects Clips selected in Hiero and in HieroPlayer The blue highlight denotes that the project is read only Once you ve saved the project in HieroPlayer using File gt Save as Player Project the highlight changes to orange ingesting Media Adding media to Hiero and writable HieroPlayer projects is as simple as drag and drop from a file browser or selecting File gt Import Clips or Import Folder Hiero imports your media into the bin view providing you with a thumbnail of all of your clips and preserving the original folder and file hierarchy Both applications soft import the media used in projects crea
38. a Cycles between the available move tools e Multi Tool e Move Trim e Select N fan W yi n a Cycles between the available selection tools a e Select Track to Right Left e Select All in Track e Select All Tracks Right Left n a Cycles between the available edit tools e Roll Edit e Ripple Edit e Retime Clip Cycles between the available razor tools e Razor e Razor All e Join left click Select a clip including any linked tracks Alt left click Select a clip ignoring linked tracks for example audio only Shift drag clip n a Disable snap to transition when dragging clips The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 196 APPENDIXA 197 Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys _ Button Menubar Function te gt Zoom to Fit Zoom to fit the clips on the timeline to the available space Backspace Delete Delete n a Remove the selected Remove the selected clip s or razor cut o or razor cut beet Delete ee gt Ripple Delete Remove the selected Lian and ripple clips down stream to close gaps in the timeline Ctrl Cmd X e a Cut the selected Cut the selected clip s and place in the buffer and place in the buffer Ctri Cmd C C n a Edit gt Edit gt Copy Copy the selected m ae to the buffer a V a i gt Paste Paste E dts from the buffer to the selected track at the play head position Ctri Cmd A A na Set all Select all clips on the timeline on the timeline al
39. a set of conform Rules and file name Patterns to match candi date media files on disk to the events or track items in a sequence e Rules sets the offline media properties to match to the corresponding spreadsheet entry during conform The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO 88 Conforming Sequences Rules that rely on information that doesnt exist in the event or candi date clip are ignored and some rules compound others to identify a better match Rule Description Umid Match a file s unique material ID UMID to the candidate media s UMID If either or both lack a UMID this rule is ignored media name candidate media name Look for the event s reel name in the candidate s media name path Match only the event s file name no path to the candidate media s file name Match the event s file name head no path file extension or padding to the candidate media s file name versa FolderName Look for the event s name in the filepath of the candidate media All rules are enabled by default but you may occasionally need to disa ble rules if they cause incorrect matches between a particular edit and set of source clips So TIP Use the Select Deselect All buttons to quickly enable or disable rules e Patterns sets the inclusion and exclusion parameters during the con form separated by spaces For example mov dpx would only include or exclude MOV and DPX files You could also co
40. and C HieroPlayer share a number of features but as the hub Hiero has a richer ompar son feature set than HieroPlayer AAS ing industry standard tools sect A agement Multi channel audio import and playback aia Extensive review toolset including A B compare masks and colour picker VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE The Foundry HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW Feature Comparison Feature Hiero HieroPlayer Realtime image scopes including histogram waveform and vectorscope Media localisation and caching Broadcast Monitor support Conform Simple and flexible ingest of cuts from editorial Conform multi track timelines from CMX 3600 Edit Decision Lists EDLs and Final Cut Pro XML including cuts transitions and retimes Session wide spreadsheet containing all sequence events Shot Management and Export Manage distribute and ingest media with ease Export sequences timeline shot structures clip hierarchies and EDL XMLs Transcode copy and soft link media vv x Create template Nuke scripts for easy distribution of work ania Automatically update VFX shots in context ana Version shots and snapshot timelines for review and editing ania Hiero lt gt Nuke integration a live link between applications updating on the fly as VFX work is completed Hierarchical project and element library management vv v Tag of shots frames and sequences for easy filtering of con vw v tent Open and Scriptable Playback Fr
41. are cached to the same location as thumbnail data though the path varies by platform e Mac and Linux var tmp hiero e Windows the system temporary directory usually C temp To setup your initial caching preferences 1 Open the Preferences dialog by pressing Ctrl Cmd comma 2 Enter a filepath for Auto Localise From if required Any files that reside in this directory are automatically cached when conformed or ingested in Hiero 3 Enter a filepath for Localise To if required Leaving this field blank creates a subdirectory in the Temp Directory as the local cache 4 Enter a value for Max localised files in mega bytes to control how much disk space is available in the cache directory NOTE Negative values in this field reserve the specified amount of space at all times For example 2000 stops 2 GB of memory being used for caching To cache individual clips and control localisation 1 Select the clip s in the bin view Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INGESTING MEDIA 51 Caching Media Locally 2 Right click and select Localisation Policy to display the available options Mea mpat Open In Reves in nder iinet Media Refresh Clips lp Range Show Metadata BR_Shot4_final later no BIT ges Set Media Colour Transform Cig Cea e Always the selection is cached regardless of its location as long as the Max localised files limit is not breached e Never the selection is never cached regard
42. be useful but WITH OUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Threading Building Blocks if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin St Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA As a special exception you may use this file as part of a free software library with out restriction Specifically if other files instantiate templates or use macros or inline functions from this file or you compile this file and link it with other files to produce an executable this file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 APPENDIXC 219 Third Party Licences VXL 1 10 0 Computer vision Copyright 2000 2003 TargetJr Consortium GE Corporate Research and Development GE CRD 1 Research Circle Niskayuna NY 12309 All Rights Reserved Reproduction rights limited as described below Permission to use copy modify distribute and sell this software and its documen tation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee provided that i the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies o
43. card require you to restart Hiero before they re applied Ea NOTE Click Restore Defaults to return to the default Preference settings The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 42 Optimising Read and Decode Performance Optimising Read The Performance preferences enable you to get the best the results from the hardware you re using by specifying the number of threads used for and Decode reading and decoding media Performance A thread is at its most basic level a series of operations in this case reading and decoding frames that operates concurrently with other sets of operations Most media is read intensive but highly compressed formats like jpg are decode intensive Increasing the number of threads can decrease the time it takes to perform an instruction For example decoding a dpx file using 2 threads instead of 1 decodes 2 frames in parallel Hiero and HieroPlayer default to 2 threads per reader to accommodate lower specification hardware but the following guidelines may improve performance Read or I O Local HDD Network HDD LA NOTE As a general rule of thumb you shouldn t increase the number of threads above the number of cores in your machine You can override the Default number of threads per reader on a format by format basis using the override table in the Preferences 1 Click the icon to add an entry to the table 2 In the Extension column click the dropdo
44. changing the point at which audio playback Starts Positive values cause the audio track to start earlier in rela tion to the video track and vice versa Default volume Sets the default audio volume for all new Viewers Timecode preferences determine where selected file types derive their timecode RED File Timecode Sets the start timecode to use for conformed or ingested R3D files Select Default From File Absolute Timecode or Edge Timecode Other Media Timecode Sets where the start timecode for all other media is derived Select File Header or Frame Number See Ingesting Media for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 37 Workspace Preferences Max Valid Timebase Sets the maximum image header timebase above which the value is clamped Image files are often created with application specific time base values in the header description This can lead to reading in spuriously high framerates and the clamp aims to prevent this from happening If your clips do have extremely high framerates increase this value as necessary to avoid clamping EDL Style Spreadsheet Disabled by default the srcOut and dstOut values use the film Timecodes convention representing the last frame of the cut When enabled the srcOut and dstOut values use the video convention representing the frame directly after the cut e Scopes preferences set the Black and White points for Histogram and Wave
45. clip name Click OK to copy the cuts to the destination track s Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 132 Timeline Editing Tools Setting Soft Trims Soft Trims limit the handles on track items to a pre defined amount simulating In and Out points on the source clips allowing you to use other timeline tools on the track items such as Slip Clip and Slide Clip gt LA NOTE HieroPlayer does not support Soft Trimming To set Soft Trims on a track item s 1 Select the track item s on the timeline 2 Right click and select Set Soft Trims 01 00 00 00 l Set Media Colour Transform DUTP GT Ca TEE 01 00200 00 k kf BR SHOTOO1_FIN AGO Transition NISSAN_X TRAIL Vi Retime Make Freeze Frame Reference Media Reference Copy Cuts Raror Reference Reference Media Delete Ripple Delete a Reference Media Reference Dnot 1 NISSAN X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIRECT OF Build Track NISSAN_X TRAIL A2 NISSAN DIRECTO Nuke The Set Soft Trims dialog displays 3 Set the number of frames to add to the head and tail of each track item In Out Source Clip Track Item __ L__ Head Tail e Use full available range sets the handles to the full extent of the source clip frame range e Use Frames adds the specified number of frames to the head and tail of the track item s The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 133 Timeline Editing Tools 4 Click OK to add the specified number of han
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48. determine the type of the shell you re using Launch a terminal and enter echo SSHELL Your shell type is printed to the screen For example bin bash indi cates that your shell is bash 2 Depending on the output of the SHELL command do one of the following e csh or tcsh add the following command to the cshrc or tcshrc file in your home directory setenv VARIABLE value Replace VARIABLE with the name of the environment variable and value with the value you want to give it for example setenv HIERO PLUGIN PATH SharedDisk Hiero e bash or ksh add the following command to the bashrc or kshrc file in your home directory export VARIABLE value Replace VARIABLE with the name of the environment variable and value with the value you want to give it for example export HIERO PLUGIN PATH SharedDisk Hiero NOTE The steps above set the environment variable until you manually LA remove it from the file in your home directory If you want to set a variable for a single session you can simply type the variable in the terminal then run Hiero from the same session VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER 186 Environment Variables On Windows 1 Right click on My Computer and select Properties 2 Click the Advanced tab 3 Click the Environment Variables button The Environment Variables dialog opens 4 Click the New button under either User variables or System variables depending on whether you want to
49. film frames are distributed across video fields in a repeating 3 2 pattern in order to make 24 film frames fill the space of 30 video frames per second e The first frame of film is copied to 3 fields of video e the second frame of film is copied to 2 fields of video e the third frame of film is again copied to 3 fields e the fourth frame of film is copied to 2 fields and so on Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 174 Advanced Send to Nuke 4 film frames 10 video fields 1 2 3 4 5 5 video frames The opposite process is used to remove 3 2 pulldown Hiero allows you to employ 3 2 pulldown from inside the Advanced Send to Nuke dialog or directly from a bin clip Localisation Policy baseProject 27 Nuke Open in Nuke Conform 25 z Export HE gt Connection Settings F rm T P amp dp 22 Nissan_X Tra s Advanced Send To Nuke P amp audio 1 g P 1280x720 1 s My NISSAN X TRAIL 24fps 1ffUe i To send a clip or bin to Nuke using Advanced send 1 Locate the required source clip or bin in the bin view 2 Right click the clip or bin and select Advanced Send to Nuke baseProject 27 Hew bmport Reconnect Media Refresh Clips Fa SC shorti final Er Rescan Clip Range CFS G25 1780x720 san For Versions Coo das Open in Nuke EXpOrT OHE gt Connection Settings The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1
50. in Nuke Path is launched as Nukex if a licence is available Note On Mac this option is greyed out If you need to Launch Nukex specify the NukeX bundle in the Nuke Path field For example Applications Nuke7 Ov 1 NukeX7 0v1 app Nuke Limits Limit Nuke to improve When enabled the user interface is still responsive during Hiero Ul responsiveness transcodes This option causes Nuke to use only 2 threads and 25 of available RAM during transcodes As a result transcoding may Slow down considerably Do Not Limit Nuke When enabled transcoding uses as much processing power as possible which may cause the user interface to become unre sponsive Customise Nuke Limits When enabled use the Threads and Cache Memory fields to manually configure transcode handling e Threads limits the number of threads available to Nuke e Cache Memory limits the amount of total cache memory available to Nuke NOTE Hiero supports render farm implementation using Python scripting Scripts must be located in specific directories dependent on platform as listed in Running Python During Startup If no scripts exist the dropdown is disabled Some example scripts are included in the Hiero package in the following directories e On Mac Applications Hiero1 7v1 Hiero1 7v1 app Contents Plugins site packages hiero examples e On Linux usr local Hiero 1 7v 1 Plugins site packages hiero exam ples e On Windows drive letter Pro
51. is in back can improve system performance by allowing other applica ground tions to use the reserved system RAM when the application is Mac and Windows only running in the background Bear in mind that when the application becomes active again there may be playback delays while the cache memory is swapped back in Note Cache release is enabled by default on Mac OS X and disabled by default on Windows Pause decoding when When enabled pause RAM caching when the application loses the application goes to focus When you click back into Hiero or HieroPlayer caching the background picks up from where it stopped Clear cache when the When enabled the RAM cache is flushed when the application application goes to the loses focus When you click back into Hiero or HieroPlayer background caching starts again from the position of the playhead e Script Editor preferences control the appearance of Hiero s Script Editor Sets the font to use for display purposes in the Script Editor Sets the font size to use for display purposes in the Script Editor Indent Sets the indent amount in spaces to insert when Tab is pressed Save and restore script When enabled the last entry in the Script Editor is restored at editor history Startup Once you ve made your selections in the Preference dialog click OK to save your changes Bear in mind that changing some preferences for example QuickTime decoders Scopes and Use RED Rocket
52. is reversible by applying a 100 retime Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 140 Retiming Clips To freeze frame track items 1 Select the target item s on the timeline 2 Right click the item and select Make Freeze Frame OR Navigate to Timeline gt Make Freeze Frame NOTE Freeze Frames can also be created using the spreadsheet retime LA modes to modify Src Dur to O or make Src In and Src Out equal See the table on page 137 for more information 3 The selection is retimed to 0 and coloured blue on the timeline for easy identification O1 00 00 00 KLAN a E 00000000 WE SHOTOO ANAL 0 0 Video 2 aR SAO TOO _ FINAL BR_SHOTOOS FINAL i NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MU ms 4 e NISSAN X TRAIL A1 S5AN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 i NISSAN X TRAIL AZ NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC i AAA AAT b Fii al 4 Use the Multi Tool or Slip Clip to set the freeze frame from the available range 5 Drag the item s edit points using the Multi Tool or Move Trim as required to set the length of the track item There s no upper limit for the length of a freeze frame track item Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE FouNDRY 11 VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS In addition to the regular project save and restore options Hiero and HieroPlayer can record the different states of your workflow as you progress using versions and snapsho
53. item then drag and drop Duplicate and drop while hold items on top of others without overwriting ing Alt content items are pushed down the time line to accommodate the move Note On Linux hold Ctrl Alt for Duplicate and Ripple Duplicate modifiers Delete the selected track item s or gap s Ripple Shift Backspace Remove the selected track item s and ripple items down Delete Stream to close gaps in the timeline Note The ripple effect may not close gaps entirely because Hiero does not allow linked tracks to become desynchronised during rippling If you need to nudge track items by just a frame or two you can select the items on the timeline and press Ctrl Cmd lt to nudge by one frame in the chosen direction Press Ctrl Cmd Shift lt gt to nudge by the Frame Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 117 Timeline Editing Tools Increment set under the Viewer LA NOTE You cannot overwrite other track items on the timeline using the nudge keys To move track items using the spreadsheet view 1 Select the required events in the spreadsheet view 2 Click the cog icon and select the required Time Edit Behaviours Move Adjusts the event s Dst In and Out by the same amount moving the Destination track item s position on the timeline by the specified amount while maintaining Speed Before and after a 2 second Dst In increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur
54. items are opened with additional nodes but they are added to an existing script Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Advanced Send to Nuke About 3 2 Pulldown The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT Advanced Send to Nuke Select the required track item 2 Right click the highlighted item and select Send to Nuke A list of available scripts is displayed in the submenu 3 Select the required script to receive the additional track item HieroPlayer adds the item to the selected script 01 00 00 00 1 DDO BR Shoth final BRA _Shottt3_ final WFX BR_ShotOOL Fefifj BR Shor003 frk ks NIS5A IL Y1 ne ss NISSAN DIREC TORES CUT MUSE 4 WISSA IL Al z NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 WS55A IL AZ 4 This selection from HieroPlayer oent to Nuke You can create as many versions of a clip as required and cycle through the available files in HieroPlayer to select the latest version See Using Versions for more information Hiero provides a single clip or bin Advanced Send to Nuke option along with its other export functionality 3 2 pulldown is the process of converting 24 fps film to 29 97 fps interlaced video and vice versa Hiero uses Nuke s Add and Remove 3 2 Pulldown nodes to achieve this but only offers the option to do so when the selected clip is 24 or 30 fps When adding 3 2 pulldown the film is first slowed down 0 1 to match the speed difference between 29 97 fps and 30 fps Then
55. list of hotkeys please see Appendix A Pressing a hotkey multiple times selects the tools within each mode For example pressing E twice rapidly in succession activates Slide Clip Pressing them slowly in succession does not achieve the same result but instead remains on the first item in the menu This allows you to activate a tool without knowing the current state of tool selection e mapped to Q cycles through Multi Tool Move Trim and Select e mapped to W cycles through Track Selection tools e mapped to E cycles through Slip Clip and Slide Clip e mapped to R cycles through Roll Edit Ripple Edit and Retime Clip e mapped to T cycles through Razor Razor All and Join Unlike the other editing tools available in Hiero and HieroPlayer the Multi Tool changes function depending on the position of your mouse in relation to the track item s selected Slide Tool Move Tool WF_SHOT O03 _FIMAL WF _Shot003_firnal Trim Tool Slip Tool Roll Tool The Multi Tool s functionality is equivalent to most of the other tools combined but doesn t require modal tool selection e Move placing the mouse in the centre of a track item activates the tool Drag the selected track item to the required position on the timeline e Trim placing the mouse at the left or right of the track item activates the tool Drag the edit point to the new position and release the mouse to complete the trim See Move Trim Tool for more information
56. of the spreadsheet Select either fps frames per second or the percentage of the media framerate Retime method sets the type of Speed retime applied on the timeline Time Edit Behaviours sets how source and destination In Out and Duration are calculated See Retiming Clips for more information on retime methods and Timeline Editing Tools for source destination calculations You can locate display reconnect or rename track items directly from the Spreadsheet Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Adjusting Timecodes The Foundry CONFORMING USING HIERO 92 Conforming Sequences Hold Alt and click an entry to move the playhead to the track item s In point on the timeline Hold Alt and double click an entry to move the playhead to the track item s In point on the timeline and zoom to fit the timeline view Right click a spreadsheet entry and select the required option NISSAN_X TRAIL Event Status Shot Name 02 BR SHOTOO3_ FINAL BR_SHOTO04_FINAL BR_SHOTOOS_FINAL ER_SHOTOO2_FINAL WF_SHOTO0O1_ FINAL WF_SHOTOO2_ FINAL WF_SHOTOO3_FINAL WF SHOTOO4 FINAL WF_SHOTO0O5_FINAL WF_SHOTO06_FINAL WF_SHOTOO 7_FINAL Reel Track Open In gt Reveal in Project Reconnect Media Replace Clip Tags Nuke WF 007 NISSAJ e Open In the associated bin clip opens in the selected location such as a Viewer e Reveal in Project the associated clip is highlighted in the bin view e Reconnect Media
57. present and active To modify the RED Rocket options 1 Click the icon in the Viewer e NOTE You must have Use RED Rocket enabled in the Preferences dialog LA to access these options See Workspace Preferences for more information The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using RMD Look Files The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 71 About RED Media The RED Rocket Settings dialog displays A RED Rocket settings Use RED Rocket card Cancel 2 Temporarily disable the RED Rocket card by deselecting Use RED Rocket card Unlike the option in the Preferences dialog changing this setting does not affect the application at startup 3 Click OK to save your settings NOTE Projects containing large amounts of movie files for example r3d and mov may exceed the number of available file handles per process Causing problems opening new files or projects and exporting You can increase the default limit of 1024 by entering the following command from the terminal then running Hiero from the same session ulimit Sn 2048 RED metadata files or RMDs are designed to contain grade information for R3D clips You can automatically create RMDs for all files or create RMDs manually for specific clips RMDs reside in the same folder as the source R3D clip Automatic RMDs The Preferences dialog contains an option to automatically create RMDs for files as you make changes to the RED Look NOTE When Automatically save RMD files i
58. projectront Path 7 fe shot T i nuke ka script a shot conmp_ versbon Lak Nuke Project File im renders shat comp version tie exii pomp version itae 7 Click Build to create the VFX track Hiero automatically creates the new track containing the DPX clips Hiero can burn in text during the export process using a simple Nuke gizmo The gizmo contains controls for the font style and fields denoting the position of the text NOTE The Font field only accepts the full filepath and name of the font file to use For example on Mac OS X Library Fonts Verdana ttf Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 156 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog Text Size Padding Font Times New Roman ttf Top Left metadata hiero tags Approved Top Middle Tap Right shot comp Bottom Left Bottom Middle Bottom Right timecode Restore Defaults Cancel You can mix and match the following methods to create burn in text e Enter text manually what you see is what you get in the burn in e Use any of the tokens valid in the shot template as burn in tokens For example shot comp Extracts the shot name from the timeline and appends comp See Using the Shot Template for more information e Use metadata from tags applied to clips and track items For example metadata hiero tags Approved Extracts the Approved tag from the clip or track item You can also append note to include any not
59. rights reserved Permission to use and copy is granted subject to the terms of the GNU Lesser Gen eral Public License LGPL as published by the Free Software Foundation either ver sion 2 1 of the License or any later version In addition Julius O Smith III requests that a copy of any modified files be sent by email to jos ccrma stanford edu so that he may incorporate them into the CCRMA version This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WAR RANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 APPENDIXC 210 Third Party Licences libsndfile 1 0 25 Audio read write Copyright 1999 2011 Erik de Castro Lopo lt erikd mega nerd com gt Copyright 2005 David Viens lt davidv plogue com gt This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 1 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along w
60. set which LA screen is synchronised for NVIDIA graphics cards See Synching to VBlank for more information Deleting media To remove media from the bin view select the clip s or bin and press Backspace or Delete VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE USING THE VIEWER 54 Viewer Tools If any of the media is in use in a sequence the following warning displays ar rs The clip WF_Shot001 final is currently beling used in one or more Sequences Deleting it will delete it from all of these SEQUENCES Are you sure you want to delete this clip Click Yes to delete the media from the bin view but bear in mind that all instances of the deleted media are removed from your current sequences gt LA NOTE You cannot delete clips from HieroPlayer read only projects Viewer Tools The Viewer has two sets of tools for manipulating your media the Viewer tools and the playback tools The Viewer tools located at the top of the Viewer are used to affect the mouse pointer as you move over the Viewer and to select Viewer preferences motion vectors or disparityL Only layers available in the clip are displayed check the clip s thumbnail to see at a glance which lay ers are present Select the layer to output to the Viewer for example forward colour AllSwatches 1280x720 43f 2SFPS exr 00 00 00 01 red colour layer green colour layer blue colour layer alpha layer depth layer forward motion vector laye
61. timeline e Drop Frame is a timecode display option that leaves out two frames from the 30 fps timecode sequence every minute except every 10th minute so that long running NTSC sequences are accurate to a real Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 USING THE VIEWER 58 Playback Tools time clock NTSC framerate is 3000 1001 or approximately 0 01 slower than 30fps NOTE Enabling Drop Frame is a Timecode display feature only the source media remains a continuous stream of frames e Playback Controls standard media playback controls including continuous or by frame forward and backward skip to next or previous edit skip to start end of the timeline and Frame Increment The J K and L hotkeys also control playback The K hotkey is mapped to Pause Play and JL to backward and forward Combinations are also sup ported e K J frame backward e K L frame forward e K drag in the top half of the Viewer standard jog controls Dragging the cursor left and right moves the playhead backward and forward frame by frame e K drag in the bottom half of the Viewer standard shuttle controls Dragging the cursor left and right plays backward and forward with increased framerate toward the edges of the Viewer The following table describes playback behaviour depending on the Play back Mode selected Mode Description In Out Effect Repeat Play through from start to finish in an infinite loop Repeats within the In Out Points Bo
62. tool or pressing E NOTE The target track item must have handles to use the Slip tool The Slip Clip tool displays different Viewer previews depending on whether the playhead is on the target track item or not but the basic principals are the same Click the target clip to display the available handles and then drag the track item to the new position Release the mouse to complete the slip 01 00 0000 BA SHOTOOS FINAL BA _Shot003_ finali et Diara ee pj NIGSAN_X TRAIL V1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSK d gt NISSAN X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSK x NISSAN_X TRAIL AZ Slip Slip Handle Amount NOTE Using the Slip Clip tool does not move the track item on the timeline only the output is changed Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 123 Timeline Editing Tools Alternatively nudge the slip using the Ctrl Cmd amp gt keys or hold Shift to nudge by the Frame Increment set under the Viewer NOTE If you re using the Multi Tool you can nudge using the slip bar by clicking at the bottom the track item 01 00 00 00 TUTE ANANIN eee a cnn 2 AIA LUO Leo u UL UO 03 sO BR_SHOTOO3_FINAL BR_SHOTOO4_FINAL WISSA IL V1 a if Reference Media Nissageit T rafiebirCut_ 20p Reference 55AM DIR 25 CUT MUS NISSA IL q NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSA IL A NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 The following Viewer previews are displayed depending o
63. track item s in the timeline view 2 Right click a highlighted item and select Open in Nuke The selected track items are opened in the Nuke application specified in the Preferences gt Nuke Export gt Nuke Path field Each track item is opened in a separate Nuke 01 00 00 00 eae est Jie 01 00000 00 010002 00 BR_Shot0O1_final BR Shotooa VEX BR_ShotOO1 final BR ShotOOg NISSA IL V1 Ba NISSAN DIRECTORS CLIT MUSIC 4 QWISSA ILAL S gt en are NRSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 WISSA IL A2 gt i This selection from HieroPlayer Opened in Nuke 3 Once you ve completed the VFX work in Nuke render the clip using the Write node supplied in the script The new clip is automatically picked up by HieroPlayer superceding the placeholder clip 4 You can create multiple versions of the same clip by incrementing the filepath in the Write node s Properties panel e Use the Alt V hotkeys to increment the version up and down as required OR e Manually edit the file name For example renders BR SHOTOO1 FINAL comp v02 mov 5 You can create as many versions of a clip as required and cycle through the available files in HieroPlayer to select the latest version See Using Versions for more information Send to Nuke Send to Nuke enables you to add a track item to an existing Nuke script that is connected to HieroPlayer using Hiero lt gt Nuke Send to Nuke operates similarly to Open in Nuke in that track
64. work with menus you can also import clips using the file Browser browser You can import individual clip files ranges or entire folders depending on the amount of media you intend to use The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INGESTING MEDIA 49 Ingesting Media 1 Navigate to File gt Import Clips or Import Folders TIP You can also use the Ctrl Cmd I and Shift Ctrl Cmd I hotkeys A browser dialog box displays 2 Select the type of sequence to display e Auto Sequences displays only sequences containing appropriate file types such as dpx and jpg For example myclip dpx e No Sequences displays individual files names with out collapsing them into sequences For example myClip 01 dpx myClip 02 dpx myClip 03 dpx and so on e All Sequences displays all possible sequences regardless of file type including mov and r3d 3 Check split seq to split incomplete sequences into separate clips 4 Enter text in the Filter field and use the dropdown to show or hide files e Select to display all files except hidden files e Select to display all files including hidden files e Select to display directory names but not their contents 5 Select the file s or folder s that you require and click Open If you import folders use the Import Options dialog to filter your ingest using inclusion and exclusion parameters separated by spaces 6 Hiero automatically sorts through your selection and only
65. writes to the existing structure Hiero ships with default templates for your convenience but you can quickly create custom templates using folders and tokens which are replaced with the relevant information during export TIP A useful auto expansion feature can save time when creating folder Structures in the shot template Simply type the required folder structure in the first field of the shot template then press enter to create the specified hierarchy Hiero can resolve the following tokens during export Resolves to The bin structure to preserve Including this token recreates your bin structure upto the nearest parent bin The name of the clip used in the shot processed The local weekday name abbreviated to Mon Tue and so on The day of the month as a decimal 01 02 and so on Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 151 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog Resolves to The timeline event number associated with the track item to pro cess The extension of the file to output such as dpx or mov filebase The base of the clip name to process For example the filebase of ShotO1 dpx is ShotO1 fileext The format of the clip to process such as dpx or mov filehead The source clip filename not including frame padding or exten sion For example the filehead of ShotO1 dpx is ShotQ1 filename The source clip name of the media to process filepa
66. you can select Open Recent to quickly locate your work The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 96 Autosaved Projects The Foundry CONFORMING USING HIERO 97 Saving and Loading Projects Edit View Project Clip Timeline AOLA New Project ON Open Recent Close Untitled 1 T ithe Sie Save Untitled 1 925 Save Untitled 1 As i365 Import Clips Et Import Folder Import EDL XML Xl P_Shot002_fina Export ior OR Use the Ctrl Cmd O hotkeys The Open Project dialog box displays 2 Browse to the file location and click Open Hiero opens your project and populates the necessary panes automati Cally The autosave function creates a temporary save file at 5 minute intervals but you can adjust the Autosave period in the Preferences dialog See Workspace Preferences for more information At startup the application scans for autosaved projects and displays a prompt if autosaves exist one Hiero Found 1 autosaved project Would you like to load it Selecting No will delete it No i Yes Click Yes to load the autosave or No to ignore and delete it Opening a project also uses the autosave functionality If the autosave is more recent than the saved project file a prompt displays Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO 98 Saving and Loading Projects aoc Hiero The autosave file for Footage Hiero Projects myProject hrox is newer Restore autosave file
67. 00 1 dpx myClip_v 1 000 1 dpx myClip_v002 000 1 dpx myClip_v03 000 1 dpx VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE Versions in Bins The Foundry VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS 142 Using Versions Convention Description Example Frame padding The frame padding in the clip name can myClip v1 01 dpx be increased or decreased myClip_v1 1 dpx myClip v1 0001 dpx Extension The file format is interchangeable See myClip v1 01 png Supported Image Formats for more myClip v1 0001 dpx information J myClip_v1 mov Note If the file extension is a movie format such as r3d or mov the Frame padding can be omitted Folder name constants Root folder The root folder name must remain the version v1 myClip v1 0001 dpx same for all folders containing versions version v2 myClip v2 0001 dpx version v3 myClip v3 000 1 dpx Folder name variables The version number padding in the folder O9 WF Shot004 v1 name can be increased or decreased 09 WF Shot004 v002 09 WF Shot004 v03 Versions behave similarly in both bins and sequences and in both cases you first have to ingest an existing version Ingest and locate the versioned clip then 1 Right click and select Scan for Versions to search for available versions A dialog box lets you know how many versions were discovered 2 Use the right click Version menu to e Go to the next Version Up or Version Down e Go to the Minimum or Maximum Versions TIP You can also use the Alt
68. 01 00 03 24 100 Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dest Dur 00 00 07 01 00 00 06 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Slip Source Adjusts the Src Out and Src In by the same amount slipping the event while maintaining speed Before and after a 2 second Src Out increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 02 01 00 00 06 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 3 Adjust the Src In or Src Out to slip the track item s by the specified amount Slide Clip Tool The Slide Clip tool allows you to move a track item in relation to the item before and or after the target item without changing its length or timeline output Activate the Slide Clip tool by clicking the tool or pressing E twice The track item either side of the target are shortened or lengthened within the limits of their handles to accommodate the slide LA NOTE The surrounding track items must have handles to use the Slide tool Click the target track item and then drag it to the new position and release the mouse to complete the slide For example if you slide the target track item 2 five frames to the right the preceding item 1 ends five frames later and the next item 3 starts five frames later Figure 10 2 shows a timeline containing three track item and Figure 10 3 shows the same track items with the target 2 sliding to the rig
69. 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 02 00 01 00 05 24 100 Move Adjusts the event s Dst Out and In by the same amount moving the Destination track item s position on the timeline by the specified amount while maintaining Speed Before and after a 2 second Dst Out increase Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 Src In Src Out Src Dur Dest In Dst Out Dst Dur 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 02 00 01 00 05 74 100 3 Adjust the Dst In or Dst Out to move the track item s by the specified amount To trim track items Click and drag the edit point to the new position and release the mouse to complete the trim Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 118 Timeline Editing Tools OL 00700 0 BA_SHOTOOS FINAL ER _Shotg0a_ Amal e E NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 TE a 0000 00 17 MESAN DIRECTORS CUT MIRE NISSAN X TRAIL Al MSAN DIRECTORS CUT MI BIC NISSAN X TRAIL AZ Trim Trim Handles Amount NOTE Use the Ripple Edit tool activated by pressing R twice to ripple downstream track items automatically The Viewer displays the new In or Out point depending on whether you re adjusting the beginning or end of the track item allowing you to accurately gauge the new output NOTE Trimming multiple track items sim
70. 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 06 00 150 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 24 150 Trims the event s Dst Dur Src Dur and Dst Src Out while maintain ing speed Before and after a 50 frame Dst Dur increase Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 24 Speed Src In 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 06 00 150 3 Adjust the values as required to trim the track item s by the specified amount The timeline editing tools include a marquee selection tool and several context dependent track selection tools The marquee Select tool activated by clicking the tool or pressing Q three times allows you to make multiple selections quickly by lassoing track items Hold Shift to add to the selection and Alt to subtract from the selection Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 120 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 121 Timeline Editing Tools 01 00 00 00 e roe eT ca ea LOU 00 BR_SHOT WF St WF_Si WF_SI Video 3 E a i S ey Cen Cr Video 2 f BR_SH o NISSA IL V1 ISSA IL A NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECT W SSA _IL Az NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT A U Audio 3 The track selection tools activated by clicking the tool or by pressing W selects mu
71. 163 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 16 Click Export The Export Queue window displays an estimate of how long each com ponent of the export is expected to take Once the export is complete the file structure specified in the shot tem plate is created You can then import the Nuke clips on a separate track when they re ready cp TIP Click the ey icon to reveal the exported file in a browser window Building VFX Tracks The Foundry When clips are exported from Hiero they are marked with a Nuke tag flagging which clips have an export history Clips tagged in this way can be used to build VFX tracks quickly as described in building Tracks From Export Tags mo Ob 00 0 OO 000 js kon Mame Nuke Project File 2019 04 03 IESEL Mote how Hitten RH Soc Fine e AR_SH TO FIA e BRSHOTO05 FINAL z 7 r D AR_SaincQs Anal tS oe ano NISAL VI a ere f HESAN DIREC TOSS CUT MUSE GSA Al HESAN OIE TORS CUT MUSE oo 9 MSA AZ When the compositing work is complete the clips are ready to re ingest The shot template defines where the Nuke files reside so all you need to do is instruct Hiero to build Tracks From Export Structure Alternatively if you have a history of rendered VFX clips different versions and so on you can also build Tracks From Export Tags to select from a list of available clips Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 164 Round Tripping
72. 2 represents a badly saturated frame Notice the spill of cyan traces distributed toward the edge of the scope pass the target the highlighted square id Active Wiewer Figure 6 1 Normal saturation Figure 6 2 High Saturation There is also a Viewer selection control on the Vectorscope tab e Viewer selection if you have multiple Viewers open use the dropdown menu to associate Vectorscope output to the required clip The default value Active Viewer automatically displays details on the last Viewer you selected The Viewer automatically recognises anamorphic clips and displays them with the correct aspect ratio If for any reason you want to display an anamorphic clip with a 1 1 aspect ratio right click in the Viewer displaying the clip and enable the Ignore Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 USING THE VIEWER 70 About RED Media Pixel Aspect checkbox or use the Shift Ctrl Cmd P hotkeys Zoom Mark Edit Frame Control Play Pause Version Tags About RED Media When working with RED clips using a RED Rocket card can increase the rendering speed significantly especially at higher resolutions NOTE The RED Rocket icon is only visible if you have a RED Rocket installed The RED Rocket icon has three states Inactive the RED Rocket card is inactive P Firmware error there is a problem with the card firmware Hover the mouse over the icon for more information d Active the RED Rocket card is
73. 27 Workspace Overview HieroPlayer s default Timeline workspace Project Menu Bin View Viewer Hae amp 2 F amp H Timeline Editing Timeline Info Tools Project manage all aspects of your projects and bins Menu bar access Hiero s dropdown menus Bin View displays the contents of any selected project bin Viewer display and review your media U fF WN Timeline Info displays the current timelines sequence media and metadata information 6 Editing Tools select the required editing tool See Timeline Editing Tools for more information 7 Timeline displays the current timeline The Menu Bar contains various controls many of which are available through right click menus hotkeys and toolbars For a full list of hotkeys buttons and menu functions refer to Appendix A You can switch between workspaces by navigating to Window gt Workspace and selecting Conforming Editing Reviewing Flipbooking or Timeline Alternatively you can toggle between the default workspaces using Shift F 1 Shift F2 Shift F3 and so on Any custom workspaces you create are added to the end of the list You can access the first custom workspace using Shift F5 and so on Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 28 Creating Your Own Workspace Creating Your Workspace consists of panes which act like containers and tabs which O Work describe the individual areas you work with in Hiero and Hier
74. AM is available and when caching should occur To set the caching behaviour 1 Navigate to Hiero HieroPlayer gt Preferences OS X or Edit gt Prefer ences Linux and Windows OR Use the Preferences hotkeys Ctrl Cmd comma 2 Click the Performance sub menu 3 Set the total RAM cache available using the Playback cache size field NOTE You can t set this to a value higher than 80 of the memory available rounded down to the nearest half GB For example if you have 6 GB of memory available the maximum cache size available 4 5 GB 4 Enable Pause decoding when the application goes to the background to pause playback caching when the application loses focus When you click back into Hiero or HieroPlayer caching picks up from where it stopped 5 Enable Clear cache when the application goes to the background to flush the playback cache when the application loses focus When you click back into Hiero or HieroPlayer caching starts again from the position of the playhead Mac OS X and Windows specific controls Mac OS X and Windows handle memory differently to Linux and as a result these controls can improve performance 1 Enable Lock cache into memory so that the operating system doesn t swap out the memory allocated for the playback cache Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using In and Out Markers The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 60 Playback Tools This settings can improve playback performance but reduces the
75. AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 5 INGESTING MEDIA Hiero and HieroPlayer are able to handle the same file formats as Nuke on the same operating system including the associated embedded audio and wav files For a full list of supported file formats and playback optimisation see Appendix B NOTE Hiero and HieroPlayer currently treat all alpha channels as LA premultiplied which can result in the Viewer background being added to the image If you re working with un premultiplied images set the Viewer background to Black See Workspace Preferences for more information About Clips The interface sorts your bin clips into three broad categories Audio and Video Audio Only and Video Only Clips are displayed differently depending on their content location and in the case of the Viewer the current mode see Viewer Tools NOTE Hiero and HieroPlayer don t not currently support any QuickTime audio on Linux Support for audio is scheduled for a later release Clips in bins I lissan_X Trail_DirCut_720p Nissan Directors Cut Music BR_Shot003_final 280x720 ch 16 bits 48 0 KHz 1280x720 f 25FPS 1000f 00 00 00 00 dpx Audio and Video Audio Only Video Only NOTE The coloured bars under the thumbnail represent the layers LA available in the clip in this case colour Other layers include alpha depth and motion similar to Nuke See Viewer Tools for more information on displaying layers
76. Ad Hoc Exports Once the export is complete the file structure specified in the shot tem plate is created You can then import the EDL or XML into other applica tions icon to reveal the exported file in a browser window Copying media from various locations is very time consuming and can waste disk space Hiero s Copy Exporter allows you to consolidate sequences containing only your project media in a named file structure using the shot template To copy media to a named location 1 Select a sequence in the bin view and navigate to File gt Export The Export dialog displays Select Process as Shots from the Processors list Enter the Export To directory or click Choose and browse to the location The Export To directory is the starting point from which the shot tem plate builds your shot hierarchy Create a new preset by clicking or copy an existing preset Build a custom shot template using Path tokens the Contents field and the Bie buttons An example shot template is shown below Export To projectroot Path Content Y Copy Export m filename Copy Exporter Set the Handles if required e Clip Length exports the full clip length available as if the clip was opened from the bin e Cut Length exports only the cuts included on the timeline NOTE Selecting Cut Length allows you process retimes and add handles to each clip up to the maximum available source clip length Hiero
77. BR SHOTOC BR SHOT HOTT Video 2 m NISSAN_A TRAIL V1 e NISSAN X TRAIL A1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CU e NISSAN X TRAIL AZ NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUS Audio 3 SFX dq Figure 10 1 A typical multi track timeline Audio tracks on the other hand can be played back simultaneously all three audio tracks crossed by the playhead in Figure 10 1 play back together creating a complete audio backing for the video Adding Tracks to You can add empty tracks to existing timelines or import other EDLs or XML edits effectively another sequence within the timeline the Timeline Ka NOTE HieroPlayer cannot import EDLs or XMLs but you can add scratch tracks to HieroPlayer projects or imported read only Hiero projects if you resave them using File gt Save as Player Project To import EDL or XML edits The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 101 Adding Tracks to the Timeline 1 Select the required sequence in the project bin right click and select Import New Track s from EDL XML 7 G basebraject 26 Fo Conform 25 Clear in Out Points Delete OR 2 Click Import Track Reel Track MISSAM _K TRAIL WI Cu N HAL 3C 7 WE ELAINE GINA Import Track Match Media Set Reference Media 3 Use the browser to locate the EDL or XML files select the file s and click Open to import the sequence e NOTE If you re importing a EDLs b
78. Clips F5 allows you to reload the track item when the source file location has not changed such as when work has been done on the clip offline Selecting refresh only refreshes the clip s current frame range e Rescan Clip Range Alt F5 similar to Refresh Clips above but rescan also checks for additional frames that may have been added to the source file and adds them to the track item s frame range Timeline Editing The timeline editing tools allow you to manipulate your track items directly Tools in the timeline instead of the Viewer Bear in mind that edits you make in the timeline are not carried over to the associated source clips e NOTE HieroPlayer does not allow you to edit read only projects If you LA need to edit an imported Hiero project select File gt Save as Player Project to make it editable in HieroPlayer With the exception of the Multi Tool the timeline editing tools are modal You select the tool you need for the job and then select a new tool and continue editing Each tool has several modes and you can cycle between them by clicking the tool or using hotkeys Editorial Playhead Selection Timecode tools manipulation and nudging entry and marking The modal editorial tools are mapped to the Q W E R and T hotkeys when The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Using the Multi Tool The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 114 Timeline Editing Tools the timeline is the active tab NOTE For a full
79. D FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DIS CLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 205 Third Party Licences Licence Copyright 1996 2010 Daniel Stenberg lt daniel haxx se gt Library Description Curl 7 21 1 URL transfer library All rights reserved Permission to use copy modify and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS INNO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE Except as
80. DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE No action arising out of or related to this Agreement regardless of form may be brought by Licensee more than one 1 year after Licensee s initial receipt of the Software provided however to the extent such one 1 year limit may not be valid under applicable law then such period shall be limited to the shortest period allowed by law SECTION 13 TERM TERMINATION This Agreement is effective upon Licensee s acceptance of the terms hereof and Licensee s payment of the License Fee and the Agreement will remain in effect until termination If Licensee breaches this Agreement The Foundry may terminate the License granted hereunder by notice to Licensee In the event the License is terminated Licensee will either return to The Foundry all copies of the Software and Documentation in Licensee s possession or if The Foundry directs in writing destroy all such copies In the later case if requested by The Foundry Licensee shall provide The Foundry with a certificate signed by an officer of Licensee confirming that the foregoing destruction has been completed SECTION 14 CONFIDENTIALITY Licensee agrees that the Software including for the avoidance of doubt any Source Code that is licensed to Licensee and Documentation are proprietary and confidential information of The Foundry or as the case may be the Third Party Licensors and that all such info
81. DE THE 3 FOUNDRY 9 CONFORMING USING HIERO Hiero accepts sequences either from edit decision lists EDLs or Final Cut Pro XML files from a specified directory structure containing the source media files Hiero attempts to conform the media warning you if there are missing media Hiero conforms EDLs into single tracks and XMLs into multi track timelines You can either conform into a brand new timeline or into an existing timeline by adding new tracks For example when conforming multiple EDLs into the same timeline you would add new tracks for each EDL sequence conformed NOTE HieroPlayer does not support any Conforming functionality If you LA need to work on conformed sequences in HieroPlayer import a Hiero project and select File gt Save as Player Project to make it editable in HieroPlayer Project Settings A good place to start work is by defining default Project Settings before importing sequences particularly in the case of EDLs as they may not contain framerate information Project Settings only apply to the current project and override Preferences settings LA NOTE You can modify Project Settings later on for example when you re ingesting media To define Project Settings in Hiero or HieroPlayer 1 Navigate to Project gt Edit Settings The Project Settings dialog displays 2 Click the General submenu to set the project Name 3 Click the Sequence submenu to set the default timeline Output Resolution Fram
82. DIRECTORS Reconnect Media Replace Clip i Refresh Clips Rescan Clip Range TIP You can also use the D hotkey to disable or enable your selection The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 134 Adding Transitions Disabled items appear black and are effectively removed from the time line 01200 00200 PAR TR er WE toi oF Sa top cca spt oO WAL TL dae Ped Ley iol i 010010200 OL0007 00 OL0004 00 0L00 06 00 BR SHOTOOI FINAL BA SHOTOOUF FINAL AR SNOTOOA FIM ER SH NISSA IL V1 Reference Media Misan _X Trall_DirCut_ 20p Reference Si Reference Relerence Media a Reference feference Media i 9 WISSA IL A1 MESAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC a 4 WSSA ILAZ NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 3 Right click the item and select Enable Clip to re enable the clip Adding Hiero supports basic fade transitions as well as dissolves between track i items Transitions come in three flavours Transitions e Fade in fades in from black on a single track item e Fade out fades out to black on a single track item e Dissolve fades out from one track item and into the next by merging frames LA NOTE HieroPlayer does not support adding transitions though you can edit existing transitions in HieroPlayer projects cp TIP Once a transition is in place it can be nudged in the same way as an edit using the Ctrl Cmd lt 7 hotkeys providing the required handles exist To add a fade transiti
83. Dur 100 0 00 00 02 01 00 00 04 00 50 1 00 02 00 01 00 03 2 Trim Out Trims the event s Src Out Dst Out and durations while maintaining Speed Before and after a 2 second Src Out increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 2 100 Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 06 00 150 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 2 Trim Out Trims the event s Src Dur Dst Dur and Src Dst Out while maintain ing speed Before and after a 50 frame Src Dur increase Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 2 100 Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 06 00 150 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 2 150 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Selection Tools The Foundry Trim In Trim Out Dst Dur Trim Out MANAGING TIMELINES Timeline Editing Tools Trims the event s Dst In Src In and durations while maintaining Speed Before and after a 2 second Dst In increase Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 74 100 Src In Src Out 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 01 00 02 00 01 00 03 74 50 Speed Src In Src Out 100 0 00 00 02 01 00 00 04 00 50 Trims the event s Dst Out Src Out and durations while maintaining Speed Before and after a 2 second Dst Out increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur
84. E 32 Creating Your Own Workspace TIP If you save a workspace called Conforming Editing Reviewing Flipbooking or Timeline you can override the defaults supplied with either application by clicking Save in the dialog box A A built in workspace with the name Conforming already exists Do you want to override it You can revert to the built in workspace at any time by deleting this new workspace me Delete the workspace you created to restore the default layout Loading Workspaces To use a previously saved workspace navigate to Window gt Workspace and select the custom workspace name you require TIP Alternatively you can use the workspace hotkeys Ctrl Cmd n where n is equal to the number of the custom workspace Your pre saved workspace is loaded Deleting Workspaces You may find that after using Hiero or HieroPlayer on a number of projects some of the workspaces you created earlier have been superceded by more useful entries Delete Workspace allows you to clear up your saved files although you can remove the files manually from the save location TIP You can return to the saved version of a workspace by navigating to Window gt Workspace gt Reset Workspace To delete custom workspaces 1 Navigate to Window gt Workspace gt Delete Workspace 2 Select the required workspace from the dropdown menu AANO Delete Workspace Workspace to delete Scopes Tagging 3 Click OK to dele
85. EN 6 Open a0 Open Recent gt Close Untitled 1 W S 5 Save Untitled 1 Save Untitled 1 As Import Clips a6 Import Folder Hl Import EDL XML ec 2 Select the file and click Open to import the sequence If you re a more hands on user Drag and drop the EDL or XML files directly from a file browser into Hiero The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO 85 Importing Sequences 3 If you re importing an EDL bear in mind that there is no guaranteed framerate information included in the file When you import EDLs an Import Options dialog displays ae import Options Use the following settings if the file does not contain the required information Video Frame Rate 25 z Assume differences in s ource destinatlon durations indicate a retime Cancel 4 Select the correct frame and use the following check boxes if required e Drop Frame when enabled the EDL is assumed to contain drop file information See Playback Tools for more information e Assume differences in source destination durations indicate a retime when enabled any disparity between the source clip Src and track item Dst duration is treated as a retime 5 Click OK to import After importing the EDL or XML the Conforming workspace displays and the spreadsheet and timeline are populated with offline clips media with an unknown location NOTE The Event column represe
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87. F SHOTOOS FINAL NISSAN X TRAIL V1 Media Timecode 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 13 L V1 Conform Rules Matched FileHead PartialName FolderName Ei a aS A AIL Y1 Conforming with 1 If your source media has been ingested into Hiero you can drag and Pre ingested Media drop media from the bin view onto the Match Media button The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO 90 Conforming Sequences See Ingesting Media for information on getting media into Hiero 2 Follow the Conform Options instructions on page 87 to complete the conform process If you want to conform a single entry in the spreadsheet drag and drop the media from the bin view onto the required entry in the spreadsheet Conforming individual pre ingested media doesn t require Conform Options because Hiero already knows the exact location of the media and trusts the decision to replace a track item About the Media All events in a sequence are displayed in an easy to read format in the Spreadsheet spreadsheet including status the track it resides on length and the source file location After conforming you can use the spreadsheet to locate bin clips or replace track items in the timeline as well as massage timecodes if they are invalid The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry CONFORMING USING HIERO 91 Conforming Sequences The media spreadsheet displays each entry s current media state ll the media was successfully
88. ITNESS FORA PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Zlib 1 2 5 The Foundry Compression library APPENDIXC 220 Third Party Licences Copyright 1995 2010 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler This software is provided as is without any express or implied warranty In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose including commercial applications and to alter it and redistribute it freely subject to the fol lowing restrictions 1 The origin of this software must not be misrepresented you must not claim that you wrote the original software If you use this software in a product an acknowl edgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required 2 Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such and must not be misrep resented as being the original software 3 This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY APPENDIX D End User License Agreement EULA IMPORTANT BY INSTALLING THI
89. ORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Copyright 1996 2000 Julian R Seward All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer The origin of this software must not be misrepresented you must not claim that you wrote the original software If you use this software in a product an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such and must not be misrepresented as being the original software The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRAN TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AN
90. ROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE FBX 2010 2 File format support This software contains Autodesk FBX code developed by Autodesk Inc Copy right 2008 Autodesk Inc All rights reserved Such code is provided as is and Autodesk Inc disclaims any and all warranties whether express or implied including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose or non infringement of third party rights In no event shall Autodesk Inc be liable for any direct indirect incidental special exemplary or consequential dam ages including but not limited to procurement of substitute goods or services loss of use data or profits or business interruption however caused and on any theory of liability whether in contract strict liability or tort including negligence or other wise arising in any way out of such code The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 APPENDIXC 206 Third Party Licences FFmpeg r15261_ File format support Copyright 2001 Fabrice Bellard This file is part of FFmpeg FFmpeg is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 1 of the License or at your option any later version FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WAR RANTY with
91. ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 175 Advanced Send to Nuke The Advanced Send to Nuke dialog displays aA Advanced Send To Nuke Nuke Write Fath File Type dox datatype 10bit e default Reformat None Format ingest Nuke Output wetire None Cancel Launch Muke 3 Enter the output script name and location in Nuke Script Path field 4 If the clips you re exporting have Soft Trims enabled check Use Soft Trims to adjust the frame range accordingly 5 Enter the Nuke output location in the Nuke Write Path field Select the File Type to transcode to within Nuke The available transcode options depend on the File Type selected 7 Set the controls common to all file types as described in Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 8 If you intend to bring the transcoded clips back into Hiero check Ingest Nuke Output 9 If your selection requires retiming choose the retime to apply e None no retimes are applied e Add 3 2 Pulldown converts 24 fps clips to 30 fps clips e Remove 3 2 Pulldown converts 30 fps clips to 24 fps clips e To Timebase enter the retime to apply as frames per second e Speed enter the retime to apply as a percentage gt LA NOTE The 3 2 Pulldown options are only displayed when applicable 10 Click Launch Nuke to send the clip to the Nuke specified in Preferences gt Nuke Export gt Nuke Path The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPO
92. RT MANAGEMENT 176 Transcoding Nuke starts up with Read and Write nodes for each clip incorporating the selected File Type settings and Write Path A NOTE The Nuke script is saved in the directory specified as the Write Path When Ingest Nuke Output is enabled offline placeholders are added to the bin view Once the VFX work is complete right click a placeholder and select Refresh Clips or press F5 to ingest the VFX clips Tralber_tithean NISSAN _X TRAIL Clear ini Gut Points Transcoding Transcoding in Hiero can use a specified external Nuke application HieroNuke or a specified background render process to convert one file format to another TIP If you don t want to use HieroNuke select the required Nuke application using the Preferences gt General tab as described in Workspace Preferences Transcoding a Transcoding a sequence Sequence or Shots 1 Select a sequence in the bin view and navigate to File gt Export The Export dialog displays 2 Select Process as Sequence and click the Content column to select a format to transcode to using the File Type dropdown The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 177 Transcoding Transcode Images File Type dpx cin dpx n rae ue type 10 bit fpi udio jpeg s t pic hii i if png Reformat sgi Colourspace targa Format Resize The controls exposed depend on the transcode you re appl
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95. TH Volumes myFacility Shared Any file that can be read locally can be placed in the shared path For example Volumes myFacility Shared TaskPresets Processors hiero exporters FnTimelineProcessor TimelineProcessor MyPreset xml Hiero and HieroPlayer search lt path gt StartupProjects Hiero lt path gt StartupProjects HieroPlayer and lt path gt Templates for preset projects Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Using the Python API Running Python During Startup The Foundry CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER 188 Using the Python API saved as hrox files See Mac OS X Linux and Windows for a description of the lt path gt variable by platform Projects placed in these folders behave differently depending on which folder they are read from e StartupProjects Hiero or HieroPlayer projects in these folders are displayed in the bin view at startup and are read only An example project Tag Presets is included in the Tags tab e Templates projects in this folder appear in a dropdown menu when you open a new project Select the template to use for the new project NOTE You may need to create the StartupProjects Hiero StartupProjects HieroPlayer and Templates folders manually in the chosen path To remove a Startup project either e Remove it from lt path gt StartupProjects Hiero lt path gt StartupProjects HieroPlayer or lt path gt Templates or e Rename the file extension so the application doesn t recog
96. Third Party Licences Copyright 2006 Alexander Chemeris Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer e Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution e The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRAN TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DIS CLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Copyright 1999 2007 by authors This library is free software you can re
97. To preview output on an external broadcast video monitor 1 Navigate to Window gt Monitor Controls The Monitor Controls toolbar displays in a floating pane aon Auctive Viewer a Active _ 2 Select the external device you want to use from the output device dropdown All available devices are automatically detected and listed in this menu along with the following default options Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Using Scopes Histogram The Foundry USING THE VIEWER Using Scopes e None disables the monitor out feed e Floating Window opens up a pseudo output monitor window without the need for a monitor device and card This is intended for full screen use without displaying any of Hiero s interface 3 Select the display format for the device selected in the previous step The available options depend on the device you are using 4 Select the Viewer to feed to the output monitor using the source viewer dropdown Selecting Active Viewer always display the current Viewer 5 Select the view mode using the A B selection dropdown All the usual Hiero A B controls such as SplitWipe are available on the output monitor 6 Click the filter button to apply the active Viewer s filtering gamma and gain to the monitor output Click the flip button to flip the output vertically 8 Click the range button to switch between full range 0 255 default and 16 236 ITU R BT 6 10 4 This button can correct the image outp
98. Transcoding from the Bin View 2 cece eee eens 180 Transcoding Timeline Selections 2c cece cee eee 181 Ad TOC EXPOlscsecsnw shot owe ee ohne sets soe ee os SSS US 181 Exporting EDLs and AMUS i044 424 40364664 464 2454048 508 S 181 Using the Copy EXpOrtens cockwreu nk be oe eee sendin a 5 835 183 Environment Variables 0 ccc ce ce ee ee eee eens 185 Setting Environment Variables 0 0 cece cece eee 185 Sharing PLCS CUS 0 ad tne tes oA ee ea etd 6 Oh Sl eel eal ieee Sikes 187 Startup Projects eoret da eee sees siete ee oe SoA RE SS Mau 187 Using the Python AP cc0 cebswassacne hebhad ose here ec ees 188 Running Python During Startup 0 eee ee ee eee 188 Using the Script Editorii irre eee ERA antes oe eee eee eee es 190 Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys eee ec eee ee eee eens 193 Supported Image Formats cece cee ee ee eee tenes 200 Optimised Formats and Limitations 000000s 201 Supported Audio Formats cece cee ee ee eee ee eens 202 Torda Party LICENCES o5 oo eat eee een do ERA A nse kee 203 End User License Agreement EULA 0 0 00 cece eee eee 221 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 6 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 1 PREFACE Hiero in conjunction with HieroPlayer is designed to provide shot management conform and playback capabilities for people creating visual effects esp
99. able Include Clips From Audio Tracks to rename audio track items as well as video track items 6 Click Rename The selected track items are renamed as specified You can save your work as a Hiero or HieroPlayer project using the hrox file extension If you quit the application without saving you ll be prompted to save or discard your changes Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO Saving and Loading Projects Click the required button or press D for Don t Save or S to Save To save a project 1 Navigate to File gt Save Untitled 1 or Save Untitled 1 As Edit View Project Clip Timeline ANOO New Project SEN Open 0 Open Recent gt Close Untitled 1 Save Untitled 1 p Save Untitled 1 As aS Import Clips gl Import Folder Hl Import EDL XML isl Export OR Use the Ctrl Cmd S or Shift Ctrl Cmd S hotkeys respectively The Save Project dialog box displays 2 Browse to the save location and enter a name for the project 3 Click Save Hiero saves your project to the location specified and appends the hrox file extension automatically NOTE Projects saved in Hiero are read only when loaded into HieroPlayer If you want to edit Hiero hrox files in HieroPlayer use the File gt Save As Player Project function to create a copy To load a project 1 Navigate to File gt Open TIP If you need to open a project that you worked on recently
100. ack containing the VFX clips if they exist or offline place holders if the clips are a work in progress 01 00 00 0000 10000200 01 00 02 00 010004200 DED BR_ShotOO1_final BR_Shoti3_final BR_SHOTD4 FINAL VFX BR _ShotOOl And Af BR Shotti final Sf BR _SHOTOO4 FINAJ lt a ri a i AL YI agia h i NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIL 4 SI5SA 1L Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSK m 4 W554 L AZ Selections in Hiero and HieroPlayer can be opened in Nuke using Hiero lt gt Nuke which is an open port between the two applications When the connection is established Hiero lt gt Nuke listens for changes applied to clips in either application and updates them automatically with the latest version NOTE Hiero and HieroPlayer rely on the locked Project Shot Template when you select Open in Nuke Navigate to Project gt Edit Settings gt Export Roundtrip to define the template using the Local Nuke Roundtrip settings HieroPlayer is limited to editing the External Media Track Name as there is no support for creating shot templates in HieroPlayer You cannot use Open in Nuke if the project was created in HieroPlayer Once established the link operates in three distinct ways e Openin Nuke allows you to open your selections in single or multiple new Nuke scripts depending on context Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 168 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke e Send to Nuke sends your selec
101. ages Path Content Nuke Project File Y i sequence Nuke Render itrack edi EDL Exporter Audio Export NOTE You can build a custom shot template using Path tokens the Contents field and the buttons 5 Select the EDL Exporter or XML Exporter as required r NOTE When exporting EDLs check the additional EDL Exporter controls if required e Include Absolute Path adds the full filepath for each clip to the EDL comments field e Truncate Reel Name restricts the Reel name to eight characters e From Clip Name define the text appended to from comment fields in EDLs such as FROM CLIP NAME e NOTE EDLs only support one video track per file If you have more than one track include the track token in the shot template to write out an EDL for each track preset For example filename track ext might produce a separate EDL for each track on your timeline called myTimeline_Video 1 edl myTimeline_Video2 edl and so on 6 If you set In and Out points on the sequence select Range gt In Out Points to export only the specified range Set Start Frame to Custom if you want to specify a particular frame Set the Version number and Tracks For Export Click Export The Export Queue window displays an estimate of how long the export is expected to take The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using the Copy Exporter The Foundry GD tp click the ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 183
102. ain processors for example the EDL Exporter preset cannot be used with Process as Shots For your convenience Hiero ships with a number of ready made presets The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using the Shot Template The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 150 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog but you can edit these as required Transcode Images defines transcode parameters allowing you to save your most used file type conversions Nuke Project File defines the paths used by Nuke Read and Write nodes during a round trip Nuke Render defines the render format for Nuke Write nodes Add multiple Nuke Render presets to create multiple Write nodes in Nuke External Render defines the export paths used by third party applications such as Adobe After Effects during a round trip EDL Exporter used to export a sequence to the EDL format SymLink Exporter creates symlinks to the location of the source files rather than making copies XML Exporter used to export a sequence to XML format Copy Exporter creates copies of the source files to a specified location rather than symlinking Audio Export copies any audio tracks to wav files in a specified location The shot template sets up the folder hierarchy and naming conventions for export processors such as Transcode Images Any folders added to the template are created during export unless they already exist in which case the export
103. amework Flexible enough to fit any pipeline Extensive Python API to accomplish most tasks through S Va Python scripting that you can with the Hiero and HieroPlayer user interfaces Integrated Pyside enabling fine grained customisation of MA v Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 19 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW 20 Collaborative Project Case Study Collaborative As mentioned Hiero can sit comfortably in a post pipeline as the hub for Project Case managing content The diagram below shows a typical workgroup scenario Study Hiero HieroPlayer and Nuke in a collaborative project Preparing a Project The first step in Hiero is to conform the EDL or XML from the editor The in Hiero conform process pulls together the required source clips and matches them to events in the EDL or XML Hiero displays these events in a spreadsheet which is linked to a timeline showing the corresponding track items See Conforming Using Hiero for more information Once the conform is complete you can view your timeline to confirm that the correct clips are present check the content using Hiero s scopes add reference tracks and pass on any pertinent information to the next step in production using tags and notes See Ingesting Media for more information The next step is to make any minor edits to the timeline including transitions and retimes Swap or rename track items or examine different versions of clips on the timeline See Managing Ti
104. amount of memory available to run other applications NOTE Cache locking is enabled by default on Mac OS X and disabled by default on Windows 2 Enabling Unlock cache when application is in background can improve system performance by allowing other applications to use the reserved system RAM when the application is running in the background Bear in mind that when the application becomes active again there may be playback delays while the cache memory is swapped back in NOTE Cache release is enabled by default on Mac OS X and disabled by default on Windows In and Out markers enable you to alter the duration of a clip to just the portions of the source that you require When a clip containing In and Out points is added to a timeline you can slip the clip around the markers to adjust the clip s output See Timeline Editing Tools for more information You can also use In and Out points to export certain portions of a clip or sequence See Transcoding for more information To set In and Out markers 1 Right click on the required clip or sequence and select Open In gt Time line view Clips opened in a timeline have a purple background in the timeline Move the playhead to the location of the In point and press on your keyboard The In point is marked by the In tab and the time is recorded in the play back controls Move the playhead to the location of the Out point and press O on your keyboard Hiero and Hi
105. and HieroPlayer 1 v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 184 Ad Hoc Exports 7 Check Apply Retimes if Cut Length is enabled to export any retimes present on the timeline 8 Set how clip Start Frames are derived using the dropdown menu e Source use the source clip s start frame e Custom specify a start frame for all clips using the field to the right 9 Set the Version number Tracks for Export and Tag Filter if applicable NOTE See Using Versions for more information on how versioning works in Hiero 10 Click Export The Export Queue window displays an estimate of how long the export is expected to take Once the export is complete the file structure specified in the shot tem plate is created TIP Click the icon to reveal the exported file in a browser window The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 13 CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER This chapter provides a basic overview and some simple examples to get you started but more information is available in the dedicated Python API document included in the Hiero package See Help gt Python Dev Guide for more information Environment Environment variables are used to store values that influence the behaviour Variables of Hiero and HieroPlayer such as adding additional filepaths to check at Startup for plug in scripts Setting Environment On Mac OS X and Linux Variables 1 The first step is to
106. and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng 0 96 with the following individuals added to the list of Contributing Authors Tom Lane Glenn Randers Pehrson Willem van Schaik libpng versions 0 89 June 1996 through 0 96 May 1997 are Copyright 1996 1997 Andreas Dilger Distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as lib png 0 88 with the following individuals added to the list of Contributing Authors John Bowler Kevin Bracey Sam Bushell Magnus Holmgren Greg Roelofs Tom Tan ner libpng versions 0 5 May 1995 through 0 88 January 1996 are Copyright 1995 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat Group 42 Inc For the purposes of this copyright and license Contributing Authors is defined as the following set of individuals Andreas Dilger Dave Martindale Guy Eric Schalnat Paul Schmidt Tim Wegner The PNG Reference Library is supplied AS IS The Contributing Authors and Group 42 Inc disclaim all warranties expressed or implied including without limitation the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose The Contributing Authors and Group 42 Inc assume no liability for direct indirect incidental special exemplary or consequential damages which may result from the use of the PNG Reference Library even if advised of the possibility of such damage The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 209 Third Party Licences Permission is hereby granted to use
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108. are assigned to related functionality The left hand keys on a QWERTY keyboard are used for tool selection and actions the right hand side for playhead manipulation including source record and insert overlay the arrow keys for selection and nudging and the numeric pad for timecode entry Editorial Playhead Selection Timecode tools manipulation and nudging entry and marking Viewer Zoom the contents of the Viewer to actual size a gt Clipping Warning Toggle the Level Warning tool on and off View gt Mark In Set the In Point at the current frame VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE APPENDIX A Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys F View gt Mark Out Set the Out Point as the current frame Alt View gt Clear In Point Clear the In point for the current clip or timeline Alt O na View gt Clear Out Point Clear the Out point for the current clip or timeline Alt U we ew gt Clear In and Out Clear the In and Out points for the current clip or timeline Points View gt Go to Start Go to the start of all clips _ View gt Go to End Go to the end of all clips Shift n a View gt Go to In Point Go to the In Point in the current clip Shift O n a View gt Go to Out Point Go to the Out Point in the current clip comma View gt Frame Backwards Skip one frame backwards K J Full stop View gt Frame Forwards Skip one frame forwards K L Shift comma View gt Skip Backwa
109. automatically saved localisation and cross platform compatibility Startup Workspace Workspace Sets the default startup Sets the default startup workspace a splash screen at Enables or disables the belle a page during startup startup Reconstruct directories When enabled preserve the original folder file hierarchy dur on ingest ing ingest Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 34 Workspace Preferences Preference Description Show startup dialog Enables or disables the Settings dialog during startup Scan for file sequence When enabled dragging a single file or file range that is part range on drop into bin of an image sequence creates a clip in the bin view containing view all available frames When disabled only the dragged frame or range is imported into the bin See Using Drag and Drop for more information Automatically rescan When enabled incrementing a clip or track item s version past versions when moving the end of the previously discovered versions list forces a off end of the version rescan to update the versions list See Using Versions for list more information Warn when opening a__ When enabled opening a Hiero project in HieroPlayer displays locked Hiero project a read only warning HieroPlayer only If you disable this option you won t be warned but the clips and sequences in the project will still be coloured light blue to r
110. available LA NOTE You can only Insert or Overwrite using clips from the current project You can also use 3 point editing to set the In and Out points on the timeline to specify where a clip should be inserted instead of at the playhead s position The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 105 Audio and the Timeline e No In Out points set on the timeline insert or overwrite at the cur rent playhead position for the range currently set in the source Viewer e In point but no Out point set on the timeline insert or overwrite at the In point position for the range currently set in the source Viewer e In and Out points set on the timeline insert or overwrite at the cur rent In point position for the duration set by the timelines In and Out points If there are insufficient source frames for the range specified blank frames are added highlighted in red Audio and the Audio tracks on the timeline are handled in much the same way as video Timeline tracks By default linked audio and video tracks are edited at the same time but you can lock either track and move them independently or hold Alt to select a single track if required ey NOTE Although you can import and edit multi channel audio during LA playback audio is mixed to 48 KHz stereo output Additionally audio mixdown takes into account the total number of tracks present and averages the contribution of each to prevent clipping e NOTE H
111. ave been optimised so that the only limiting factor in achieving realtime playback is the rate at which files can be read from the file system R3D In conjunction with a RED Rocket Hiero and HieroPlayer can take advantage of the lower scale quality available from the RED SDK based on the current Viewer zoom level EXR EXR reads have been partially optimised They currently still load more slowly if any part of the data window lies outside the display window or if the data window is smaller than the display window and aligned to one of the edges of the display window This reduction in speed is most noticeable for large data windows NOTE OpenEXR 2 0 images containing Deep data are not supported in this release DPX 8 10 12 and 16 bit RGB and RGBA reads are optimised if the channels are all stored in the same element Reads of other formats may be optimised depending on the number bit depth and layout within elements of the channels Future releases will handle more formats The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 APPENDIXB 202 Supported Audio Formats Supported Audio Formats The following table lists supported audio formats CA NOTE Although Hiero and HieroPlayer support the import and editing of multi channel audio during playback audio is currently mixed to 48 KHz stereo output Additionally audio mixdown takes into account the total number of tracks present and averages the contribution of each to prevent clipping
112. ayer1 7v1 app Contents Plugins site packages hiero examples e On Linux usr local Hiero 1 7v 1 Plugins site packages hiero examples usr local HieroPlayer 1 7v 1 Plugins site packages hiero examples e On Windows drive letter Program Files The Foundry Hiero 1 7v1 plugins site pack ages hiero examples drive letter Program Files The Foundry HieroPlayer 1 7v1 plugins site packages hiero examples At startup Hiero and HieroPlayer search lt path gt Python Startup and lt path gt Python StartupUI for any Python py modules or packages containing _init_ py Scanning is done in two passes all the Startup folders are searched and then all the StartupUI folders Each package or module discovered is imported and added to the built in package hiero plugins NOTE Python startup scripts are imported in alphabetical order so you can force ordering if necessary The lt path gt varies by platform as follows Mac OS X e Applications Hiero1 7v1 Hiero1 7v1 app Contents Plugins e Applications HieroPlayer1 7v1 HieroPlayer1 7v1 app Contents Plugins e Library Application Support TheFoundry Hiero e Library Application Support TheFoundry Hiero e hiero Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using the Script Editor The Foundry CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER 190 Using the Script Editor Linux e usr local Hiero1 7v1 Plugins e usr local HieroPlayer1 7v1 Plugins e hiero Windows e drive letter Program Files Hiero plugi
113. ce issues such as available upgrades and maintenance expiry dates To the extent that any Information is confidential to Licensee it Shall be treated as such by The Foundry To the extent that any Information constitutes personal data for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 it shall be processed by The Foundry in accordance with that Act and with The Foundry s privacy policy see http www thefoundry co uk privacy SECTION 16 NONSOLICITATION Licensee agrees not to solicit for employment or retention any of The Foundry s current or future employees who were or are involved in the development and or creation of the Software SECTION 17 U S GOVERNMENT LICENSE RIGHTS The Software Documentation and or data delivered hereunder are subject to the terms of this Agreement and in no event shall the U S Government acquire greater than RESTRICTED LIMITED RIGHTS At a minimum use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to the applicable restrictions of i FAR 52 227 14 ALTS Il and III une 1987 ii FAR 52 227 19 June 1987 iii FAR 12 211 and 12 212 and or iv DFARS 227 7202 1 a and DFARS 227 7202 3 The Software is the subject of the following notices Copyright 2013 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd All Rights Reserved Unpublished rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United Kingdom The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 226 APPENDIX D End User License Agreement
114. ck with the same shot name 01 00 00 00 a WISSA IL V1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSKE 4 AGSA 1L AL NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 MSA IL Az Exporting these track items Creates this Nuke script from Hiero Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 161 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 8 Click the Nuke Render preset to display the file type settings 9 Select the file type to render using the dropdown and complete the relevant fields dependent on the file type selected 10 Set the following controls common to all file types Colourspace default Reformat None Format Resize Channels all h Write Node Name Write_ ext Burn in Gizmo Edit e Colourspace use the dropdown to set the colourspace to render such as linear REDLog or raw e Reformat select the required reformatting option to enable the Format dropdown e Format sets the format to render out in Nuke such as 1920x1080 HD 1080 Select Custom to create formats that don t appear in the list of pre sets e Resize sets the method by which you want to preserve or override the Original aspect ratio e width scales the original until its width matches the format s width Height is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve the original aspect ratio e height scales the original until its height matches the format s height Width is then scaled in such a manner as t
115. cked To create a Copy of the Project which is unlocked go to File gt Save As 3 Click OK to dismiss the prompt 4 Opening a Hiero project in HieroPlayer changes the interface highlight colour to light blue to indicate that the project is read only W Tags baseProject 26 E Y amp Confor P audio 1 P amp 1280x720 1 NISSAN X TRAIL SC _ Shoth04 final date 2t OF G2 SFPS 1280n720 AST G2 SFPS dpi Dton0t00 dps 0 00 0200 AP_ShotQ01 final WF_Shotdd final L2850w720 47 25FPS 1290x720 dpr prop o00 dpr You can t delete bins clips or track items or make edits on the timeline when the highlight is light blue See Using Hiero lt gt Nuke in HieroPlayer for information on how to update work between HieroPlayer and Nuke The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW 22 Collaborative Project Case Study Opening a Writable Hiero Project If you want to open a writable version of a Hiero project you can open the project and save it as a HieroPlayer project HieroPlayer projects are always readable in Hiero so don t worry about backward compatibility To open a Hiero project in writable form 1 Launch HieroPlayer and navigate to File gt Open TIP You may find that the project you require is displayed in the startup dialog under Recent Projects Select the project and click Open to quickly access the project 2 Locate the required Hiero project using the brows
116. click then Shift oe all clips between the left clicks S Shift Alt left left click click to ignore linked tracks At t M ea Clip gt Version Up Cycle up through the available clip versions Cycle up through the available clip versions through the available clip versions Alt Y Clip gt Version Down Cycle down through the available clip versions Alt Ctrl Cmd n a Clip gt Max Version Jump to the maximum known version or scan for new versions if the max version is already reached Alt Ctrl Cmd Vv Clip gt Min Version Jump to the minimum known version or scan for new versions if the min version is already reached Clip gt Refresh Clips Reload the clip or track item when the source file location has not changed such as when work has been done on the clip offline Selecting refresh only refreshes the clip s current frame range Clip gt Rescan Clip Range Similar to Refresh Clips above but rescan also checks for additional frames that may have been added to the source file and adds them to the track item s frame range n a Clip gt Insert Insert the contents of a source Viewer into the timeline at the current playhead position and ripple existing track items downstream to accommodate the change n a Clip gt Overwrite Insert the contents of a source Viewer into the timeline at the current playhead position overwriting existing track items Shift U n a Timeline gt Mark Selection Place the In and Out mar
117. combinations of cards and drivers may work e AJA Kona series PCI cards and lo XT Mac only requires Thunderbolt port e Blackmagic DeckLink series PCI cards UltraStudio Express and 3D Mac only requires Thunderbolt port NOTE AJA monitor out cards are not currently supported on Linux NOTE On Mac the AJA Kona 3G is only supported on OS X Lion NOTE Monitor out on Windows machines with AMD graphics cards is not currently supported Download the required application from www thefoundry co uk products by choosing the required platform from the list For example if you intend to install Hiero on Mac OS X download the Hiero dmg file Follow the on screen instructions to download the correct installer Mac OS X 1 Double click on the dmg archive to extract the installation package 2 Double click on the pkg file 3 Follow the on screen instructions to install the application By default Hiero is installed to Applications Hiero1 7v1 and HieroPlayer to Applications HieroPlayer1 7v1 Linux l Extract the application from the run archive with the following terminal command sudo Hierol 7v1l linux x86 release 64 run OR sudo HieroPlayerl 7v1l linux x86 release 64 run The installer displays the End User Licensing Agreement EULA and prompts you to accept it Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INSTALLATION AND LICENSING 11 Launching Hiero or HieroPlayer 2 If you agree with the EULA enter y and press Ent
118. conformed and its timecode is correct PE the media was successfully conformed but the timecode is Currently incorrect gj the media could not be conformed NOTE Any source or destination field highlighted in yellow indicates that the entry has been rounded down for display purposes See Managing Timelines for more information on importing tracks and reference media There are also a number of controls accessed by clicking the cog icon that determine the spreadsheet s appearance and behaviour NISSAN _X TRAIL Event Status Shot Name gel Track Speed ol aR_SHOTOO1_FINAL NISSAN X TRAIL W1 00 0 Oz BR_SHOTOOS_FIN AL MESAN X TRAIL WI 1 L00 0 BR_SHOTOOM4_FINAL NIS i X TRAIL V1 100 0 IR_SHOTOOS_AINAL WIS X TRAIL W1 AR_SHOTOO FINAL a S TRAIL W ih pi x TRAIL Y1 AN X TRAIL W1 X TRAIL W1 A IRAIL W1 LiF i 5 Wr_SHOTOO6 J WF SHOTOO 2ebect Matching Name WF _SHOTODE Select Linked W sc Display Speed As W a _SHOTOOS_ Retime method Keep timeline duration 5C_SHOTOOS SC SHOTOO6 Time Edit Behaviours Choose Settings Import Treck Match Media Set Reference Media he ar Select Matching Name when enabled selecting an item in the spreadsheet highlights all items with the same name Select Linked when enabled selecting an item in the spreadsheet highlights other items linked to it such as audio tracks ingested with video tracks Display Speed As sets the unit used in the Speed column
119. d Y n Timeline gt Nudge gt Nudge Nudge the selected track item s down one track where possi Down ble Timeline gt Add Transition gt Add a dissolve between two selected track items Dissolve n a a Ctrl Cmd T n a i DO n a Enable or disable the selected clip s or track s Alt Ctrl Cmd A n a Timeline gt Select All in Track Select all the track items on the current track Shift Ctrl Cmd A n a Timeline gt Clear Selection Deselect all track items a Alt close timeline Close the timeline and any linked Viewer and spreadsheet panes Window gt Workspace gt Switch to Hiero s Conforming workspace or HieroPlayer s Conforming Editing Editing workspace Window gt Workspace gt Switch to Hiero s Editing workspace or HieroPlayer s Flipbook Editing Flipbook workspace User Interface Shift F1 Shift F2 Shift F3 Shift F4 n a Window gt Workspace gt Switch to the Timeline workspace Timeline Shift F lt num gt n a Windows gt Workspace gt Switch to the custom workspace associated with the number Custom Workspace Name selected Ctrl Cmd comma Window gt Workspace gt Switch to the Reviewing workspace Reviewing n a Hierol 7v1 gt Preferences Open the Preferences dialog HieroPlayer1 7v1 gt Prefer ences Or Edit gt Preferences backtick n a n a Toggle between full screen and preset pane size for the pane Currently under the mouse pointer
120. d Nuke using Hiero lt gt Nuke transcode export clip selections from a timeline or bin write out EDLs and XMLs or bake out an entire timeline as a single clip in your required delivery format LA NOTE HieroPlayer only supports round tripping using Hiero lt gt Nuke With the addition of Python bindings to perform the same functions this infrastructure provides a massive amount of flexibility whether your pipeline is GUI or command line orientated LA NOTE Hiero is non destructive and can slot into your pipeline if you setup your shot template to mirror the existing file structure Hiero ships with several context sensitive and ad hoc export options e Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog the process of preparing a project for export and paving the way for VFX work to come back into Hiero e Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke enables you to open selections in Nuke scripts from either bin clips or track items add clips and track items to existing scripts and send rendered Write nodes from Nuke back to Hiero e Advanced Send to Nuke a single clip or bin export option that doesn t require the Export dialog or Hiero lt gt Nuke e Ad Hoc Exports an umbrella covering exports that you might not perform on a per project basis such as EDL or XML exports Round Tripping A round trip describes the process of exporting clips to another Usi the E t application in this case Nuke and then paving the way back into Hiero t
121. dding The source filename padding which you might use for formatting frame indices fullbinpath The full bin structure to preserve Including this token recreates the bin structure upto the project level fulldayy The local full weekday name fullmonth The local full month name Mmm Ss The month of the year as a decimal 01 02 and so on month JThe local month name abbreviated to Jan Feb and so on projec The name of the parent project of the export item projectroot The root export filepath as specified in the Project Settings sequence The sequence name to process shot The name of the track item to process 6 C name of the track to process Exporting EDLs using this token generates a separate EDL for each track eo is string v defined by the number set in the Version sec tion of the export dialog TIP After double clicking the path column right click and choose Select Keyword to display a list of available export tokens though only valid tokens for the current selection are listed The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 152 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog Path sequence Cut Copy Paste Delete Insert Unicode control character R t Token substrings are valid if you need to extract a certain part of an evaluated string For example if shot resolves to NC100 then e shot 0 2 re
122. ding them to the program s Properties To use a startup argument 1 Right click the C Program Files Hiero1 7v1 or HieroPlayer1 7v1 icon or the equivalent icon on the Desktop 2 Click Properties 3 Append the required argument to the Target or exe field About licences e Activation Keys these can be used to easily install and activate node locked also known as uncounted licences Node locked licences allow you to use Hiero or HieroPlayer on a single machine This licence does not work on different machines and if you need it to you ll have to transfer your licence Node locked licences do not require additional licensing software to be installed See Licensing Hiero on a Single Machine for more information e Floating Licences also known as counted licences enable applications to work on any networked client machine The floating licence is put on the server and is locked to a unique number on that server Floating licences on a Server require additional software to be installed This Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 INSTALLATION AND LICENSING 14 Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer software manages those licences on the server giving licences out to client stations that want them The software you need to manage these licences is called the Foundry Licensing Tools FLT and it can be freely downloaded from our website Floating licences often declare a port number on the server line and a port number on the vendor line See L
123. display the context sensitive menu TIP You may find it easier to select clips in the spreadsheet and then right click on the timeline 01 00 00 00 r Delete ea Pa hare Ripple Delete iG 01 00 06 00 Export From Export Structure Nuke gt NISSA NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 2 Click Build Track gt From Export Tag The Build Track From Export Tag dialog displays Track Name Build Track From Export Tag WFA Select Export Tag W Nuke Project File 2013 04 03 10 58 1 Shots with this Tag BR_Shot001_final Cancel 3 Enter a Track Name or use the default VFX Select the required export tag in the left hand panel to display tag information in the right hand panel 5 Click Build to create the VFX track If a clip already exists in any of the target tracks a dialog displays containing options on how Hiero should behave The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke A The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke ge Build Track The track VFX already exists What would you like to do amp Choose a different destination track Track Name WFX1 Overwrite the 1 colliding items found on the track Refresh the 1 colliding items source clips Skip the 1 colliding items Cancel 7 Select the required option and click OK to proceed Hiero automatically creates a new tr
124. distribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Founda tion either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WAR RANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FORA PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Library General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA Or go to www gnu org copyleft Igpl html Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 212 Third Party Licences Library Description Licence OpenColorlO Color management Copyright 2003 2010 Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc et al All Rights Reserved 1 0 0 library Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution e Neither the name of Sony Pictures Imageworks nor the names
125. dles If the handles requested are not within the available frame range Hiero displays a warning dialog with a suitable correction for each selected track item Cannot set trim for shot 01_BR_Shot001 clip 01_BR_Shot001 to 12 head 12 tail To fit within the clip s available time range and accomodate any other sequences using this clip the trimmed range must be adjusted to 9 head 9 tall Do you want to set trims to the adjusted handles No Yes to All Click Yes to accept or No to abort the operation A NOTE With track items used in multiple sequences click Yes to All to accept the correction in all instances Enabling and You can temporarily enable or disable tracks and track items on the timeline Disabling Track to selectively view your media without removing track item s for example if Items you wanted to view to lower level video tracks within a timeline To enable or disable a track or track item s 1 Select the item s you want to enable or disable 2 Right click on a highlighted item and choose Disable Track or Disable Items to disable the selection O1 00 00 00 Baiada toiadaia tiiri Piri i LoTog 00 a BR SHOTOD ER SHOTS mn riire mm rise m NISSA IL V New Open In Reference Media Mi Reference Reveal in Project Marl Reference Reference Media Zoom to Fit Rename Shot 4 je Baf Reference Media i Reference Selection P WISSA all Al NISSAN DIRECTORS b a MISSA ILA NISSAN
126. e 10 Launching Hiero or HieroPlayer cee eee ee ee eee eee 11 Startup Options pares eee ee Ee a bee 12 Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer cece ee eee eee eee 13 Licensing Hiero on a Single Machine 0 cece eeee 14 Licensing Hiero or HieroPlayer Over a Network 2 15 Further Reading ee Tee ee eee eee Te 17 HIERO AND Feature Comparison 0 cece ee cece ee ee ee ee ee eee so 18 HIEROPLAYER Collaborative Project Case Study 0 0 0 cc cece ee ee ee 20 WORKFLOW Preparing a Project in Hiero 4 eer 20 Loading a Hiero Project in HieroPlayer 00 eee 21 Hero Seat Case SLU csc seca reseSees beeees see dewneeaues seas Element Library Case Study cc eee eee ee eee ee ene 24 CUSTOMISING YOUR Workspace Overview 0 cc cece eee cece cee ee ee ee eee ne nes 25 WORKSPACE Menu Bar Components 0e cee eeee Deeg ee cee Creating Your Own Workspace cee cee cee eee eee eeee 28 Saving WorkspaceS eee ce ee eee eee eee eens 31 Loading Workspaces cece ee eee ee ee te eee ee eens 32 Deleting Workspaces LRA AG bbb ooo ETTET EI 32 Workspace Preferences cee ee cece eee eee eee e nee 33 Optimising Read and Decode Performance 2 000 eee 42 Using Helper Threads 02 e eee eee uses 43 INGESTING MEDIA ADOUL CDS ca saqe
127. e Adding Burn in Text to Exports for more information Using Quick Tags Quick tags allow you to add tags depending on context by right clicking a selection and then choosing the type of tag to apply If you re tagging a large amount of media you might find it more convenient to use the drag and drop methods described later on Quick tags are accessible from bins spreadsheets Viewers and timelines for single or multiple selections 1 Select the target clips or sequences 2 Right click a highlighted selection go to Tags and choose the required action dependent on context For example bin items only allow you to Tag Selection whereas track items allow you to Tag Shot Selection Tag Tracks or Tag this Sequence Once you ve selected the tag type the Add Tag dialog displays ve Add Tag Name Note Note Cancel 3 Select the icon to represent the tag using the Icon dropdown Enter a Name and Note as required 5 Click Add to mark your selections with the chosen tag See Creating Custom Tags and Removing Tags for more information VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE USING TAGS 74 Tagging Using the Viewer Tagging Using To apply a tag using the Viewer the Viewer 1 Click the Tags tab or navigate to Window gt Tags The Tags tab displays 2 Drag and drop the required tag from the Tags tab to the Viewer Depending on whether you re looking at a clip or sequence drop the tag on Tag this frame Tag whole clip o
128. e Real Time Copyright 1999 2011 Ross Bencina and Phil Burk Audio Library Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Soft ware without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to per mit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions e The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE The text above constitutes the entire PortAudio license however the PortAudio community also makes the following non binding requests e Any person wishing to distribute modifications to the Software is requested to send the modifications to the original developer so that they can be incorporated into the canonical version It is also requested that thes
129. e Rename Shots dialog displays o Rename Shots Sequential Rename Pattern Start 10 Increment 10 Include Clips From Audio Tracks Restore Defaults Cancel Rename 3 Select the rename type from the dropdown The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Saving and Loading Projects The Foundry CONFORMING USING HIERO 95 Saving and Loading Projects e Sequential Rename rename shots sequentially using the Pattern Start and Increment fields e Find and Replace a simple find and replace shot name All selected shots containing the specified Find pattern are substituted with the Replace pattern e Simple Rename all shots are replaced by the New Name specified e Match Sequence allows you to select a sequence to copy shot names from providing that they use the same track items For example renaming track items on a 30 second timeline to mirror the shot names from a 60 second timeline NOTE You can only use sequences that reside in the same project and track items that have overlapping frame ranges e Clip Name all shot names are replaced by the name of the source clip they reference This option can be used to revert previous rename operation 4 Rename operations also accept token substitutions The following tokens are recognised Resolves to The name of the source clip referenced by the target track item event The EDL event number associated with the target track item o 5 En
130. e cae EE oe oad Oe eae we ae es 44 ingesting Media s o 64 4 6 46 222 ay ees e ERES a Wa wee hones sees 46 Using Drag and Drop ee eee Terre 47 Using the File Browser cee cece eee ee eee eee eeee 48 Reconnecting and Refreshing Clips 0 00 e ewes 49 VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE USING THE VIEWER USING TAGS VIEWING METADATA CONFORMING USING HIERO MANAGING TIMELINES The Foundry CONTENTS Caching Media Locally 30 3 044 ne awe SERRA KES Oe ESSE SS ERA EOS 50 MIG WOE NOOIS segern una Sa aoe BS HA co is ee es BOAT A aes 54 PIAVOACK Tols a ocaddecnetiids a eet een hens EEE ER eee ie uan 57 Caching Frames in the Playback Cache 0 eee 59 Using In and Out Markers cee cece eee eee teens 60 Using the Media Lab lt 4 atcnwienoswle eed deeate del ah adwSaih Bare 62 Working with Colourspaces cece ee eee eee eee eens 63 Previewing on a Broadcast Monitor cee ee cee eee eee 65 USING SCODC Sia a ede fd Ga ae OSS Oe ee AMO ae ae 66 MISEOGK AM 6 Swe ee Gre eat Aa aeee en ona ay a a aw eae eee Wea e 66 Waveform eeen 4 44 4 4a oo er eee Aen as Se ee 67 Vectors CODES gt i 455 5 4 5525 ch SURO GR Sh REE OOO EER eS 69 About Anamorphic Media cc ee cece eee eee eee eees 69 ADOT RED MOG A ca 2 1 42076 4 ick hii gatat ey Balen Angee N E bd 70 Using RMD LOOK FiCS lt lt eceisds euurdiedudonwe ee ee ated hese 71 SVNChIng to VBlANK 3c
131. e contents of the A and B inputs or No Clip when there is no clip at the playhead for instance when there is a gap in a timeline The orange triangle in the A B overlay denotes the clip currently supplying audio and timecode information in the Viewer Viewing Multi Initially sequences have an Output Resolution applied across all video Format Timelines tracks on a timeline You can apply this resolution project wide through Project gt Edit Settings gt Sequence or to individual sequences using the timeline Sequence tab In the real world however clips are often of different formats so Hiero and HieroPlayer provide clip by clip formatting options to help you standardise sequences more easily Reformatting applied to clips on a timeline carries over into any export from Hiero The reformat options in the Export dialog are applied after the transforms applied here See Round Tripping and Export Management for The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 110 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 111 Viewing Multi Format Timelines more information LA NOTE Clips default to Resize Type gt Width when you change the format of the sequence To apply format changes 1 Select the clip s to reformat on the timeline 2 Click the Reformat tab on the timeline pane to display the reformat options d Sequence Media Metadata Reformat Type To Format Scale Resize Type Width Center Flip Flop 3 Select the r
132. e edit to the new position and release the mouse to complete the roll For example if you roll five frames at the end of one track item 1 the next item 2 starts five frames later Figure 10 4 shows a timeline con taining two track items and Figure 10 5 shows the same items with the edit point rolled to the right BS SATA ANAL ER SHO TAUS FINAL oe n Lara u NISSA ILVL 7 r NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC w d SSA AD NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC om al MSSA 1L AZ F Figure 10 4 Original clips 01 00200 00 BRSHO TOO FIMAL BR SHO TOS FINAL a TNE EA Sy a NISSA L V1 te NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MISE ir d WISSA NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSE 4 WI55A L AZ Figure 10 5 Rolled clips The Viewer displays the pre edit track item on the left and the post edit item on the right allowing you to accurately gauge the new position of the edit The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 128 Timeline Editing Tools Alternatively click the edit point between the track item and nudge the edit using the Ctrl Cmd amp gt keys or hold Shift to nudge by the Frame Increment set under the Viewer BS SHUT ANAL ER SHOTS FINAL Le NISSA IL V1 lt lt _ B NISSAN DIRECTOR c 4 AISA 1L Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC a 9 SSA AZ q Retime Clip Tool The Retime Clip tool allows you to trim a track item s In or Out point and automaticall
133. e localisation You can also toggle local caching on or off using the Cache gt Localisa tion menu 6 Click Clear all unused files to purge the localisation cache of all clips not in use in the current session You can also purge the cache using the Cache gt Localisation menu 7 Check Never notify to stop this dialog displaying if you run out of localisation cache space 8 Click Apply to confirm changes without closing the dialog or click OK to close the dialog and accept changes Hiero and HieroPlayer also feature a playback cache allowing frames to be cached in RAM memory instead of on local disk See Caching Frames in the Playback Cache for more information The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE FouNDRY 6 USING THE VIEWER To view your media in the Viewer simply drag and drop the clip or sequence from the Project tab on to a Viewer input or particularly in the case of read only projects double click the clip to send it to the Viewer NOTE Hiero and HieroPlayer currently treat all alpha channels as LA premultiplied which can result in the Viewer background being added to the image If you re working with un premultiplied images set the Viewer background to Black See Workspace Preferences for more information A Tap 1300000 F3 x inhi Ff fl g0000 PPEPPPP mpurt Track Match Medis e NOTE On Linux builds with dual monitors you may need to
134. e non binding requests be included along with the license above PySide 1 0 9 Python bindings for the Copyright 2009 2010 Nokia Corporation and or its subsidiary ies Qt cross platform application and UI framework This library is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Founda tion either version 2 1 of the License or at your option any later version This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WAR RANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA Contact PySide team lt contact pyside org gt The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 217 Third Party Licences Description Licence C functions match Copyright 2008 2010 Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc ing the interface and behavior of Python s string class methods Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met All rights reserved e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice th
135. ear in mind that there is no LA guaranteed framerate information included in the file When you import EDLs an Import Options dialog displays a A Use the following settings if the file does not contain the required Information import Options Video Frame Rate 25 Assume differences in source destination durations indicate a retime Cancel Select the correct framerate using the dropdown then click OK to import 4 Conform the new track as described in Conforming Sequences The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 102 Adding Tracks to the Timeline To add new tracks e Drag and drop a clip above or below existing tracks as shown 1 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 pCR RE 1 00 00 00 01 00 04 00 01 00 08 00 BR SHOTI BR_SHOTO BR_ H1O7 BR_SHO BR SHOT WF SHI e NISSAN X TRAIL A1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 NISSAN X TRAIL A2 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC OR e Right click in the timeline and select New gt New Video Track or New Audio Track 1 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 f T T fa Wea io retea ob 1 00 00 00 01 00 02 00 01 00 04 00 New New Video Track a Open In gt New Audio Track New Track s from EDL XML 5 Mark c de oom to Fit TORS CUT MUSIC Selection TORS CUT MUSIC Ea NOTE You can also collapse and expand existing tracks using the right click menu and resize the track header to accommodate longer track names The Foundry Hiero and HieroPla
136. eath Crop to format When enabled clips or track items that extend outside the format guide are cropped Background Sets the Viewer background colour including sliders to con trol brightness Choose from Black Grey or Checkerboard Note Hiero and HieroPlayer currently treat all alpha channels as premultiplied which can result in the Viewer background being added to the image If you re working with un premul tiplied images set the Viewer background to Black Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 36 Workspace Preferences Frame Increment Sets the frame increment amount for Skip and Nudge More operations This control only affects new Viewers Filtering mode This allows you to specify the Viewer behaviour when filtering your sequences for display e Nearest neighbour and Linear standard OpenGL filtering options Auto mimics the previous Viewer filtering which was based on Nuke s behaviour Audio preferences control how audio behaves in Hiero and HieroPlayer See Audio and the Timeline for more information Disable audio When enabled audio output is muted throughout the applica tion Note You must restart Hiero or HieroPlayer for this option to take effect Sets the audio output device or driver Default latency Sets the default audio latency for all new Viewers in millisec adjustment ms onds Audio latency allows you to correct audio and video sychronisation by
137. ecially those using The Foundry s Nuke Compositor Hiero combines well with Nuke to deliver visual effects sequences without resorting to other third party applications For post production houses creating visual effects in a collaborative manner the easy round tripping of clips and track items to and from Nuke frees expensive hero seats that are currently being used as conform review and project management stations allowing for more efficient use of Staff and resources in those facilities Key Features e Conform multi track timelines from CMX 3600 Edit Decision Lists EDLs and Final Cut Pro XML including cuts transitions and retimes e Soft import any image sequence type supported by Nuke meaning the media is not copied multiple times saving disk space In addition Hiero and HieroPlayer can also ingest audio and multi channel images e Playback sequences and clips in realtime dependent on hardware e Version and snapshot clips and sequences to record progress and manage your creative options e Round trip through Nuke or export general purpose shots using soft exports in most cases no bakes are required e Use Hiero lt gt Nuke to set up a connection between the two applications updating clips on the fly e Accomplish most tasks through Python scripting that you can with the Hiero and HieroPlayer user interfaces About this Guide Throughout this User Guide we assume you have a basic knowledge of video and audio theory
138. ect Open a Project Read the User Guide Visit the Hlero Web Site Dont show this dialog again VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 26 Workspace Overview The startup dialog allows you to create a new project open an existing project or view the User Guide and website dedicated to Hiero TIP You can disable this dialog by checking Don t show this dialog again or by toggling it off in the Workspace Preferences dialog Select the required option or click Close to access the application Take a moment to familiarise yourself with the default workspaces Hiero s default Conforming workspace Project Menu Bin View Viewer Timeline Editing Spreadsheet Timeline Info Tools Project manage all aspects of your projects and bins Menu bar access Hiero s dropdown menus Bin View displays the contents of any selected project bin Viewer display and review your media U fF UW N gt Timeline Info displays the current timeline s sequence media and metadata information 6 Editing Tools select the required editing tool See Timeline Editing Tools for more information 7 Spreadsheet displays the contents of the timeline in spreadsheet form Timeline displays the current timeline NOTE The spreadsheet and timeline are linked mirroring any selections made The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Menu Bar Components The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE
139. eformat Type from the dropdown e Disabled no reformatting is applied e To Format enables the Resize Type and orientation controls e Scale enables the Scale controls TIP You can enable the Format guide in the Viewer controls to overlay the current format as a red box 4 To Format controls how a clip is resized and its orientation The following Resize Types are supported e None no resize is applied e Width scale the original until its width matches the format s width Height is then scaled to preserve the original aspect ratio e Height scale the original until its height matches the format s height Width is then scaled to preserve the original aspect ratio e Fit scale the original until its smallest side matches the format s Smallest side The original s longer side is then scaled to preserve Original aspect ratio Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Refreshing and Replacing Track Items The Foundry A MANAGING TIMELINES 112 Refreshing and Replacing Track Items e Fill scale the original until its longest side matches the format s lon gest side The input s shorter side is then scaled to preserve original aspect ratio e Distort to scale the original until all its sides match the lengths spec ified by the format This option does not preserve the original aspect ratio so distortions may occur You can also change the clip orientation e Centre centres the clip within the format dime
140. elated to the shoot for example sound effects or music You can add wav clips to the timeline in two ways e Drag and drop drag your wav clip to a timeline audio track and drop it in to place e Navigate to File gt Import Clips or Import Folders cp TIP You can also use the Ctrl Cmd I and Shift Ctrli Cmd I hotkeys The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 107 Audio and the Timeline Use the Timeline Editing Tools to move the clip into place and set its out put Synchronising Audio Hiero and HieroPlayer allow you to massage the synchronisation between and Video audio and video tracks using audio latency adjustment during playback in the Viewer or by a default amount in the Preferences gt Audio dialog LA NOTE Latency adjustments can take a few seconds to affect the audio track 1 Mark a portion of the timeline containing the target audio and video track items using In and Out markers 2 Press or use the L hotkey to begin playback 01 00 24 00 O1L00 28 00 ortiz Diag O 01 00 33 15 00 00 39 04 afiatinpid O02 8200 e SC_SHOT SC SHE APG AP SHOTOGH Trailer_titleahip zi iia m a 3 Click the Viewer settings icon and increment the latency using the controls in the popup e Auto l l 53 4 Guldes Guides Mask None Non RT Playback Play All Frames_ See Through Missing Media Crop to Format Clipping No Warnings View Video Only z Audio latency adjustment
141. emind you of the read only state of the project Autosave period Sets how often you want to save your work in the background Use the up and down arrows or type a new value in the field Restore workspace When enabled restore the saved workspace layout at project when opening projects load When disabled use the Startup Workspace when you open an existing project Automatically save RMD When enabled automatically save changes to a RED clip s files Look effects in an RMD file Temp Directory Defines the directory used to cache thumbnail information You can disable caching using an environment variable as described in Environment Variables Auto Localise From Sets the working directory that is automatically cached on ingest to the Localise To directory For example setting the filepath to project myclips footage would locally cache media from that directory on ingest up to the Max localised files limit Localise To Sets the local directory where cached files are stored See Caching Media Locally for more information Note If this filepath is not specified cached files are saved in a subdirectory of the folder specified in Temp Directory Max localised files MB Sets the maximum space available for localised caching Nega tive values in this field reserve the specified amount of space at all times For example 2000 stops 2 GB of memory being used for caching Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry
142. endent of the threads per reader and override table per format settings QuickTime decoders Expand images from 3 to 4 channels per pixels Playback cache size Sets the number of background processes available to handle QuickTime file I O You must restart the application for this preference change to take effect Note Using too many decoders can affect performance depending on the available hardware Enabling this option can improve playback performance for certain combinations of hardware at the expense of the num ber of frames cached Note Expansion is enabled by default on Mac and Windows Sets the percentage of total memory available for use as cache You cant set this to a value higher than 80 of the memory available rounded down to the nearest half GB For example if you have 6 GB of memory available the maximum cache size available 4 5 GB Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 4 Workspace Preferences Lock cache into memory When enabled lock the playback cache in memory so that the operating system doesn t swap out the memory allocated for the playback cache Mac and Windows only This settings can improve playback performance but reduces the amount of memory available to run other applications Note Cache locking is enabled by default on Mac OS X and disabled by default on Windows Unlock cache when When Lock cache into memory is active enabling this control application
143. ene ooh aiendne deen eie e odie on oe ek ek ae 72 SIG Quick TAGS fa csssee faeces sn ce ao aiaa ay hasten hetero E Boies 73 Tagging Using the Viewer cece ee ee ee eee tenes 74 Tagging Track Hemso iere eeann ee Ne Ss ail a sl hve wa 75 Adding Notes to TagS cee ee ee eee ee te eee eens 76 Filtering and Flagging Media Using Tags 2 ee ee eeees 77 Creating CUStOM Tags 2 0 02 cancurduis a hwo eee Rew ee ee 78 REMOVING Ta Se ewe dia ie eee OR CeO Woe Oe Ree EES 79 Filtering and Flagging Media Using Metadata 0 4 80 Project SCLUINGS nouaste gre ine ee Beet US SMG 82 importing Sequences 32 226 cec0044 ein eirki ben c4 tebe Sede waei es 84 Conforming Sequences ccc ee eee eee eee eee e ee nes 86 Conforming Using the BrowSer cece cece eee ees 8 7 Conforming with Pre ingested Media 00 ee eee 89 About the Media Spreadsheet cece cee eee ees 90 AGIUSUING TIMeCCOdCS nc Rete wwe oh ates d Mea eee eens 92 Renaming Shots on the Timeline eee eee ec ee ee tees 94 Saving and Loading ProjectS cee eee eee ee eee eens 95 AULOSAVEC Projects x04 st these we Vea ALDER RA 4h eee 97 Adding Tracks to the Timeline ee ec ee eee ee eee 100 Adding Clips to the Timeline ee ee ee ee ee ee ene 103 Audio and the Timeline 0 0 ce ee ee ec ee eee eee 105 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 4 VERSIONS AND
144. ent share or export the Software the Documentation or Licensee s rights hereunder b alter or circumvent the copy protection mechanisms in the Software or reverse engineer decompile disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software c modify adapt translate or create derivative works based on the Software or Documentation d use or allow the use of the Software or Documentation on any project other thana project produced by Licensee an Authorized Project e allow or permit anyone other than Licensee and Licensee s authorized employees to the extent they are working on an Authorized Project to use or have access to the Software or Documentation f copy or install the Software or Documentation other than as expressly provided for herein or g take any action or fail to take action that could adversely affect the trademarks service marks patents trade secrets copyrights or other intellectual property rights of The Foundry or any third party with intellectual property rights in the Software each a Third Party Licensor Furthermore for purposes of this Section 2 the term Software shall include any derivatives of the Software Licensee shall install and use only a single copy of the Software on one computer unless the Software is VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE APPENDIX D End User License Agreement EULA installed in a floating license environment in which case Licensee may install the
145. er materials provided with the distribution Neither the name of Industrial Light amp Magic nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 APPENDIXC 213 Third Party Licences OpenImagelO File format support Copyright 2008 Larry Gritz and the other authors and contributors All Rights r1719 Reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the fo
146. er and click Open A warning displays informing you that the project is read only as it was created in Hiero ANLO HieroPlayer This project was created by Hiero and is locked for editing You can Refresh clips and Scan for Versions but the timeline and Bin View is locked To create a Copy of the Project which is unlocked go to File gt Save As Don t show this dialog again 3 Click OK to dismiss the prompt 4 Opening a Hiero project in HieroPlayer changes the interface highlight colour to light blue to indicate that the project is read only m Tags baseProject 26 th Y Conform 25 z ai a PG dox 22 b Te a Nissan LE Tra P audia e 1280x720 01 NISSAN X TRAIL SCS she ae 7 fing SC Show raai final 12 2i fa SFPS 12 pis ASF 25FPS dp 0000000 dpe 0000 Ap i sia pa WE Shot sabes hi2 me SFPS 17804720 af pI ji oleh W dpr ms ao oiga You can t delete bins clips or track items or make edits on the timeline when the highlight is light blue 5 Navigate to File gt Save as Player Project and select a save location The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW 23 Hero Seat Case Study 6 The highlight colour changes to orange to indicate that the project is now writable Y ots 26 Y amp Conform 25 lt J Nissan X Tra audi 1 p P a 1280x720 1 NISSAN X TRAIL SC _Shott07 riral SC Shoti4_final 12800720 Si
147. er to accept the EULA If you don t agree with the EULA and press n instead the installation is cancelled The selected application is installed in an appropriately named folder in the current working directory r g NOTE If you leave out sudo from the terminal command you need to LA ensure that you have sufficient permissions to install the application under your current working directory After the application files have been installed the installer also runs a post installation script that creates the following directory usr local foundry RLM If you don t have sufficient permissions on the usr local folder for this directory to be created the post installation script prompts you for your sudo password as necessary Windows NOTE Ensure that the latest version of QuickTime is installed before installing the application See http www apple com quicktime download for more information Double click on the Hiero exe file 2 Follow the on screen instructions to install the required application By default Hiero is installed to lt drive letter gt Program Files Hiero1 7v1 and HieroPlayer to lt drive etter gt Program Files HieroPlayer1 7v1 Launching Hiero Launch Hiero using one of the following methods depending on which platform you re using or HieroPlayer Mac OS X e Click the dock icon e Using the Finder open the application directory by default Applications Hiero1 7v1 or Applications Hier
148. erate and Start Timecode VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE The Foundry CONFORMING USING HIERO Project Settings 4 Click the Colour Management submenu to manage the display and file A colourspaces for the project Default Colour Transforms Viewer Thumbrialis l sRGH B Mt Filesi amp sRGE 1G Bit Files SRCE Lag Files Gineon Floating Point Files linear When a new project is created It wil default to these settings chang istim cee Changing these will not affect the state of existing projects Use the dropdown menus to define how clips in the Viewer thumbnails and so on are displayed Check Use OCIO nodes when exporting in Nuke to force Nuke to use the LUTs read from the OCIO config file specified in Hiero or HieroPlayer rather than the Nuke native LUTs This adds the relevant OCIO nodes to the script on a per project basis Enable this option in the Preferences to apply it to all new projects Click the RED Settings submenu to define the Default Video Decode Mode for R3D files The dropdown contains a sliding resolution scale from Full Res Premium to Sixteenth Res Good but bear in mind that higher resolutions are Slower to decode Lastly click the Export Roundtrip submenu to create the locked Project Shot Template in the Export dialog Hiero and HieroPlayer rely on this locked template when you select Open in Nuke For more information on shot templates and tokens see Using t
149. eroPlayer 1 v1 USING THE VIEWER 61 Playback Tools The Out point is marked by the Out tab and the time is recorded in the playback controls TIP You can also set markers by navigating to View gt Mark In or Mark Out or by using the Timeline menu to Mark Selection or Mark Clip dependent on clip selections on the timeline Click and drag the markers to adjust their position or hold Ctrl Cmd to move both markers at once retaining their relative positions A Viewer preview shows the current frame for the selected marker s and a timecode frame popup helps to set the new position Clear the markers from your clip by navigating to View gt Clear In and Out Points The markers are removed completely but you can reapply them by repositioning the playhead and pressing or O When the playhead is positioned near In and Out markers the top half of the timecode scale controls the playhead and bottom half controls the markers The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using the Media Tab The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 62 Playback Tools Playhead Control Area 01 00 02 01 1 00200 00 LOUDA 0U BR_SHOTOO1 FINAL BR_SHOTOO3 gt NISSA IL VI gt NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC WISSA IL Al LECTORS 5 WISSA IL A2 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC i Audio 3 Marker Control Area The Media tab contains format specific controls dependent on the media currently in the Viewer If the Media tab is not displayed in y
150. erver Wideo Settings Cursa Shadow System infonmation OpenGL Settings Openanrg Sysnean Lim uei 64 AVDA Driver Wersion 60 19 76 PENGLGALK infanmanon F 7 Anang Setarrgs K Server information 7 GPU OD Quadro FX 580 Display Narre Cunningharnn Jondan refounediny co ui monna samme Server Version Humbe 11 0 PowerMeer Sereer Vendor String The Ong Foundation Serer Werner Wersicn 7 1 1 0101000 CFP 0 Sannturrg SME IAD LG T DFP 2 Samsung SMB2450 W CONTROL Yersin 35 ividia petiings Configuraten Screens Bale Sut 2 Open up the GPU dropdown to display the screen device names v GPU 0 Quadro FX 580 Thermal Settings Samsung SMB2440 nvidia settings Configuration 3 Make a note of the device names for example DFP O or CRT 1 Set the _GL SYNC DISPLAY DEVICE environment variable value to the device name as described in Setting Environment Variables Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 7 USING TAGS Tags are used to mark shots of a particular type or content as you organise your project The default tags supplied include Approved Notes Reference and other general purpose tags You can also create custom tags by right clicking in the Tags tab or by pressing Ctrl Cmd Y You can apply tags to clips track items individual frames sequences and tracks Clip and track item tags and notes can be added to exports using Hiero s burn in feature Se
151. es Contact Nokia Corporation qt info nokia com Qt is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License To see the GNU Lesser General Public License go to www gnu org licenses QuaZip 0 3 Qt ZIP wrapper Copyright 2005 Sergey A Tachenov This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Founda tion either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details Original ZIP package is copyrighted by Gilles Vollant see quazip un zip h files for details QuickTime 7 3 QuickTime player Copyright 1990 2006 by Apple Inc all rights reserved R3D 4 3 Software Development The R3D SDK and all included materials including header files libraries sample code Kit amp documentation are Copyright 2008 2011 RED Digital Cinema All rights reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners This software was developed using KAKADU software The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 218 Third Party Licences Skein 1 1 Hashing library Source code author Doug Whiting 2008 This algorithm and source code is released to the public domain
152. es associated with the tag metadata hiero tags Approved note NOTE You must precede spaces and slashes in the tag name with LA backslashes to enable Hiero to process it correctly For example metadata hiero tags Blue Screen note metadata hiero tags f 1 4 note Adding Additional Hiero can include additional Nuke nodes in any Nuke Project File or Nuke Nodes During Transcode export in the Shot Template by simply copying and pasting Export scripts from Nuke You can add nodes to shots tracks or sequences or include them as unconnected ad hoc nodes in the script filtered by tags if necessary 1 In the Export Controls panel scroll down to the Additional Nodes con trol and click Edit The Additional Nodes Setup dialog displays The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 157 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 2 Click to add an entry ar Additional Nodes Setup Apply To Cancel 3 Click the Apply To field and select what the current entry applies to e Shot the additional nodes are added to the script for each shot in the export e Track the additional nodes are added to the script for each track in the export e Sequence the additional nodes are added to the script for the entire sequence e Unconnected the additional nodes are added to the script but are not connected to the export node tree e None temporarily disables the current entry
153. f the software and related documentation ii the name TargetJr Consortium represented by GE CRD may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific prior written permission of GE CRD and iii any modifications are clearly marked and summarised in a change history log THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WAR RANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TARGETJR CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE xmlirpcpp 0 7 C implementation of A full copy of the LGPL license is included in the file COPYING The source code is the XML RPC protocol Copyright 2002 2003 by Chris Morley This library is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Founda tion either version 2 1 of the License or at your option any later version This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WAR RANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or F
154. f this Agreement that a if Licensee is an individual he or she is a part time or full time student at the time of purchase and will not use the Software for commercial professional or for profit purposes b if the Licensee is not an individual it is an organisation that will use it only for the purpose of training and instruction and for no other purpose c Licensee will at all times comply with the Educational Policy as such policy may be amended from time to time Finally if the Software is a Personal Learning Edition PLE Licensee may use it only for the purpose of personal or internal training and instruction and for no other purpose PLE versions of the Software may not be used for commercial professional or for profit purposes including for the avoidance of doubt the purpose of providing training or instruction to third parties SECTION 3 SOURCE CODE Notwithstanding that Section 1 defines Software as an object code version and that Section 2 provides that Licensee may use the Software in object code form only 1 The Foundry may also agree to license to Licensee including by way of upgrades updates or enhancements source code or elements of the source code of the Software the intellectual property rights in which belong either to The Foundry or to a Third Party Licensor Source Code If The Foundry does so Licensee shall be licensed to use the Source Code as Software on the terms of this Agreemen
155. form Out of Range warnings individually in the range 0 1 Black point Sets the black out of range warning level White point Sets the white out of range warning level Luma chroma encoding Sets how the scopes display luma and chroma information by selecting the rec601 or rec709 standard e RED Rocket preferences enable and disable your RED Rocket Use RED Rocket card When enabled any RED Rocket card present can increase the rendering speed for R3D files significantly especially at higher resolutions e Sequence preferences set the defaults applied to new timelines Output Resolution Sets the default resolution for new timelines Video tracks on new timelines are cropped to the this format Sets the default framerate to use when a new timeline is cre ated Start Timecode Sets the timecode starting point for new timelines Time Display Sets whether new timelines are measured using Timecode or Frames for display purposes The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE Workspace Preferences Drop Frame Sets whether drop frames are accounted for or not when new timelines are created Drop Frame is a timecode display option that leaves out two frames from the 30 fps timecode sequence every minute except every 10th minute so that long running NTSC sequences are accurate to a real time clock NTSC framerate is 3000 1001 or approximately 0 01 slower than 30fps Note Enabling Dro
156. gram Files The Foundry Hiero1 7v1 plugins site packages hiero examples The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 40 Workspace Preferences e Performance preferences allow you to customise Hiero s performance according to your machine s capabilities See Optimising Read and Decode Performance for more information Preference Default number of threads per reader Overridden number of decode threads per reader OpenEXR helper threads to use ARRI helper threads to use Description Sets the number of threads to use per reader If your source files are located on high performance local drives increasing the number threads can significantly improve read times CPU intensive operations such as jpg decoding can also be improved by increasing the number of threads per reader Allows you to override the default number of decode threads used dependent on file format Use the plus button to add an entry and then select the file format using the dropdown menu Double click the Number of threads column to set the required number of decode threads for that format Sets the number of helper threads to use for OpenEXR only The default zero automatically sets the number of helper threads used Sets the number of helper threads to use for ARRI only The default zero automatically sets the number of helper threads used Note The OpenEXR and ARRI helper thread preferences are indep
157. he Shot Template NOTE HieroPlayer is limited to editing the External Media Track Name as there is no support for creating shot templates in HieroPlayer You Cannot use Open in Nuke if the project was created in HieroPlayer You might also consider setting performance caching and localisation behaviour at this point though the defaults may suit your purposes Performance sets the number of threads used for disk reads and decoding either globally or on a per format basis See Optimising Read and Decode Performance for more information Playback cache size sets the percentage of total memory available for use as cache See Workspace Preferences for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 83 CONFORMING USING HIERO 84 Importing Sequences e Max localised files sets the maximum space available for localised caching See Caching Media Locally for more information e Localise from and to sets the working directory that is automatically cached on ingest and the local directory where cached files are stored See Caching Media Locally for more information Importing Hiero allows you to import your EDL or XML sequences in one of two ways Sequences depending on your preferences gt NOTE HieroPlayer does not support importing sequences If you re a menu orientated user 1 Navigate to File gt Import EDL XML and use the browser to locate the EDL or XML Edit View Project Clip Timeline AAO New Project C
158. he media changes state to Jj NOTE Timelines start at 01 00 00 00 by default but you can change this to any value using the Sequence tab Sequence Media Metadata Reformat Output Resolution 1920x1080 HD 1080 Frame Rate 25 T Start Timecode 01 00 00 00 Time Display Timecode If you re not sure what the timecode should be you can e Hover the mouse over the target entry in the spreadsheet to view a timecode tooltip Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut WI LYI if l LYI Wi Wi WL WI WI W1 WI LWI WI WI WI A The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 93 CONFORMING USING HIERO 94 Renaming Shots on the Timeline OR e Examine the bin clips metadata and calculate the correct Src In 1 Right click the required entry and select Reveal in Project 2 Right click the clip in the bin and select Show Metadata The selected clip metadata is displayed in a floating pane Renaming Shots Once you ve conformed your EDL or XML you may want to rename track items on the timeline sequentially for clarity on the Timeline q y y NOTE If you need to work on conformed sequences in HieroPlayer LA import a Hiero project and select File gt Save as Player Project to make it editable in HieroPlayer To rename track items 1 Select the track items to rename using the timeline or spreadsheet view 2 Right click on the timeline or spreadsheet and select Rename Shots Th
159. hic control should not be enabled because the Hiero HieroPlayer and Nuke Viewers expand the image automatically Working with Colourspace changes are applicable to clips in bins and track items as well as in the Viewer using the Media tab Colourspaces To apply colourspace changes to clips in bins 1 Select the clip or clips in the bin view 2 Right click a selected clip and navigate to Set Media Colour Transform The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 USING THE VIEWER 64 Working with Colourspaces Scan For versions Version Tags Clear In Out Points baseProject 26 Delete Show Metadata 5ROB rec og9 Localisation Policy negon Nuke Gammal g Export Ti ARS Panalog REDLog WiperLog Ajea a3 Log Ploeg Lin mR Set ial F ae i 12 a Celi ales Osh raw The current colourspace is highlighted with a tick mark 3 Select the colourspace to apply to the clip selection Ka NOTE Only colourspaces applicable to the selection are displayed For example REDspace and LogC CameraNative are only available for R3D and ARRIRAW clips respectively 4 Selecting multiple formats supporting different colourspaces for example R3Ds and ARRIRAW breaks the available LUTs into submenus Version Tags Clear In Out Polnts Delete Show Metadata Video Rec70s9 Logt Camera Native t Localisation Policy P ACES Nuke Loge Film Export SIRE Logt Wide Gamut To apply colourspace changes t
160. ht The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 126 Timeline Editing Tools OL 1808 jitedietier tite iiiditlititi 1 00 i loti o ER SHOTO AAAL HR Sheet Primal BR_SHLTORIS HNAL AR Sheth hral HR SHILI OE HMA L co Ea 7 a ea m j ry w iL V1 a EE i MESAN DIRECTORS OUT MUSIC MSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC IL AZ Figure 10 2 Original clips LONO diari L000 010400 ER SHOTOO1 FINAL BR Sho Anal r AMAL GR Shotti Aral BR_SHOTOI4 ANAL EE A p MESAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSH aS Sa IL AL MESAN DIRECTORS OUT MUSIC a WSA IL AZ Figure 10 3 Post slide positions The Viewer displays the new end point of the previous track item on the left and the new start point of the next track item on the right allowing you to accurately gauge the slide The two centre images 2 represent the start and end frames of the target track item which don t change The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 127 Timeline Editing Tools Roll Edit Tool The Roll tool enables you to roll a single edit within the available handles shortening one track item while lengthening the other but keeping the overall duration the same Activate the Roll Edit tool by clicking the tool or pressing R NOTE At least one of the target items must have handles to use the Roll tool 1 Click an edit point between two track items to display the available han dies as a red overlay 2 Drag th
161. ht click and select Dissolve or use the Ctrl Cmd T hotkeys to add the dissolve icon to the edit 3 Adjust either side of the dissolve by dragging the icon in a similar way to using the Multi Tool or Move Trim tool The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Invalid Transitions Retiming Clips The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 136 Retiming Clips Transitions are controlled in a similar way to track items in that you can drag and drop them but with the following restrictions e A fade can not be dragged past the ends of the track item it s attached to and if the item is deleted the fade is deleted with it e Dissolve ends can not be dragged past the ends of the track items they are attached to and if both items are deleted then the dissolve is also deleted If only one of the track items linked by the dissolve is deleted the transi tion remains so that another item can be placed on the other side Invalid transitions are coloured red on the timeline In most cases adjusting the length of the transition should be enough to correct the error tee We oie Dom se aw ty a wom 8 Tr 0 100200200 01 00 02 00 01 0034 00 BR SHOTOO3 FINAL BR_SHOTOO4 FINAL BR SHOTOOS FI a Reference Media Nissan_X Trail_DirCut_720p In addition to transitions Hiero and HieroPlayer in writable projects supports constant retimes on track items Decreasing the speed of a track item causes frames to play more than once whereas increasing
162. ia for you Once your EDLs or XML sequence are imported it s time to begin the conform process to match the offline track items in your spreadsheet with the source clips on disk You can conform sequences by searching on disk or by pre ingesting the required clips into Hiero NOTE Projects containing large amounts of movie files for example r3d and mov may exceed the number of available file handles per process Causing problems opening new files or projects and exporting You can increase the default limit of 1024 by entering the following command from the terminal then running Hiero from the same session ulimit Sn 2048 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO 87 Conforming Sequences Ea NOTE HieroPlayer does not support conforming sequences Conforming Using 1 After importing a sequence click Match Media on the spreadsheet and the Browser use the browser to locate the source folder containing the correct media srx M Chansa dimce ba search fur radia 4 Am omer 2 Click Open to display the Conform Options dialog box Pe Conform Options Native Rules X Umidi X RedTapeName FullPath a RedName W ReelName W FileName X FileHead PartialName xX FolderName Select All Unselect All Patterns Include patterns Exclude patterns Accept best timecode match if no rules match X ignore clips with non overlapping timecode Conform shots that already have media Hiero uses
163. icensing Hiero or HieroPlayer Over a Network for more information The instructions below run through both licensing methods and you can find a more detailed description in the Foundry Licensing Tools User Guide available on our website www thefoundry co uk support licensing tools Licensing Hiero ona You can purchase activation keys over the Internet by clicking Purchase Single Machine Licence in the licensing dialog that displays when you launch Hiero or HieroPlayer without a licence or by contacting The Foundry Sales Department at sales thefoundry co uk Installing the licence You are prompted to enter your activation key when you start the application without a licence This step is skipped if you ve already activated the application Select an activation option from the Licensing dialog e Purchase Licence click to open a web browser directly to The Foundry website to purchase an activation key e Activate Licence or Use Server click to enter a previously obtained activation key When you enter the activation key the application automatically obtains a licence from the web and installs it on your machine You re good to go Ea NOTE If you later want to change your licence for example from a node locked licence to a floating licence you can select Help gt Licence in Hiero to display the Hiero Licensing dialog The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INSTALLATION AND LICENSING 15 Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer
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165. idiaries in the United States and or other countries Hiero and HieroPlayer software design and engineering Matt Brealey Adam Cherbetji Rick Coles Jon Creighton Vincent Delannoy Paul Dunnill Marti o Figueroa Michael Hughes Jerry Huxtable David Jennings Michael Jones Juan Leni Zulfiqar Malik Matthew Mauger Dan Milburn Anton Morant Fernandez Ant Nasce Bruno Nicoletti Matt Plec Przemek Stys and Dylan Yudaken Product testing Dan Allum Nikolas Almpanis Konrad Korzel Natasha Sandars Zachary Quinn Scheuren and Piotr Trzesicki Writing and layout design Joel Byrne Proof reading Eija N rv nen The Foundry 6th Floor The Communications Building 48 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LT UK Rev April 4 2013 The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY Contents PREFACE Key Features 0 cc ce ce ce cece cece ee ee ee ee eeaes 7 About this Guide ja ee ees ar eae ee ee eee ee ee ere Gerno Mell eceecdsseceer teers sts ooseOeoeeateeewee sateen ee 8 Online Help ee eiee sss 5 0905 404 0e8 e8ewedeseeeeenteeeasenne 8 Customer Support eT eee eee ba ee dee beeiue Seta ec 8 INSTALLATION AND System Requirements 0 cc cece cece ee ee ee ee ee ee eee e eens 9 LICENSING Operating SYStem 2 lt 66 s5045eeeeeeuer serene sey aoe seg gears 9 AFANA ae 555 ho 5 fae eos ee eee eae ea asa Fe 9 Installing Hiero or HieroPlayer eee ee ee ee ee ee
166. iero and HieroPlayer do not currently support any QuickTime LA audio on Linux Support for audio on Linux is scheduled for a later release When both Viewer inputs contain clips the audio output is set by the input marker on the overlays In the following example input A is providing the audio output Export Queue colour 4 f 8 P sRGB 1 RGB _ Y 4 BR_ShotO01_final 1280 x 720 25 FPS 01 00 00 00 00 00 01 02 B SC ShetO05 final 1280 x 720 25 FPS 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 The volume slider in the lower right corner of the Viewer controls the output level for that Viewer only The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 106 Audio and the Timeline Audio output for track items can be toggled between left right and mono using the audio toggles in the track header Click on the icon to cycle between outputs NISSAN DIRECTORS C Left SIGaa es eon a NISSAN DIRECTORS C Right a la Moe te Nissan Direct Mono A Audio 3 The Preferences contain a toggle for audio allowing you to enable and disable audio playback across the entire interface as well as control the volume level for all new Viewers See Workspace Preferences for more information CA NOTE If the framerate drops too low audio is automatically muted Q and the speaker changes to the no audio playback icon WAV Track Items Audio can be recorded at the same time as shooting the video or it can be unr
167. ieroPlayer 1 7v1 Playback Tools The Foundry USING THE VIEWER Playback Tools A Audio Sets the audio latency in milliseconds for the current Viewer latency only Audio latency allows you to correct audio and video sychro nisation by changing the point at which audio playback starts Positive values cause the audio track to start earlier in relation to the video track and vice versa n a On Mac and Windows hold Alt and drag the image to pan On Linux use middle click and drag to pan The playback tools manipulate the media itself in much the same way as other editing or playback software Playhead Position In Marker Out Marker Position Position b he ie i 17 e ne a r 01 00700 00 Framerate Display Playback Controls Playback Volume Mode Mode The playback tools can be summarised as follows e In and Out markers numerical representations of the clip In and Out markers if they re set e Playhead position numerical representation of the current position of the playhead e Framerate allows you to force the Viewer to play at a certain speed within your hardware s limitations by entering the required framerate in the field provided e Display Mode select the timing method to display during playback e Timecode TC displays the timecode read from the clip s metadata or from the timeline e Timeline Frames TF displays the frame number read from the clip s metadata or from the
168. imeline Scroll wheel o Zoom the contents of the Viewer or Viewer timeline Alt middle click drag over Viewer or Viewer timeline middle click over Viewer time line or timeline Zoom to fit the Viewer timeline to Viewer contents Note If your mouse preferences are not set to Button 3 for the middle mouse button you may have to use Ctrl Cmd middle click Scroll up and down through available layers in the Viewer View gt Channels Set the Viewer output channel m View gt Toggle SplitWipe Toggle the SplitWipe compare mode on and off back slash va View gt Show Overlays Toggle the HUD overlays Alt close Viewer n a Close the Viewer and any linked timeline and spreadsheet panes Ctri Cmd B B n a Project gt New Bin gt New Bin Create a new bin in the current bin ee L Y e a o gt New Tag Create a new tag in the current bin tags can only be created in the Tags tab The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 PgUp A Saal R G B A Y 195 APPENDIX A Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys Hotkeys Button Menubar Function Ctrl Cmd N Project gt New Sequence Create a new sequence in the current bin Spreadsheet Alt left click n a n a Move the playhead to the selected clip s In point on the time line Alt double left n a n a Move the playhead to the selected clip s In point on the time click line and zoom to fit the clip in the timeline view Timeline n
169. imports supported file types Reconnecting and During the post process media inevitably changes location or form You can Refreshing Clips reload or replace your media using the reconnect refresh and rescan functions Tralber_tithean NISSAN_X TRAIL oe ee oe 1280x721 Mew impart Open In Reveal in Finder dps Reconnect Media a Rescan Clip Range A Scan For Versions Version Tags Clear In Out Points The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Caching Media Locally The Foundry INGESTING MEDIA 50 Caching Media Locally Though all three options deal with reloading bin clips each has a particular use dependent on context e Reconnect Media allows you to redirect the filepath when the source file location changes e Refresh Clips F5 allows you to reload the clip when the source file location has not changed such as when work has been done on the clip offline Selecting refresh only refreshes the clip s current frame range e Rescan Clip Range Alt F5 similar to Refresh Clips above but rescan also checks for additional frames that may have been added to the source file and adds them to the bin clip s frame range Hiero and HieroPlayer have the facility to cache files locally either individually or by setting an automatically localised folder to help guarantee playback stability Local caching is controlled initially in the Preferences dialog then on a clip by clip basis By default files
170. ion is being provided as is THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND The Foundry DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE NON INFRINGEMENT MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER The Foundry KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW OF LICENSEE S PARTICULAR NEEDS The Foundry does not warrant that the Software or Documentation will meet Licensees requirements or that Licensee s use of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free No employee or agent of The Foundry is authorized to modify this limited warranty nor to make additional warranties No action for any breach of the above limited warranty may be commenced more than one 1 year after Licensee s initial receipt of the Software To the extent any implied warranties may not be disclaimed under applicable law then ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO NINETY 90 DAYS AFTER DELIVERY OF THE SOFTWARE TO LICENSEE SECTION 10 LIMITED REMEDY The exclusive remedy available to the Licensee in the event of a breach of the foregoing limited warranty TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES is for Licensee to destroy all copies of the Software send The Foundry a written certification of such destruction and upon The Foundry s receipt of such certification The Foundry will make a replacement copy of the Software available
171. ip and select Open in Nuke The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 169 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke The selected clips are opened in the Nuke application specified in the Preferences gt Nuke Export gt Nuke Path field These selections from Hiero Opened in Nuke To open track items in Nuke 1 Select the track items in the timeline view 2 Right click a highlighted item and select Open in Nuke The Open in Nuke dialog displays ANLA Open in Nuke You have chosen to open the following items in Nuke Shot Name Timeline Range Source Range BR_SHOTOO3_FINAL 51 103 BR_SHOTOO4_FINAL LO4 147 Do you want to Create a single Nuke script containing all items Shots will be merged down relative to the master shot selected above Frame range Timeline Open each item in its own Nuke instance Cancel 3 Select the track item to use as the master that is the item to use to create the relative timeline positions of the other track items 4 Select the frame range to use from the dropdown menu e Timeline use the frame range occupied by the track item on the time line e Source use the frame range from the source file e Custom use a custom frame range by entering the required start frame in the field provided The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 170 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke 5 Click OK
172. is list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution e Neither the name of the organization Sony Pictures Imageworks nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Python 2 6 5 Source code language Copyright 2001 2002 2003 2004 Python Software Foundation All Rights Reserved Qt 4 7 2 Application and UI The Qt GUI Toolkit is Copyright 2010 Nokia Corporation and or its subsidiary framework i
173. ith this program if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 59 Temple Place Suite 330 Boston MA 02111 1307 USA Libtiff 3 9 4 File format support Copyright 1988 1997 Sam Leffler Copyright 1991 1997 Silicon Graphics Inc Permission to use copy modify distribute and sell this software and its documen tation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee provided that i the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation and ii the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the spe cific prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WAR RANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPE CIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE AND ON ANY THE ORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFOR MANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Msinttypes r20 File format support OpenALSoft 1 13 Cross platform audio The Foundry APPENDIXC 211
174. iting capabilities allowing you to create scratch timelines to view elements in context See Timeline Editing Tools for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 4 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE Workspace The Hiero and HieroPlayer interfaces are customisable using floating panes O rview and show hide functionality but several default workspaces are supplied verv for your convenience Ka NOTE HieroPlayer doesn t include any Conform functionality and projects loaded from Hiero can t be edited unless they re resaved using File gt Save as Player Project e Hiero s Conforming workspace is where the bulk of the work you undertake with Hiero is done The linked spreadsheet and timeline panes are where you ll really see the power of Hiero e The Editing workspace provides the tools you ll need to fine tune your media in Hiero e The Reviewing workspace is shared by both applications and is used to confirm your media intent is fully realised You can add tags and notes mark In and Out points on clips and timelines and organise your ingested media into bins as required e The Flipbooking workspace consists of a Viewer and Project tab and is used primarily as a review tool in HieroPlayer e The Timeline workspace is similar to Hiero s Editing space but exclusive to HieroPlayer When you launch either application you re presented with a startup dialog HIERO Start a mew Proj
175. ive Viewer automatically displays details on the last Viewer you selected e Channel selection select the channels to output The default setting displays RGB but you can also view channels separately e Mode selection select the mode to output The default setting displays ganged RGB but you can also view the channels separately The scopes feature global customisable guides to help you view your clips Navigate to Hiero HieroPlayer gt Preferences gt Scopes OS X or Edit gt Preferences gt Scopes Linux and Windows and enter values between O and 1 for the Black and White points The guides at the edges of the Histogram turn red to warn you when the distribution is out of range Shadow Guide Highlight Guide The Waveform scope provides information on clip luminance or brightness which you can use to decide whether the clip is over or under exposed The white traces represent luminance values from O 100 black through the spectrum to white The higher the waveform the brighter the image in the Viewer Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 USING THE VIEWER 68 Using Scopes Channel Selection Viewer __ Mode Selection Selection The upper white marker is used to measure when over exposure could be a problem If your waveform has a lot of traces over the white marker you should consider reducing the brightness of the clip The opposite is true of the lower black marker There are also Viewer and Mode
176. kers around the selected track item or track items on the timeline Timeline gt Mark Clip Place the In and Out markers around the upper most timeline clip under the current playhead position Timeline gt Razor Selected Apply the Razor tool to the currently selected track s within the selected clip s The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIX A Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys Menubar Function Button Ctrl Cmd n a Ctrl Cmd gt n a Shift Ctrl Cmd View gt Play Pause Play through the sequence currently in the Viewer Timeline gt Nudge gt Nudge Trim roll or nudge a selected transition or track item to the Left left within the available handles for trim and roll Timeline gt Nudge gt Nudge Trim roll or nudge a selected transition or track item to the Right right within the available handles for trim and roll Timeline gt Nudge gt Nudge Trim roll or nudge a selected transition or track item to the Left More left by the frame increment value specified in the Viewer tools within the available handles for trim and roll n a Shift Ctrl Cmd gt n a Timeline gt Nudge gt Nudge Trim roll or nudge a selected transition or track item to the Right More right by the frame increment value specified in the Viewer tools within the available handles for trim and roll Ctrl Cmd M Timeline gt Nudge gt Nudge Nudge the selected track item s up one track Up Ctrl Cm
177. l clip length available as if the clip was opened as a Viewer e Cut Length exports only the cuts included on the timeline NOTE Selecting Cut Length allows you to add handles to each clip up to the maximum available source clip length 12 Check Apply Retimes to export any retimes present on the timeline 13 Set how clip Start Frames are derived using the dropdown menu e Source use the source clip s start frame e Custom specify a start frame for all clips using the field to the right 14 Set the Version number Tracks For Export and Tag Filter if applicable CA NOTE See Using Versions for more information on how versioning works in Hiero 15 If you re using a render farm select the renderer from the Render background task dropdown Hiero requires a Python script to pass exports to your render farm of choice Scripts must be located in specific directories dependent on platform as listed in Running Python During Startup If no scripts exist the dropdown is disabled Some example scripts are included in the Hiero package in the following directories e On Mac Applications Hiero 1 7v 1 Hiero 1 7v 1 app Contents Plugins site packages hiero examples e On Linux usr local Hiero 1 7v 1 Plugins site packages hiero exam ples e On Windows drive letter Program Files The Foundry Hiero1 7v1 plugins site packages hiero examples The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT
178. l file types as described in Transcoding a sequence 4 Set the clip Handles e Clip Length exports the full clip length available as if the clip was opened as a Viewer e Cut Length exports only the cuts included on the timeline NOTE Selecting Cut Length allows you to add handles to each clip up to the maximum available source clip length 5 Check Apply Retimes to export any retimes present on the timeline Set how clip Start Frames are derived using the dropdown menu e Source use the source clip s start frame e Custom specify a start frame for all clips using the field to the right 7 Set the Version number Tracks For Export and Tag Filter if applicable LA NOTE See Using Versions for more information on how versioning works in Hiero 8 If you re transcoding using a render farm select the renderer from the Render background task dropdown Hiero requires a Python script to pass exports to your render farm of choice Scripts must be located in specific directories dependent on platform as listed in Running Python During Startup If no scripts exist the dropdown is disabled The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 180 Transcoding Some example scripts are included in the Hiero package in the following directories e On Mac Applications Hiero 1 7v1 Hiero1 7v1 app Contents Plugins site packages hiero examples e On Linux usr local Hiero1 7v1 Plugi
179. less of its location e Auto the selection is cached if it resides in the Auto Localise From directory as long as the Max localised files limit is not breached As clips cache a progress bar displays in the thumbnail Fully cached clips are marked with an orange bar at the top of the thumbnail n a F baseProject 26 t dpx 22 Nissan X Tra medio i1 aE 1280x720 1 Traller_tit ce r NISSAN_X TRAIL Shorf0 _final SC_Shovt04_final 12807270 GS G 25FP5 17047270 z dom DO O0 00 doe ER_Shertdd_final SC Shorts Amal 1250x720 TI EZTAI 1290720 We dpa 0000 0100 dew 3 Navigate to Cache gt Localisation gt Edit Settings to display Localisation Options NOTE This dialog also displays when you reach the Max localised files limit The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INGESTING MEDIA 52 Caching Media Locally Configure Localisation Options Change localisation settings Used space 0 MB Available space 10000 MB Store size MB 10000 Clear all unused files a Enable localisation Don t notify me when the localiser runs out of space Apply Cancel 4 The localisation cache defaults to 10000 MB but you can change its size using the Store size field if required e NOTE Negative values in this field reserve the specified amount of space at all times For example 2000 stops 2 GB of memory being used for caching 5 You can enable or disable local caching by clicking Enabl
180. llowing disclaimer e Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution e Neither the name of the software s owners nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without spe cific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 OpenSSL 1 0 0a The Foundry A toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer SSL v2 v3 and Transport Layer Secu rity TLS v1 protocols as well as a full strength general pur pose cryptography library APPENDIXC 214 Third Pa
181. ltiple items depending on the initial selection e Select Track to Right or Left all track items right or left of the target track item are selected within a single track 01 00200200 LUEN AI C1L 0020 00 ER SHC WE WF WF s jmi HA SHER SAHLEP SH WOW WE SH Video 2 qq Pe Video 3 d m NIS5A IL VI WISSA IL A NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT ML NISSAN DIRECTORS ka 4 MASSA IL Az NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT Mi NISSAN DIRECTORS C Audio 3 01 00 00 00 dioooi oi BR_SHC WF WF WFE Video 3 i 7 BR SHI BR ort EF oF Video 2 x NISSA IL VI 4 GISSA IL A1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT ML NISSAN DIRECTORS M SSA IL A7 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT Mi NISSAN DIRECTORS C 4 e Audio 3 ark 4 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Slip Clip Tool The Foundry A MANAGING TIMELINES Timeline Editing Tools e Select All Tracks Right or Left all track items right or left of the target item are selected regardless of which track they occupy 01 00200 00 itl Vl 01 0000 00 Video 3 RA SHI BR SHC BP z p J Video 2 Ha S om ASAI Y1 io 4 WISSA IL A1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MI NISSAN DIRECTORS k 4 M SSA IL AZ MSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MI NISSAN DIRECTORS C Audio 3 SFX i The Slip Clip tool allows you to shift a track item s In and Out points by the same amount and in the same direction retaining the original duration but altering the timeline output Activate the Slip Clip tool by clicking the
182. lts of 50 and 200 retimes with the Keep source duration and Keep timeline duration methods selected Notice that the Keep timeline duration method doesn t change the length of the track item on the timeline and inserts blank filler frames on the 200 retime Original clip 50 Source retime 50 Destination retime 200 Destination retime You can also retime track items using the Src Dst and Duration columns of The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 138 Retiming Clips the spreadsheet though the calculation method depends on the Time Edit Behaviours applied 1 Select the event s in the spreadsheet view 2 Click the cog icon and select the required Time Edit Behaviours Retime Adjusts the event s Src In and retimes the remaining frames to maintain Dst Duration Before and after a 2 second Src In increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Speed Src In Src Out Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 50 0 00 00 02 01 00 5 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 2724 100 Retime Adjusts the event s Src Out and applies a retime to maintain Dst Duration Before and after a 2 second Src Out increase Sre In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 151 0 00 00 00 01 7 151 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 2724 100 Retime Adjusts the event s Dst In a
183. melines and Versions and Snapshots for more information The final step before HieroPlayer steps in is to export and save your project Exporting from Hiero and saving the project creates placemarker track items for VFX work in a read only Hiero project hrox file preserving the conform work from Hiero Multiple artists can then work on track items creating versions which are then automatically updated in HieroPlayer See Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog for more information The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW 21 Collaborative Project Case Study Loading a Hiero HieroPlayer is most commonly used to open Hiero projects as read only Project in copies to preserve conform work from Hiero This way multiple artists can HieroPlayer work on a project without worrying about overwriting a colleagues work To open a Hiero project in read only form 1 Launch HieroPlayer and navigate to File gt Open TIP You may find that the project you require is displayed in the startup dialog under Recent Projects Select the project and click Open to quickly access the project 2 Locate the required Hiero project using the browser and click Open A warning displays informing you that the project is read only as it was created in Hiero ANLO HieroPlayer This project was created by Hiero and is locked for editing You can Refresh clips and Scan for Versions but the timeline and Bin View is lo
184. mplate and check that both Write nodes are enabled Nuke Project File Read Nodes shot nuke script shot comp_ version nk shot nuke renders shot comp_ version 4 ext shot nuke renders_jpg shot _ comp_ version 44 ext Write Nodes shot nuke renders shot comp_ version ext X shot nuke renders_jpg shot _comp_ version 4 ext 11 Set up the rest of the export as described in Exporting to Nuke and click Export 12 When complete locate a Nuke Shot Exporter entry in the Export Queue and click the ey icon to reveal the Nuke scripts in a browser 13 Drag the script into Nuke s Node Graph to display the script The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Adding Burn in Text to Exports The Foundry A ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 155 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog Once the VFX work is complete bring the DPX clips back into Hiero 1 Select the original clips on the Hiero timeline 2 Right click and select Build Track gt From Export Structure The Build Track From Export Structure dialog displays 3 Enter a Track Name or use the default VFX 4 Select the Export Preset used from the dropdown menu In this case Dual Render 5 Enter the filepath of the Export Root directory or click Choose and browse to the location 6 Select the Nuke Render dpx 10 bit entry Ae Track Name WFE Build Track From Export Structure Export Preset Basic Nuke Shot
185. n In Nuke ai x NIS5A IL V1 E T is gt Connection senings Pi x MESAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 WISSA LAL aa g ETAN DIRE TORS CLT Bi MISSA LAF NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSK 4 3 Select the required script to receive the additional items Hiero adds the items to the selected script Send to Hiero Send to Hiero enables you to send rendered Write nodes from Nuke back into Hiero using Hiero lt gt Nuke 1 Select the required Write node s in Nuke s Node Graph 2 Right click a highlighted node and select Send to Hiero Merge Transform 3D Particles Deep p r b b t Views b MetaData ToolSets Other k FurnaceCore is The selected files are added to Hiero in a new Nuke bin Hiero projects loaded in HieroPlayer are read only but Hiero lt gt Nuke creates a link between the two applications in the same way Because the project was exported from Hiero important information is stored in tags on the individual track items The tags contain the filepath to the Nuke script for each shot as well as the location of the source files and the path to the VFX clips that don t exist yet Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 172 Round Tripping Using Hiero lt gt Nuke Open in Nuke Open in Nuke enables you to open track items using an existing Nuke script stored in a track item tag using Hiero lt gt Nuke To open a track item in Nuke 1 Select the
186. n a Go to the next script Ctrl Cmd Enter n a Execute current script Ctrl Cmd Backspace n a Clear the output pane pen F r ri gt The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 199 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY APPENDIX B Supported Image Formats The following table lists supported image formats arean O a eow mO p o o ooo EN e E fem Radance matory BR a E e a 8 and 16 read and write png 8 bit png16 16 bit Pot FEOCOE Te eR rato fp 8 and 16 read and write sgi ie rgba bit sequences TIFF 8 16 and 32 read and write a tiff 8 bit sequences tif16 tiff16 16 bit sequences ftif ftiff 32 bit sequences S a stom e Ritson a e a ty VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE APPENDIXB 201 Supported Image Formats Optimised Formats and Limitations Hiero and HieroPlayer play most formats as fast as they can be read from the file system The frames are cached in RAM up to the cache limit specified in the Preferences dialog When the cache is full frames are ejected and must be re read from disk if needed again The playback system supports automatic resolution switching which enables realtime playback of source clips on typical desktop and graphics card combinations Most file formats are read through the same image I O library used by The Foundry s Nuke Formats are optimised for realtime playback based on user feedback about what is most frequently used The following formats h
187. n on the timeline A time count popup in conjunction with the snap to edit function helps you to reposition the track item s accurately gt LA NOTE The tool defaults to overwrite mode indicated by the rix cursor 01 00 00 00 aad C1000000 ER SHO TOOL AMAL NESAN_ X TRAIL W1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MLSIC NISSAN X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIREC ORS UT Per o d NISSAN X TRAIL AZ You can also move track items up and down the track hierarchy using drag Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 116 Timeline Editing Tools and drop or the Ctri Cmd 4 W hotkeys BR SHO TOM ANAL ER SHOTOOS FINAL RSH m MESAN X TRAIL V1 Amia 00 00503 22 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSH 2 NISSAN X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN X TRAIL AZ The following table describes the Move Trim tool s modifiers and actions Overwrite drag and drop The default move mode The dragged track item overwrites any items that are present in the move location Ripple drag then hold Alt per Drag and drop track items on top of other and drop items without overwriting content items are pushed down the timeline to accommo date the move Duplicate hold Alt and drag Copy the track item then drag and drop on then release Alt and fo rix top of other items overwriting existing con drop tent items are not pushed down the time line to accommodate the move Ripple and hold Alt then drag Copy the track
188. n the playhead position LA NOTE The Viewer background always displays the playhead s current position e When the playhead is not currently on the target track item the Viewer displays the In frame 1 and Out frame 2 allowing you to accurately gauge the new output Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 124 Timeline Editing Tools e When the playhead is on the target track item the Viewer displays the In frame 1 the current frame 2 and Out frame 3 allowing you to accurately gauge the output of the track item against the current frame e When the playhead is on the target track item and A B compare is active the Viewer displays the target track item 1 and the reference track item 2 allowing you to synchronise your working track against the reference track Slipping using the spreadsheet view You can slip track items using the Src In and Src Out columns of the Spreadsheet 1 Select the required event in the spreadsheet view The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 125 Timeline Editing Tools 2 Click the cog icon and select the required Time Edit Behaviours depending on whether you re using the In or Out point Slip Source Adjusts the Src In and Src Out by the same amount slipping the event while maintaining speed Before and after a 2 second Src In increase Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00
189. nd retimes the remaining frames to maintain the relationship between Dst In and Out Before and after a 2 second Dst In increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 200 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 03 24 100 01 00 02 00 01 00 03 24 50 Retime Adjusts the event s Dst Out and retimes the remaining frames to maintain the relationship between Dst Out and In Before and after a 2 second Dst Out increase Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 66 7 00 00 00 01 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 05 24 150 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Retime Adjusts the event s Src Dur and Src Out and applies a retime to maintain Dst Duration Before and after a 50 frame Src Dur increase Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst Dur 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In st Out Dst Dur 00 00 00 01 00 05 24 150 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 100 Using Freeze Frames The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES Retiming Clips Retime Adjusts the event s Dst Dur and Dst Out and applies a retime to accommodate the new Dst Duration Before and after a 50 frame Dst Dur increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 24 Speed Src In Src Out
190. ndicates whether a cut is permissible or 8 p not such as on existing edits The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 130 Timeline Editing Tools You can also apply cuts at the playhead position from the menu bar using Timeline gt Razor Selected or all tracks using Timeline gt Razor All TIP Use the C and Shift C hotkeys or the right click context menu to perform the respective cuts File Edit View Project Clip Cache Window New Video Track New Audio Track Mark Selection Mark Clip Razor Selected Razor All T a ee Ripple Delete x Retime Make Freeze Frame Add Transition Disable Items Reveal in Project Select Allin Track CORA Clear Selection PHA Nudge ei The Join tool can only be used on edit points between two razored track items denoted by the yellow arrows at the edit 0l 0000500 PAV AD UVALDE CICNE aE BBa ANAA AE E EA Ea A aa a d CLO OLb002 00 oLO0D4 BR_SHOTOO FINAL 8 5 BR SHOTOO3 FINAL gt Nissa Lvi a NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSK d WSA ILAI NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC MISSA IL AZ Copying cuts from one track to another The Copy Cuts function allows you to quickly apply cuts from one track to other tracks on the timeline For example in the timeline shown in Figure 10 6 you could copy the cuts from the second video track to the Reference audio tracks for synchronisation work The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry
191. nform by name such as BR_Shot which would only include or exclude source clip names starting with that string TIP It s always a good idea to be as specific as possible with search locations during conforms but if the need arises conform Rules and Patterns can save time 3 Enable Accept best timecode match to use the nearest source timecode match to conform the event if no rules are matched 4 When Ignore clips with non overlapping timecodes is enabled any potentially matching source clip whose timecode doesnt overlap the track item in question at all is ignored The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CONFORMING USING HIERO Conforming Sequences 5 Check Conform shots that already have media if you want to update all timeline track items By default Hiero doesn t try to conform events that are not offline 6 Click OK to begin the conform process Hiero attempts to conform the EDL or XML with the selected media A dialog box informs you of the success rate once the conform is com plete P Y O Untied 2 23 ome dp i22 NISSAN TRAIL WE_Shovld firal BR_ShotikS Final Para Parme tran CU GOSS 1267H AAP ati H00 dpe DOO de lt m BR Shodi final BR_Shotik2_final iain LF Gr iPade FPO At Bo NOTE You can display the conform Rules matched for each spreadsheet object by hovering the cursor over the required entry WF_SHOTOO3_FINAL NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 N WF_SHOTO04_FINAL NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 at W
192. nise it on Startup For example myStartup hrox_ hidden To modify a startup project 1 Load the project using File gt Open 2 Make any required edits and save over the original in the same location The edited project loads at startup Hiero and HieroPlayer ship with a comprehensive Python application programming interface API enabling you to perform most user interface actions using Python scripting This chapter provides a basic overview and some simple examples to get you started but more information is available in the dedicated Python API document included in the Hiero package See Help gt Python Dev Guide for more information On startup Hiero and HieroPlayer scan various directories for Python scripts that customise the behaviour of the application These scripts can be downloaded from online resources and placed in specific locations on disk depending on the platform you re using Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry A CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER 189 Using the Python API If you re familiar with Python scripting you can place custom startup scripts in the same locations though bear in mind that you should take care as mistakes can produce performance issues NOTE Some example scripts are included in the application package in the following directories e On Mac Applications Hiero1 7v1 Hiero1 7v1 app Contents Plugins site pack ages hiero examples Applications HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HieroPl
193. nor may OpenSSL appear in their names without prior written permission of the OpenSSL Project 6 Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledg ment This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT AS IS AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay crypt soft com This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tih cryptsoft com Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry APPENDIXC 215 Third Party Licences Original SSLeay License Copyright 1995 1998 Eric Young eay cryptsoft com All rights reserved This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Yo
194. ns hieroscripts e drive letter Program Files HieroPlayer plugins hieroscripts e drive letter Program Files x86 Hiero plugins hieroscripts e drive letter Program Files x86 HieroPlayer plugins hieroscripts You can specify any number of user defined paths using the environment variable HIERO PLUGIN PATH separating them with just like the standard unix PATH environment variable and Nukes NUKE PATH See Setting Environment Variables for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer include a Python Script Editor accessible from the user interface allowing you to enter Python statements directly To access the Script Editor 1 Navigate to Window gt Script Editor The Script Editor displays 2 Enter scripts in the lower half of the editor and press Ctrl Cmd Enter to execute the script The results are displayed at the top of the editor A simple example might be from hiero core import bin projects 1 clipsBin bin addItem Bin Plates bin Plates importFolder Footage Hiero finalshots Which imports hiero core defines bin in the last project opened creates a bin called Plates at root level and imports the specified folder into Plates Script Editor buttons and commands are described below Hotkeys Description Ctrl Cmd Go to the previous script Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER Using the Script Editor BOO O COS mO ONO O OO BO VO OTET Ka Ctrl
195. ns site packages hiero exam ples e On Windows drive letter Program Files The Foundry Hiero1 7v1 plugins site packages hiero examples 9 Click Export The Export Queue window displays an estimate of how long each com ponent of the export is expected to take Once the export is complete the file structure specified in the shot tem plate is created containing the transcoded files cp TIP Click the ey icon to reveal the exported file in a browser window Transcoding from To transcode directly from the bin view the Bin View 1 Select the bin s to export from the bin view 2 Right click a highlighted bin and select Export New impari Reconnect Medi i Li Refresh Clipa WF Shr SC Sho WF Shor0gs ral 1 WF_Shot006_ final 1 BR_Shoti1_final 1 WF_Shot00g_final 1 g WF Shomi final 1 a ia ey a L an Taj iin 7 lt a be iy Tha i P E b b P p b P F p J F The Export dialog displays 3 Select Process as Clips and modify the shot template if required 4 Follow the steps under Transcoding a Sequence or Shots to complete the export The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Transcoding Timeline Selections Ad Hoc Exports Exporting EDLs and XMLs The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 181 Ad Hoc Exports Transcoding an entire timeline can be time consuming or even unnecessary if all you re looking for is a new version of a selection
196. nsions e Flip flips the clip the X axis e Flop flops the clip on the Y axis e Turn rotates the clip 90 degrees clockwise 5 Scale allows you to directly control the size of the clip without changing its aspect ratio Use the slider or enter a value in the field provided to scale the clip 6 You can crop the clip outside the format by enabling Crop to Format in the Viewer controls During the post process media inevitably changes location or form Hiero can reload or replace your media using the refresh rescan reconnect and replace functions NOTE HieroPlayer cannot perform the Replace Clip s function on read only projects 01 00 00 00 food eee eee eee Dee 01 00 00 00 01 00 04 00 01 00 08 RS NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 m New Open In Reveal in Proj Reference win EN oi Mark Zoom to Fit Reference Rename Shot Reference Selection NISSAN_X TRAIL Al z Disable Items Reconnect Media NISSAN_X TRAIL A2 4 Refresh Clips Rescan Clip Range Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 113 Timeline Editing Tools Though all four options deal with reloading track items each has a particular use dependent on context e Reconnect Media allows you to redirect the filepath when the source file location changes e Replace Clip replaces the selected track item with a specified source clip Hiero assumes that any source clip you choose is acceptable regardless of timecode e Refresh
197. nt on the clip s Decode Resolution in the Effect tab For example if youre viewing a 4K file and the Decode Resolution is set to Half Premium a 1 1 proxy value is equal to 2K 1 2 is equal to 1K and so on aa Set the scale applied to the clip in the Viewer for example 25 se or Fit Colour Enable or disable the RGBA colour information sampler in the Sample Viewer Note The Colour Sample tool displays colour information from the source file not the colourspace selected in the Viewer colour transform dropdown See Working with Colourspaces for more information er lie and drag to define a Region of Interest ROI in the Viewer i scopes only display information within the ROI when active Pause or release Viewer playback caching indicated by the green bar under the Viewer See Caching Frames in the Playback Cache for more information Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 56 Viewer Tools Function Description Guides Enable or disable Viewer overlays e Title Safe any text intended for the audience should reside within this zone e Action Safe any visual elements intended for the audience should reside within this zone e Format adds a red format dependent box for the clip or sequence in the Viewer Sequences support multi format clips see Viewing Multi Format Timelines for more information Enable or disable a range of Viewer masks for example 16 9 or 1 85 1 Non RT Play
198. nts the clip s position on the timeline not its event number from the EDL o7 Qe Celi 1 08 0 01 Notice that clicking entries in the spreadsheet highlights the corresponding track items on the timeline The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Conforming Sequences The Foundry CONFORMING USING HIERO 86 Conforming Sequences WOOL pe YIL WOO WI WFOOs YI WOO WIL WFOOS Wi WFO _ WI WOOF TRAIL V1 Cut WFODE WI m W1 W1 WI WI WI RAL it iF 41 Li SC SHOTOOS FINAL SCHE j Al W TRAIL WI a OO 0 01 00 o2 Ole ALH E O1L 00 29 01 Import Track Match Media Set Reference Media NISSAN X TRAIL Sequence Matia Metadata Reformat O1 0n 00 00 Output Resolution DS0n LOR AD LIEN Frame Rate 25 Start Timecode 0100 00 00 ER SHOT BS SHOTS 8R SHOTO AR SHOTO BR SHOT WAQHOT WF SHO WF im AISA IC VI Time Display Timecode gt Tia 4 NISA IL AT NISSAN DIRECTORS ETMS k d PASSA IL A7 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC ks 4 ISSA IL Ag MESAN DIRECTORS CUT SFX ka m PSSA AA HESAN DIRECTORS CUT SFH The spreadsheet timeline and Viewer are linked together when viewing sequences If suitable screen real estate exists within the current workspace double clicking a sequence forces the associated panes to open automatically You can also close all three panes by holding the Alt modifier while closing one of the linked panes NOTE If you imported an XML sequence you may find that Hiero has automatically matched med
199. o sing e EXpor conform the new VFX clips Dialog Introduction to the Hiero uses shot templates and processors to perform some export Export Dialog operations including round tripping and EDL XML creation The Export VISUAL EFFECTS SOFTWARE ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 149 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog dialog controls what is exported and where and whether or not to expect versioned clips as part of a round trip from Nuke Processors Export Root Shot Template Presets Export Controls Two types of Presets are available to construct commonly used export tasks e Local Presets saved in a Task Presets folder using the XML file format See Running Python During Startup for more information on save locations and the differences between platforms e Project Presets you can drag and drop Local Presets into this panel to save the preset within a project hrox file This option is designed for collaborative work allowing you to quickly share your export presets NOTE If you select Process as Shots you ll notice there is a locked LA Project Shot Template included in the Project Presets This preset can only be edited from the main Project gt Edit Settings menu See Using the Shot Template for more information Hiero also uses Content Presets in all shot templates enabling you to create commonly used export conditions which are then available across all projects Some presets are only available with cert
200. o preserve the original aspect ratio e fit scales the original until its smallest side matches the format s Smallest side The original s longer side is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve original aspect ratio e fill scales the original until its longest side matches the format s lon gest side The input s shorter side is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve original aspect ratio e distort scales the original until all its sides match the lengths speci fied by the format This option does not preserve the original aspect ratio so distortions may occur e Channels set the channels to export using the dropdown The default all exports all channels in the image Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 162 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog If you want to export a non standard channel type the name of the channel into the field manually e Write Node Name if you intend to create more than one Nuke Write node define the name here The default Write ext appends the individual Write nodes with the file extension being written You can however use any of the tokens Hiero recognises e Burn in Gizmo when enabled text burn in is applied to the media using a Nuke gizmo Click Edit to define the information applied during burn in See Adding Burn in Text to Exports for more information 1 Set the Handles if required e Clip Length exports the ful
201. o track items 1 Select the item s on the timeline 2 Right click a selected item and navigate to Set Media Colour Transform 3 Select the colourspace to apply to the selection The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Previewing ona Broadcast Monitor A The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 65 Previewing on a Broadcast Monitor Hiero s monitor out feature allows you to preview Viewer images on an external broadcast video monitor to check the final result including the correct colourspace and aspect ratio This option requires additional hardware such as a monitor output card or a FireWire port NOTE HieroPlayer does not support Monitor Out cards Hiero s monitor output architecture currently supports the cards listed below Some monitor out cards allow you to extend or mirror your desktop so that Hiero s user interface is visible on the monitor Please refer to your card s documentation for more information The following monitor out cards are currently supported though other combinations of cards and drivers may work e AJA Kona series PCI cards and lo XT Mac only requires Thunderbolt port e Blackmagic DeckLink series PCI cards UltraStudio Express and 3D Mac only requires Thunderbolt port NOTE AJA monitor out cards are not currently supported on Linux NOTE On Mac the AJA Kona 3G is only supported on OS X Lion NOTE Monitor out on Windows machines with AMD graphics cards is not Currently supported
202. o uk support licensing tools Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 3 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER WORKFLOW Hiero In a typical collaborative project environment Hiero sits in between edit and grading and finishing and delivery acting as a hub for visual effects It is used to locate preview and then farm media out to shot based effects applications such as Nuke and take their results and re integrate them into the sequences for review and comment See Collaborative Project Case Study for more information Hiero can also be used as a Hero seat passing content between timeline and shot creation using Hiero lt gt Nuke without leaving the local machine See Hero Seat Case Study for more information HieroPlayer HieroPlayer sits next to your compositing and other shot creation software allowing artists to view their work in the context of a timeline This collaborative workflow allows multiple artists to work on the same timeline viewing colleague s work as well as their own See Collaborative Project Case Study for more information HieroPlayer can also be used to maintain an element library You can filter content using the bin structure tags and metadata and view elements on scratch sequences passing clips between applications using Hiero lt gt Nuke See Element Library Case Study for more information Feature Designed to work hand in hand in different scenarios Hiero
203. oPlayer During wn orkspace the customisation process you can e Resize your entire workspace or panes independently e Split panes to create new work areas for example two Viewers side by side e Add and remove panes and tabs as required e Float and nest tabs to group similar functions together for example Histogram Vectorscope and Waveform in the same pane e Maximise the pane under the mouse cursor by pressing tilde Press again to return to the regular interface You can create as many workspaces as you require one for each project you undertake if necessary In practice though you may find that two or three custom workspaces will cover your needs cp TIP You can return to the saved version of a workspace by navigating to Window gt Workspace gt Reset Workspace Resizing your workspace Resizing the interface panes and tabs works in much the same way as other software applications e To resize the entire interface drag the resize handle at the bottom right of the application to the required width and height e To resize individual panes hover the mouse over the edges of the MJR required area until the cursor changes to the resize icon Click and Wik drag the cursor to resize the pane or tab Splitting panes Splitting panes allows you to organise your workspace into distinct areas delineated by well defined borders e To split panes right click the required pane and select Split Vertical or Split H
204. oPlayer1 7v1 and double click the app icon or list item e Open a terminal and enter the following command Applications Hierol 7v1l Hierol 7v1l app Hierol 7v1 OR Applications HieroPlayerl 7v1 HieroPlayerl 7vl app HieroPlayerl 7v1l The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 INSTALLATION AND LICENSING 12 Launching Hiero or HieroPlayer Linux e Open the Hiero1 7v1 bin or HieroPlayer1 7v1 bin directory and double click the icon or list item e Open a terminal navigate to the Hiero 1 7v 1 bin or HieroPlayer1 7v1 bin directory and enter Hiero1 7v1 or HieroPlayer1 7v1 NOTE The in the filepath indicates the directory from which the installer was executed Windows e Double click the icon on the Desktop e Navigate to Start gt All Programs gt The Foundry gt Hierol 7v1 or HieroPlayer 1 7v1 e Using a command prompt navigate to the application directory by default Program Files Hiero1 7v1 or Program Files x86 Hiero1 7v1 for Hiero and Program Files HieroPlayer1 7v1 or Program Files x86 HieroPlayer1 7v1 for HieroPlayer and enter Hiero1 7v1 or HieroPlayer1 v1 Startup Options If you choose to launch the application from a command line you can append arguments to the command as follows Result Displays the available arguments with examples version Displays version and copyright information script Passes all arguments and options after script into the application For example
205. of Hiero s logfile If you don t specify a logfile all output is to screen The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Sharing Presets Startup Projects The Foundry Environment Variable FOUNDRY LOG LEVEL CUSTOMISING HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER 187 Sharing Presets Description This variable sets the level of logging Hiero produces during operation There are four levels of detail ona Sliding scale from minimal to verbose e error e warning e message e verbose Note Setting the logging level to verbose can pro duce large log files when FOUNDRY _LOG FILE is specified Set this variable to the location of your OCIO config uration file for colour conversion Note If you plan to use the OCIO config file specified in Hiero or HieroPlayer ensure that the Preferences gt Colour Management gt Use OCIO nodes when exporting in Nuke checkbox is enabled Hiero and HieroPlayer support facility wide preset sharing by pointing multiple seats to a single network location using the HIERO PLUGIN PATH As long as the folder hierarchy mirrors what the application expects you can place this repository anywhere on your network To setup sharing 1 Create the shared repository directory for example Volumes myFacility Shared 2 Follow the instructions under Setting Environment Variables to point individual machines to the shared location For example if you re using a bash shell you could use export HIERO PLUGIN PA
206. of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without Specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFT WARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE OpenEXR cvs 03 File format support Copyright 2002 Industrial Light amp Magic a division of Lucas Digital Ltd LLC All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or oth
207. of track items To transcode a selection of clips from a timeline 1 Select the required track items on the timeline 2 Right click a highlighted item and select Export O1 00 00 00 Ee a ana r iaetailaa Ripple Delete Video 3 Build Track R SHOTO BR_SHOTHO BF m See Nuke Video 2 i F IA SHO W MISSAL VI i di WISSA IL A1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC i t PSSA IL AF NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUS q i Audio 3 SFK a The Export dialog displays 3 Refer to Transcoding a sequence or Transcoding shots as appropriate to complete the export This section covers exports that you might not perform on a per project basis such as EDL or XML exports Hiero supports export to EDL and XML using very similar methods the main difference being that EDL doesn t support multiple video tracks in a single file whereas XML does To export to EDL or XML 1 Select a sequence in the bin view and navigate to File gt Export The Export dialog displays Select Process as Sequence from the Processors list Enter the Export To directory or click Choose and browse to the location The Export To directory is the starting point from which the shot tem plate builds your shot hierarchy Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 182 Ad Hoc Exports 4 Click the Contents column to display a list of available presets and the associated Export Controls Transcode Im
208. oject 3 Double click the tag to open the Edit Tag dialog box AOR Edit Tag Cancel 4 Click the Icon dropdown menu to select an icon for the custom tag TIP You can import your own image for the tag by selecting Custom to open the browser 5 Enter a description for the tag in the Name field 6 Click OK to save your changes The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 USING TAGS 79 Filtering and Flagging Media Using Tags Removing Tags To remove a tag from a frame or clip click the tag and then click i You can remove all tags from a clip or selection of clips by right clicking your selections in the bin and choosing Tags gt Clear Tags Me Import Oper In Reconnect Media Refresh Clips Rescan Clip Range Scan For Versions Wie rsh Clear In Out Points Delete Show Metadata Ser Media Colour Transform Localisation Policy Nuke MISSAM X TRAIL i A To remove a tag from a track or track item click on a tag icon and select the required tag to remove Press i to remove your selection The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 8 VIEWING METADATA Metadata is information that describes media content separate from the clip itself in the form of a table on the Metadata tab Types of metadata include Duration File Size and the Path to the location of the source media To view metadata for a bin clip right click the clip and select Show
209. on 1 Right click the target track item and select Fade In or Fade Out to add the fade icon Set Media Colour Transform F Set Soft Trims Retime BA SHO om NISSA IL VI Make Freeze Frame Fade Out Reference Copy Cuts Reference Raor Delete s Reference Meference p oie Delete z Reference Re ference Export z Build Track w 4 S1554 1L AL SAN in Nuke ke 4 PSSA ILAZ MSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 135 Adding Transitions 2 Adjust the fade by dragging the fade icon using the Multi Tool or Move Trim tool 01 00 00 00 ii iliriiii Pedhidebittedt iG ibitin dt ibare BR OSHUTOOS FINAL BR_ShotOus_iinal NGSAN_X TRAIL V1 Reference Reference Reference WISSAN_X TRAIL Al i Aah i L To add a dissolve transition LA NOTE Dissolves must be between track items on the same track 1 Select the Multi Tool or Roll Edit tool and hover the mouse pointer over an edit between two track items The cursor changes to gt cp TIP Selecting the edit point displays available handles as a red overlay OOO 00200 VEDIN SIDA ETE D OTE SE eee 01000000 01 00 02 00 BR_SHOTDOL FINAL BR SHOTOO3 FINAL iy NISSAN_X TRAIL vI S m Reference Media Nissan_X Trail_DirCut_ 20m Reference e Reference Relerente Media Reference Reference Media z 4 e NISSAN X TRAIL A1 MESAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 4 2 Rig
210. oo 4 WIS5A IL AT MOSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC vs d MASSA IL Ap NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC Audio 3 4 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 USING TAGS 76 Tagging Track Items Adding Notes to In some cases a simple tag on a frame or clip may not contain all the Tags information that you wish to pass on to the next stage of production Adding notes to a tag can provide that extra detail NOTE To delete a note don t click the button because this refers Sj LA to the tag Instead simply delete the notes in the window and click outside the note dialog 1 Add notes to tags by clicking on the required tag and entering text or editing the metadata keys and values The example shows a note and metadata key Artist added to a clip tag but you can add notes to frame and timeline tags in the same way 2 Click outside the dialog to save the note Hiero and HieroPlayer allow you to hide tags using the Python API Hidden tags are not displayed in the interface unless you enable Show Hidden in the Tags popup but the notes and metadata are still accessible Navigate to Help gt Python Dev Guide for more information The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 USING TAGS 77 Filtering and Flagging Media Using Tags Filtering and You can search for clips containing certain tags for example if you wanted to find all clips that you tagged as Approved Flagging Media a an PP Using Tags There are two types of tag
211. orizontal The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 29 Creating Your Own Workspace gt Viewer me Split Vertical colour 4 Float Pane Close Pane Float Tab Close Tab x Show Tabs Windows Adding and removing panes and tabs Adding and removing tabs gives you the freedom to personalise your workspace depending on your current project e Add new tabs by e Navigating to Window and selecting the required tab The tab is embedded in its default position or added to the interface as a floating window Hiero File Edit Wew Project Clip Timeline Cache Media W Metadata eee Histogram Waveform Vectorscope Serpe Editor v i Tags vi E Project Hiero lt gt Nuke v i Viewer v E Sequence Hew Viewer Toggle Fullstreen CS Navigation Worksaace b OR e Right clicking the pane in which you want the tab to appear and selecting it from the Windows dropdown Viewer me Split Vertical colour 4 f i Split Horizontal Float Pane Close Pane Float Tab Close Tab X Show Tabs Media Histogram Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 3Q Creating Your Own Workspace e Close any tab that is not required by e Clicking the x on the tab s right hand side N al Close Tab OR e Right clicking the tab name and selecting Close Pane or Close Tab A ra Project ge Split Vertical j Split Horizontal
212. our workspace navigate to Window gt Media to open it in a floating window As an example mov files only allow you to control the Colour Space and Source Media for the clip or track item Active Viewer Effect Colour Space Cineon Source Media Media File 1280x720 WF_Shot001 final SO06d dpx Whereas R3D and ARRIRAW media use their own software development kits SDKs to control the extensive settings usually seen on RED and ARRIRAW Cameras as well as the Source Media The RED Decode Resolution and ARRIRAW Resolution and Proxy dropdowns control the maximum allowed Viewer resolution overriding the Image Quality setting When a clip s resolution is altered using these controls the resolution Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 USING THE VIEWER 63 Working with Colourspaces displayed in the Viewer is ta icised to indicate that the clip is not displayed at full resolution A AOO1 CO11 O813M4 2048 x 1024 23 98 FPS 10 21 03 11 10 21 03 11 e R3D NOTES The following R3D controls have no effect in Hiero s default 16 bit half float decoding mode e Version always set to ColorVersion2 e Shadow e Contrast e CustomPDLogBlackPoint CustomPDLogwhitePoint and CustomPDLog Gamma e RestrictedRange This list is subject to change depending on the R3D software version in use ARRIRAW NOTES e ARRIRAW specific controls do not currently work in LogC colourspaces e Generally the Unsqueeze Anamorp
213. out even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FORA PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with FFmpeg if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA GLEW 1 5 8 OpenGL support The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library Copyright 2002 2008 Milan Ikits lt milan ikits ieee org gt Copyright 2002 2008 Marcelo E Magallon lt mmagallo debian org gt Copyright 2002 Lev Povalahev All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met e Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer e Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution e The name of the author may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED
214. p Frame is a Timecode display feature only the source media remains a continuous stream of frames e Colour Management preferences set the default colourspace applied to various display and file types For example setting Viewer to None displays all media in new Viewers with no colourspace applied to them generated in Hiero and HieroPlayer Sets the default LUT applied to the specified ingested file Floating Point Files Use OCIO nodes when When enabled Nuke uses the LUTs read from the OCIO config exporting in Nuke file specified in Hiero or HieroPlayer rather than the Nuke native LUTs and adds the relevant OCIO nodes to the script e Nuke Export preferences define whether Hiero uses an external Nuke or HieroNuke and how transcoding is handled Nuke Path When Use Specified Path For Hiero Renders is enabled sets the filepath to the external Nuke application you intend to use during round tripping and Send to Nuke exports Use Specified Path For When enabled the Nuke application specified in Nuke Path is Hiero Renders used to render your output When disabled the internal command line only HieroNuke is used for rendering Always Use Interactive When enabled renders on external Nukes use an interactive Nuke licence licence if available Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 38 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 39 Workspace Preferences Preference Description Launch as NukeX When enabled the Nuke application specified
215. pdown to determine clip behaviour for all other clips e File Header the file metadata header is used to derive the timecode if it exists This option defaults to Frame Number if the header is miss ing e Frame Number ignores the metadata header even when present and derives the timecode from the frames in the clip Set the Max valid timebase allowed from the image header above which the value is clamped Image files are often created with application specific timebase values in the header description This can lead to reading in spuriously high fram erates and the clamp aims to prevent this from happening If your clips do have extremely high framerates increase this value as necessary to avoid clamping Enable or disable EDL Style Spreadsheet Timecodes e When disabled the srcOut and dstOut values use the film convention representing the last frame of the cut e When enabled the srcOut and dstOut values use the video convention representing the frame directly after the cut Click OK to save your settings Simply locate your media in a file browser and drag the frame range clip folder or folders into the Project tab Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 aA dpx CJ ef Res Eo ES netdist netdocs netpics nega Openterminal 2op E O9_fAnalshots B 09_WF_Show 74 Macintosh HD B audio base_project heox PLACES j D edit EA Desktop E Nissan_X 7 20p moyv fi byrne E plugins ty Applications
216. r Tag whole sequence as required Tags applied to frames appear above the playback tools in the Viewer timeline Tags Playhead O 01 00 Pe 44 1 TIP Use Alt Shift comma or full stop to skip to the previous or next tag on the current clip or reposition tags by dragging them along the Viewer timeline Tags applied to entire clips or sequences appear above the Viewer next to the A B layout dropdown menu Tags 00 20 08 00 00 00 16 The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 Tagging Track Items The Foundry USING TAGS 75 Tagging Track Items To apply a tag to a track item on the timeline 1 Click the Tags tab or navigate to Window gt Tags The Tags tab displays Drag and drop the required tag from the Tags tab to the timeline Depending on where the tag is dropped you ll mark a track item or items if you make multiple selections or a track Tags applied to track items appear on the right of the selected item s on the timeline 01 00 00 0090 Video 3 BR_SHOTOO _ FINAL Ba SHOTOOS NAL Lf ER SAO TO _ FINAL Video 2 F d a NISSA IL VI io 4 NISSA IL AT NSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC se d W53 L A NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC Audio 3 4 Tags applied to tracks appear in the track header on the left of the timeline 0100 00 00 ee BNE ANE ae O10 2 00 WEEE Koa Video 3 ER SHOTOOI ANAL ER SHOTOOS FINAL BR_SHOTO _FIRAL viden Z a NISSA IL WI
217. rds Skip backwards by the frame increment value specified in the Viewer tools Shift full stop View gt Skip Forwards Skip forwards by the frame increment value specified in the Viewer tools Alt comma View gt Previous Edit Go to the previous clip in the Viewer Alt full stop a gt Next Edit Go to the next clip in the Viewer Aa B View gt Previous Tag Go to previous frame tag comma Alt Shift View gt Next Tag Go to next frame tag full stop View gt Play Play the clip or sequence currently in the Viewer 0 c a View gt Play Backward Play clip or sequence currently in the Viewer backward click multiple times to increase playback speed _ _me The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 194 APPENDIX A Hiero and HieroPlayer Hotkeys View gt Play Forward Play clip or sequence currently in the Viewer forward click multiple times to increase playback speed j Return View gt Swap Inputs Controls the AB inputs main keyboard e Stack swaps which input is visible e Horizontal swaps the inputs horizontally e Vertical swaps the inputs vertically Alt left click drag middle click and drag on Linux Pan the contents of the Viewer Scroll wheel Zoom the Viewer or Viewer timeline over Viewer or Viewer timeline Scroll wheel Zoom the Viewer timeline to the indicated frame range middle click drag over Viewer time line or t
218. reviously saved state NOTE HieroPlayer does not support creating snapshots but you can restore snapshots created in Hiero As an example workflow take a look at Figure 11 1 Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS 145 Using Snapshots 60 0 Time Figure 11 1 A typical workflow using snapshots 1 Two snapshots of the sequence SQ are recorded after edits See Creat ing Snapshots Snapshot 1 is then restored See Restoring Snapshots Further edits are made then the sequence is recorded as snapshot 3 Creating Snapshots To create a snapshot for a sequence 1 Locate the sequence in the bin view 2 Right click the sequence and select Add Snapshot a i gt NISSAN X TRAIL New a Conform 3 p mport dpm 2 l 09 WF Short Open in HISS x J i ence Reconnect Media Cut Kus N HE Scan For Versions Olear infOurt Points M s Delete Tags Nuke re E Export SEE final BRS JH 2SFPS 1280 DOOI dps OOO dpr The Add new snapshot dialog box displays O Add new snapshot to NISSAN_X TRAIL Initial conform and edit Comment Name 1 28 03 2013 10 13 Add Cancel The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS 146 Using Snapshots 3 Enter a comment or use the default date and time supplied 4 Click Add to create the snapshot Snapshots are indicated in the bin view with a camera icon containing the number of snapshot
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220. rs e backward motion vector layers e m all other custom layers such as disparity Note You can scroll through available layers using PgUp or PgDn The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 55 Viewer Tools Adjusts the gain applied to the linear input image before viewing but doesn t affect your exported image Set the colourspace used to display images in the Viewer for colour example sRGB and rec709 transform Note If you have specified an OpenColourlO configuration file in the Preferences you may have more colourspace choices avail able Adjusts the gamma applied to the image after the viewing trans form but doesn t affect your exported image Channels Select the channel s to output to the Viewer for example RGB single channel Alpha or Luma AB Viewer Sets the output for the current input and enables or disables tags GS Output Select the Viewer configuration Stack Horizontal or Vertical Layout SplitWipe When both Viewer inputs contain an image enable SplitWipe to compare the two images Blend Mode Set the type of interaction between images in the Viewer for example Onion Skin or Difference Image Quality Set the Viewer image quality for example 1 1 1 4 or 1 16 The default setting Auto resizes the image dependent on the Viewer zoom level which may re cache the image at a higher resolution Note Image quality or proxy for RED clips is depende
221. rty Licences The OpenSSL toolkit stays under a dual license i e both the conditions of the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit See below for the actual license texts Actually both licenses are BSD style Open Source licenses In case of any license issues related to OpenSSL please contact openssl core openssl org OpenSSL License Copyright 1998 2008 The OpenSSL Project All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materi also provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org 4 The names OpenSSL Toolkit and OpenSSL Project must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission For written permission please contact openssl core openssl org 5 Products derived from this software may not be called OpenSSL
222. s 7 0 Foundry Licence Utility app e On Linux run the following command in a terminal shell usr local foundry LicensingTools7 0 bin systemid e On Windows run C Program Files TheFoundry LicensingTools7 0 Foundry Licence Utility exe Just so you know what a System ID number looks like here s an example O00ea641d7al Once you have provided us with your System ID number and a licence key has been generated for you you will receive the licence key in an email or Internet download The licence key is contained in a text file called foundry lic For information on what to do with the foundry lic file see Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry INSTALLATION AND LICENSING Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer Installing floating licences below Installing floating licences If you requested a floating licence from The Foundry you will receive your licence key foundry lic in an email or Internet download You should also receive the Foundry Licence Utility FLU application to help you install the licence key The instructions below tell you what to do with these NOTE The FLU is also available to download from www thefoundry co uk licensing 1 Make sure you have saved both the licence key foundry lic and the Foundry Licence Utility application in the same directory 2 Run the Foundry Licence Utility application The licence key automatically appears in the FLU window if the FLU and foundry lic are in the same direc
223. s available NISSAN X TRAIL Conform 3 a dpx 29 09 WF Shot004_ NISSAN X TRAIL Nissan Directors Cut 1920x1080 a7 OF PS 2 ch 16 bits 46 0 KH teguence gli Restoring Snapshots To restore a snapshot 1 Locate the sequence in the bin view 2 Right click the sequence and select Restore Snapshot 3 Select the required snapshot from the list NISSAN_X TRAIL New Conform 3 dox 29 m 09 WF_Shot004 Import Kad Open In Add Snapshot Reconnect Media KAZ 2 ch lb Dits 46 0 KHE IPA LUGUT QuickTime H 264 00 04 Scan For Versions Clear In Out Points Delete Tags AP Shot Nuke 1al_ final BR_Shot001_ alternate BR Shot001 final 12 B0xn 72 DSRS 1290x720 LOSI GVSPPS 1250r720 Export tHE 00 00 00 00 dpx 00 00 00 00 dpx The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 VERSIONS AND SNAPSHOTS 147 Using Snapshots A warning displays reminding you that edits since the snapshot was taken are lost e Restoring a snapshot will overwrite any subsequent changes that were made to the sequence De you want to restore 1 28 03 2013 10 13 Initial conform and edit 4 Click OK to restore the sequence to the point at which the snap was recorded Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 The Foundry HIERO AND HIEROPLAYER USER GUIDE THE 3 FOUNDRY 12 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT Hiero s export suite can automate round trips through Nuke send clips back and forth between Hiero an
224. s enabled all changes you make to RED Look settings are added to the RMD file overwriting any metadata that was present To enable Automatic RMDs 1 Navigate to Hiero HieroPlayer gt Preferences gt General OS X or Edit gt Preferences gt General Linux and Windows OR Use the Preferences hotkeys Ctri Cmd comma The Preferences dialog box displays 2 Select Automatically save RMD files and click OK Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Synching to VBlank The Foundry USING THE VIEWER About RED Media Manual RMDs Sometimes in your workflow it s not practical to constantly save RMDs for all your clips You can create individual RMDs using the Media tab 1 Modify the RED Look parameters as required 2 Right click in the Media tab Effect panel and select Clip Options gt Save RMD An RMD file is created in the same folder as the source clip Hiero and HieroPlayer automatically account for tearing that can occur due to NVIDIA and OpenGL issues on Linux but with dual screen setups you need to specify which screen to synchronise The _GL SYNC DISPLAY DEVICE environment variable enables you to specify the synch device by appending the screen device name to the variable To determine your screen names 1 From the console enter nvidia settings The NVIDIA X Server Settings dialog box displays AVIDIA X Server Settings OX a ere LERH COUTA wv K Screen i X Server Coo Sonrecton MWI DIA X S
225. search you can perform Filter and Flag Select the desired search type by clicking the magnifier icon in the Project tab e Filter displays all objects that contain the specified tag This is the default search method e Flag displays all objects and marks the items that don t match the search tag Drag the required tag from the Tags tab into the search box and select the bin or bins you want to Filter or Flag cp TIP If you have more than one search criteria click the icons in the search box to display a brief description of the icons Filters and flags persist until you change the search criteria or click the icon in the search box The following examples show Filtering a bin to display only clips with the Notes tag applied and Flagging all clips that don t have the Notes tag applied Filtering and Flagging The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 USING TAGS 78 Filtering and Flagging Media Using Tags Creating Custom You may find that you require a specific tag or suite of tags that are not Tags provided by default Creating custom tags allows you to really control the organisation of your media and you can even create your own tag icons gt LA NOTE Custom tags can only be created in the Tags tab To create a custom tag 1 Click the Tags tab or navigate to Window gt Tags 2 Select your project and navigate to Project gt New Tag or press Ctrl Cmd Y The new tag is placed in the selected pr
226. selection controls on the Waveform tab e Viewer selection if you have multiple Viewers open use the dropdown menu to associate Waveform output to the required Clip The default value Active Viewer automatically displays details on the last Viewer you selected e Channel selection select the channels to output The default setting displays RGB but you can also view channels separately e Mode selection select the mode to output The default setting displays ganged RGB but you can also view the channels separately The scopes feature global customisable guides to help you view your clips Navigate to Hiero HieroPlayer gt Preferences gt Scopes OS X or Edit gt Preferences gt Scopes Linux and Windows and enter values between O and 1 for the Black and White points The guides at the top and bottom of the Waveform turn red to warn you when the distribution is out of range White Guide The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Vectorscopes About Anamorphic Media The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 69 About Anamorphic Media Vectorscopes display colour saturation and hue information for the current frame Similar to colour wheels Vectorscopes display information radially from the centre outward The farther from the centre the data Spans the more saturation is represented In Figure 6 1 you can see that the frame represented contains mostly blues and cyans but the values are not oversaturated Figure 6
227. sely affect the property rights of The Foundry and or The Foundry s licencors including but not limited to the removal of the following or any other copyright trademark or other proprietary rights notice included herein Hiero and HieroPlayer shot management and conform software 2013 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd All Rights Reserved Hiero and HieroPlayer are trademarks of The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd Mac Mac OS Final Cut Pro and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation RED RED ONE R3D EPIC HDRx and RMD are trademarks of Red com Inc In addition to those names set forth on this page the names of other actual companies and products mentioned in this User Guide including but not limited to those set forth below may be the trademarks or service marks or registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners in the United States and or other countries No association with any company or product is intended or inferred by the mention of its name in this User Guide Adobe and After Effects Q are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Avid Q Avid DNxHD Q and Media Composer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology Inc or its subs
228. set the variable for the current user or all users NOTE You must have administrator privileges to set system wide variables 5 In the Variable name field enter the name of the environment variable you want to set 6 In the Value field enter the value for the variable The value can be a directory path for example 7 Click OK to save the variable The following table lists the environment variables that Hiero recognises Environment Variable Description _GLSYNC DISPLAY DEVICE On Linux set this variable to the name of screen device to synchronise in dual screen setups See Syn ching to VBlank for more information HIERO_ DISABLE THUMBNAIL_CACHE Set this variable to TRUE to stop Hiero caching thumbnails Note This variable does not clear the cache you must remove cached files manually HIERO_ PLUGIN PATH Set this variable to the location of additional scripts to run at startup You can use lt folder gt to point to hidden folders for example myPlugins For example you could create a facility wide location to share presets and use this variable to point multi ple Hiero s to it See Sharing Presets for more infor mation Use the following method to display set paths print hiero core pluginPath HIERO SINGLE THREADED PLAYBACK This variable launches Hiero in single thread mode which can solve playback issues on various Linux Fedora flavours FOUNDRY LOG FILE This variable specifies the location
229. solves to NC e shot 3 resolves to 100 Similarly anything within the outer brackets is evaluated as a Python string For example if shot resolves to NC_10_20 then e shot split _ 0 resolves to NC e shot split _ 2 resolves to 20 Example Shot Templates Hiero s shot template enables you to create as many Nuke Read and Write nodes as required for a project A typical use case might be creating JPG clips for review and DPX resolution clips for finishing TIP A useful auto expansion feature can save time when creating folder structures in a template Simply type the required folder structure in the first field of the template then press enter to create the specified hierarchy Multi format exports The following example describes how to build a shot template to export a sequence of MOV clips create DPX and JPG Write nodes in Nuke and bring the DPX clips back into Hiero 1 Set up an export as described in Round Tripping Using the Export Dia log 2 In the Export dialog select the Basic Nuke Shot preset in the bottom left pane to auto complete the shot template with the preset values 3 Click Duplicate selected preset and give the new preset a name 4 Rename the renders folder renders_dpx Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 153 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog 5 Select the nuke folder and click a to add a new folder Name the new folder renders_jpg 6
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231. t and a notwithstanding Section 2 c Licensee may use the Source Code at its own risk in any reasonable way for the limited purpose of enhancing its use of the Software solely for its own internal business purposes and in all respects in accordance with this Agreement b Licensee shall in respect of the Source Code comply Strictly with all other restrictions applying to its use of the Software under this Agreement as well as any other restriction or instruction that is communicated to it by The Foundry at any time during this Agreement whether imposed or requested by The Foundry or by any Third Party Licensor and The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 222 APPENDIX D End User License Agreement EULA 2 To the extent that the Software links to any open source software libraries OSS Libraries that are provided to Licensee with the Software nothing in this Agreement shall affect Licensee s rights under the licenses on which the relevant Third Party Licensor has licensed the OSS Libraries as stated in the Software documentation To the extent that Third Party Licensors have licensed OSS Libraries on the terms of v2 1 of the Lesser General Public License issued by the Free Software Foundation see http www gnu org licenses Igpl 2 1 html the LGPL those OSS Libraries are licensed to Licensee on the terms of the LGPL and are referred to in this Section 3 2 as the LGPL Libraries The Foundry will at any time during the three ye
232. t from the shot template In this case the Nuke Render 7 Click Build to create the VFX track gt LA NOTE Hiero warns you if no selection is made in the Contents column 8 If aclip already exists in any of the target tracks a dialog displays containing options on how Hiero should behave AALO Build Track The track WFX already exists What would you like to do amp Choose a different destination track Track Name WFX1 Overwrite the 1 colliding items found on the track Refresh the 1 colliding items source clips Skip the 1 colliding items Cancel 9 Select the required option and click OK to proceed Hiero automatically creates a new track containing the VFX clips if they exist or offline place holders if the clips are a work in progress 01 00 00 00 Psych A Gest Gon an one A C it i il 00 00 D Bil 02 00 OLU i a rit l ER Shotti Amal BR shotUUs_ Tina BR SAHO TOUA FINAL VER BR_Shotoo Final S BR Shorts final i BR_SHOTOO4 _FIMPI mee a m H NISSA aaa E f HESAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC MiSsAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSE A The clips are automatically updated when work is complete as long as they are saved with the expected name and location as specified in the shot template The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 166 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog Tracks From Export Tags 1 Select the required clips on the timeline and right click to
233. t timeline against the reference clip You can drag media from the bin view to the second Viewer input and use Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES Using Reference Media the SplitWipe tool to compare media NOTE Hiero and HieroPlayer currently treat all alpha channels as LA premultiplied which can result in the Viewer background being added to the image If you re working with un premultiplied images set the Viewer background to Black See Workspace Preferences for more information La KISSAN A THAI O Export Queue colour d F R P sRGH yl RGA _ BR Shota final 1280x 720 25 F DEEEH OL Os le Auno Alternatively switch the Viewer to Horizontal mode and click the button to determine the Viewer output using tracks flags and or tags O Export Queue yl r Auto 1 2 _ A NISSAN_X TRAIL B Nissan_X Trail_DirCut_720p a z gt ty All Tracks gt ET NISSAN X TRAIL V1 SE Erte Untagged Reference M Reference Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 109 MANAGING TIMELINES Viewing Multi Format Timelines The following controls affect the A B output Clear the associated Viewer input Set the associated clip s thumbnail to the current frame Swap the A and B inputs pE Automatically places any tagged Reference media on the timeline in Viewer input B a Click to toggle A B time synchronisation The Viewer overlay displays a description of th
234. te the selected entry The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 33 Workspace Preferences Workspace The Preferences dialog allows you to make global changes to the way the Preferences interface behaves every time you start Hiero or HieroPlayer Changes you make in the Preferences override any local changes when you restart the application LA NOTE Workspace Preferences are saved in the hiero uistate ini file To access the Preferences dialog either e Navigate to Hiero HieroPlayer gt Preferences OS X or Edit gt Preferences Linux and Windows or e Use the Preferences hotkeys Ctrl Cmd comma ANLO Viewers Audio Timecode Scopes RED Rocket Sequence Nuke Export Performance Script Editor Restore Defaults Startup Workspace Autosave period Temp Director Auto Localise From Localise To Max localised files ME Path substitutions Preferences Conforming E Show splash screen at startup E Reconstruct directories on ingest Show startup dialog Scan for file sequence range on drop into Bin view X Automatically rescan versions when moving off end of the version list k 5 minutes E Restore workspace when opening projects Automatically save RMD files var omnp hiero r Choose Choose Choose 10000 Wind ows Linux Cancel e General preferences take care of how the applications start up how often your work is
235. the speed Skips frames NOTE Audio is not currently supported for retimes and is automatically muted to avoid playback problems To retime track items using the Speed column in the spreadsheet 1 Select the required event s in the spreadsheet view 2 Click the cog icon and select the required retime method e Keep source duration the track item length is altered on the timeline depending on the retime applied For example retiming a track item to 50 renders frames 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 and so on in the Viewer and as a result the item s length is doubled on the timeline Retiming a track item to 200 renders frames 1 3 5 7 and so onin the Viewer but the item s length is halved on the timeline Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 137 Retiming Clips e Keep timeline duration the track item length on the timeline is main tained regardless of the retime applied For example retiming a track item to 50 renders frames 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 and so on in the Viewer but the item s length on the timeline remains the same effectively removing the second half of the item Retiming a track item to 200 renders frames 1 3 5 7 and so onin the Viewer but the item s length on the timeline remains the same If no extra frames are available from the source the item is filled with black frames 3 Double click the Speed column and enter the retime value The following example shows a track item and the resu
236. ths speci fied by the format This option does not preserve the original aspect ratio so distortions may occur Select the Channels to export from the dropdown The default all exports all channels in the image Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 178 Transcoding If you want to export a non standard channel type the name of the channel into the field manually 6 Select the Retime Method to apply if applicable Check Keep Temporary Nuke Script if you require the nk files after the transcode operation 8 Enable the Burn in Gizmo to burn in text using a Nuke gizmo Click Edit to define the information applied during burn in See Adding Burn in Text to Exports for more information 9 Specify any Additional Nodes required during export by clicking Edit See Adding Additional Nuke Nodes During Export for more information 10 If you set In and Out points on the sequence select Range gt In Out Points to export only the specified range 11 Set the Version number Tracks For Export and Tag Filter if applicable NOTE See Using Versions for more information on how versioning works in Hiero 12 1f you re transcoding using a render farm select the renderer from the Render background task dropdown Hiero requires a Python script to pass exports to your render farm of choice Scripts must be located in specific directories dependent on platform as listed in Running Python During Startup
237. ting symbolic links to locations on disk See Using the Copy Exporter for information on how to quickly consolidate your media and projects or Caching Media Locally to help stabilise playback e NOTE Projects containing large amounts of movie files for example r3d LA and mov may exceed the number of available file handles per process Causing problems opening new files or projects and exporting You can increase the default limit of 1024 by entering the following command from the terminal then running Hiero from the same session ulimit Sn 2048 Clips with no inherent framerate information are assigned a framerate at ingest as specified in the Preferences 1 Open the Preferences dialog by pressing Ctrl Cmd comma 2 Select Timecode from the submenu on the left The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using Drag and Drop The Foundry INGESTING MEDIA 47 Ingesting Media BOC Preferences _ RED File Timecode Default From File Other Media Timecode File Header Max valid timebase 10000 fps EDL Style Spreadsheet Timecodes Scopes RED Rocket Use the RED File Timecode dropdown to determine R3D clip behaviour e Default from File use the default set by the R3D file in question e Absolute Timecode force the use of the Absolute Timecode as speci fied in the clip metadata e Edge Timecode force the use of the Edge Timecode as specified in the clip metadata Use the Other Media Timecode dro
238. tions set forth in this Agreement SECTION 5 OWNERSHIP Licensee acknowledges that the Software including for the avoidance of doubt any Source Code that is licensed to Licensee and Documentation and all intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights relating thereto are and shall remain the sole property of The Foundry and the Third Party Licensors Licensee shall not remove or allow the removal of any copyright or other proprietary rights notice included in and on the Software or Documentation or take any other action that could adversely affect the property rights of The Foundry or any Third Party Licensor To the extent that Licensee is authorized to make copies of the Software or Documentation under this Agreement Licensee shall reproduce in and on all such copies any copyright and or other proprietary rights notices provided in and on the materials supplied by The Foundry hereunder Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to give Licensee any rights in the trademarks service marks patents trade secrets confidential information copyrights or other intellectual property rights of The Foundry or any Third Party Licensor and Licensee shall be strictly prohibited from using the name trademarks or service marks of The Foundry or any Third Party Licensor in Licensees promotion or publicity without The Foundry ss express written approval The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 223 APPENDIX D 224 End User License Agreement
239. tions to an existing Nuke script This option is only available when a connection to an open Nuke script has been established e Send to Hiero allows you to send a rendered Write node from Nuke to Hiero creating a new bin Connecting To connect Hiero lt gt Nuke Hiero lt gt Nuke 1 Navigate to Window gt Hiero lt gt Nuke and then click Start Server to begin listening for new Nuke output 2 Click Install Nuke Scripts and follow the on screen instructions to edit your init py file The application then installs hiero_tools py in your nuke directory 3 Click OK to dismiss the install dialog and then click Launch Nuke to start the application Once the connection has been verified enable Start server on startup in Hiero or HieroPlayer and Start connection on startup in Nuke to estab lish the link automatically in future e NOTE Hiero lt gt Nuke is configured to run between applications on the Same machine but if you know the address and port number of a remote machine click Edit Server Address and enter the appropriate details to connect the applications Open in Nuke Open in Nuke operates differently depending on whether you re opening clips or track items Clips are opened independently whereas track items are opened with additional nodes to produce a timeline position relative to a specified master track item To open bin clips in Nuke 1 Select the clip s in the bin view 2 Right click a highlighted cl
240. to Licensee The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIX D End User License Agreement EULA SECTION 11 INDEMNIFICATION Licensee agrees to indemnify hold harmless and defend The Foundry the Third Party Licensors and The Foundrys and each Third Party Licensor s respective affiliates officers directors shareholders employees authorized resellers agents and other representatives collectively the Released Parties from all claims defense costs including but not limited to attorneys fees judgments settlements and other expenses arising from or connected with the operation of Licensees business or Licensees possession or use of the Software or Documentation SECTION 12 LIMITED LIABILITY In no event shall the Released Parties cumulative liability to Licensee or any other party for any loss or damages resulting from any claims demands or actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Software or Documentation contemplated herein exceed the License Fee paid to The Foundry or its authorized reseller for use of the Software Furthermore INNO EVENT SHALL THE RELEASED PARTIES BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE UNDER ANY THEORY FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL PUNITIVE EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS OR LOSS OF PROFITS OR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE RELEASED PARTIES KNOW OR HAVE REASON TO KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
241. tory If they are not you can either copy and paste the contents of the licence key or drag and drop the file into the FLU window 3 Click Install This checks the licence file and provided that the licence is valid installs it into the correct directory In order for the floating licence to work you will need to install the Foundry Licensing Tools FLT on the licence server machine For more information on how to install floating licences refer to the FLT User Guide which you can download from our website www thefoundry co uk support licensing tools 4 Once your licence server is up and running launch the application if it isn t already running 5 Click Activate Licence or Use Server and enter the server address in the field provided The format for the server name is lt port gt lt servername gt for example 30001 red NOTE You must perform steps 4 and 5 on each client machine that requires a Hiero licence from the server TIP If you later need to display the Licensing dialog again you can select Help gt Licence Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Further Reading The Foundry INSTALLATION AND LICENSING 17 Licensing Hiero and HieroPlayer For more information on licensing displaying the System ID number setting up a floating licence server adding new licence keys and managing licence usage across a network you should read the Foundry Licensing Tools User Guide available on our website www thefoundry c
242. ts e Versions are children of clips You can have any number of versions per clip as long as they follow the correct naming conventions as shown in the table below Versions can only be applied to bin clips and track items and can be Swapped in and out without overwriting existing work e Snapshots are time stamped copies of a sequence allowing you to save its current state without the inconvenience of saving the entire project When you restore a Snapshot a warning displays prior to the restore reminding you that edits since the snapshot was taken are lost Using Versions Versions can be added to clips and track items to allow greater flexibility in your workflow You can have as many versions as required and cycle through them quickly using hotkeys CA NOTE You cannot use versions when a clip is opened as a timeline that is by using the right click Open in Timeline option The application relies on specific file naming or folder structure conventions to discover versions File name constants The file name base must remain the same Version prefix The delineation between the file name and version information must be either _ underscore or full stop and remain the same for all versions File name variables The version number padding in the clip name can be increased or decreased myClip_v 1 000 1 dpx myClip_v2 000 1 dpx myClip_v3 000 1 dpx myClip_v 1 000 1 dpx myClip_v2 000 1 dpx myClip_v3 0
243. ttorneys fees and expenses of litigation Should any term of this Agreement be declared void or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction such declaration shall have no effect on the remaining terms of this Agreement The failure of either party to enforce any rights granted hereunder or to take action against the other party in the event of any breach hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver by that party as to subsequent enforcement of rights or subsequent actions in the event of future breaches This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law The Foundry and Licensee intend that each Third Party Licensor may enforce against Licensee under the Contracts Rights of Third Parties Act 1999 the Act any obligation owed by Licensee to The Foundry under this Agreement that is capable of application to any proprietary or other right of that Third Party Licensor in or in relation to the Software The Foundry and Licensee reserve the right under section 2 3 a of the Act to rescind terminate or vary this Agreement without the consent of any Third Party Licensor Copyright 2013 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd All Rights Reserved Do not duplicate The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1
244. udes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eay crypt soft com The word cryptographic can be left out if the routines from the library being used are not cryptographic related 4 If you include any Windows specific code or a derivative thereof from the apps directory application code you must include an acknowledgement This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRAN TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DIS CLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM AGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSI BILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 APPENDIXC 216 Third Party Licences The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or derivative of this code cannot be changed i e this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution licence including the GNU Public Licence PortAudio Portabl
245. ultaneously trims each item by the same amount and in the same direction Alternatively click an edit point and nudge the edit using the Ctrl Cmd lt gt keys or hold Shift to nudge by the Frame Increment set under the Viewer 0100 0000 Video 2 r BA SHOTO ANAL R _Shot00l inal NISSAN X TRAIL vI H ag NSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC a NISSAN _ X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 1 NISSAN X TRAIL AZ q By holding Ctrl Cmd and dragging an edit you can add blank frames past the end of the track item s handles Blank frames are coloured red on the timeline for clarity The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry MANAGING TIMELINES 119 Timeline Editing Tools Ma SHOTODI FINAL BR Shotti final SR SHOTOOS AMAL BR _Shoi0d Final _ 7 Te ee sm il NISSAN_X TRAIL V1 a Sargeras HISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC i NISSAN X TRAIL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN X TRAIL AZ To trim track items using the spreadsheet view 1 Select the required events in the spreadsheet view 2 Click the cog icon and select the required Time Edit Behaviours depending on whether you re using the In or Out points or duration Trim In Trims the event s Src In Dst In and durations while maintaining Speed Before and after a 2 second Src In increase Speed Src In Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out 100 0 00 00 00 01 00 00 04 00 100 01 00 00 00 01 00 03 2 Speed Src in Src Out Src Dur Dst In Dst Out Dst
246. unce Play through from start to finish then reverse to the start Bounces within the and repeat In Out Points Stop Play through from start to finish then stop Play through to the Out Point Continue Play once through all media in the Viewer sequentially In Out range has no effect e Volume controls the playback volume for the current Viewer r g NOTE If the video framerate is unavailable no audio is output The amp speaker icon under the Viewer changes to the no audio playback icon if this is the case The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Caching Frames in the Playback Cache The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 59 Playback Tools Hiero and HieroPlayer s playback cache places frames in RAM for rapid retrieval during playback rather than copying the source files locally as with Caching Media Locally The green bar under the Viewer represents the contents of the playback cache a full bar indicating that the entire clip or timeline is currently accessible from RAM optimising playback You can e Temporarily disable caching using the pause button above the n Viewer or use the P hotkey Clicking pause again resumes caching from the playhead position e Flush the cache completely by navigating to Cache gt Clear Playback Cache Caching is automatically paused after flushing but clicking the pause button resumes caching from the playhead position There are also a number of Preferences that affect how much R
247. ung eay cryptsoft com The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL This library is free for commercial and non commercial use as long as the following conditions are aheared to The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution be it the RC4 RSA Ihash DES etc code not just the SSL code The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson tjh cryptsoft com Copyright remains Eric Young s and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed If this package is used in a product Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation online or textual provided with the package Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice this list of condi tions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materi als provided with the distribution 3 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement This product incl
248. used for the Nuke Read and Write nodes In this case e shot plates filename to resolve to the symlinks during export e shot nuke renders shot comp_ version 4 ext to resolve the render path where Hiero expects to find the Nuke files 7 Enable Collate Shot Timings or Collate Shot Names to create additional Nuke Read nodes in the same script for clips that would normally be The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 The Foundry ROUND TRIPPING AND EXPORT MANAGEMENT 160 Round Tripping Using the Export Dialog hidden by clips higher up the track hierarchy or clips on the same track with the same track item name LA NOTE If you have a Read node selected you can t enable the Collate functions Nuke Project File Read Nodes shot nuke script shot comp_ version nk shot nuke renders shot comp_ version 5 ext Write Nodes shot nuke renders shot comp_ version ext Retime Method Blend 7 Collate Shot Timings Collate Shot Name X Additional Nodes For example e Items on track 1 that would otherwise be hidden by track 2 01 00 00200 i hay OL0002 00 ER_SHOTOO1_ FMA Video 2 ER SHOTOOI_ FINA BR SHOTI _F T TA a a WISSA 1L V1 a gan NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC m9 NISA IL Al NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC an 4 WIS5A IL AZ Exporting these track items creates a Nuke script for each from Hiero track item containing both clips e Two items on the same tra
249. ut for certain monitor out cards 9 Click the bit depth button to toggle between 8 and 10 bit monitor Z output 10 Select the colourspace to apply to the image rec709 in the example shown previously If you ve specified an OCIO configuration file in Preferences gt Viewers these custom LUTs are also applicable NOTE If you plan to use the OCIO config file specified in Hiero or HieroPlayer ensure that the Preferences gt Colour Management gt Use OCIO nodes when exporting in Nuke checkbox is enabled Hiero and HieroPlayer provide realtime scopes to help you evaluate your media Realtime scopes provide data as the Viewer plays your clip but you can also view the scopes frame by frame if you prefer The Histogram provides three colour channel and luma channel information that describes the distribution of red green blue and luma pixels throughout the current frame The Histogram graphs the number of pixels at each brightness level and from left to right the areas of the Histogram represent shadow mid tones and highlights Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 66 Waveform The Foundry USING THE VIEWER 67 Using Scopes Channel Selection Viewer _ Pea __ Mode Selection Selection There are also Viewer and Channel selection controls on the Histogram tab e Viewer selection if you have multiple Viewers open use the dropdown menu to associate Histogram output to the required clip The default value Act
250. verlays any existing track item To avoid this do one of the following The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 104 Adding Clips to the Timeline e Use the Multi or Move Trim tools to make space for the new clip and then drag and drop it in to the space see Move Trim Tool for more information 01 00 00 00 bibitetibiteditathiiteati jileditlivdst OL0020 00 OL0004 00 01 0008 00 BR SHOTO BR SHOTOC BR SHOT BR SHOT Uk j ai 3 WISSA IL VI VISSA IL AT MSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MiSS 4 WSA ILAZ MSSAN DIRECTORS CUT M WF_Shot0d1_final Lib 20 ai Ge SAPS dpx 4 27 SPS dp 00 0000 06 e Drag and drop the new clip at the end of the sequence then using the Multi or Move Trim tools drag the new clip to an existing transition hold down the Alt modifier and drop the clip to Ripple all other track items down the timeline TIP The cursor changes to AA when you re using Ripple mode 01 00 00 00 Po ee Pecarpepinere cncaae Meee A tL P0000 010004 00 OL0008 00 BR SHOTO BR SHOTO ae ON ER SHO ER SHOT Wr stil NISSA LVIN T ee e o B j d WISSA IL A1 NSSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC i 4 P SSA IL Az NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC f e Move the playhead to the target area of the timeline in the record Viewer ol load the required clip in a source Viewer ot and then use Insert N or Overwrite M to place the clip into the timeline at the playhead position on the lowest unlocked track
251. wn to select the file extension to override 2 Default number of threads per reader Overriden number of decode threads per format Extension Number of threads 3 Enter the Number of threads to use for the selected format The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 Using Helper Threads The Foundry CUSTOMISING YOUR WORKSPACE 43 Optimising Read and Decode Performance For example jpg files rely heavily on decoding so an override setting between 6 and 8 is recommended Setting the default threads per helper to 6 is not advisable except on high specification hardware 4 Click OK to close the Preferences and apply the setting immediately there is no need to restart the application so feel free to experiment to achieve the best combination for your setup Hiero and HieroPlayer also include two additional helper thread settings dedicated to OpenEXR and ARRI files These helper threads assist the reader threads to improve performance for exr and ari files You can change the number of available helpers using the up and down arrows or by simply entering the number of required helpers in the fields provided In general the default setting O should automatically assign helper threads correctly If however your project is exr ari heavy you might consider increasing the number of helper threads NOTE The application must be restarted to apply changes to the ARRI helper setting Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 v1 HIERO
252. y retime the clip to fill the new track item duration Activate the Retime Clip tool by clicking the tool or pressing R three times Click and drag the edit point to the new position and release to complete the trim and retime For example trimming a 50 frame track item to 25 frames retimes the clip to 200 The Foundry Hiero and HieroPlayer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 129 Timeline Editing Tools DUET Teel AAT OE EE TE EE ED A a OE Ai da inalia i 50 100 BR_SHOTOOL FINAL BR SHOTOO3_ FINAL pap T MISSA AL W1 B en eee NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC 1 NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC A em mm Cre mee a 50 100 BR_SHOT0200 0 BR_SHOTOO3_FINAL lt i ollie _ s i NISSA IL V1 lt st NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC NISSAN DIRECTORS CUT MUSIC Ad Alternatively click an edit point and nudge the edit using the Ctrl Cmd lt 7 gt keys or hold Shift to nudge by the Frame Increment set under the Viewer cp TIP By holding Ctrl Cmd and dragging an edit you can retime past the end of the track item s handles Razor and Join Tools The Razor tools allow you to cut track items in to separate parts so you can remove sections or rearrange items on the timeline Activate Razor and Razor All by clicking the tool or pressing R Place the cursor on the target track item and if the cut is permissible click to razor the track item or all track items depending on which tool you have selected TIP The Razor cursor i
253. yer 1 7v1 MANAGING TIMELINES 103 Adding Clips to the Timeline Adding Clips to Hiero s timeline allows you to add clips by simple drag and drop from either the Timeline the Viewer or bins Using the Viewer restricts you to a single clip the current clip but you can drag as many clips as you like from bins NOTE HieroPlayer does not allow you to edit read only projects If you need to edit an imported Hiero project select File gt Save as Player Project to make it editable in HieroPlayer NOTE New timelines pick up their framerate from the Preferences gt Sequence dialog by default Dropping a clip with a different framerate to the sequence preferences on a new timeline displays a warning The clips and sequence have different frame rates You may Change the sequence frame rate 25 fps to match the clips 23 98 fps Maintain the duration of the clips Maintain the frame count of the clips The timeline default framerate is set by the first clip added to it If the timeline is already populated and the clip you re adding doesn t have the same framerate as the timeline you re prompted to choose whether the clip s duration or framerate is retained f a Pt O The dips and sequence have different frame rates You may Maintain the duration of the clips Maintain the frame count of the clips If the timeline already contains track items take care not to overwrite existing items the most recent clip o
254. ying Complete the File Type specific controls For example selecting dpx exposes the datatype timecode and edge code settings Complete the general controls common to all file types Include Audio when enabled any audio tracks are exported alongside the video Colourspace use the dropdown to set the colourspace to render such as linear REDLog or raw Reformat select the required reformatting option to enable the Format dropdown Format sets the format to render out in Nuke such as 1920x1080 HD 1080 Select Custom to create formats that don t appear in the list of pre sets Resize sets the method by which you want to preserve or override the Original aspect ratio e width scales the original until its width matches the format s width Height is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve the original aspect ratio e height scales the original until its height matches the format s height Width is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve the original aspect ratio e fit scales the original until its smallest side matches the format s Smallest side The original s longer side is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve original aspect ratio e fill scales the original until its longest side matches the format s lon gest side The input s shorter side is then scaled in such a manner as to preserve original aspect ratio e distort scales the original until all its sides match the leng

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