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| Smoke Linux: Restore the Tutorials Project |
Published by: Autodesk Creative Finishing Training
Category: Project & Media
Skill: Intermediate
Skill: Intermediate
This exercise walk you through the steps to manually restore the Smoke Tutorials project that contains the footage used with the Getting Started exercises. Tools used in this exercise: Clip Library, Archive.
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Note about the Smoke tutorials media 1. Download the Smoke Tutorials Archive 2. Restore the Smoke tutorials project archive | ||
Note about the Smoke tutorials media |
The Smoke Tutorials project and media is automatically installed with the Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X software.
This exercise is to install the media manually when you are using a Linux system.
You need to start with any existing project in order to access the Archive menu inside Smoke.
If you need to create a project and a user refer to the exercise Create a Project & User if needed.
| Tip |
This Smoke archive will only work with the Smoke 2012 release. If you are using an older version of Smoke, please access the previous Smoke Getting Started (v2011) available at http://area.autodesk.com/training-tutorials.
1. Download the Smoke Tutorials Archive |
1. Download the Smoke_Tutorials_Achive_v2012.zip file to your Linux system by clicking on the link below.
2. When this is done, make sure to double-click the zip file to extract it.
2. Restore the Smoke tutorials project archive |
In this video:
Start Smoke
Restore the tutorials Archive
Switch to the Smoke Tutorials project
Video: Restore the Smoke tutorials project (3:31)
(click on image to open video player)
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Lesson in written form |
The file you just downloaded contains the Smoke Tutorials project and media.
Access the Archive menu:
1. Start Smoke with the project you created in the Create a Project & User exercise.
Note that the project you choose doesn’t matter as it is only used temporarily to access the Archive menu inside Smoke.
2. On the EditDesk, click Open to access the Library menu.
3. Choose Dual View.
4. In the Library, select the Archive menu.
Select the Archive:
1. In the Archive menu, click on the Archive path to access the file browser.
2. Use the up arrow to navigate the folders.
3. Open the directory that contains the file archive you have already downloaded and unzipped.
4. Select the file “Smoke_Tutorials_Archive_v2012”.
The archive consists of two parts; make sure you select the file and not the segment file with a .seg extension.
Restore the Archive:
1. Back in the Library menu, press Open to open the archive.
Notice that the bottom Library view now states: Archive.
2. Change the Archive option from Selection to Project.
*Important: We need this option because we want to restore a complete project not just footage.
3. You can expand the Archive folders to see its content.
4. Make sure you select the top folder “Smoke_Tutorials_Archive_v2012” to include everything underneath.
5. Press Restore in the Archive menu.
6. When the restoration process is finished, press Close to close the archive.
Switch to the Smoke tutorials project:
We just restored a Project Archive; now we need to switch to that new project.
1. Press Exit Library to go back to the EditDesk.
2. Press Preferences to access this menu.
3. In the Project Management section, click on the Project box and choose “Smoke_Tutorials_Project_v2012”.
This is the project that was just restored.
4. Press Load to load that project.
There is a little blue LED that indicates which project is loaded.
5. Press Exit Preferences.
Load the footage:
1. Choose “Smoke Footage” in the EditDesk Library Box.
2. Open the library.
3. Select the top folder “Smoke Footage”.
4. Select the option Saved Position (to load the thumbnails as there were saved).
5. Click Load To Desk.
You are now ready to start with the first tutorial lesson:
Start Smoke Tutorials project
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| Tip |
Archiving a finished project is the best way to maintain the Smoke library structure.
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To access the Linux desktop without exiting Smoke; press ALT+TAB. Open the Red Hat file browser to unzip the file archive: right-click the file and choose the uncompress option.
