Creating custom rendering settings

The Custom Settings dialog appears when you click Custom in the Save As dialog. You can use the Custom Settings dialog to create custom encoding templates for many of the file formats available in the software.

1.From the File menu, choose Render As. The Render As dialog appears.

2.Choose your preferred file format from the Save as type drop-down list. If the format allows you to create custom settings, the Custom button becomes active.

3.Click Custom. The Custom Template dialog appears.

4.Make the appropriate setting changes for the chosen file format. For information about specific controls in each file type’s Custom

Template dialog, click the Help button .

Tip: To save the custom settings for future use, enter a name for the template in the Template box and click the Save Template button ().

5.Click OK. The Custom Template dialog closes.

Copying rendering templates between computers or user accounts

You can make your customized rendering templates available on another computer or user account by copying .sft2 files to the appropriate location in the new account or computer.

Rendering templates are stored in the following folders:

•C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Sony\Render Templates ACID 7.0\<plug-in name>\ in Windows XP.

•C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Sony\Render Templates ACID 7.0\ in Windows Vista.

Notes:

•The Application Data folder is not visible unless the Show hidden files and folders radio button is selected on the View tab of the Windows Folder Options control panel.

•You can find a plug-in’s name by clicking the About button in the Render As dialog.

To make a template available on another computer or user account, copy the .sft file to the same location in another account.

For example, to make JSmith’s custom wave template available for the AJones user account, copy the appropriate .sft2 file from this folder:

•C:\Documents and Settings\JSmith\Application Data\Sony\Render Templates ACID 7.0\wave

to this folder:

•C:\Documents and Settings\AJones\Application Data\Sony\Render Templates ACID 7.0\wave.

Note: If you’re copying templates from an older Sony Creative Software application, templates are saved as .sft files in the following

folder: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Sony\File Templates\<plug-in name>\<plug-in GUID>.

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