Changing multiple tool settings at once

Hey, I really like using the settings tab of the tools to for example setup a common compositing for a 3d render and than switch between these states to change the settings accordingly to the needs of different shots. Is there a way to do this for multiple tools at once, because right now I have to go into each tool separately to switch from S1 to S2. I think the best option would be to tie these settings to a saver so that for example when I want to save shot 3 with a dedicated saver for this shot all the necessary tools jump automatically to the according S3 settings tab. Thanks!

If they're all identical, you could make them instances. That way, when you switch the setting tab for one, all the others would update along with it. Ctrl+Shift+V to paste an instance of a copied tool.

To do it based on a Saver configuration, you'd probably need a Render Begin script. I don't know if settings can be recalled with a script or not. If not, it would take quite a bit of work to write the script in such a way as to change all of the settings you want changed.

If they're all identical, you could make them instances. That way, when you switch the setting tab for one, all the others would update along with it. Ctrl+Shift+V to paste an instance of a copied tool.

To do it based on a Saver configuration, you'd probably need a Render Begin script. I don't know if settings can be recalled with a script or not. If not, it would take quite a bit of work to write the script in such a way as to change all of the settings you want changed.

No, they are not identical. For example I need to change glow, color correction and background settings from shot to shot. Would be really cool to have such an option to make it more convenient reusing an existing node setup for various shots easily.

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maybe a switch or the switch fuse can help you
you would need duplicated branches of the flow, but you can link all the switches and with one click you change all the settings in the flow

Turns out there's a fairly straightforward scripting method: tool:SetCurrentSettings(setting) will do it. You could set up a little control node with some buttons to activate the correct setting and enable/disable the desired Savers.

Page 168 of the Fusion 8 Scripting Guide.

Hi Bryan, thanks for this tip. Unfortunately I don't have any experience yet with scripting and would be really interested how you would setup such a control node? Coming from after effects I am also wondering whether this is kind of similar to using a null layer with some slider controls etc to control the properties of multiple other layers? Thank you!

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For a 'null' control you can use almost every tool in Fusion. One of the most common tools for that is the custom tool, since it comes with a bunch of controls and sliders 'out of the box' but you can also transform brightness/contrast tools for this purposes as a 'control' macro etc.
In the case of the custom tool, you can name every numeric control and hide the controls you don't want until you basically get a 'remote' to control whatever it is you want to control.