Transferring looks from Livegrade to Silverstack
The Look Library and grading controls in Silverstack enable you to send and receive looks from Livegrade. You can choose to export a single look or multiple looks. A single look is saved as a Pomfort Look (.pfl) file, while multiple looks are combined into a Pomfort Look Archive (.pfla) file.
To transfer looks from Livegrade, including all grading nodes and their settings, you can follow these steps:
Exporting a look from Livegrade#
- Select the look(s) in the Livegrade library. Then go to File > Save Current Look As…
- After that, a save dialog appears.
- Export Look: select “Pomfort Look (.pfl)”.
- Finally, choose the name and destination to save the file.
More information about creating and managing looks in Livegrade can be found in the articles Grading Modes in LiveGrade and Creating Still Shots.
Importing a look into Silverstack#
- Open Silverstack.
- Go to the Main Menu and select File > Import> Pomfort Look Presets (pfl)…
- An open dialog shows up. Navigate to the previously saved .pfl file from Livegrade.
- Please make sure that the Look Library in Silverstack is shown on the right Info panel. You can learn more on how to use the Look Library in the article The Silverstack Look Library.
- Go to the Look tab:
The Looks section with the imported look
The look imported from Livegrade will appear in the “Look Presets” section containing:
- Thumbnail
- Look name
- Metadata
The settings of the grading nodes reflect those of the look in Livegrade. After applying the look to the desired clip you will be able to modify it in Silverstack from the point where you left off in Livegrade.
For more details about the grade controls in Silverstack, please refer to the article Grading Controls in Silverstack.
Exporting a look archive from Livegrade#
A Look Archive can contain one or multiple looks along with all the metadata acquired in Livegrade.
You can export a Look Archive via “File > Export as Look Archive”.
Save the resulting .pfla (Pomfort Look Archive) file to the desired destination.
Importing a look archive into Silverstack#
- First go to the Looks tab on the right panel of the Silverstack UI.
- Right click on the Look Library:
Importing a Look Archive as a folder. 3. Select the desired .pfla (Pomfort Look Archive) file.
The looks from the archive will then be available in the newly created folders in the Silverstack Look Library.