From the course: Creating Presets, LUTs, and Profiles for Video Pros
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The role of presets
From the course: Creating Presets, LUTs, and Profiles for Video Pros
The role of presets
- Before we begin, let's talk about the role of presets. For many users, presets are viewed as the hugest time saver possible. And a lot of folks become crippled by them. They become so dependent upon presets that they lose the ability to create custom effects or custom color grades. You see, presets are meant to be an enabler. Think of em as recipes in a cookbook. But you still ultimately need to know how to cook. If you use a preset correctly, it's a great way to document or save time by capturing your own great work so you can easily access it again in the future. Saving your own presets or LUTs can be a huge time saver, because it means you can revisit your best work. However, you want to make sure that you don't become too dependent on these, so that you don't know how to actually make your own adjustments or customize things. Really it comes down to this. Presets can be a huge time saver and you should build up…
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