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By default, all grades/stills you save are saved in the DPX format, and are placed in the directory path defined in the “Gallery stills location” field in the Working Folders section of the Master Settings panel of the Project Settings. This path defaults to a hidden “.gallery” directory that’s created at the location of the first Media Storage Volume you specify in the Media Storage panel of the System Preferences window.
Changing the PowerGrade Still Directory
Optionally, you can change the location where PowerGrade stills are saved by Opening the Gallery Option menu and choosing Change PowerGrades Path. You’ll be prompted via a “Select PowerGrades Folder” dialog to choose a directory where all PowerGrades will be saved.
Live Previews of Gallery Stills
The Live Preview option, found in the Gallery option menu, lets you preview how the current clip would look with a particular Gallery Still grade applied to the currently selected clip simply by moving the pointer over the still you want to preview.
1 Open the Gallery option menu and choose Live Preview.
The Live Preview option for the Gallery browser lets you hover over a saved grade to preview it on the current clip in the Viewer
2 Click a node in the Node Editor you want to preview applying the grade from a still to. The live preview will display how the current clip will appear with the grade of the still you select applied to the currently selected node of current grade, which will affect the result.
3 Move the pointer over the still you want to preview.
The Viewer image updates to show how that clip would look with that still’s grade applied to the currently selected node.
Hover Scrub in the Gallery
When Live Preview is enabled in the Gallery option menu, the Hover Scrub Preview submenu lets you choose how you want Live Preview to be shown by a thumbnail in the Gallery and in the Viewer when you hover the pointer over a still or LUT in the LUT Browser: