Editing Presets

An editing preset stores style: background, cursor, camera, animation and volume, plus the default look of new zooms, masks, captions and other effects. By default, applying a preset changes styling only and leaves the timeline you've already cut alone. In the interface, it's the Presets button in the middle of the editor's top toolbar.

1. Create a preset

Once the current project looks right, click Presets, choose Create Preset… and name it. The preset saves the current general styles and the default styles for each kind of effect.

2. Apply a preset

Click a preset under Presets to apply it. You can choose the application scope to decide which saved styles take effect: selected styles update existing effects of the same kind and are used for effects you add later.

Applying a preset leaves the position, timing, text, media, crop and audio offsets of existing clips unchanged.

3. Update a preset

After more adjustments, choose Update Preset to replace what the preset stores with the current setup. The changes are listed first so you can review them. If you changed the style of just one item, you can update the preset from the bottom of that item's inspector.

4. Use it for new recordings

Choose New Recording Default… so every new recording starts from this style. When updating a preset you can also check Also update new recording default.

Related: Template Browser, Background, Cursor.