Saving effect presets in Resolve

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Steve Alexander

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Saving effect presets in Resolve

PostMon May 07, 2018 2:12 pm

This has been asked for several times over the years - I wondered if it's a hidden feature or simply not supported.

I understand that we could create timelines with effects applied to dummy clips and then use the copy-paste attributes as a method but what do the pros suggest as a means to save and restore effect presets?

Thanks in advance.
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Re: Saving effect presets in Resolve

PostTue May 08, 2018 5:39 pm

I guess the short answer must be 'no'.

I'm used to being able to copy effect presets to a bin in Media Composer so I was hoping for a similar functionality in Resolve...
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Re: Saving effect presets in Resolve

PostTue May 08, 2018 10:48 pm

Steve Alexander wrote:I understand that we could create timelines with effects applied to dummy clips and then use the copy-paste attributes as a method but what do the pros suggest as a means to save and restore effect presets?

What specific effect are you trying to do? If it's just a look, you can save a still to a PowerGrade bin in the Gallery and then recall all or part of that correction as needed.

Do you mean OFX attributes? I do that all the time with certain things, particularly for some eyes-only Face Refinement nodes I created. It would be nice if all OFX effects plug-ins provided the ability to save presets, but for those that don't, saving one isolated node with the desired effect can work. I just drag that one node into the session and drop it where it needs to go.
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Re: Saving effect presets in Resolve

PostWed May 09, 2018 1:55 am

Thanks Marc - yes I was talking about OFX effects. I'll try your approach.
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