Presets don't update automatically

[Oaktown]

Is there any way to force an effect preset to update automatically in all clips?

For instance, I'm using the built-in Keystone effect and have three layers of video adjusted to a mask. I've created 3 presets (Left, Center and Right) which line up with the mask alpha openings. If I change the mask and adjust the 3 presets to match it, I have to manually reload the presets in all the clips that use these presets rather than have the presets update automatically.

This is of course not time efficient when programming a large show and hard to manage when doing a live show. I've tried quitting and restarting hoping that all these presets would adjust but that didn't do the trick! It'd be great to have a feature that forces all effects that are set to a preset to update automatically when the preset values are updated.

[ReggieUnderground]

This is one of those things that would be a feature for some and a bug for others. Imagine the pain on a large show if you wanted to update a preset but *not* affect your previously set parameters!

+1 for an option to do this, but with a pop-up prompt that makes you think twice before executing

[Zoltán]

+1
in the dropdown instead of clicking "save" preset there could be another line like "save and update used instances"
so the user has to actively decide.

[Oaktown]

@ ReggieUnderground - If you don't want to affect the clips that use your existing preset then all you would have to do would be to save the updated preset as something else, correct?

[Joris]

Currently, the preset system is pretty much just a shortcut to quickly set parameters. The effect has no concept of which preset is applied to it. As far as it's concerned, when a preset is applied, the user is some kind of octopus that just really quickly set every parameter to a different value.

The parameter values are then stored and recalled via the composition, the preset itself is no longer used. The only way to let an effect update to a changed preset is to re-save the preset and then switch back and forth between Default and the preset on each and every instance. I regularly find myself spending a few minutes doing this on shows and silently cursing the preset system as well.

We've talked about using a 'Save and Update' system instead. Good to see that others would welcome this as well!

[Oaktown]

It certainly would be nice to have that option!