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Hi,
There is a command I don’t understand in Combustion and that is, whats is the difference between ‘Copy’ and ‘Duplicate’…’KK’
“Copy” does exactly that: it creates an entire copy of the layer and footage, which may then be modified without affecting the original.
A “duplicate” is analogous to an instance, in 3D lingo. It creates a reference to the original rather than a complete copy of the data. Using duplicates consumes fewer system resources and results in faster processing within the comp. The caveat is, you can’t make changes/add operators to a duplicate without also affecting the original.
thank you very much, now I understand the differences 😉
zolo’s response is close, but not entirely accurate. 1) His respone applies to layers and composites, if you duplicate an operator or object there is no link between them (same as copying). 2) When you duplicate a layer you can add new operators on top of the italicized items and it can/will be unique to that layer (italicized means instanced). If you add an operator between italicized items it will be applied to all layers. This is similar to referencing in 3ds Max where evening below the point of Reference is an instance and anything on top will be unique.
Hope that helps,
-Ericthanks alot for the document…will be downloading it now…
I would like to know whether is possible to import Uncompressed 10 bits HD files into Combustion?, Thanks
combustion can load 8/10/12/16 and float images into its workspace. the file format is the primary ??? left from your post. if you load 10 bit CIN or DPX files then yes, it can load 10 bit uncompressed files.
//gD
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