Settings

The Prism Settings window gives you access to a wide range of settings to configure your workflow.

The window can be opened from various places in Prism like from the Project Browser, the State Manager, the Launcher or the Prism shelf and menus in your DCCs.

The content of the Prism Settings window is organized into tabs, each presenting different types of settings.

User Settings

The User Settings are specific to every Windows user account. So every artist has it’s own user settings, which won’t affect any other artists.

The user settings are stored in this file: %userprofile%\Documents\Prism2\Prism.json

The location of the user pref folder can be changed using the PRISM_USER_PREFS environment variable.

On the left side you can see a list of categories, which will be displayed on the right side when selected.

DCC Apps

Here you can add and remove the Prism integration for the different DCC versions on your computer.

In this category you can also find additional DCC specific settings.

Check the documentation pages of the DCC plugins for more information.

Environment

Here you can specify environment variables, which will be set every time Prism launches on your computer.

These environment variables can be used by other tools in your pipeline.

Note: There are some environment variables in Houdini, Maya and other DCCs, which allow to specify additional plugin paths. These env vars need to be set when before the DCC gets initialized and won’t have an effect when specified in the Prism User Settings. To start a DCC with these environment variables, please use the Prism Launcher.

General

Here you can find some information about your current Prism version and your username.

If you have the Hub plugin loaded you can open the Prism Hub from here.

If the PrismInternals plugin is loaded you can login and logout from your Prism account, as well has checking your license usage.

Miscellaneous

Here you can find various settings like the stylesheet, debug mode, external media player and more.

Plugins

In this category you can see a list of all loaded and unloaded plugins.

You can load, reload and unload any plugins. Using the buttons at the top right you can create new plugins and modify search paths for plugins.

You can hover over a plugin in the list to see the full filepath where the plugin is located.

Projects

Here you can see details about your active project and also open the “Manage Projects…” window where you can change your active project.

Additional Categories

Additional categories can be added to the user settings from plugins like USD or Project Management.

For an example how to add new categories using a custom plugin, see this example.

Project Settings

The Project Settings tab will be visible when there is an active project.

These settings will be stored in the \00_Pipeline\pipeline.json file in your project and will affect every user who opens this project.

Similar like in the User Settings, there are categories on the left side and their settings will be displayed on the right side when selected.

Departments

Here you can configure which departments and tasks are available for your assets and shots.

You can reorder the departments by dragging the row numbers.

Environment

Here you can specify environment variables, which will be set for every user who opens this project.

These environment variables can be used by other tools in your pipeline.

Note: There are some environment variables in Houdini, Maya and other DCCs, which allow to specify additional plugin paths. These env vars need to be set when before the DCC gets initialized and won’t have an effect when specified in the Prism User Settings. To start a DCC with these environment variables, please use the Prism Launcher.

Folder Structure

Here you can modify the templates, which define the folder structure and naming conventions in your project.

For more advanced customizations you can use Python expressions as templates.

General

Here you can configure various project settings like the FPS, resolution or if the project will use master product versions.

Locations

Here you can configure additional export locations for products and render locations for media.

When exporting/rendering from the Prism State Manager, you can choose if you want to save the generated files in the main project folder or if you want to save then in one of the additional location defined in these project settings.

Prism will then create all required folders for assets, shots, versions and others under this additional location.

This can be useful if you want to store heavy FX caches or renders on a different drive than you main project folder.

Additional Categories

Additional categories can be added to the project settings from plugins like Deadline or USD.

For an example how to add new categories using a custom plugin, see this example.

Additional Settings

Additional Setting types can be added by plugin.

For example the Studio plugin adds a new tab for studio related settings.