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Paint
Paint Features
Keying and Matting
Keying Features
Depth
Depth Features
Warps and Morphs
Pin Warp
Morph
Sequence Editor
Sequence Editor Features
Architecture
Compatibility
Installation
Standalone
Windows / Macintosh
Linux
Plug-in
Windows / Macintosh
Linux
Linux Notes
Licensing
Node-Locked Licenses
Internet Activation
Offline Activation
Internet Deactivation
Node-Locked License Troubleshooting
Floating Licenses
Floating licenses - How it works
How do I Install the Floating License Server?
Installing Floating Licenses with Online Activation
Installing Floating Licenses With Offline Activation
Installing The Floating License On A Client Machine (Manual Install)
Troubleshooting Floating Licenses
Installing Render Licenses
Run in Demo Mode
Request A Trial
Tutorials
Starting the Silhouette Standalone
Applying the Silhouette Plug-in
Creating a Project
Standalone
Plug-in
Importing and Replacing Media
Importing Media
Replacing Media
Managing Media Paths
Creating Sessions
Using Session Templates
Editing Sessions
Playback and Caching
Cache Frames
Preload Frames
Increase Amount of Frames During Playback
Silhouette Plug-in - Host Application Tips
Resolve - Working with Alpha
Using Multiple Resolutions In Nuke
Roto
Roto Tips
Quick Start
Bézier
B-Spline
X-Spline
Magnetic Freehand
Square
Circle
Open Shapes
Transform (T)
Reshape (R)
IK (Inverse Kinematics)
MultiFrame
RotoOverlay
Opacity
Rendering Shapes to Channels
Rendering Shape Outlines or Color Filled Shapes
Importing and Exporting Shapes
Motion Blur
Renaming Objects
Adding Notes
Tracker
Planar Trackers
Point Tracker
Match Move or Stabilize Images
Importing and Exporting Tracking Data
Paint
Best Practices
Using Paint
Onion Skin
Paint Presets
Clone Brush
Create And Paint An Oversized Plate
Display Roto Shape Outlines In the Paint Node
Alpha Channels
Detail Separation In Paint
Detail Separation Using Nodes
Auto Paint
Paint Only Node Output
Compositing and Multiple Nodes
Favorite Nodes
Organizing The Tree With Dot Nodes
Match Move or Stabilize Images
Color Correct
Roto Blend
Depth
Creating Depth Objects
Combining Shapes with Depth Objects
Power Matte
Open Shape Method
Closed Shape Method
Blue/Green Screen Keying
zMatte
Blue/Green Screen Keying
Generating Mattes Without A Blue/Green Screen
Holdout Matte/Garbage Matte
Using Light Wrap
zMatte Output Options
Lens Correction
Line Calibration
Using Distortion Maps
Rendering Distortion Maps
Manual Correction
Pin Based Warping
Shape Based Warping
Create Source and Target Shapes
Joining Shapes
Adding Correspondence Points
Setting the Distortion
Barrier Shapes
Previewing the Warp
Morphing
Assigning Inputs
Create A-roll and B-roll Shapes
Joining Shapes / Adding Correspondence Points
Setting the Distortion and Transparency
Previewing the Morph
Adjusting the Morph
Folding
Viewer
Color Management
Using the RGBA buttons in the Viewer
Viewer Navigation
Viewer Rotation
Opening Additional Viewers
ROI (Region of Interest)
Using a Smaller ROI for Performance
Using the ROI to Reveal Overscan Pixels
Working with Stereo Images
Creating a Session Using Left and Right Clips
Creating a Session Using Stereo EXR Files
Using Merge Views to Create Stereo
Stereo Roto
Linking Shapes
Stereo Paint
Stereo Morphing
Using the 3D Preview
Multiple Object Lists, Node Or Object Windows
Creating Additional Windows & Locking Them
Multiple Filtered Object Lists
Sequence Editor
Creating a Sequence
Marking In and Out Points
Moving, Copying, Replacing and Deleting
Trimming
Change Speed and Direction
Shifting a Source Node in Time
Timebar Keyframes
Using the Timeline
Zooming the Timeline In or Out
Panning the Timeline
Changing the Work Range
Moving One Keyframe
Moving a Selection of Keyframes
Adding a Marker
Curve Editor
Cineon/DPX Log Session Workflow
Video Fields and 3:2 Pulldown
Working with Video Fields
Working with 3:2 Pulldown
Rendering
Plug-in
Standalone
Rendering the Automatic Data Window
Rendering EXR Multi-Part Files
Command-Line
Keyboard Customization
User Interface
Plug-in Parameters - Host Application
Opening The Silhouette Interface
Optional Sources
Render
Source Alpha
Paint Alpha
Hold Frame
Concepts
Projects
Trees
Nodes
Objects
Projects
Standalone
Plug-in
Sources
Source Settings
Autosave and Backups
Sessions
New Session
Editing Sessions
Switching Sessions
Deleting Sessions
Session Window
Trees
Session Selector
Overview
Clean Up (C)
Extract Nodes (E)
Enable/Disable Nodes (D)
Load Nodes
Save Nodes
Delete Session
Trees Context Menu
Nodes
Adding Nodes
Connecting Nodes
Grouping Nodes
Deleting Nodes/Wires
Disconnecting Nodes
Disabling Nodes
Renaming Nodes
Replacing Nodes
Coloring Nodes
Searching Nodes
Viewer
Node Selector
New Viewer
View
Update
Stereo View Modes
Proxy
Onion Skin
Snapshot
Blend Amount
Display Options
ROI (Region of Interest)
Magnifier
Stabilize
Rotate
Adjust Rotation
Overlay
Notes
RGBA
Aspect Ratio
External Monitor
Zooming and Panning
Timebar / Player Controls
Timebar
Playback Controls
Frame Rate
Duration
Real-Time Playback
Sequence Editor
Creating a Sequence
Marking In and Out Points
Selecting Clips / Frames
Moving, Copying, Replacing, Deleting
Add Edit
Segment Controls
Trimming
Timeline
Parameter List
Timeline
Curve Editor
Toolbar, Node and Object Parameters, Presets
Toolbar
Tool Tabs
Node
Object
Presets
Notes
Object List
Console
Script Editor
Windows and Adjustments
Sashes
Status Bar
Tool Tips
Twirly Icons
Animate Icons
Numeric Keyboard
Numeric Fields
Reset Icons
Mouse Wheel Adjustments
Spin Box
Pull-Down Menus
File
Edit
Session
Window
Workspace
Actions
Help
Nodes
Node Groups
Color
Composite
Diffusion
Filter
Film Lab
Image
Key
Light
Silhouette
Special Effects
Time
Tints
Transform
Utility
Warp
Sapphire
OFX
Common Node Controls
Blur
Black and White
DOD
Grad
Matte
Nodes
Spot
Renaming Nodes
Temperature
Transform
View Menu
Roto
Description
Toolbar
Stereo Shape Creation
Bézier (Shift-B)
B-Spline (B)
X-Spline (S)
Magnetic Freehand (Shift-F)
Square (Shift-S)
Circle (Shift-C)
Shape and Layer Parameters
Object List
Transform (T)
Reshape (R)
Nudging
IK-Inverse Kinematics (Y)
Tracker
MultiFrame (M)
Add Weighted Key (Alt-K)
RotoOverlay (Shift-O)
Shape Import and Export
Node Parameters
Node Outputs
Tracker
Description
Planar Tracker
Mocha Planar Tracker
Point Tracker
Pre-Processing
Smooth
I/0
View
Preferences
Using the Tracker’s Transform Data
Paint
Description
Best Practices
Controls
Presets
Brushes
Profile
Paint
Auto Paint
Stereo Paint
Node Parameters
Node Outputs
Alpha to Color
Description
Controls
Alpha Composite
Description
Controls
Alpha Threshold
Description
Controls
Black and White
Description
Controls
Bleach Bypass
Description
Controls
Blur
Description
Controls
Bump Distort
Description
Controls
Bump Shade
Description
Controls
Camera Shake
Description
Controls
Cartoon
Description
Controls
Center Spot
Description
Controls
Checkerboard
Description
Controls
Chromatic Aberration
Description
Controls
Clamp
Description
Controls
Color
Description
Controls
Color Bars
Description
Controls
Color Correctors
Description
Master, Shadows, Midtones, Highlights
Color Correct
Printer Points
Telecine
Color Gradient
Description
Controls
Color Infrared
Description
Controls
Color Paste
Description
Controls
Color Shadow
Description
Controls
Color Spot
Description
Controls
Color Suppress
Description
Controls
Color To Alpha
Description
Colorize Channel
Description
Controls
Colorize Gradient
Description
Controls
Composite
Description
Controls
Copy
Description
Controls
Crop
Description
Controls
Cross Processing
Description
Controls
Day for Night
Description
Controls
Deartifact
Description
Controls
Deband
Description
Controls
Deblock
Description
Controls
Deflicker
Description
Controls
Defog
Description
Controls
Defringe
Description
Controls
Degrain
Description
Controls
Outputs
Depth
Description
Depth Tools
Shapes / Layers and Depth
Depth Preview
Node Parameters
Node Outputs
Depth of Field
Description
Controls
Despeckle
Description
Detail
Description
Controls
Develop
Description
Controls
Difference Matte
Description
Controls
Diffusion
Description
Controls
Displace
Description
Controls
DOD
Description
Controls
Dot
Description
Double Fog
Description
Controls
Drop Shadow
Controls
Dual Gradient
Description
Controls
Edge Composite
Description
Controls
Edge Detect
Description
Controls
Extract Detail
Description
Controls
Outputs
Fade Color
Description
Controls
Film Stocks
Description
Controls
Flip
Description
Flop
Description
Fog
Description
Controls
Fractal Noise
Description
Controls
Frost
Description
Controls
Glow
Description
Controls
Glow Darks
Description
Controls
Glow Edges
Description
Controls
Grain
Description
Controls
Grain Composite
Description
Controls
Grid
Description
Controls
Grunge
Description
Controls
Harris Shutter
Description
Controls
High Contrast
Description
Controls
Hold
Description
Controls
Holdout Composite
Description
Controls
Infrared
Description
Controls
Invert
Description
Controls
Kelvin
Description
Controls
Keystone
Description
Controls
Lens Correction
Description
Overview
Controls
Lens Distortion
Description
Controls
Lens Flare
Description
Elements
Caustic
Chroma Bands
Chroma Ring
Circle
Circles
Disc
Ellipse
Edge Streak
Fan Rays
Hot Spot
Polygon
Polygons
Radial Streaks
Random Spikes
Ring
Spikes
Spiral Rays
Star
Star Caustic
Stripe
Controls - Global
Presets
Edit Flare
Flare
Occlusion
Flicker
Edge Flare
Noise
Controls - Elements
Angle
Aspect
Blur
Brightness
Brightness Variance
Center
Center Brightness
Center Offset
Chroma
Color
Color Variance
Cycles
Density
Edge Fade
Element Count
Hotspot
Inside Width
Jitter
Length
Lens Noise
Lock To
Match Flare Angle
Middle Width
Noise
Noise Density
Offset
Outside Width
Position
Position Variance
Ramp Gamma
Ramp Scale
Randomize
Ring Brightness
Ring Size
Ring Softness
Scale
Sides
Size Variance
Softness
Softness Variance
Spread
Taper
Total Scale
Vertical Variance
Weight
Warp
Width
X Offset
Y Offset
Light Wrap
Description
Controls
Linear Gradient
Description
Controls
Looks
Description
Controls
Low Contrast
Description
Controls
Match
Description
Controls
Math Composite
Description
Controls
Matte Repair
Description
Controls
Merge Views
Description
Mist
Description
Controls
Mix
Description
Controls
Mocha Pro
Description
Morph
Description
Node Parameters
Shape Parameters
Correspondence Tool (C)
Barrier Shapes
Folding
Node Outputs
Mosaic
Description
Controls
ND Gradient
Description
Controls
Net
Description
Night Vision
Description
Controls
Tint
Glow
Additional Controls
Non-Additive Mix
Description
Controls
Black Clip
Note
Description
Controls
Null
Description
OCIO Colorspace
Description
Controls
OCIO Display
Description
Controls
OCIO LUT
Description
Controls
Optical Dissolve
Description
Controls
Output / Output Multi-Part
Description
Format
File
Metadata
Channels
Views
Premultiply
Crop/Pad
Sample
Render
Overexpose
Description
Controls
Pastel
Description
Controls
Pencil
Description
Controls
Photographic
Description
Controls
Pin Warp
Description
Controls
Polarizer
Description
Controls
Power Matte
Description
Matte Creation
Shape Parameters
Node Parameters
Node Outputs
Premultiply
Description
Rack Focus
Description
Controls
Radial Gradient
Description
Controls
Radial Tint
Description
Controls
Rays
Description
Controls
Reflector
Description
Controls
ReLight
Description
Controls
Resize
Description
Controls
Retime
Description
Controls
Reverse
Description
Roto Blend
Description
Node Parameters
Shape Parameters
Scatter
Description
Controls
Scratch
Description
Controls
Screen Smoother
Description
Controls
Selective Color Correct
Description
Color Correct
Matte
Shadows/Highlights
Description
Controls
Sharpen
Description
Controls
Silk
Description
Controls
Slap Comp
Description
Controls
Source Nodes
Description
Alpha
Stream
Time Shift
Extend Duration
Center
Split Field
Description
Controls
Split Tone
Description
Controls
Split Views
Description
Streaks
Description
Controls
Sunset
Description
Controls
Swap Channels
Description
Controls
Switch Matte
Description
Controls
Texture
Description
Controls
Three Strip / Two Strip
Controls
Time Blur
Description
Controls
Tint
Description
Controls
Tone Adjust
Description
Controls
Transform
Description
Controls
Turb Distort
Description
Controls
Unpremultiply
Description
Vignette
Description
Controls
X-Ray
Description
Controls
zMatte
Description
Deartifact
Primary Matte
Secondary Matte
Holdout Matte
Garbage Matte
Color Suppress
Color Correct
Light Wrap
Edge
Transform
Node Outputs
Render
Render Options
Render
Range
Output Start Frame
Field Handling
Field Dominance
Resolution
Data Window
Preview
Validate
Send to RV
Render
Apply
Cancel
Command-Line
General Options
Rendering options
Silhouette Shape Import/Export Plug-in for Adobe After Effects
Importing Silhouette Shapes into After Effects
Exporting After Effects Masks to Silhouette Shapes
Shape Import/Export Notes
Appendix A - Preferences
Autosave
Interval (minutes)
Maximum # of Backups
Cache
% ROI Overscan
% Total Physical RAM
Preload Frames
Purge Cache on Project Load
Color Management
Cineon/DPX Working Colorspace
OCIO Configuration
Colors
Active Point Color
Alpha Overlay Color
Anchor Color
Background Color
Bounding Box Color
Callout Color
Control Point Color
Default Outline Color
Hull Color
Layer Transform Color
Mask Fill Color
Mask Outline Color
Object Colors
Point Groups
Premultiply Background Color
Selected Point Color
Template Color
Environment
+
-
Show Internal Variables
GPU
Auto
GPU
CPU
Input/Output
Silhouette Shapes
Nuke 6.2+ Shapes
Nuke 9+ Shapes
Morph
Correspondence Lines
Correspondence Lines Color
Correspondence Point Color
Correspondence Point Size
Default Target Color
Nudging
Distance (pixels)
Extended (Shift) Distance (pixels)
Precise (Ctrl/Cmd) Distance (pixels)
Paint
Brush Outline Color
Crosshair Cursor
Hide Brush Outline While Painting
Paint > Lock Presets After Importing
Output Unpainted Frames
Pressure Threshold
Use Tablet Pressure
Clone
History
Project
Compress Project Data
Save Usage Analytics With Project
Render
Filename
Roto
Composite Color
RV
Command
Scripting
Enable External Scripts
External Script Paths
Shape
Auto Switch to Reshape Tool
Blur Type
Control Handle Size
Default Interpolation
Default Reshape Tool
Enable Legacy Feathering
Fade Outline with Opacity
Freehand Point Selection
Hide Hulls During Edit
Hide Outlines During Edit
Interpolation Engine
Number Points
Primitive Type
Recursive Subdivide
Rotate from Center of Selection Bounding Box
Show Feather Handles
Show Shape Name
Show Tangent Vectors
Transform from Center of Selection Bounding Box
X-Spline Point Type
X-Spline Tension Factor
Stereo
Enable NVIDIA 3D Vision Preview Support
Tracker
Create Point Trackers in Root
Default Path Color
Default Point Track Tolerance
Point Tracking Behavior
Show Path Points
mocha
Planar Tracker
Undo
Max Undo Events
User Interface
Allow Nested Docks
Automatically Raise Dock Preference
Check for New Versions
Colored Timeline Tracks
Invert Mouse Wheel in Editors
Show Sources Last in Node List
Show Object Properties on Selection
Show What’s New After Installing A New Version
Timebar Field Dragging Lock
Use Native File Dialog For Importing Media
Trees
Viewer
Anaglyph Mode
Anti-Alias Overlay Controls
Auto-Show Overlay
Display ROI Outline
Handle Mode
Line Width
Picking Tolerance
Restore Focus After Editing preference
Stereo Alignment Type
Synchronize Viewers
Zoom Factor
Zoom Filter
Appendix B - Keyboard Shortcuts
Nodes
Crop > On-Screen Controls
Depth > Preview Pan/Zoom
Nodes Window
Paint
Brushes
Clone > Pin Warp
Clone > Region
Clone Transform Keyboard Shortcuts
Clone Transform Nudging
Clone Transform On-Screen Controls
Clone Transform On-Screen Controls With Region Set
Cutout Brush
Settings
View Menu
Render
Preview
Roto
Tools
Bézier Splines
B-Spline Shapes
Brush Reshape
Cut / Copy / Paste
Feather
IK (Inverse Kinematics) Tool
Layer Transform On-Screen Controls
Magnetic Freehand Shapes
Nudging
Object List
Point Groups
Selecting / Deselecting Control Points
Selecting / Deselecting Shapes
Tracker
Transform Tool
Transform On-Screen Controls
X-Spline Shapes
View Menu
Timeline
Curve Editor
Viewer
Pan/Zoom
Playback Controls
ROI
Stereo
Align
View
Sequence Editor
Trees Window
Appendix C - Session Formats
Film Academy (1828x1332)
Film Cinemascope Full (3656x2664)
Film Cinemascope Half (1828x1556)
Film Full Aperture 2K (2048x1536)
Film Full Aperture 2k (2048x1556)
Film Full Aperture 4K (4096x3072)
Film Full Aperture 4K (4096x3112)
HDTV 1080 24 (1920x1080)
HDTV 1080 25 (1920x1080)
HDTV 1080 29.97 (1920x1080)
HDTV 720 24 (1280x720)
HDTV 720 25 (1280x720)
HDTV 720 29.97 (1280x720)
HDTV Anamorphic 1080 24 (1280x1080)
NTSC 640 29.97 (640x480)
NTSC 648 29.97 (648x486)
NTSC D1 720 29.97 (720x486)
NTSC D1 Square Pixels 720 29.97 (720x540)
NTSC DV 720 29.97 (720x480)
NTSC DV Widescreen 720 29.97 (720x480)
PAL D1/DV 720 25 (720x576)
PAL D1/DV Square Pixels 768 25 (768x576)
PAL D1/DV Widescreen 720 25 (720x576)
UHD 4K 23.976 (3840x2160)
UHD 4K 25 (3840x2160)
UHD 4K 29.97 (3840x2160)
UHD 8K 23.976 (7680x4320)
Appendix D - Environment Variables
Appendix E - Legacy Feather
Appendix F - Video Fields
Appendix G - Blend Modes
Add
Subtract
Multiply
Screen
Difference
Darken
Lighten
Overlay
Soft Light
Hard Light
Vivid Light
Linear Light
Pin Light
Color Burn
Linear Burn
Darker Color
Color Dodge
Linear Dodge (Add)
Lighter Color
Hue
Saturation
Appendix H - OCIO LUTS
Third Party Licenses Used by Silhouette
GLEW (OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library)
GStreamer
libjpeg
libpng
libtiff
libz
OpenColorIO
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library)
OpenEXR
Power Matte
PySide2
Python
Qt
Shiboken2
xmlio
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