How do I set a default preset in AME?

[Andy Ford]

In the Preset Browser Window, hit the plus sign and you can create a new encoding or ingest preset. Then, you can select it from the dropdown in your queue when there’s a file there.

[Jiri Fiala]

Thanks but that doesn’t answer my question. I want to set a default preset for any future encodings. Right now it defaults to a preset I don’t want, ever, and I have to manually change it every single time.

[Andy Ford]

Oh sorry, I initially thought you needed to know how to make presets. Unfortunately, I do not think Adobe fixed this issue yet. The best success is when dragging files directly into AME, as it remembers the last settings used. So, it should automatically select the Quicktime format and Apple ProRes 422 HQ preset if that is what you used previously. It will do so until changed again. In addition, you can select multiple files and just change the settings for one and the rest will update, which is useful if you’re doing a large batch.

I know that also isn’t what you are looking for, as you want a way to always have it be default even if it’s not the last used… or when exporting directly from another Adobe software.

[Jiri Fiala]

The thing is, when exporting from Character Animator, it always defaults to Cineform. Oh well… you’d think with stuff like deep neural learning and whatnot, surely you can set a default preset. I’ll just pester support and feature request forms some more. Thanks!

[Andy Ford]

Yes, AME doesn’t keep the last used settings when exporting from an Adobe program. Only when dragging something into AME. Hopefully we won’t have to wait til 2021 MAX to get this fix.

[Chris Hartman]

I struggled with this issue as well. Instead of dragging the files into the Queue window, drag them onto the preset… this applied the selected preset to all the dragged clips.