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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