Saving Favorite Effects Externaly

[Matt Galuszewski]

Hi,

You can copy and paste effects in to a project then take the project file to another system.

Is this suitable?

[Tom Wolsky]

Make a new project. Drag the Favorites bin into the Browser of the new project. Save the project on a jump drive.

All the best,

Tom

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[Walter Biscardi]

[Matt G] “You can copy and paste effects in to a project then take the project file to another system.”

And this is an excellent way to just save Motions, Filters, etc… permanently. As you know whenever you blow away your preferences, you lose your Favorites. I store things i know I’m going to keep in one particular project just for this reason.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
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[Steve Cohen]

Yeah I do this also, but I was looking for a way of saving it similar to saving a custom keyboard or window layout, but it seems like from everyone’s answers I can do it the way I was thinking.
The next best thing would be doing it the way everyone suggests.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Steve Cohen
Senoir Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Andy Edwards]

Just re-loaded my system with the universal upgrade. As this was a clean install on a new drive, I would like to re-load my old favorites on the new system I have the old system drive still intact on a external USB/FW case. Would loading a project from the old drive have the favorites intact? Or do I have to boot from the old drive and save a project to a jump drive or external drive for the favorites to transfer.

Is there actually a file of favorites or is it only tied to a project file?

Appreciate any additional info as my favorites had a ton of prebuilt motion filters for moving photographs and I’d hate to spend a few hours rebuilding them.

Andy Edwards
AE Digital TV

[Walter Biscardi]

[Andy Edwards] “Is there actually a file of favorites or is it only tied to a project file?”

Favorites are only stored in your preferences, not your projects. That’s why you lose them when you trash the prefs.

To move them simply do what we’ve been suggesting, copy your Favorites into a project, then bring that project your new machine. Then drag all the Favorites back into the Effects folder or simply keep them in that stand alone project.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters