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CAUTION Editing virtual set images The source files that make up the layers of a static virtual set are .jpg and .png files that you can modify in any image-editing application. However, you cannot edit VirtualTrak sets. If you are using any VirtualTrak shots, then before you change a set, you should storyboard all of the scenes in a given master set and avoid editing any static views that are visible in the VirtualTrak shots. This avoids breaking the continuity of the scene. The licensing agreement for Ultra prohibits the resale of modified virtual sets and assets. In other words, you are not permitted to change the color or the value of some other property of virtual sets and then post the content for sale as original content. The license allows users to change the image slightly for their own productions. A virtual set has one or more image source files that are normally hidden. To determine the names of the files that you want to revise: 1. Load the desired virtual set. 2. Switch from the standard set of thumbnail controls for User-Defined sources to those for the Pre-Defined sources for virtual sets by choosing View > Displayed Inputs > PreDefined or by pressing Alt+P. The top thumbnail is for the virtual set just as it is for the standard controls. Below it is a thumbnail for each layer in the set. ( To return to the standard set of layer thumbnails, choose View > Displayed Inputs > User-Defined or press Alt+U.) 3. Click the thumbnail for the layer that you want to modify. 4. Check the Current Source field below the Input Preview Monitor to find the name of its source file. You can check the full path in the Look In field of the dialog box that appears when you click the Browse button. The files that you just identified are stored in the Elements folder in the Master Set folder for the selected virtual set. 1. Browse to where the virtual sets are stored. The default path is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Ultra CS3\Content\Virtual Sets\[Master Set name]. 2. If you want to keep a version of the Master Set in its original form, copy its entire folder. 3. If you don't see the Elements folder in the Master Set folder, choose Tools > File Options in Windows Explorer, click the View tab, and then select Show Hidden Files And Folders. 4. If you did not copy the entire Master Set folder, then Adobe recommends that you either make a copy of the Elements folder before starting to edit any images, or save the changes by a new name. Failure to do so could necessitate reinstalling the Master Sets Library to return to the original images for the virtual sets. After you access the Elements folder, the .png and .jpg files are available for you to open and edit in an image-editing application. 74 How to

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How to
Editing virtual set images
The source files that make up the layers of a static virtual set are .jpg and .png files that you
can modify in any image-editing application. However, you cannot edit VirtualTrak sets. If
you are using any VirtualTrak shots, then before you change a set, you should storyboard all of
the scenes in a given master set and avoid editing any static views that are visible in the
VirtualTrak shots. This avoids breaking the continuity of the scene.
A virtual set has one or more image source files that are normally hidden. To determine the
names of the files that you want to revise:
1.
Load the desired virtual set.
2.
Switch from the standard set of thumbnail controls for User-Defined sources to those for
the Pre-Defined sources for virtual sets by choosing View > Displayed Inputs > PreDefined
or by pressing Alt+P. The top thumbnail is for the virtual set just as it is for the standard
controls. Below it is a thumbnail for each layer in the set. ( To return to the standard set of
layer thumbnails, choose View > Displayed Inputs > User-Defined or press Alt+U.)
3.
Click the thumbnail for the layer that you want to modify.
4.
Check the Current Source field below the Input Preview Monitor to find the name of its
source file. You can check the full path in the Look In field of the dialog box that appears
when you click the Browse button.
The files that you just identified are stored in the Elements folder in the Master Set folder for
the selected virtual set.
1.
Browse to where the virtual sets are stored. The default path is C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Adobe Ultra CS3\Content\Virtual Sets\
[Master Set name]
.
2.
If you want to keep a version of the Master Set in its original form, copy its entire folder.
3.
If you don’t see the Elements folder in the Master Set folder, choose Tools > File Options
in Windows Explorer, click the View tab, and then select Show Hidden Files And Folders.
4.
If you did not copy the entire Master Set folder, then Adobe recommends that you either
make a copy of the Elements folder before starting to edit any images, or save the changes
by a new name. Failure to do so could necessitate reinstalling the Master Sets Library to
return to the original images for the virtual sets.
After you access the Elements folder, the .png and .jpg files are available for you to open and
edit in an image-editing application.
CAUTION
The licensing agreement for Ultra prohibits the resale of modified virtual sets and assets.
In other words, you are not permitted to change the color or the value of some other
property of virtual sets and then post the content for sale as original content. The license
allows users to change the image slightly for their own productions.