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Creating a New Project
- To begin, select "New." This will open the Create New Project window as seen in fig 1.
 fig 1.
- As part of this process, we can change several ways in which the eventual project will be created and sorted within the openPipeline structure.
- Project Name: Limited to 22 characters, this will appear in all project associated windows.
- Project Path: Determine the location of your project folders for this specific project. Be sure
to allocate the necessary amount of space to the designated area, as this folder will contain
all of your assets and other project related files. You will, however, be able to select a different location for archived and deleted items later in the process.
- Project Description: This will be displayed in the Project Info window within the Project Manager text box.
- Project Status: By selecting "active," your project will appear in both the Project Manager list and the
pulldown Project Name selector in the main openPipeline window. If you select "inactive" the project will only appear in the main Project Manager list and not the pulldown tab.
- Creation and Deadline Dates: This will allow you to set dates for view in the Project Manager
informational screen. Note that projects in the white list box of the Project Manager are sorted by their order of creation, and not their due date.
- Master Files: A Master File is a finalized asset version. Here you can set the name of the master
files for your usage, and decide on the type of file (.ma or .mb) you wish to have them saved as.
It is important to note that these settings cannot be edited after the initial project creation.
- Workshop Files: A Workshop File is an unfinished or preliminary asset version. Here you may set the name of the workshop files for your usage, and change their file format (.ma or .mb). As with
the Master File setting, this cannot be edited after the initial project creation.
- Sub Folder Names: You can change the names of the folders that openPipeline creates. You cannot edit these names once the project has been started.
- Archived and Deleted Item Locations:
Here you may designate the folder name and location for archived and deleted items.
- Once the project is created, you can view the project in the openPipeline Project window, as seen on the right in fig 2.
- If you wish to change certain values of the project after its creation, highlight the project in the Project Manager
and select the blue Edit button to bring back the Editing Project window.
- You can create your own image to suit the project currently being worked on. Simply make a jpg file named "openPipelineIcon.jpg" and put it in the project folder.
fig 2.
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