Search TipsIntroduction to the Export Dialog
Hiero uses presets and shot templates to perform export operations, including round-tripping and EDL/OTIO/XML creation. The Export dialog controls what is exported and where, and whether or not to expect versioned clips as part of a round-trip from Nuke.
The Export dialog is accessed from the File menu, from the right-click bin and timeline menus, or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+E.
There are two tabs on the Export dialog - Quick and Custom. The Quick tab allows you to export your timeline to video format, without additional steps. The Custom tab allows you to change more settings such as export presets, files, tracks, and handles.
The Quick tab:
The Custom tab:
By default you will be taken to the Quick tab if the item you are exporting is compatible, otherwise you’ll be taken to the Custom tab and the Quick tab will be grayed out.
If the source to be exported is compatible with both the Quick and Custom export options then you can switch freely between both. Remember that only the Quick export option leverages the accelerated rendering mechanism.
Note: See more about Quick Export at Exporting Sequences with Quick Export.
For Custom export, the Shot Template is also used to create the presets used during Create Comp
Hiero 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 certain exporters, for example, the EDL Exporter preset cannot be used with Process as Shots exports.
You can filter your exports using the Tracks for this Export and Filter by Tag lists, exporting only certain tracks or shots marked with a particular tag. See Using Tags for more information.
For your convenience, Hiero ships with a number of ready-made Content Presets, but you can edit these as required:
• Audio Export - copies any audio tracks to .wav files in a specified location.
• EDL Exporter - used to export a sequence to the EDL format.
• External Render - inserts a placeholder in the template so that other tasks can find the location of external renders.
• Nuke Annotations File - defines the script name and paths used by Nuke Write nodes and Precomp group during a round-trip or Create Comp Clips.
• Nuke Project File - defines the script name and paths used by Nuke Read and Write nodes during a round-trip or Create Comp Clips.
• Nuke Write Node - defines the render format for Nuke Write nodes. Add multiple Nuke Write Node presets to create multiple Write nodes in the resulting Nuke script.
• OTIO Exporter - used to export a sequence to OTIO format.
• SymLink Generator - creates symlinks to the location of the source files, rather than making copies.
• Transcode Images - defines transcode parameters allowing you to save your most-used file type conversions.
• XML Exporter - used to export a sequence to XML format.
Note: See more about export options at Exporting from Hiero.
