Color Management (ImageIO)

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/imageio

Allows admins to override the global color management settings, check Host specific overrides.

• Enable Color Management​: This toggle enables AYON's global color management. This toggle is a master switch that enables and disables the whole section.

• File Rules

• Workfile

• Assign colorspace to clips via rules

File Rules

• Activate Host Rules

• Rules

  • +: Add more rules

  • Each rule consists of

    

    • Rule name

    • Regex pattern

    • Colorspace name

    • File extension

Workfiles

Hiero project color settings map 1:1

• OpenColorIO Config

• Working Space

• Viewer

• Thumbnails

• Monitor Out

• 8-bit Files

• 16-bit Files

• Log Files

• Floating Point Files

Assign colorspace to clips via rules

When using loading different clips and images sequences via AYON loader, you can set the default colorspace for the read node based on a regex expression.

• Regex expression

• Colorspace

• +: Add more rules.

Creator Plugins

Create Shot Clip​

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/create/CreateShotClip

Set default values for all Creator attributes in the Creator UI from this settings category. This helps predefine the values for Creator attributes. Let's break it into smaller sections:

Shot hierarchy and rename settings​

• Shot parent hierarchy - template for defining the parent hierarchy of the Shot folder.

• Rename clips - if enabled, the plugin will use renaming rules to rename the clips sequentially.

• Clip name template - template for defining the shot clip name.

• Count sequence from - numeric value for defining the starting number for the shot name.

• Stepping number - numeric value for defining the incrementing number for the shot name.

Shot template keywords​

Following is a list of available keywords that can be used in Shot parent hierarchy or Clip name template of the Shot hierarchy and rename settings section above:

• {folder} - Literal value for the Folder token. Text and numbers can be used.

• {episode} - Literal value for the Episode token. Text and numbers can be used.

• {sequence} - Literal value for the Sequence token. Text and numbers can be used.

• {track} - Literal value for the Track token. Text and numbers can be used. Hiero’s original track name could be accessed via the {_track_} token.

• {shot} - Literal value for the Shot token. Text and numbers can be used. Hashes are used to define the number of digits in the sequence number. Original hiero segment name could be accessed via the {_shot_} token.

Vertical synchronization of attributes​

• Enable vertical sync - If enabled, clips on the timeline in multiple tracks will be synchronized vertically with the same attributes. Shot names will also be synchronized. The workflow assumes that the clips above the main hero track are vertically aligned without overlaps. Clips can be shorter than the main hero track clip, but not longer. The plugin will use the main hero track clip as a reference for vertical synchronization.

Shot attributes​

• Workfile start frame - Numeric value for defining the starting frame of the workfile. This value is set to Shot folder attributes as Frame start value.

• Handle start (head) - Numeric value for defining the maximum trimming value to be applied to the head of the clip. If the available media is shorter than the handle value, the clip will be trimmed to the available media length. The resulting value is then set to the Shot folder attributes as Handle start value.

• Handle end (tail) - Numeric value for defining the maximum trimming value to be applied to the tail of the clip. If the available media is shorter than the handle value, the clip will be trimmed to the available media length. The resulting value is then set to the Shot folder attributes as Handle end value.

• Enable handles including - If enabled, handles will be included in the workfile start frame value. Since AYON excludes handles by default, this option will recalculate the workfile start frame value to include them. Here is an example of the resulting calculation: 'workfile start frame' = 'workfile start frame' - 'handle start' + 1

• Enable retimed handles - If enabled, shot attributes for handles will be recalculated based on the speed of the retimed clip. This option is useful when production wants to avoid including handles that result in a high number of frames due to high retime speeds. The handle values will be recalculated based on the retime value. For example: 'handle start' = 'handle start' * 'retime speed' and 'handle end' = 'handle end' * 'retime speed'

• Enable retimed shot framerange - If enabled, the shot attributes for the frame range will be recalculated based on retimed timeline segment. This option is useful disabled when production wants to keep unretimed working framerange. The frame range values will be recalculated based on the retime value. For example: 'workfile start frame' = 'workfile start frame' * 'retime speed' and 'workfile end frame' = 'timeline segment duration' * 'retime speed'

Collect Shot Clip Instances

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/create/CollectShotClip

• Collect only instances from selected clips

Loader plugins

Load Clip

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/load/LoadClip

• Product types

• Clip name template

Publish plugins​

Collect Clip Effects

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/publish/CollectClipEffects

• Effect Categories

• Effect Tracks

Effect Categories

This setting allow studios to split soft effect stacks into meaningful categories. For example splitting look related effects from transform related effects.

If there are no categories, then all effects will be published together.
The categories will sufficed to the subset name when publishing:

Effect Tracks

• + : Add an item

• Each one consists of

  

  • Effect Name

  • Track Names

Custom Tools

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/scriptsmenu

Creates a custom tools menu from the provided action definitions which extends definitions in Hiero -> Scripts Menu Definition.

• Menu Name

• Definitions

  • Each definition includes

    • Type

    • Command

    • Source Type

    • Title

    • Tooltip

  • +: Add more definitions

Filters

Setting Location: ayon+settings://hiero/filters

• + : Add a filter.

• Each filter consists of

  

  • Name

  • Active