Exporting Scenes from Control Center

1. Launch Control Center. To learn more about the different launch methods, see Starting Control Center.

2. From the top menu, select Admin > Export.

The Export Scene(s) dialog box appears.

3. Enter the path where you want to export the files. You can also use the Browse button to select the path and create a folder. The destination must be an existing empty folder or a new folder that will be created during the export process.

4. Click Add to select the scenes that you want to export from the Harmony database. You can select a job to select all the scenes in the job. The scenes you select will appear in the list.

5. Select one or more scenes and click Remove to remove scenes from the export list.

6. In the Data Options tab, select what you want to export:

Parameter	Description
Audio	Exports the Audio directory.
Database	Selected by default, this option exports the elements in the scene. If you select this option and deselect the Elements option, you can access the elements from the Element Manager in the Control Center, but their drawing and bitmap files will not be included. The list of available versions in the scene is also exported. It is not possible to open a scene if this is not selected for export.
Final Frames	Exports the directory that contains the final, rendered frames.
Other Directories	Exports all other directories and files in the scene's data structure.
Elements	Selected by default, this option exports the contents (drawing and bitmap files) of the Element directories.
Timing Drawings	Selected by default, this option exports the contents of the Timing directories.
Annotation	Lets you export the different drawings created while drawing in the Annotation columns and imported images.
Stage (xsheet & network)	Selected by default, this option exports the Harmony directory, which contains the Harmony files for each scene you export. These files are necessary if you want to reuse the exposure sheet (timing) and the node structure from the original scene. If this option is selected, you can select the Get Outside Drawings option to copy drawings into the scene folder that is referred to by the Timing columns and their Element (Drawing) nodes.
Palettes	Exports the palette-library directories. Decide if you want to export the palette-library from the environment, job or scene level. When you select a level, the palette-library in lower-level directories will also be exported. Check Backup if you want to export the palette-list file which is necessary for the scene to know which palettes to use. In most cases, you should select this option as well as the Scene option.
Macros	Exports the macros (customized effect and node connections) that were created and stored in the environment, jobs or scenes to be exported. This is necessary if you have legacy scenes with macros.
Libraries	Exports templates created at the selected levels.

7. In the Advanced Options tab:

• Windows: Due to constraints in the operating system, you do not have any choices on the Advanced Options tab. In Linux, you can make the following selections.
• (Mac OS X and Linux): Select how you want to package the exported scene. The choices you make here are related to the size of the export package as well as the speed of the export process. In Linux, you can make the following selections.

• Select one of the following options in the Exporting Files section:

Parameter	Description
As hard links if possible, otherwise copy	Speeds up the export process by making hard links to the original files on the file system. Hard links keep disk space usage to a minimum and ensure a quick export process. If it is not possible to create hard links (because the links cross file systems, for example), the entire contents will be copied to the destination directory, which will be a slower process that will take up more space on your file system.
As hard links when possible, otherwise symbolic links	Ensures a quicker export process. However, if symbolic links are used and the original file is deleted, the symbolic link will be broken.
As symbolic links	Exports the scene using symbolic links to the original scene files (when importing, imports the scene using symbolic links to the export directory). While this process will reduce the size of the export directory, if the original file is deleted, the symbolic link will be broken.
Copy	Copies all scene data to the export location. This produces the largest export package and therefore takes the longest to complete. However, it is the simplest method.

8. In the Valid Links Options section, select one of the following options:

Parameter	Description
Keep them	Maintains symbolic links.
Resolve them	Removes symbolic links, replacing them with the actual files. When you use this option, the export package will contain real files, rather than symbolic links.
Ignore them	Does not include valid symbolic links in the export package.

9. In the Broken Links Options section, select of the following options:

Parameter	Description
Keep them	Keeps symbolic links to missing files. When the missing files are placed in the path searched by the symbolic link, broken links will be valid again.
Ignore them	Does not include broken symbolic links in the export package.

10. Click Calculate to get a preview of the size of your export package.

11. Click Export.

The selected files and components are exported. Use the Message Log tab to view messages generated during the export process.

Unlike Windows, where the database information and scene data have been copied to a different directory, Linux creates a set of links to the data. You must use additional Linux commands to retrieve the animation data pointed to by the links.