# "Interpretation Rules.

txt"

# Adobe After Effects Automatic Footage Interpretation

# blank lines are allowed, and lines beginning with "#" are comments

# basic format of a hard rule: {match requirements} = {set interpretation}

# basic format of a soft rule: {match requirements} ~ {set interpretation}

# + for each rule that matches, the interpretation is set; wild-cards ("*") allowed
# on both sides; wildcard match matches anything, wildcard set sets nothing
# + multiple rules are allowed to match, later matches override earlier matches
# + all rules are scanned in order, one rule per line
# + rules are applied after pixel aspect ratio, alpha information, and field label
# information is read from a file

# + soft rules will not override values that are specified explicitly by the file
# format or set by previous rules

# width, height, frame-rate, file-type, codec =

# pixel aspect ratio/name, field order, conform frame-rate, alpha interp, icc
profile code
# or profile description (one or the other), linear light

# width & height are integer numbers

# frame-rate is a decimal number
# file-type is four characters in quotes (FourCC)
# codec (applicable for QT & AVI only) is also FourCC

# to find out the file-type and/or codec FourCC's for a specific type of footage,
# opt-click (Mac) or alt-click (Windows) on the footage in the project window;
# the FourCC codes will appear in the last line of text by the thumbnail

# the pixel aspect ratio is a ratio of integers (e.g. 10/11)

# optionally followed by a name for that ratio (e.g. 10/11/"My Aspect")
# In After Effects CS4 (v9) we modified the Pixel Aspect Ratio's for several common
formats:
# D1/DV NTSC From 648/720 (0.9) to 10.0/11.0 (about 0.9091)
# D1/DV NTSC Widescreen from 6/5 (1.2) to 40/33 (about 1.2121)
# D1/DV PAL From 768/720 (1.07) to 768/702 (about 1.0940)
# D1/DV PAL Widescreen from 64/45 (1.42) to 1024.0/702.0 (about 1.4587)

# the field order is a single character, (F=frame, U=upper field, or L=lower field)
# the conform frame-rate is a decimal number
# alpha interp: (I=ignore, S=straight, P=premul/black, W=premul/white)
# alpha interp is ignored for footage without an alpha channel

# ICC profile is specified either by profile code which is FourCC or by

# profile description which is a string in quotes with at most 255 characters
plus quotes

# The supported profile codes are:

# - working space profile: "wRGB"
# - embedded profile: "embe"
# - preserve RGB: "pRGB" (this does exactly what Preserve RGB checkbox does in
Interpret Footage dialog)
# - sRGB: "sRGB"
# - Adobe RGB: "AS98"
# - Kodak 5218 film profile: "ginp"
# - SDTV NTSC: "r6nf" (SMPTE RP 145 primaries and ITU-R Rec. 709 TRCs. Black is
encoded at 0 and White is encoded at 1.)
# - SDTV NTSC 16-235: "r6ns" (SMPTE RP 145 primaries and ITU-R Rec. 709 TRCs.
Black is encoded at 16/255 and White is encoded at 235/255.)
# - SDTV PAL: "r6pf" (EBU Tech. 3213 primaries and ITU-R Rec. 709 TRCs. Black
is encoded at 0 and White is encoded at 1.)
# - SDTV PAL 16-235: "r6ps" (EBU Tech. 3213 primaries and ITU-R Rec. 709 TRCs.
Black is encoded at 16/255 and White is encoded at 235/255.)
# - HDTV (Rec. 709): "r7hf" (ITU-R Rec. 709 primaries and TRCs. Black is
encoded at 0 and White is encoded at 1.)
# - HDTV (Rec. 709) 16-235: "r7hs" (ITU-R Rec. 709 primaries and TRCs. Black is
encoded at 16/255 and White is encoded at 235/255.)

# The profile description can be looked up either in UI (project window thumbnail

info) or in a
# color utility such as ColorSync or it is user-defined when creating a custom
profile

# linear light is an integer (0=Off, 1=On, 2=On for 32 bpc footage)

# soft rule; assume ATSC 704x480 in any format is D1 aspect

704, 480, 29.97, *, * ~ 10/11, *, *, *, *, *

# NTSC rules
# soft rule; assume 720x480 29.97fps formats are DV NTSC (lower, NTSC D1/DV aspect)
# soft rule; assume 720x480 formats with all frame rates have NTSC DV/D1 pixel
aspect ratio
# soft rule; assume 720x486 formats with all frame rates have NTSC DV/D1 pixel
aspect ratio
# soft rule; assume 720x480 and 720x486 native mediacore formats are SDTV NTSC
# soft rule; assume 720x480 DVCPro50 files are SDTV NTSC
720, 480, 29.97, *, * ~ 10/11, L, *, *, *, *
720, 480, *, *, * ~ 10/11, *, *, *, *, *
720, 486, *, *, * ~ 10/11, *, *, *, *, *
720, 480, *, *, "dvc " ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 486, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 486, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 486, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *
720, 480, *, *, "dv5n" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6nf", *

# PAL rules
# soft rule; assume 720x576 25fps formats are DV PAL (lower, PAL D1/DV aspect)
# soft rule; assume 720x576 formats with all frame rates have PAL DV/D1 pixel
aspect ratio
# soft rule; assume 720x576 native mediacore formats are SDTV PAL
# soft rule; assume 720x576 DVCPro50 files are SDTV PAL
720, 576, 25, *, * ~ 768/702, L, *, *, *, *
720, 576, *, *, * ~ 768/702, *, *, *, *, *
720, 576, *, *, "dvcp" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *
720, 576, *, *, "dv5p" ~ *, *, *, *, "r6pf", *

# D16/D4 rules
# soft rules; assume 2880x2048, 1440x1024 formats with all frame rates D16/D4 pixel
aspect ratio
# removed from 7.0 -- remove comments to re-enable
# 2880, 2048, *, *, * ~ 128/135, *, *, *, *, *
# 1440, 1024, *, *, * ~ 128/135, *, *, *, *, *

# HD / HDV rules
# soft rule; Panasonic Varicam is 960x720
# soft rule; Sony HDV is 1440x1080, upper field first
# soft rule; assume HD dimensioned native mediacore formats are HDTV full swing
960, 720, *, *, * ~ 1280/960/"HDV", *, *, *, *, *
1440, 1080, 25, *, * ~ 1280/960/"HDV", U, *, *, *, *
1440, 1080, 29.97, *, * ~ 1280/960/"HDV", U, *, *, *, *
1280, 720, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1280, 720, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1280, 720, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1920, 1080, *, *, "v210" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1920, 1080, *, *, "UYVY" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
1920, 1080, *, *, "2vuy" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *

# soft rule; assume HDV formats are HDTV full swing

*, *, *, *, "hdv1" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
*, *, *, *, "hdv2" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
*, *, *, *, "hdv3" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
*, *, *, *, "hdv4" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
*, *, *, *, "hdv5" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
*, *, *, *, "hdv6" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *
*, *, *, *, "hdv7" ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", *

# assume NTSC DV is D1 aspect, lower-field

# <obsolete rules -- superceded by soft rules above>
# 720, 480, 29.97, "MooV", "dvc " = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *
# 720, 480, 29.97, "MooV", "dvpn" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *
# 720, 480, 29.97, ".AVI", "dvsd" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *

# soft rule: tag Cineon files with Kodak 5218 profile

# remove comment below to enable
# *, *, *, "sDPX", * ~ *, *, *, *, "ginp", *

# soft rule: tag all Cineon files for now with Working RGB
*, *, *, "sDPX", * ~ *, *, *, *, "wRGB", *

# rule to make red raw files available as Rec709

# with Gamma encoded 32bit float data
*, *, *, "R3D ", * ~ *, *, *, *, "r7hf", 0

# this soft rule should be the last in the list of soft rules
# soft rule: tag all untagged footage with an sRGB profile
*, *, *, *, * ~ *, *, *, *, "sRGB", *

# hardware- and format-specific rules

# Media 100 640 x 480 is square-pixel, upper-field first

640, 480, 29.97, "MooV", "dtmt" = 1/1, U, *, *, *, *

# Media 100 Finish 720 x 486 is D1-pixel-aspect, lower-field first

720, 486, 29.97, "MooV", "dtNT" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *

# assume Matrox DigiSuite is D1-pixel-aspect, lower-field first

720, 486, 29.97, ".AVI", "MJPG" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *

# assume Pinnacle Targa 3000 YUV is D1-pixel-aspect, lower-field first

720, 486, 29.97, ".AVI", "UYVY" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *
# Media 100 Mac 720 x 486 is field-labeled by Media 100, and
# can be upper or lower depending on the hardware, but
# uncomment the next line to force D1, lower-field first
# 720, 486, 29.97, "MooV", "dtmt" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *

# Avid 640x480 is square-pixel, upper-field first

640, 480, *, "MooV", "avr " = 1/1, U, *, *, *, *

# Avid Meridien Codec NTSC is lower-field first

720, 486, 29.97, *, "AVDJ" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *
720, 486, 29.97, *, "AVUI" = 10/11, L, *, *, *, *

# Electric Image writes straight alpha files

*, *, *, "EID2", * = *, *, *, S, *, *

# OpenEXR is premultiplied by convention

*, *, *, "oEXR", * ~ *, *, *, P, *, *

# only adds a custom pixel aspect ratio to the popup in the Comp Settings &
Interpret Footage
# dialog boxes -- uncomment the next line to try it out
# 0, 0, 0, "0000", * = 10/11/"Custom Aspect", *, *, *, *, *