Chalice Manual Index
Miscellaneous
$F variable
In expressions
In image sequence filenames
When not to use
$OP variable
2:3 pattern
3:2 Pulldown node
3:2 Pushup node
3:2 pattern
3:2 pushup
3:2 transfer (pulldown)
5245 (50 ASA)
5248 (100 ASA)
525/60 scan rate
5279 (500 ASA)
5298 (500 ASA)
625/50 scan rate
90% white card
==, floating point numbers and
A
A field, in STED
A/B wipe in monitors
Abort Button
Abs(val)
Acceleration point, in STED
Acos(val)
Admin menu
Adobe Photoshop files
Adobe Type 1 fonts
AdvantEdge (Ultimatte composite) node
Alpha channel
Alpha channels
Combining, max or min
In Xpresso node
Alpha channel
Composite nodes and
Displaying in monitor
Generating
In Channel Swap node
In Disk Input node
In Rotospline node
In Ultimatte PFG node
Inverting
In Chromakey node
In Rotospline node
Premultiplying RGB values by
Transparency factor for
In Mcomp
Unpremultiplying RGB values by
Alpha coverage
Alpha max
Alpha min
Alt key, using to
Access text editor window
Drag-select multiple curve points
Enter carriage returns in text fields
Invoke text editor
Open a monitor
Anamorphic display
In flipbooks
In monitors
Animating images, in Transform
Anti-aliasing filter
In Corner Pin node
In Rotospline node
In Text node
Append notifier
Arrow keys, using to
Transform Rotospline shapes
Transform imagery in Transform node
Transform text in Text node
Translate Rotospline points
Asin(val) Also Here
Aspect Ratios
Atan(val)
Atan2(float y, float x)
Atop node
Audio, in flipbooks
Auto Cache Input option
In Time Convolve node
In Time Stretch node
Auto Update Node Icon preference
Autosave Preferences
B
BCG Layer, in Color Correct node
Backing, bluescreen
Correcting flaws in
Reconstructing
Suppressing to black
Batch processing
Bessel filter
Bezier function in STED
Bezier()
Bind Buffer
Bit Expand node
Bit Reduce node
Conversion methods available
Bit Reduce operation
Reversing in Bit Expand
Bit depth
Conversion, optimizing
In Bit Expand node
In Bit Reduce node
Selecting in Color node
Black & Rolloff conversion method
Black Gloss parameter
Blackman window type
Blacks, matching in Ultimatte CC node
Block(exp1; exp2; É)
Blue Logic
Bluescreen blue values
Bluescreen compositing
Bluescreens, reconstructing a reference clip for
Blur node
Blurring
Across frames
In Convolve node
In Scale node
In Vector Blur node
Border pixels
In Blur node
In Convolve node
In Edge node operations
In Rank node
In Unsharp Mask node
In Vector Blur node
Bottom input, composite nodes
Bounce button
In Disk Input sequencer
In Sequence node
In flipbook
Box (constant) filter
Branches
Brightness node
Brightness
Adjusting in Brightness node
Adjusting in Color Correct node
Formula used
Offset
Varying, in Convolve node
Buffer Auto Increment option
Buffer Persistence option
Buffers, image
Bump node
Bumpmap
Creating
In Bump node
In Surface Normal node
Using
In Emboss node
In Vector Warp node
C
CDI (Chalice Direct Image) format
CHALICE_CUSTOM_PATH
CHALICE_HELP_BROWSER
CHALICE_TMPDIR
Cache Meter
Location in interface
Cache Settings panel
Cache Size parameter
Caches (RAM and disk)
Flushing
In Cache Settings panel
Setting in Chalice
Setting in chal
Caching
Individual node data
Overview of
Camera jitter, removing
Camera moves, simulating in Transform
Canny edge detection
Cartesian coordinates
Catmull-Rom/Overhauser Spline filter
Ch functions
Chal
Chal system requirements
Chal, optional commands for
Chalice Direct Image format
Chalice Online Help System
Chalice expression language
Functions used by Xpresso node
Chalice image representation theory
Chalice installation
Chalice interface, layout of
Chalice, launching
Chalicetune
Channel Name list, in STED
Channel Swap Layer, in Color Correct node
Channel Swap node
Channel access functions
Channels, parameter
Animating
Channels
Adding, removing, swapping
In Channel Swap node
In Color Correct node
In Disk Input node
Editing
Editing
Color
Characteristic curve
Checkboxes in parameter tabs
Checkerboard
Choose File dialog box
Chroma signal
Chromakey node
Cineon Extract node
Cineon Insert node
Cineon Linear
Converting back to 10-bit log
Cineon Softclip conversion method
Algorithm for
Used in Bit Reduce node
Cineon conversion documents referenced
Cineon file formats
Cineon images
Conversion of
Kodak documents referenced
Softclip method
Default
Linear to log
Log to linear
Overview of available options
Using insert into option
Using remap to option
Exporting
DPX
Fido
Importing
DPX
Fido
Cinesite Digital Film Center
Clamp(val, min, max)
Clamping values
In Minus, Multiply, and Plus nodes
In Xpresso node
Classic Screen Correction, Ultimatte
Clean plate
Clipboard
Clone command
Color Control, Ultimatte
Color Correct node
Color Logic, Ultimatte
Color Picker
In Bit Reduce node
In Color Correct node
Color correction
Comprehensive
Cumulative operations
For broadcast video
Hue-based
Color curves, editing
Color filter nodes
Color node
Color ramp
Color representation in Chalice
Color space conversion
In Bit Expand node
In Bit Reduce node
Linear to linear
Optimizing
Color values, inverting
In Color Correct node
In Inverse node
Color wheel
In Chromakey node
In Color Correct node
Color, specifying in Text node
Colors, reducing number of (posterize effect)
Colorspace conversion
In Video Safe node
Comma key, using for frame navigation
Command line renderer (chal)
Comment fields
Comment node
Comment parameter of Info tab
Comments, displaying in popup panel
Compass icon, in Vector Blur node
Composite nodes
Composite video signal
Compositing
Bluescreen
Disparate images
Multilayer
In Mcomp
Premultiplied Ultimatte images
Premultiplied images
Terminology used
Using Ultimatte AdvantEdge
Compression
Jpeg
Jpeg
Setting quality of
LZW
MPEG
Packbits
TIFF
Zip
Zip
Setting level of
Lossy
Jpeg
Setting quality of
Of image files
Using prediction encoding
Connecting nodes
Constant function in STED
Constant()
Contacting Silicon Grail
Continuous Updates option
Contrast Stretch Layer, in Color Correct node
Contrast node
Contrast
Adjusting in Color Correct node
Adjusting in Contrast node
Adjusting, by modifying low and high values
Formula used
Matching levels in another image
Pivot
Control Action Menu
Control Channel Menu
Control Palette buttons, in STED
Control image
Using with Vector Blur node
Using with Vector Warp node
Using with filter nodes
Control key, using to
Open a monitor
Select multiple nodes by dragging
Conversion nodes
How to choose the right one
Convert node menu
Converting
Bit depth of imagery
Bit Expand node
Bit Reduce node
Linear Remap node
Film fps to video fps
Linear data to log, in Disk Output node
Log data to linear, in Disk Input node
Video fps to film fps
Convolution, explanation of
Convolve node
Cook button
Location in monitor toolbar
Use of
Cooking image data
Copy command
Coring operation
Corner Pin node
Correction frame or clip
Cos(val)
Cosh(val)
Creating new files
Crop node
Cross-dissolve
Cubic filter
Cubic function in STED
Cubic()
Cursor Mode
Curve Editor
In Bit Reduce
In Color Correct node
Custom Networks command, in Edit menu
Custom Node Menu
Adding and removing items
Location in interface
Sample networks included in
Custom networks
Creating
Removing from menu
Customizing installation of Chalice
Cut command
Cycle button
In Disk Input sequencer
In Sequence node
In flipbook
D
DPX image files
Exporting
Importing
Dark Intelligence
In Bit Expand
In Bit Reduce
Data Format Preferences
Data entry fields
How to use
In STED
Shortcuts for changing values in
Data stream
Dataflow control functions
Dataflow
Of image data
Of process commands
Order of operations in
De-interlacing video frames
Debugging grail scripts
Deg(val)
Degrain node
Deinterlace node
Delete All command
Delete NODE(s) command
Deleting
Node presets from menu
Nodes
Desaturating an image
In Color Correct node
In Monochrome node
In Monochrome node
Formula used
Diff node
Difference values, used by Ultimatte nodes
Direct I/O
Directory field in file dialogs
Disconnecting nodes
Disk Arrays, flipbooks and
Disk Cache parameter
Disk Input node
Disk Output node
Disk cache
Setting in Chalice
Setting in chal
Disk space
Required by Chalice application files
Temporary
Displacements, animated
Display Unit buttons
Display buffers
Dissolve node
Distortion effects
Dither Ramp option
Double buffering (IRIX)
Monitor display option
Doubling frames
Downstream nodes
Draw Mode, in Rotospline
Dynamic filtering
E
EDITOR environment
Ease function in STED
Ease()
Easein function in STED
Easein()
Easeout function in STED
Easeout()
Easeoutp(val)
Easep(val)
Easinp(val)
Edge Mode, in Rotospline
Edge detection
Canny
Laplacian
Prewitt
Edge node
Edges
Detecting
Detecting
Using Convolve node
Dilating (growing)
Eroding (shrinking)
Matte, gray/black suppression of
Modifying, in Rotospline
Smoothing, in Ultimatte AdvantEdge node
Edit Menu
Edit buttons (+, -, =), in STED
Effects nodes
Email
Chalice-users
Silicon Grail
Emboss node
Enable ROI option, in Monitor Popup Menu
End frame, resetting in Frame Controller
Enter key, using to actuate data field entries
Environment variables
CHALICE_CUSTOM_PATH
CHALICE_HELP_BROWSER
CHALICE_TMPDIR
EDITOR
HOME
PLUGIN_DSO_PATH
Erode/Dilate node
Error value (track correlation)
Escape key, removing connector lines with
Even field
Even(val)
Exec node
Inputs to, specifying in chal
Setting number of slices in
Specifying in chal
Exec notifier panel
Executing a network
Exp(val)
Exponential notation, in expressions
Exporting
Connections from Group nodes
Imagery
Movie formats
Movie formats
On NT
Nodes
Parameter data
Expressions checkbox in node panel
Expressions
Displaying results of, in Text node
Guidelines for writing
Order of evaluation in Xpresso node
Referencing pixel meter data in
Referencing track data in
To control corner pins
To drive pixel meter
Using in Switch node
Writing in Xpresso node
Extents parameter
Extract From
Eye dropper (color picker tool)
Using with Contrast Stretch operation
F
FRP files
Exporting imagery as
Optimizing output of
Saving flipbooks as
Factory Defaults (for node presets)
Fast Realtime Playback (FRP)
Fconv (frame conversion utility)
Fcp (frame copy utility)
Fido image files
Exporting
Importing
Field Order parameter
Field dominance
Field frames
Field order
Fields, video
Extracting odd or even
Interlacing odd and even
File Info, for input images
File Preview option, in Choose File dialog
File extensions
.ch
.grail
File utilities (fconv and fcp)
Files
Creating
Merging
Opening
Opening
Most recently used
Saving
Saving
Using Autosave
Upgrading to new version of Chalice
Film gamma
Film grain
Matching
Matching
In bright areas
In dark areas
Presets for film stocks
Removing from bluescreen backing
Simulating
Film luminance, as computed in Chalice
Film stocks, matching grain patterns to
Filter Area matte display
In Ultimatte GK node
In Ultimatte RSC node
Filter nodes
Area filters
Color filters
Filtering
Bilinear Interpolation
Lanczos
In Corner Pin node
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
In Transform node
Mitchell
In Corner Pin node
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
In Scale node
In Transform node
Adding blur to, in Transform node
Anti-aliasing
Dynamic
Smoothing track data
Super sampling
Two pass linear
Types available for transformations
Window types
Filters
Blur
In Convolve node
In Scale node
In Time Convolve node
In Vector Blur node
Vector-based
Convolution
Explanation of
In Blur node
In Convolve node
In Time Convolve node
In Unsharp Mask node
In Vector Blur node
Flipbook Preferences
Flipbook Setup window
Flipbook interface, configuring
Flipbooks
Creating
Playback controls for
Playback of, from disk
Playing audio in
Saving
Flipping images in Rotate Flip node
Floor(val)
Flush All Caches command
In Cache Meter
In Cache Settings panel
Follow Cooks option
Fonts, PostScript
Formats, image
Four-corner pin
Fps (frames per second)
Fractional multiplication in composite nodes
Frame Controller
Location in interface
Overview of
Using to set key frames
Frame Icon
Image appears black in
Frame Range Intelligence
In Bit Expand
In Bit Reduce
Frame navigation
Frame range, resetting
In Disk Input node
In Frame Controller
In Sequence node
Frame rates, film and video
Frames-Per-Second (fps) parameter
Frames
Convolving across a range of
Doubling
Holding (repeating)
Holding (repeating)
In Disk Input node
Looping
Looping
In Disk Input node
Randomizing, in Disk Input node
Remapping
Rendering in chal
Renumbering
Using fconv utility
Renumbering, in Disk Input node
Reversing order of
Sequencing
Sequencing
Preparatory to tracking
Skipping
Video (de-interlaced)
Frequency analysis
In Degrain node
In Sharpen node
Using to sharpen images
Frequency domain
High-frequency changes
Low-pass filtering in
Full Layout option
Full Path parameter of Disk Input node
Function Menu
In Curves Editor of Color Correct node
Functions
Ch, chf, cht
Lprm, lprmf, lprmt
Meters
Modifying, in STED
Prm, prmf, prmt
Track, tracka, tracksr
Used in Chalice expressions
Used in Chalice expressions
Data channel access
Dataflow control
Interpolation
Trigonometric
Value type
G
GIMP
GIMP installation
GK Alpha matte display
GafferÕs tool
Gamma curve
Gamma function in STED
Gamma monitor display parameter
Gamma node
Gamma
Adjusting
In Color Correct node
In Gamma node
Formula used
Matching in Ultimatte CC node
Gaps in source image sequences
Garbage mattes
Gate parameters, Ultimatte
Gaussian filter
Global variables
$OP
Defining in chal
Using in Xpresso node
Gradient, creating in Color node
Grail file
Grail script
Grain Killer, Ultimatte
Grain node
Grain
Falloff
Randomizing source frames of
Removing
Removing
From bluescreen backing
Simulating
Size
Green Logic
Greenscreen
Grid Pattern
Group command
Group menu
Group nodes
H
HD resolution (YUV files)
HSL Layer, in Color Correct node
Hamming window type
Hanning window type
Help Menu
Help Tags
Help, enabling
Help, node-specific
High monitor display parameter
High-frequency image content
Highlights, adjusting in Color Correct node
Histogram Monitor
History, wipes using
Horizontal Adapt, in STED
Host code
Hot keys
For frame navigation in Chalice monitors
For node selection
Open text editor window
Text transformations with
In Text node work monitor
Transformations with
In Rotospline work monitor
In Transform work monitor
Used to add line breaks in text fields
Hue Adjust Node
Hue
HSV and HSL, compared
Adjusting
In Color Correct node
In Hue Adjust node
I
I/O nodes
I/O, direct
IRIX system requirements
Icon Display Shift, resetting default value of
If(exp, true_val, false_val)
Image buffers
Button panel for
Image conversion
Comparison of methods for
Linear to linear
Optimizing
Using Curves
Image data
Cineon 10-bit log
Linear
Nonlinear
Representation of, in Chalice
Image file formats
Movie
Overview of differences among
Supported by Chalice
Image files
Getting information about
Naming
Image resolution, setting data preferences for
Image sequence
Changing length of
In 3:2 Pulldown node
Gaps in
Image slicing
Image stabilization
Images
Blurring
Using Blur node
Using Vector Blur node
Compositing
Desaturating
In Color Correct node
In Monochrome node
Exporting
Exporting
FRP movie file
Formatting options
On IRIX
On NT
Flipping
Flipping
In Xpresso node
Importing
Importing
Maya RGBAZ files
YUV files
ZPIC files
Matching
Color levels of
Movement of
Mirroring, in Rotate Flip node
Premultiplication status of
Premultiplied
Compositing
Restoring non-premultiplied values to
Premultiplying
Previewing, in Choose File dialog
Rendering (temps and final shots)
Rotating
In Rotate Flip node
In Transform node
Scaling
In Scale node
In Transform node
Stabilizing
Tracking
Translating
Wiping between
Writing to disk (rendering)
Importing
Image files
Parameter data
Info Button
Info tab
Input Connector(s)
Input methods (split or combined)
To Mcomp node
To Zcomp node
Inputs, order of, in compositing
Insert into 16-bit
Insert into Float
Insert options for Cineon conversion
Inside node
Inspect monitor panel
Installing
Chalice
Chalice
Custom
GIMP
Int(val)
Intelligence: Fix Matte buttons
Intelligence
Frame Range
Light and Dark
Comparison of algorithms used
In Bit Expand
In Bit Reduce
Ultimatte
Intensity, reducing, for broadcast video
Interlace Mode parameter, in Ultimatte AdvantEdge
Interlace node
Interleave option, in chal
Interleaved processing
Interpolation functions
Inverse node
Invert Values Layer, in Color Correct node
Inverting color values, formula used
J
Jitter, camera
Job field, in Chalice file dialogs
Jot
Jpeg/Jfif compression
Jump button in file dialogs
K
Kaiser A
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
In Scale node
In Transform node
Kaiser window type
Key (software), obtaining
On IRIX
On NT
Key Framer device
Location in node panel
Using to set key frames
Key frames
Creating and editing
In Bit Reduce work monitor
In Rotospline editor panel
In STED
Creating, in node panel
Kirsch edge detection
Kodak Cineon 10-bit log imagery
Kodak Motion Picture & Television Imaging
L
LUTs for monitor display
LZW compression
Ladder bar (data entry device)
Lanczos filters
Laplacian edge detection
Launching the Chalice application
Layers, disabling
Layout menu
Lens flare
Letter Space parameter, in Text node
Level Indicator
Location in interface
Using with Group nodes
Levels, matching
In Ultimatte CC node
License manager
IRIX
NT
License, floating
Light Direction parameter
Light Intelligence
In Bit Expand
In Bit Reduce
Lights per stop
Lin. 90% White
Line Space parameter, in Text node
Linear Remap node
Linear data
Linear function in STED
Linear()
Link Straight option
Linux system requirements
List parameter functions
Loading node presets
Local Node Menu Button
Local Node Menu
Opening a Monitor from
Using to change node display
Locked-off shot
Log 90% White
Log(val)
Log10(val)
Logical operators
Lookup tables (LUTs) for monitor display
Low Path
Low monitor display parameter
Low-pass filtering
Lprm functions
Luminance formula
NTSC
PAL
Film
Luminance matte
Luminance, using to track
M
MPEG compression
Magenta, effects of flare suppression on
Magnify Monitor
Main Menu Bar
Location in interface
Make Directories
Makelic
./makelic (IRIX)
Makelic.exe (NT)
Mask
Creating in Rotospline
Using an optional input image as
Match Distance Scale
Match Move node
Match Rotation
Match Size Scale
Math Menu, in Xpresso node
Math functions
Matte density
Formula used by Ultimatte
Matte edges
Correcting, in Ultimatte AdvantEdge node
Modifying
In Erode/Dilate node
Matte nodes
Matte shapes, creating in Rotospline node
Mattes
Combining
Using alpha max
Complementary
Matte
Creating
In Chromakey node
In Ultimatte nodes
Displays, in Ultimatte work monitors
Garbage
Inverting, in Ultimatte PFG node
Opacity of
In Mcomp
Temporary
Using B image of composite as
Max(val1, val2, É)
Maximin operation (remove bright noise)
Maya image files, importing into Chalice
Mcomp node
Input connection options
Median rank operation
In Degrain node
In Rank node
Medium Path
Memory consumption, using Protect Cache
Memory segments, shared
Explanation of
Increasing number of, on IRIX
Memory usage in Chalice
Merge command
Merge node
Merging
A file into currently open file
Video fields
Metacharacters, using in search strings
Meters function
Midtones, adjusting in Color Correct node
Min(val1, val2, É)
MinMax Node
Minimax operation (remove dark noise)
Minus node
Mirror image, creating in Rotate Flip node
Mirror image
Creating in Xpresso node
Mirroring border pixels
In Convolve node
In Edge node
In Unsharp Mask node
In Vector Blur node
Missing frames, replacing with color, in chal
Mitchell B and C parameters
In Corner Pin node
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
In Scale node
Modulo
Monitor Auto Update
Changing default state
Monitor Mode
Changing default
Monitor Popup Menu
Monitor Preferences panel
Monitor Toolbar
Monitor interface, configuring
Monitor resolutions
How to redefine
Monitors
Multiple or single mode
Opening
Opening
Without cooking image
Resizing
Slicing in, resetting default
Updating
Updating region in
Utility
Work
Zooming in and out
Monochrome Layer, in Color Correct node
Monochrome node
Most Recently Used (MRU) File List
Motion blur
For transformations
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
Using the Convolve node
Using the Time Convolve node
Using the Vector Blur node
Movement nodes
Movers node menu
Movie SaveÉ dialog (in flipbook)
Movie file
FRP
Exporting images as
Play command
Exporting images as
On IRIX
Movie formats
Multilayer compositing
In Mcomp
Multiple Monitor mode
Multiply node
Multiprocessing, in chal
N
NT system requirements
NTSC luminance, as computed in Chalice
NTSC video
Modifying color data for
Pedestal
Name field (in node panel)
Naming grail files
Negative image, creating
Neighborhood operator
Networks
Branching
How to build
New command
Node Connector Menu
Node Preferences
Node Size preference
Node Title Bar
Node caching, overview of
Node icon preferences
Node layout, overview of
Node menus
Composite
Convert
Effects
Filters
I/O (Input/Output)
Matte
Movers
Plugin
Tools
Video
Location in interface
Node panel
Location in interface
Overview of
Parameter tabs in
Node parameters, setting
Node presets
Nodes
Changing display of
Connecting
Connecting
Exporting connections from Group nodes
Creating
Creating
From Node Connector Menu
Deleting
Diagnostic (tool nodes)
Disconnecting
Downstream
Exporting
Finding Also Here
Frame-number modifiers
Parts of
Previewing effect of
Replacing
Selecting multiple
Setting preferences for
Unique names for
Noise node
Noise(x,y,z)
Noise
Generating
Randomizing source frames of
Removing
Bright
Dark
From bluescreen backing
In Degrain node
In non-moving background images
Suppression of, in Rank node
Nonlinear data
Notepad
O
Odd field
Odd(val)
Offset Frame Numbers parameter
Online help
Open command
Opening files
Operating systems compatible with Chalice
Operations, order of, in dataflow
Operators
Used in Chalice expressions
Used in Xpresso node
Orphans, filtering
In Ultimatte GK node
In Ultimatte RSC node
Output Connector
Outside node
Over node
Overwriting files
P
PAL luminance, as computed in Chalice
PAL video
Modifying color data for
PLUGIN_DSO_PATH environment variable
Packbits compression
Pans, simulating in Transform node
Parameter data, importing and exporting
Parameter functions
Parameter tabs
Parameter values
Animated
Effect of changing end frame
Fractional v. pixel coordinate
Parameters
Animating
Enabling expressions in
Paste command
Pattern Generators
Peak point
Period hot key
Phase shifts, video transfer
Phase A
Phase B
Photographic stops
Photoshop files
Pick All Ancestors/Descendents
Pick buttons, in Contrast Stretch
Pivot
Pixel Bounds Menu, in Xpresso node
Pixel Meter node
Pixel meter data, accessing in other nodes
Pixel values, metering
In Bit Reduce work monitor
Play FRP Movie Files command
Playback Controls, in Flipbook
Plug-in developers, documentation for
Plug-in nodes
Plug-ins
Accessing online documentation for
Plus node
Point Mode, in Rotospline
Polar coordinates
Popup menus in parameter tabs
Position data, generating
PostScript fonts
Posterize node
Pow(float base, float exponent)
Prediction encoding
Preferences Menu
Preferences, setting
Autosave
Data format
Monitors
Node
Proxy
Prefiltering
MPEG
Images to be tracked
In Sharpen node
Premultiplication status
Changing default setting
Of image layers in Mcomp
Premultiplied image
Ultimatte
Premultiply node
Preserve Input Sort Order parameter
Presets menu
Preview execute, specifying in chal
Prewitt edge detection
Print-through Also Here
Printer Lights Layer, in Color Correct node
Prm functions
Problem reporting, from within Chalice interface
Proceduralism
Processed Foreground, Ultimatte
Processing a grail network
Protect Cache parameter
Proxy Input menu
Location in interface
Using to set global proxy level
Proxy Preferences
Proxy files
Activating
Creating
Defined
Defining monitor resolutions to match
Disabling
Fractional parameter values, using with
Overview of
Tips for working with
Updating, using Rescan Disk option
Proxy tab, in Disk Input node
Pull Out command
Pulldown
Pulse(val, min, max)
Push In command
Q
Quadratic filter
Quiet mode, in chal
Quintic function in STED
Quintic()
Quit Chalice command
Quitting Chalice
R
RAM Cache parameter
RAM cache
Setting in Chalice
Setting in chal
RAM required by Chalice
RGB Density
RGB Veil
ROI (region of interest)
Rad(val)
Radar Map
Radial Menus
Ramp offsets, in Color node
Ramp, color
Rand()
Randomizing frames of input imagery
Range Slider, in flipbook
Rank node
Raw data
Realtime playback, of Chalice FRP files
Red Logic
Reference Resolutions
Reference black level for NTSC video
Region of interest (ROI), in monitor display
Remap From
Remap options for Cineon conversion
Remap to 16-bit
Remap to Float
Remapping frames
Rendering
Cancelling
Replacing nodes
Report Problems command
Rescan Disk option, in Disk Input node
Resequence Source Frames
Resolution popup menu
Restoring deleted nodes
Revert command
Ripples
Roberts edge detection
Rosco Labs
Rotate Flip node
Rotate Pivot parameter
Rotate Ref(erence) parameter
Rotating images, in Transform node
Rotation, using track data to match or undo
Roto Screen Correction, Ultimatte
Rotospline node
S
S field, in STED
SC Alpha matte display
SG_LM
STED button
Sample color, selecting, in Ultimatte
Sampling
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
Motion blur
Saturation
Reducing, for broadcast video
Save As command
Save command
Saving
Files
Node presets
Scale Ref A and B parameters
Scale node
Scaling, using track data to match or undo
Scan rates, video
Scope Monitor (vectorscope)
Using with Hue Adjust node
Screen Reconstruction, in Ultimatte
Screen area, in Ultimate
Screen layout
Scroll Bars
Search Nodes
Command
Panel, how to use
Seed parameter
In Grain node
In Noise node
Segments
Adding, in STED
Deleting, in STED
Editing, in STED
Tying and untying, in STED
Selecting multiple nodes
Self-documenting
Sequence filtering, in the Choose File dialog
Sequence node
Role in Chalice system
Sequence tab, in Disk Input node
Sequential option, in chal
Sequential processing
Setup panel (for flipbooks)
Setup.exe
Shadows, adjusting in Color Correct node
Shape Limits menu
Shape Mode, in Rotospline
Shared memory
Allocating
Increasing, on IRIX
Sharing concept
Sharpen node
Shift key, using to select multiple nodes
Shortcuts
For selecting nodes in the workspace
Show Icon Image preference
Show My License Info command
Show Network License Info command
Shutter Phase parameter
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
In Transform node
Shutter Speed parameter
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
In Transform node
Sign(val)
Silicon Grail
Contact information
Website
Sin(val)
Sinc filter
Single Monitor mode
Sinh(val)
Size (tracking parameter)
Skipping frames
Slicing
Chal option for
During renders
Monitor images
Monitor images
Number of slices to use
Slope handle, in STED
Slopes menu
Smooth(float val, float min, float max)
Smooth(val, min, max)
Smoothing
Bumpmap edges
Edges, in Ultimatte AE node
Image data
In Match Move and Stabilize nodes
Track data
Sobel edge detection
SoftImage
Softclip
Conversion method
Conversion method
Algorithm used in
Parameter in Disk Input node
Software key, obtaining
On IRIX
On NT
Sounds option
Source code
For UNIX filter examples
For plugin examples
Source nodes
Color
Disk Input
Space-Time Editor (STED)
Data entry fields
Functions
Graph
Key frames
Menus
Segments
Waveforms
Window, parts of
Spatial analysis
In Degrain node
In Sharpen node
Specular highlights, in Emboss node
Speed (tracking parameter)
Splines
Drawing and editing
In Rotospline node
In Ultimatte RSC node
Spline to linear and linear to spline
Split node
Sqrt(val)
Squash notifier
Stabilize node
Stabilizing imagery
Stdin (standard input)
Stdout (standard output)
Stops Layer, in Color Correct node
Stretch Factor
Stretch notifier
Strip Off Extra Channels
Strobe effects
Suffix filtering, in the Choose File dialog
Super sampling filter
Surface Normal node
Surface normal
In Bump node
In Surface Normal node
Swap channels
In Channel Swap node
In Color Correct node
In Disk Input node
Switch node
System Feedback Area
System requirements of Chalice
System variables used in Xpresso node
T
T field, in STED
Tabs, parameter
Tan(val)
Tanh(val)
Teamwork, using Chalice to promote
Telecine (film transfer) operations
Telecine-type transfers
Temp comps
Executing
Quality of
Resolution of
Temporary composites
In work monitors
Temporary disk space requirements
Temporary matte
Temps Output tab
Temps Path
Text editors, invoking
Text node
Time Convolve node
Time Stretch node
Time mark, in STED
Tool nodes
Toolbar, monitor
Top input, composite nodes
Track Node parameter
Track Point List
Track data
Generating
Smoothing
Using to
Control position of corner pin
Drive pixel meters
Match movement
Stabilize imagery
Track function
Track node
Track points
Disabling
Tracka function
Tracking, directional, bluescreen reconstruction
Tracking
Auto
Manual
Minimum source processing
Noisy imagery
Non-sequential frames (with gaps)
Parameters
Path (drawing in monitor)
Points
Points
Color of
Re-tracking
Selected points and frames
Setting frame range to track
Tips for creating a good track
Tracksr function
Trailing effects
Transform node
Transformation nodes
Transforming
Imagery in Transform node
Imagery in Transform node
Using arrow keys
Shapes, in Rotospline node
Shapes, in Rotospline node
Using arrow keys
Text, in Text node
Transparency parameter
For Mcomp layers
Triangle (linear) filter
Trigonometric functions
Trunc(val)
Truncate notifier
Tuners, how to use
Turb(x,y,z, depth)
Tutorials, Chalice
Two pass Lanczos filter
In Corner Pin node
Two pass Mitchell filter
In Corner Pin node
In Scale node
Two pass linear filter
In Corner Pin node
Tying segments, in STED
Typefaces
U
UI Heap
UNIX filename conventions
UNIX filters
Source code examples
UNIX node
Ultimatte AE (AdvantEdge) node
Ultimatte Blue paint
Ultimatte CC node
Ultimatte CSC node
Ultimatte GK node
Ultimatte Intelligence
Ultimatte PFG node
Ultimatte RSC node
Ultimatte nodes
How matte data is generated in
How to use in network
Introduction to
Undo Delete command
Undo Distance Scale
Undo Rotation
Undo Size Scale
Undo button (in node panel)
Ungroup command
Unpremultiply node
Unsharp Mask node
Untying segments, in STED
Up button in file dialogs
Update Parameters if Input Changes
Upgrading existing files
User Defaults (for node presets)
Utility monitors
V
V field, in STED
Validate, using Exec node to
Value point, in STED
Value type functions
Variables
Global
Used in Xpresso node
System
Used in Xpresso node
Used in Chalice expressions
Vector Blur node
Vector Warp node
Vectorscope display
Version command
Vertical Adapt, in STED
Vertical flip
UNIX filter example
In Disk Input node
In Disk Output node
Vertical scale of Bit Expand graph
Video Safe node
Video nodes
Field operators, how to choose
Video
Broadcast standards for
Converting
From 30 fps to film (24 fps)
To 30 fps from film (24 fps)
Extracting odd or even fields from
Interlacing fields of
Merging split fields of
Modifying color data for
Scan rates
Splitting into fields
Odd and even, alternating
Odd or even
W
Wakes
Waveform Monitor
Waveforms
Wildcard characters, using in search strings
Wipes between images
Wireframe option, in Rotospline node
Work Heap
Work monitors
Auto Update, changing default state
Changing color of tools in
In Ultimatte nodes, introduction to
Work monitor
In Bit Expand node
In Bit Reduce node
In Chromakey node
In Color Correct node
In Corner Pin node
In Crop node
In Match Move node
In Pixel Meter node
In Rotospline node
In Stabilize node
In Text node
In Track node
In Transform node
In Ultimatte AE node
In Ultimatte PFG node
In Ultimatte RSC node
Workspace
Wrap(val, min, max)
Writing Plug-ins Help Command
X
X
XY Bounds Menu, in Xpresso node
XY coordinates, tracking
Xpresso node
Guidelines for using
Y
YIQ conversion, in Video Safe node
YUV conversion
In Video Safe node
Options for, when importing
Z
Z-depth data, compositing using
Z-depth order
ZPIC image files, importing into Chalice
Zcomp node
Zip Level
Zip compression
Zone Plate
Zoom
Effect, simulating in Transform node
Workspace view
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