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Reformatting Images

Elements created within the Nuke script, such as Background and Ramp, automatically inherit the global format and that’s how you want it for this project. The imported images, however, do not conform to the project settings and must be reformatted.

To Conform Images to the Project Format

1.   Click the Read node for the engine.v01 clip to select it.
2.   Click the right mouse button and choose Transform > Reformat.
3.   Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all the Read nodes in the Node Graph.
4.   Move the mouse pointer over the Viewer, and press the keyboard numbers (1, 2, and 3) to switch between the connected images.

Each image should now conform to the project format.

If you change the delivery format in the project settings, then all elements set to “root.format” also change to the new project settings. If you neglect to reformat images when you read them into the project, the images retain their original format, independent of the project settings.