Save
The Save dialog is used for perfoming a save of a Take, SSD Take, or SLOW File.
To perform a save, click the Save... button in a Take / SSD Take / SLOW File Info pane, the File Menu, or from an object's context menu in the Navigation Pane.
Source
Displays information about the source Take, SSD Take, or SLOW file and allows users to define the frame range to be saved.
Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Save Range | Selects the method of defining the range of frames to save |
| Start Frame | Start frame of a user-defined save range when using the 'Selection' Save option |
| End Frame | End frame of a user-defined save range when using the 'Selection' Save option |
| Frame Count | Read-only field that displays the total amount of frames to be saved based on the Save option |
Save Range Options
| Option | Save Range |
|---|---|
| All frames | Saves all frames of the full recorded range |
| Playback Frames | Saves frames based on the user-defined playback range of the scrubber bar |
| Selection | Saves frames defined by the user in the First/Last Frame fields in this Save dialog box |
Destination
Provides options for file destination and file naming
Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Save To | Sets the save destination |
| File Name | Text field to define desired file name, including any optional tags to add information or context. Tags can be inserted by clicking the  button, or by typing them in manually |
| Folder | Displays the folder path of the file to be saved. To select the desired folder, click the  button |
| Free Space | Read-only field that displays the available disk space of the save destination |
Save To Options
| Option | Destination |
|---|---|
| File | Local, external, or network drive |
| SSD | Camera's SSD drive |
Tag Options
| Option | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | <name> | Original name of the SLOW file, Take#, or SSD Take name |
| Timestamp | <time> | Timestamp at the time of save operation |
| Sequence Number | <seq> or <seq:n> | Incrementing sequence number based on an internal counter, can be overidden by users. The sequence number can be zero-padded to a minimum number of digits by adding a colon followed by desired number of digits to the tag |
The following are examples of valid file names that use tags at the beginning, middle, and/or ends of the file name strings:
Filename_<time>_ MoreName_<seq:3>
<time>_Filename _<seq:3>_MoreName
In these examples, the underscore characters are not required but added as delimiters to make the resulting string easier to read.
Results:
Format
Provides options for file format, codec, frame rate, and quality
Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Format | Selects the desired file format |
| Codec | Provides options for uncompressed or compressed video / image encoding |
| Frame Rate | Sets the playback frame rate for video formats. Common rates can be selected from the dropdown menu, or a custom rate up to 240fps can be entered manualy |
| Quality | Sets the desired video encoding quality for compressed codecs at the cost of file size and/or save time. Adjusting the slider to the right (lower numeric value) results in increased quality |
| Est. File Size | Estimation of the file size in bytes based on the frame range and format options |
The Codec, Frame Rate, and Quality options are only available for some Formats
Format Options
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| SLOW | Pharsighted's proprietary raw image data and metadata file format |
| AVI | Audio Video Interleave |
| MP4 | MPEG-4 Part 14 |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
Image adjustments and color adjustments are applied permanently to pixel data when images are saved to file formats other than .SLOW.
Codec Options
| Format | Codec | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AVI | RAW-BGR24 | Raw (uncompressed) image format, each pixel is stored in 3 bytes (B, G, R) |
| AVI | RAW-Gray8 | Raw (uncompressed) image format, each pixel is stored in 1 byte (monochrome) |
| MP4 | AV1-YUV420P | High-compression efficiency image format with YUV (Luma, U, V) color space format that uses chroma subsampling (4:2:0) and a planar arrangement, 8bpp |
| MP4 | AV1-YUV420P10 | High-compression efficiency image format with YUV (Luma, U, V) color space format that uses chroma subsampling (4:2:0) and a planar arrangement, 10bpp |
| MP4 | H.264-YUV420P | High-compression efficiency image format with YUV (Luma, U, V) color space format that uses chroma subsampling (4:2:0) and a planar arrangement, 8bpp |
Frame Rate Options
Save & Repeat
The Save & Repeat function is available to quickly perform multiple saves of the same source. This is useful, for example, when it desired to save the source to multiple destinations and/or formats.
To do so, click the down arrow within the Save button and select the Save and Repeat option. This will immediately begin the save with the current settings, but will keep the save dialog open so that a subsequent save can be configured and performed.
