Can't Copy Grades

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Can't Copy Grades

PostFri May 09, 2025 7:36 am

In beta 3, it's not possible to copy grades with neither middle mouse click, or right—click 'Apply Grade' in the clip thumbnails.

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Re: Can't Copy Grades

PostFri May 09, 2025 7:45 am

Works fine on my side.
Make sure keyframe mode is set to "Color" or "All".

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Re: Can't Copy Grades

PostFri May 09, 2025 10:26 pm

Worst case: grab a Gallery still of the image you need to copy from, go back to the new image, then right-click on the Gallery still and choose "Copy Grade from Current Project Still > Copy Grade." That should still work.

Another possible quick fix is to change over to the Media page and then back to the Color page, and see if the center-mouse click copy color function works.

Make sure Mark -> Keyframe Timeline Mode is set to Color.
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Re: Can't Copy Grades

PostSat May 10, 2025 3:23 pm

Thank you. That was it.

The update messed up the my Layout Presets. You can middle-mouse click to apply grades in 'All', and 'Color', but not when set to 'Sizing', which it had defaulted to.

Annoyingly, I can save my Layout Presets with Keyframe Timeline Mode set to 'Color', and it remembers that. But then sometimes it doesn't :oops:

In general I find Layout Presets pretty unstable using multiple monitors.
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Re: Can't Copy Grades

PostSat May 10, 2025 9:15 pm

Lindkold wrote:Thank you. That was it.
Annoyingly, I can save my Layout Presets with Keyframe Timeline Mode set to 'Color', and it remembers that. But then sometimes it doesn't.

Yes, sometimes it switches back to “Sizing”, which is quite annoying, and I haven't fully figured out why.
One thing is: when you open the Sizing tab on the color page, it automatically switches to “Sizing” and switches back to "Color" when going to another tab.

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Re: Can't Copy Grades

PostThu May 15, 2025 8:15 pm

And the issue is back!

With Keyframe Timeline Mode set to 'Color' I can't middle-mouse click to copy grades, OR use any of the keyboard shortcuts to copy grades (One clip prior, after, Apply Grade ie.).

None of the grade shortcuts works even after a UI reset.
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Re: Can't Copy Grades

PostFri May 16, 2025 4:41 am

Lindkold wrote:The update messed up the my Layout Presets. You can middle-mouse click to apply grades in 'All', and 'Color', but not when set to 'Sizing', which it had defaulted to.

Yeah, that can be frustrating. I would love to see the Keyframe Timeline Mode UI made a little brighter.

Lindkold wrote:With Keyframe Timeline Mode set to 'Color' I can't middle-mouse click to copy grades, OR use any of the keyboard shortcuts to copy grades (One clip prior, after, Apply Grade ie.).

Does it also not work in a brand-new project? I assume this is 20b3.
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