Preferences (File ▶ Settings Window)

This section describes the settings menu in the File menu for configuring FCS global behavior, path settings, and detailed customization.

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  • [Save]: Save settings. * Restart FCS after saving for the settings to take effect.

  • [Restore]: Reset settings to default and restart FCS

  • 【Import】:他のバージョンなどから設定をインポートし、FCSを再起動
    C:\Users[ユーザー名].fcs\Cortado[FCSバージョン]にあるmy_conf.yamlを読み込んでください。

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① Global

② Gallery
- Thumbnail width: Width of profile images displayed in the gallery
- Default Cols: Default number of columns in the gallery

③ Video Player
- Cache Frame Max: Maximum number of frames to cache in memory
- Default Tags: Tag names assigned by default


Note

The higher the Cache Frame Max value, the more memory is consumed.
As a guideline, approximately 64 GB is used per 10,000 frames at Full HD resolution.
Setting -1 saves cache without limit.
Use this setting only when sufficient memory is available.


④ Video Library
- Cache Frame Max: Whether to display the rotation settings screen when importing a video
- Default Rotation: Default rotation value when importing a video (0 = no rotation)


You can change the default settings for animation output and playblast output.

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① Default output options: Default settings for animation output
- Default Folder: Default output folder
- Default Filename: Default file name
- Default Filename(Batch): Default file name for batch output
- Default Maya scene format(Batch): Default Maya save format

② Playblast: Default settings for playblast output
- Encoder: Playblast encoding settings
- Width: Playblast width
- Height: Playblast height
- Quality: Playblast quality
- Percent: Playblast resolution


You can configure keyboard shortcuts for use with FCS.
Up to 3 buttons can be registered for simultaneous key presses: 1 key + 2 modifier keys.

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① Timeline
- Next Frame: Go to the next frame
- Previous Frame: Go to the previous frame
- Next ROM: Go to the next profile
- Previous ROM: Go to the previous profile
- Play/Pause Timeline: Play / pause the timeline
- Add current frame to ROM: Add the current frame as a profile
- Open profile on timeline: Open the video of the currently selected profile


② Editor
- Save ROM edits: Save profile edits
- From Maya: Load facial expression values from Maya
- To Maya: Send facial expression values to Maya


③ Layout
- Active Single: Switch to Single preset layout
- Active Double: Switch to Double preset layout
- Active Triple: Switch to Triple preset layout



These are settings related to the connection with Maya.

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① CommandPort: Command port used for connecting to Maya

② SliderSyncPort: Command port for retrieving Maya’s timeline

③ Open maya scene at launch: Whether to also open the registered Maya scene when launching Maya

④ Use gallery character preview: Enable the character display toggle function in the Gallery window

⑤ Image Plane: Image plane name. * No restart required

⑥ Camera: Camera name. * No restart required

⑦ Install path: Maya installation path. * No restart required


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① Backend: Select the data processing method (cpu/cuda)

② Update Channel: Notification settings for FCS updates
- All: Receive update notifications for both major and minor versions
- Patch: Receive notifications for minor version updates only
- None: Do not receive version update notifications

③ Use Beta:ベータ機能を使用するかを設定 ※Beta版の配信は中止となりました。


Menu Descriptions - Table of Contents

- File: Session file management and basic operations

- Settings: File/Settings - Global environment settings and behavior options for FCS

- Window: Display and operation guide for each window

- Maya: Launching and linking with Maya

- View: Adjusting the workspace layout

- Explore: Browsing files in Windows Explorer from FCS

- Info: Version information and more