GrizzlyAK wrote:+1 Yes, this is a glaring omission. Imagine trying to use that very nice Film Damage FX to make all your clips look consistent and having to enter the same 30 settings on EVERY clip manually!
Cheap workaround:
1) in one node, create the Film Damage effect settings you want. Make sure it's correct.
2) copy that node to the clipboard.
3) go to a new empty shot (one empty node only), and paste that Film Damage node.
4) create a title on the Edit timeline for this clip that says "FILM DAMAGE 1" (or whatever you want it to say) and make it big and visible.
5) on the Color page, label the node as "FILM DAMAGE 1" (or whatever).
6) in a PowerGrade bin, save this grade as a PowerGrade. Label the PowerGrade as "FILM DAMAGE 1."
Now, assuming you have a Fixed Node Tree structure, you could drag the PowerGrade down to (say) empty node #11. Once Film Damage 1 is in that node, highlight that node, then highlight all subsequent clips that you want to affect. Go up to the Color menu and choose "Ripple Node Changes to Selected Clips," and now all those clips will have the exact same Film Damage effect applied in that same node. (Another method would be to do it as a Post-Clip Group Grade, and that can work as well.)
Beware:
this is not undoable, so use caution when you perform this operation.
I can say that BorisFX and SapphireFX both do provide savable User Presets in pretty much all of their OFX plug-ins. I think it would be a great idea if Blackmagic provided the same capability in all their OFX plug-ins as well... but my workaround can do it, to a point.