SUMMARY
This article provides details about what the migration tool for Flix 5 to Flix 6 does and what it cannot do.
MORE INFORMATION
The migration tool is tested and supported to work with Flix 6.0.0 - 6.3.7. It will parse the Flix 5 Sequence Revision files, figure out which panels are needed to recreate the sequence in Flix 6, and for each panel it will import to Flix 6 the highest quality image it can find, also maintaining panel duration, dialogue, and audio (if any). It will look for a *.PSD file first, then for a *.PNG file and it will finish with a *.JPG file. Once the highest quality image available is imported into Flix 6, Flix 6 will create all the required thumbnails in *.PNG format.
The migration tool will search first under the sequence flix/beats/p/poses and if it can’t find an image for the panel, it will look under the panel’s comp directory flix/beats/p/$SEQUENCENAME_$TYPE_$PANELID_$VERSION.comp/.
If no image file can be found, Flix will create a blank panel.
User information
The tool runs as one of your Flix 6 users. All Shows, Sequences, and panels created using the migration tool will be created as that user.
Warning: Only a single instance is allowed per username in Flix 6, so make sure you don’t log in to the Flix Client with the same username you are using for the migration tool while the migration is running.
Editorial workflow information
The migration tool will only import panels that are used in the Flix 5 Sequence and it will skip any unused panels. This will cause the panel IDs to be different between the two versions of Flix, but the order of the panels will be the same.
In order for your published panels from Flix 5 to re-conform accordingly when publishing back to Flix 6, you should add the following option in your config.yml file:
flix5_compatible_imports: true
If you don't have this option set, when you publish back from Editorial panels that had been published in Flix 5, they could appear as ref panels in Flix 6.
Data that will be left behind
The Marked for Review in Flix 5 will not show in Flix 6, and any notes on the panels won’t transfer to Flix 6 either. A panel's published property will also not be retained, so all panels in Flix 6 will, unfortunately, appear as unpublished after migrating.
FURTHER READING
You can learn more about the Flix 5 folder structure in the Flix 5 File Structure documentation.
And you can learn more about the migration tool itself in the Migration Tool Reference.
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