32 Creating Effect Presets


#32 Creating Effect Presets

In projects with multiple scenes, locations, or cameras, you may find yourself applying the same corrective effects to multiple clips on the timeline. If you apply each effect from scratch, you'll waste time and produce inconsistent results. In these instances, it's most efficient to save a preset for effects applied to a particular scene, and simply drag the preset to later instances of that scene on the timeline. Here's how.

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Note that once you apply the preset, it reverts to the name of the original effect. For example, when I apply the MC2 Piano preset to a clip, the effect name in the Effect Controls panel is Fast Color Corrector, so there's no easy way to tell which preset you applied to a particular clip.


1.

In Premiere Pro's Effect Controls panel, click the effect you want to preserve as a preset.

2.

Right-click the effect and choose Save Preset.

3.

Name the preset, and if desired, enter a description and click OK (Figure 32a). If your effect has keyframes, choose whether you want them scaled over the duration of the target video, or anchored to the In or Out Point.

Figure 32a. Here's where you name your preset.


Note

Premiere Pro stores the preset in the Presets folder in the Effects panel, where you can move it to different folders as necessary (Figure 32b).



Figure 32b. Here's where the preset goes after you've saved it. A funky red spotlight at the Rene Marie concert forced me to apply varying levels of color correction depending upon camera (MC1, 2, or 3) and stage position. Without presets I'd still be working on it.


4.

To apply the preset, drag it to a clip on the timeline just like any other effect.




Adobe Digital Video How-Tos. 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio
Adobe Digital Video How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio
ISBN: 0321473817
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 148
Authors: Jan Ozer

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