Director - Presets

With presets you can save and apply fixed sets of values.

• Quick presets

  • Try out and save different settings and quickly switch between them while still editing
    

    

• Named presets

  • Save settings using custom names and recall them later through the control panel or the API
    

    

You can find the presets drawer in the Video keyer panel.

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General

Presets are

• stored in the show file

• shared between machines

Scope

Presets store values based on the shown scope in the header of the drawer.

Apply to

Presets are applied to the object shown in the header of the drawer.

Use quick presets

Quick presets allow you to easily store settings in predefined slots and recall them with a single click.

Open quick presets

1. Click on the camera snapshot icon on the bottom right of the presets drawer to open/close it

   

Save a quick preset

1. Shift + Click one of the numbered slots to store the current settings

   • NOTE: Saving in a slot which already has a preset stored, will overwrite the stored preset

2. The slot in which the settings are stored, is shown with a white outline

   • In a multi-machine setup, the outline color is the machine color from which this preset was saved

Apply a quick preset

1. Click on a numbered slot to apply the preset stored in it

   • NOTE: Clicking on an empty slot will not do anything

Clear a quick preset

1. Ctrl + Shift + Click on a numbered slot to clear the preset stored in it

   • NOTE: Numbered slots do not have to be cleared, they can just be overwritten (See "Save a quick preset")

Clear all quick presets

1. Open the overflow menu on the top right of the drawer and choose "Clear all quick presets"

Use named presets

Named presets allow you to save settings using custom names so they are recognizable and can be recalled later through the presets drawer, the control panel or the API.

Open named presets

1. Click on the "Presets" button on the right to open/close the drawer

Save a named preset

1. Click "Save new +"

2. Choose a name for your preset

   • When using the default name it will automatically count up. Preset 1, Preset 2, …

Apply a named preset

1. Open the Preset dropdown

2. Select a named preset

Last applied indicates which preset was last applied. However, we are not keeping track of the changes you make afterwards. This means that last applied and the values you see might be different.

Overwrite a named preset

1. Open the Preset dropdown

2. Hover over the preset you want to overwrite with the current data

3. Click on the Disc icon

   

4. Click on "Overwrite" to confirm

   

Rename a named preset

1. Open the Preset dropdown

2. Hover over the preset you want to rename

3. Click on the Edit icon

   

4. Edit the name and press Enter to confirm

   

Delete a named preset

1. Open the Preset dropdown

2. Hover over the preset you want to delete

3. Click on the Trash can icon

   

4. Click on "Delete" to confirm

   

Delete all named presets

1. Open the overflow menu on the top right of the drawer and choose "Delete all named presets"

Trigger named presets from the control panel

1. In Control panel

   • Select the API Log tab and filter on Call

2. In Director

   • Apply the preset you would like to trigger with a widget

   • You should see a call listed in the API Log tab mentioning the name of your preset

3. In Control panel

   • Drag the Call onto the canvas and select for example a trigger button to link it to

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