Do you find yourself make the same changes to your project settings for every project? This is a time-saving tip just for you.
Set-up for a project can take lots of time. Importing media, making folders, color management…
There are plenty of tasks to get started with a video project. Fortunately, there are shortcuts for some of these.
Your project settings hold your default resolution, RAW options, image scaling options, and many more preferences that may be unique to your project.
But if your projects have a similar starting point, you can set defaults to save yourself some time!
In this video from Darren Mostyn, you’ll learn about:
- Settings to change
- Saving & Using Presets
- Finding “Set Current Settings as Default Preset”

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.