Index

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Symbols

$F variable

$HOME

$JOB variable

defining

using

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Numerics

1.85 Mask overlay

10-bit log. See Cineon format

16-bit. See bit depth

3:2 Pulldown node

3:2 Pushup node

32-bit. See bit depth; floating point

8-bit. See bit depth

8-perf 70mm resolution

90% white card

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

A

A/B wipe

About RAYZ command

Academy resolution

action safe area, delineating

Actions menus

Add New Window command

Add node

Adobe Photoshop format, import options for

Alias Camera Depth file format

Alias file format

All Node Display submenu

alpha channel

adding

in Channel Swap node

in Image In node

composite operators that use

integrated, splitting from RGB channels

See also mattes

alpha coverage

anamorphic film footage

displaying in Image Viewer

animating morphs and warps

animating parameters

in Curve Editor

in Node Panel

Animation menu

Interpolation submenu of

meaning of icons on

anti-aliasing

Aperture parameters, Cinespeed

API, RAYZ

aspect ratio

1.85

preserving, during resize operation

Autokey button

for drawing Roto shapes

autosave preferences

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

B

Backing Color parameter

BCG layer of Color Correct node

Bessel filter

Bezier function

Bezier handles, how to use

bit depth

of composite node output

of images in RAYZ

specifying, in source nodes

Bit Depth node

black levels, adjusting

in Color Curves

in Ultimatte CC node

blackout viewing mode

blue spill

bluescreen

correcting flaws in

removing grain from backing of

Boujou track data, importing

Bounce loop in Sequence node

Bounce playback mode

boundary shapes

box filter

Branch Node popup menu

Breaking menu in Cinespeed

Brightness node

brightness, adjusting

using an offset

Buffer Assignment controls

buffers

using in Vector Blur node

using in Vector Warp node

Bump Map node

Bzip2 compression

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

C

cache indicator

caching flipbooks

camera jitter, removing

camera moves, simulating

Canny edge detection filter

Catmull-Rom/Overhauser Spline filter

Center button

centering contents of viewspace

Chalice Direct Image format

Channel menu in Image Viewer

channel parameter groups

Channel Select parameters

Channel Split node

Channel Swap layer of Color Correct node

Channel Swap node

channels, image

adding, swapping, deleting

displaying in Image Viewer

specifying number of, in source nodes

specifying which ones are affected by node operation

splitting RGB and A

See also alpha channel; z-depth channel

Checker node

checkerboard pattern, creating

Chromakey node

CinemaScope resolution

Cineon conversion

Cinesite Digital Film Center

sequence parameters in

timeline

preference settings for

color correction

adjusting color balance

clamping color values

comprehensive

exposure

hue-based

mapping color values to luminance

matching colors of one image to another

matching the colorspace of another image

of shadows, midtones, or highlights

to match a reference image

using curves

operations, concatenation of

to conform to video broadcast standards

to match a reference image

using contrast stretch operation

guidelines for choosing

color resolution. See bit depth

color swatches

changing default colors for

color temperature, matching

color values

clamping

matching, in the Tint node

obtaining readout of

sampling

specifying in RAYZ Color parameters

using Constant Luminance

using eyedropper tool

using HSV controls

using popup spectrum bar

using RGB controls

color wheel, using to

shift hues

specify HSV color values

colors

clamping

reducing (posterization)

colorspace conversion

Colorspace node

colorspace units, specifying, for color value readouts

command line

comments, adding to underlays

Composite nodes

premultiplication of inputs to

compositing

disparate input images

formulas, notation used in

multilayer

z-depth

connecting nodes

within Group to outside nodes

Connection Display submenu

connections, node

creating

cutting and changing

constant function

context-sensitive hotkeys

Continuous update mode

Contrast node

Contrast Stretch

contrast, adjusting

by redefining tonal range

converting

bit depth of linear imagery

on import

colorspaces

linear imagery to log

log imagery to linear

on import

YUV to RGB on import

convolution kernel, editable

convolution, description of

of pixels on image borders

copying

corners, image, animating positions of

Create Group command

Create Underlay button

Current Colors project settings

Current Look preference settings

cursor icons

cursor position, significance of

See also curves; keypoints

curves

animating

copying

displaying, in Curve Editor graph

interpolating

manipulating

using, to remap colorspace values

using, to retime footage

Curves layer of Color Correct node

Custom nodes

deleting

renaming

Cycle loop in Sequence node

Cycle playback mode

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

D

Darken composite operation

data entry parameters

deleting

Group node containers

node connections

nodes

parameters

deleting a Custom node

desaturation

in Color Correct node

diagnostic tool, using the Difference node as

dialog boxes

Directory MRU menu in RAYZ file dialogs

disconnecting nodes

displacement effect

Display Conversion parameters

Display menu in Worksheet Toolbar

downstream nodes, selecting

DPX file format

See also Cineon conversion

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

E

edge map

edges

filtering, in Ultimatte AE composite node

sharpening, using Laplacian filter

Edit menu

Edit ROI overlay

Edit Wipe Region overlay

Effects channel, in Wavefront files

8-perf 70mm resolution

Emboss node

environment variables

RAYZ_PREFERENCES_PATH

error messages, reading

expand/collapse all

expanding parameter groups

export parameters command

exporting

images. See rendering

exposure, adjusting

expressions

modifying referenced parameter values in

parameter naming in

specifying frames in

using, to control curve values

Extension menu in RAYZ file dialogs

extra parameter, adding

eyedropper tool, how to use

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

F

Fast Real-time Playback (FRP) format

Fido file format

See also Cineon conversion

Field Chart overlay

fields, video. See video operations

File dialog

navigation preferences for

file extensions

of image file formats

File Group node

File Manager menu in RAYZ dialog boxes

File menu

File Path preferences

filepath, image output

files, RAYZ. See project files

files, script

See also scripting

film grain

film resolutions, specifying

film stocks

matching grain patterns of

scanned with and without aperture correction

filters used with Transform nodes

Find Nodes button

Find Nodes panel

Fit All Nodes in View command

Fit button in Curve Editor Graph

Fit button in flipbook

Fit command in Image Viewer Size menu

caching image data in

flipping images

floating point

converting imported images to

displaying parameter values in

specifying, in source nodes

flowlines

straight line display preference

flowlines, display of channel data in

follow selection mode (dynamic focus)

fonts

Foto-Kem lab

FPS

actual playback rate achieved

film, converting to video

setting, in flipbook

video, converting to film

fractional values. See Float Display

Frame Averaging method

frame numbers, padding with leading zeros

frame range

global

of composite node output

setting

in flipbook

in source nodes

in Time Scooter

frame rate. See FPS

Frame Rounding method

frames

frequency analysis methods

F-Stops layer of Color Correct node

F-Stops node

Full Aperture resolution

Full Screen mode

Full Size overlay

full size, specifying, when using proxies

functions used in expressions

functions, interpolation

using in Clip Editor

using in Color Curves node

using in Retime Footage graph

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

G

G: Matte Channel. See garbage mattes

gamma

adjusting

in Ultimatte CC node

display

video. See video gamma

Gamma node

garbage mattes

creating, in Roto node

global variables

creating and defining

overriding in command line renders

using in the Text node

Grab Key button

gradient

circular

linear

luminance, in Indexed Color node

grain

graphics cards, recommended

greenscreen

Grid node

grid pattern, creating

Group nodes

customizing Node Panel of

getting into and out of

GUI. See interface

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

H

H: Matte Channel

Hard Light composite operation

HDTV resolution

help browser preference

high pass filter

highlights

defining range of, for color correction

emphasizing, in a composite

hotkeys

Hue Adjust layer of Color Correct node

Hue Adjust node

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

I

Buffer Assignment controls

display controls for

Image Description parameters

Image File dialog

image files

formats supported by RAYZ

proxies

rendering

retiming sequences of

Image In node

Image Out node

image profile overlay

pinning to Node Overlay buffer

region (ROI) updates in

Viewer Tools panel

images

bluescreen

comparing

before and after change

input and output of node

using Difference node

using wipes

creating, in source nodes

editing sequences of

in Clip Editor

in Retime Footage

in Sequence node

full screen viewing of

importing

Cineon

Maya format options

premultiplication status of

subset of total frame range

Wavefront format options

conversion options for

thumbnail. See thumbnail images

updating display of

in specified region only

viewing node input or output

warping

See also color correction; compositing; converting; spatial transformations; and names of individual filters and effects

IMAX resolution

Import File command

Import Footage dialog box

importing

increment, setting

adding to Group nodes

mask

input layers

deleting

replacing

inputs, switching among

Insert Node popup menu

installation

Linux

interface

components of

layout of

interpolation, specifying type of

Invert layer of Color Correct node

inverting

IRIX

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

J

jitter, eliminating

JPEG compression options

JPEG format

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

K

kernel

custom

definition of

kernel input

key, license. See license key

keyframes, adding and deleting

in Autokey mode

using keypoints on curves

using parameter Animation menu

keying (matte generation). See mattes, creating

Keypoint Viewer panel

keypoints

Kodak Motion Picture & Television Imaging

Kodak Vision film stocks

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

L

layout

license key, obtaining

IRIX

Linux

Windows

Lighten composite operation

Lights per Stop parameter

Lin To Log node

line breaks, creating, in Text node

linear 90% white

linear function

linear to log conversion

link lines

Linux installation

Alpha

Intel

Live Color display tools

lock button in Multi-comp layer entries

locked-off shot

log 90% white

log image data

display of, in the Image Viewer

Log To Lin node

log to linear conversion

looping

Low resolution setting

Lumakey node

luminance

changing default type

channel, adding

channel, displaying in Viewer

types of, and how calculated

LUTs

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

M

Magni-zoom overlay

Main Clip Edit Controls

Main Viewer control strip

Make Directories render option

Manage Custom command

controlling direction of blur with

creating, in Roto node

resizing an image with

Mask Invert checkbox

Match Move node

Matrox graphics cards

matte lines, removing from composite

combining, in MinMax node

creating

by drawing rotosplines

Maximize View command

Maximum Log parameter

Maya curve data, importing

Maya files, importing

Maya format

Medium resolution setting

Merge node

metacharacters, using in search strings

Microsoft Windows Bitmap format

midtones

color correcting

defining range of, for color correction

MinMax node

Mitchell filter

modifier keys, using with hotkey assignments

monitors, dual

Monochrome layer of Color Correct node

mouse button usage guidelines

movement

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

N

Name field in Node Panel

navigation

negative, creating

in Invert layer of Color Correct

in Invert node

neighborhood operator (rank)

90% white card

Node Actions menu

using Pin To commands in

node connectors

Node menu

categories in

See also parameter controls; parameters

node size, preferences for

nodes

inserting into network

manipulating in Worksheet without selecting

mask inputs to

moving without selecting

naming

pinning multiple, to Curve Editor

thumbnail image display in

visual indicators of current state

noise reduction

in static sequences

using rank operations

normalized values. See Float Display

NTSC resolutions

NTSC video

computing luminance of

converting to 24fps

scan rate of

nVidia GeForce graphics cards

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

O

Object channel, in Wavefront files

1.85 Mask overlay

OpenGL graphics cards

operating systems

operations, concatenation of

in color correction nodes

operators used in expressions

Original Aperture

Other Gamma display conversion parameter

outline arrows

output connector

output connectors, multiple, on Group nodes

Output Path parameter

Outside node

Over node

Overlay buffer

Overlay composite operation

overlays

border displays

image profile

in plugin nodes, creating

Multi-comp transform widget

Overwrite render option

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

P

PAL resolutions

PAL video

computing luminance of

parameter controls

expanding and collapsing

parameters

animating

how to enter expressions in

how to reference, in expressions

in Group node, adding to Node Panel

mask input

numeric

Animation menu

data entry fields

types of display unit used

saving presets for

setting project defaults for

spare

types of controls for

pattern generation

pedestal of NTSC video

perl

photographic stops. See f-stops

Photoshop files, importing

multi-layer, without flattening

Pin To command in Node Actions menu

pinned nodes, look of

pinning

multiple nodes to Curve Editor

nodes to views

pixel ratio

specifying

used to display image

pixel values

inspecting, in Image Viewer

using to set parameters

pixel values, sampling, using Color Picker

playback controls

playback modes

playback, actual rate of

plugins, writing

PNG compression options

Posterize node

pre-comps, program-generated

preference files, location of, on disk

preferences

autosave

current look settings

file browser

file paths

general, compared with project settings

grid size to which nodes align

help

hotkeys

Image Viewer settings

premultiplication

in composite operations

in Ultimatte AE composite node

status of imported images

managing custom node presets

Prewitt filter for vertical edge detection

printer lights

number of, equivalent to a stop

Printer Lights layer of Color Correct node

Printer Lights node

print-through, definition of

Process strip

project files

compressing

creating, opening, saving

list of most recently used

setting preferences for

Project Settings

project settings

default swatch colors

defining globals

node default parameter settings

panel, how to use

proxy files

creating

importing into Image In node

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

Q

quadratic filter

in Convolve node

QuickTime compression

QuickTime file format

quintic function

Quit command

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

R

RAM

effect of, on playback rate

ramp

rayz scripting commands

RAYZ version number, displaying

Reference buffer

region of interest. See ROI

region wipe

renaming a Custom node

compression options for

default directory to which files are written

format conversion parameters

from Image Out node

sequentially numbering files

Replace Node popup menu

Resize node

resolution

color. See bit depth

spatial. See size; full size

retime command-line options

Retime Footage utility

Revert command

RGB colorspace

RGB Gamma display conversion parameter

Right Ascension

ripple effect

RMB (Right Mouse Button) menus. See Actions menus.

ROI (region of interest) display

ROI checkbox

Rosco Labs bluescreen paints

rotation

in 90-degree increments

matching to another image

undoing

Roto node

Alpha and Opacity parameters compared

drawing shapes in

editing shapes in

rotosplines

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

S

sample color, selecting, in Ultimatte nodes

Save Selected As Custom command

saving

Retime Footage settings

scaling

in Resize node

matching to another image

undoing

viewspace

Screen composite operation

screen correction image

Screen Filter parameter

scripting

command line execution

errors in

languages

names of node types used in

names of parameters used in

node syntax used in

scrolling

scrubbing

among frames in a flipbook

using eyedropper to sample pixels

Search By menu

seconds, displaying time in

Select All Inputs command

Select All Outputs command

Selected Node Display submenu

Sequence node

sequences

editing

shadows

defining range of, for color correction

emphasizing, in a composite

shapes

boundary, in Morph node

roto

Sharpen node

Show States checkbox

Shutter button on tool panels

Shutter Phase

Shutter Speed

Silicon Grail, how to contact

Sinc filter

size

of composite node output

specifying, in Size parameter

by selecting from menu list

Size menu (display resolution)

defining Medium and Low in

Skew node

slider bars

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory catalog

Sobel filter

Soft Light composite operation

softclip

Softimage format

Source menu (in Image Viewer)

spare parameter, adding

spare parameters

spatial transformations

of layers in composite node

skews

spill, removing

using the Despill node

splines

drawing, in Roto node

in Morph node

animating

connecting

deleting connections between

duplicating

open

Split node

splitting RGBA images into RGB and A outputs

Stabilize node

star field, generating

Stars node

Start At parameter

state indicators on nodes

Status Bar

error messages in

Stop button

stops. See f-stops

Strip Off Extra Channels render option

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

T

10-bit log. See Cineon format

test pattern, generating, in Color Bars node

Text node

line breaks, typing in Text field

text, adding to underlays

3:2 Pulldown node

3:2 Pushup node

thumbnail images

changing scale factors for

node display of

timeline

Tiff compression options

Time Display Style setting

Time Scooter

Time Warp, Cineon

time, units used to display

timeline

preference settings for

time-shifting image sequences

Title bar (of view pane)

title safe area, delineating

Tone Range parameters

tool panels

Curve Browser panel

Keypoint Viewer panel

Viewer Tools panel

tool strips

repositioning, in view frame

Tools menu

in RAYZ main menu strip

in title bar of view

track data

creating

importing into Curve Editor

using to

animate a corner pin

match movement

match rotation and scaling

stabilize an image

undo rotation and scaling

Track node

Image Viewer track tools

tracking methods

trailing effect

Transform node

overlay and Node Panel parameters compared

specifying order of operations in

to match movement in another image

transport controls in flipbook

triangle filter

Turbulence node

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

U

Ultimatte AdvantEdge (AE) node

Ultimatte Classic Screen Correction (CSC) node

Ultimatte Color Control (CC) node

Ultimatte Grain Killer (GK) node

Ultimatte node

Ultimatte nodes

how matte data is generated in

order in which to use

overview of

sample color, guidelines for selecting

Under node

Underlay Actions menu

Underlay Colors tool strip

upstream nodes, selecting

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

V

Vector Blur node

vector files created by Cinespeed

vector files, overwriting

Vector Warp node

version number of RAYZ, displaying

video

See also NTSC; PAL; video operations

video gamma

of imported images

rendering images with

video operations

Deinterlace and Split nodes compared

deinterlace, odd or even

interlace fields, 2 inputs

merge split fields, 1 input

pulldown

pushup (inverse pulldown)

split, odd and even

video resolutions, specifying

views

common interface controls for

pinned, changing state of

pinning

using drop-link method

using Node Actions menu

replacing

resizing

splitting

that follow selection

tool strips in, rearranging

types of

Views menu

viewspace, infinite, working with

vignette mask

VistaVision resolution

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

W

warping images in Morph node

Wavefront files, importing

Wavefront RLA/RLB format

wildcards

windowed filters

wiping between images

Worksheet

controlling content of other views using

Navigator panel

preferences for

See also Node menu; nodes

Worksheet Actions menu

Worksheet Toolbar

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

X

Xform node menu. See Transform nodes

X-Parm button

Xpresso node

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

Y

YUV images

NUM | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-M | N-P | Q-S | T-V | W-Z

Z

Z-comp node

z-depth channel

compositing images using

in Maya files (ZBUF)

in Wavefront files (Z-Buffer)

using as mask input

Zoom menu

zooming

images in the Viewer

the node network in the Worksheet

zooms, camera