Environment Variables

User Interface Variables

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
SFX_CACHE_PATH	Determines the location of the local source cache. By default, the location is set to $TEMP.
SFX_EXPORT_PATH	Defaults to this path in the Export dialog box when set. Overrides the SFX_IMPORT_EXPORT_PATH.
SFX_EXR_COMMENTS	By default, the Project path, Paint path and Session name are stored in the comments attribute of the EXR file header. If the SFX_EXR_COMMENTS environment variable is set, it is appended on to the end of the comments string. The format of this variable should be name=value;name=value; etc. No $VARIABLE expansion is performed.
SFX_EXR_COMPRESSION	Set to RLE for faster saving.
SFX_EXR_DATA_WINDOW	SFX_EXR_DATA_WINDOW can be set to four integers “xmin, ymin, xmax, and ymax” to set the data window in the output EXR header. The width and height specified must match the output image buffer size or else this window will be ignored.
SFX_EXR_DISPLAY_WINDOW	SFX_EXR_DISPLAY_WINDOW can be set to four integers “xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax” to set the display window in the output EXR header.
SFX_EXR_USE_DATA_WINDOW	When set, Silhouette uses the data window to determine the image dimensions. This will only work right if the entire sequence has the same data window.
SFX_IMPORT_EXPORT_PATH	Default to this path in the Import/Export dialog boxes when set.
SFX_IMPORT_PATH	Defaults to this path in the Import dialog box when set. Overrides the SFX_IMPORT_EXPORT_PATH.
SFX_MASK_PATH	SFX_MASK_PATH must contain one or more complete paths to a masks.xml file (the name doesn't matter), separated by a semi-colon. If multiple paths are supplied, then all will be loaded. If a mask with an existing name is encountered, it replaces the previous one, so the best way to add custom masks is to set SFX_MASK_PATH to both the default location and the new location. The default is “$(SFX_RESOURCE_PATH)/masks.xml” So, to add a single new mask, without modifying the core masks.xml, you would add your new mask to an xml file somewhere and then set SFX_MASK_PATH like this: SFX_MASK_PATH=$(SFX_RESOURCE_PATH)/masks.xml;/path/to/new/masks.xml You can also override the default masks by simply adding them to the new file and then changing them as needed.
SFX_MAX_THREADS	Overrides the number of multi-processing threads Silhouette uses by default.
SFX_MODULE_PATH	Semi-colon separated list of paths to search for Silhouette modules. Userspecified paths are checked before the built-in modules path. Useful for endusers to provide custom I/O modules in a network-central location.
SFX_LICENSE_SERVER	Set to enable floating licensing. Set to port@host of the license server.
SFX_OUTPUT_PATH	Default to this path in the Render dialog when set.
SFX_PROJECT_PATH	Default to this path in the Project Open/Save dialog box when set.
SFX_RESOURCE_PATH	Sets path to Silhouette run-time resources. On Mac, this defaults to Silhouette.app/Contents/Resources, while on Windows and Linux it defaults to <path_to_silhouette>/resources.
SFX_TEMP	Controls where temp files created by Silhouette are stored. The default location is in the user’s temp folder. Paint undo data is stored in a temp file, starting with “sfxpaint” while source cache files are stored in a Silhouette Cache folder.
SFX_TMP_PATH	SFX_TMP_PATH controls where user-specific autosaves, backups, and the lock file are stored. SFX_TMP_PATH defaults to SFX_USER_PATH. SFX_TMP_PATH should point to a user-writable directory.
SFX_VALID_XML	Silhouette shape files are not valid XML. Now, shape files can be written as valid XML by setting the SFX_VALID_XML environment variable to anything (except 0, which will disable the option). When enabled, shape files will not import into older versions of Silhouette.
SFX_USER_PATH	Sets the path to the user's copy of Silhouette's files. Defaults to ~/Silhouette5

Color Management Variables

Color Management Environment Variables

Variable	Description
SFX_CINEON_WORKING_SPACE	Set to either log or linear. This environment variable overrides the Color Management > Cineon/DPX Working Colorspace preference.
SFX_DPX_INTERPRETATION	Sets the default DPX interpretation for loading and saving to either log or linear. This value only gets queried when media is first imported.||SFX_DPX_LOAD_INTERPRETATION Sets the default DPX interpretation for loading to either auto, log, or linear.
SFX_DPX_SAVE_INTERPRETATION	Sets the default DPX interpretation for saving to either log or linear.
SFX_OCIO_COLORSPACE	Sets the default Viewer > Display > Colorspace.
SFX_OCIO_DISPLAY	Sets the default Viewer > Display > Display.
SFX_OCIO_LUT	SFX_OCIO_LUT can be used to set the default LUT. This will get set on the session when a new session is first created. The value for this variable is the full path to the LUT, including extension. The name is case sensitive.
SFX_OCIO_VIEW	Sets the default Viewer > Display > View Xform.

Open EXR Variables

EXR Environment Variables

Variable	Description
MULTIVIEW_EXR_EXT	By default, stereo (multi-view) EXR files are saved with a .sxr extension instead of the normal .exr extension. However, the value of the MULTIVIEW_EXR_EXT environment variable will be used instead if it is set.
SFX_EXR_COMMENTS	By default, the Project path, Paint path and Session name are stored in the comments attribute of the EXR file header. If the SFX_EXR_COMMENTS environment variable is set, it is appended on to the end of the comments string. The format of this variable should be name=value;name=value; etc. No $VARIABLE expansion is performed.
SFX_EXR_COMPRESSION	Set to RLE for faster saving.
SFX_EXR_DATA_WINDOW	SFX_EXR_DATA_WINDOW can be set to four integers “xmin, ymin, xmax, and ymax” to set the data window in the output EXR header. The width and height specified must match the output image buffer size or else this window will be ignored.
SFX_EXR_DISPLAY_WINDOW	SFX_EXR_DISPLAY_WINDOW can be set to four integers “xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax” to set the display window in the output EXR header.
SFX_EXR_USE_DATA_WINDOW	When set, Silhouette uses the data window to determine the image dimensions. This will only work right if the entire sequence has the same data window.