Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 162)

162 Chapter 4 Using Proxies
To use pre-generated proxies in a script via the user interface:
1 Read the full-resolution images into a script with a FileIn node. The Load as proxy
parameter at the bottom of the Browser lets you choose whether the resolution of the
image corresponds to the Base, P1, P2, or P3 proxy resolution.
2 In the FileIn parameters, expand the imageName subtree. The baseName is already
supplied, but you’ll notice that proxy1File probably has an incorrect default name. Click
the folder to browse to the correct location of the proxy media files.
After you load the appropriate files for each proxyNFile parameter, the scale and ratio
parameters in the proxyNFile subtrees should be automatically set relative to the full-
resolution baseFile image. Otherwise, they’re calculated according to the defaultWidth
and defaultHeight parameters in the format subtree of the Globals tab.
Keeping High-Resolution Elements Offline
If you have not yet loaded your full-resolution images onto a disk and are loading a
proxy into the interface, click Cancel to close the File Browser. Then, in the Globals tab,
set the useProxy parameter to Base. This helps to automatically calculate the proxy
size. Next, return to the FileIn and indicate the proxy set of your image with the
Browser. Later, when the full-resolution elements go online, you can load in your
elements with the FileIn node. If your layer does not have a full-resolution element the
same size as the option chosen in the format pop-up menu in the Globals tab, you
must manually adjust the scale and ratio parameters for the proxy set of that FileIn.