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# Changing a Project’s Settings

A project's settings are shared between each of the recipes created within that project. These can all be changed from within the Project Settings tab.

Setting | Description
inTime | The starting frame number for the timeline.
outTime | The ending frame number for the timeline.
currentTime | The current frame number.
timeIncrement | Changes the frame increment for the move forward and backwards icons in the timeline.
katanaSceneName | The name of the Katana project you have open. If you are working on an unsaved project, this field is blank.
resolution | The default resolution for 2D source files, such as ImageColor. Not used for the rendering of 3D scenes, they use the RenderSettings node instead.
plugins
asset | The asset manager to use (defaults to File).
fileSequence | Plug-in to determine how to interpret a file sequence.
variables This sub-section is blank if you haven't added any Graph State Variables to your project. Otherwise, the variables and their values are listed.
compDefaults > fileIn
missingFrames | How an ImageRead node behaves when a frame is missing.
inMode | What an ImageRead node displays for frames before its first frame.
outMode | What an ImageRead node displays for frames after its last frame.
compDefaults
useOverscan | Whether to use overscan when rendering. Overscan is extra pixel information around the main render window.
compDefaults > motionBlur
shutter | The open/close time of the shutter, relative to the current frame. Changing the value in the second field is the primary way to control the amount of motion blur applied.
numSamples | Number of motion blur steps to compute and merge. Render times are proportional to this value.
views > main
abbreviation | The abbreviation used for the main view when working with stereo controls in the Monitor tab.
uicolor | Specify the color of UI elements in the Monitor tab when the main view is active.
views > left
abbreviation | The abbreviation used for the left view when working with stereo controls in the Monitor tab.
uicolor | Specify the color of UI elements in the Monitor tab when the left view is active.
views > right
abbreviation | The abbreviation used for the right view when working with stereo controls in the Monitor tab.
uicolor | Specify the color of UI elements in the Monitor tab when the right view is active.
viewerSettings
normalsDisplayScale | Changes the size of normals when displayed in the Viewer tab.
proxyCacheSize | Number of proxy geometry objects to keep in memory.
viewerSettings > persp
near | Distance to the near clipping plane for the perspective camera.
far | Distance to the far clipping plane for the perspective camera.
viewerSettings > ortho
near | Default distance to the near clipping plane for the orthographic cameras.
far | Default distance to the far clipping plane for the orthographic cameras.
orthoWidth | Default width for the orthographic cameras.
viewerSettings > ortho > front
near | Distance to the near clipping plane for the front orthographic camera.
far | Distance to the far clipping plane for the front orthographic camera.
orthoWidth | Distance to the width for the front orthographic camera.
viewerSettings > ortho > side
near | Distance to the near clipping plane for the side orthographic camera.
far | Distance to the far clipping plane for the side orthographic camera.
orthoWidth | Distance to the width for the side orthographic camera.
viewerSettings > ortho > top
near | Distance to the near clipping plane for the top orthographic camera.
far | Distance to the far clipping plane for the top orthographic camera.
orthoWidth | Distance to the width for the top orthographic camera.
monitorSettings
overlayColor | Color to use when displaying alpha overlays.