Presets
Built-in presets, user presets, and the Randomize system.
Presets are the fastest way to get a look going. Pick one, then fine-tune.
Built-In Presets
30 curated starting points covering a range of aesthetics:
| Preset | Vibe |
|---|---|
| Game Boy Classic | 4-color handheld nostalgia |
| Pink Pony Clurb | Faded candy-colored pop |
| CRT Television | Vintage cathode-ray tube |
| Matriza | Green-on-black digital rain |
| VHS Nostalgia | Warm, degraded tape look |
| Newspaper Print | Halftone dot pattern |
| Joker | Wild, high-contrast chaos |
| Commodore 64 | 16-color 8-bit era |
| RoyGeeBiv | Footage reactive stark |
| ZX Spectrum | British home computer palette |
| Ladybug | Black dot contrast |
| Mac Classic | 1-bit Macintosh dithering |
| Amiga Copper | Amiga copper bar gradients |
| Atari 2600 | Chunky retro console |
| NES Palette | Nintendo 8-bit palette |
| Cyberpunk Neon | Hot colors, hard edges |
| Synthwave Sunset | Warm retro-futurism |
| Film Noir | High-contrast monochrome drama |
| Kodachrome Memory | Warm, saturated film tones |
| Polaroid Fade | Soft, washed-out instant film |
| Thermal Camera | Heat-map infrared |
| Night Vision | Green-tinted military scope |
| Blueprint | Technical drawing blue-on-white |
| Glitch Art | Broken signal look |
| Lo-Fi Dreamy | Soft, hazy low-fidelity |
| Stipple Drawing | Pointwork illustration |
| Pop Art | Bold primary color blocks |
| Pixel Art Clean | Sharp, blocky pixels |
| Dither Punk | Aggressive, contrasty dither |
| Cinematic Grain | Film-like texture for grading |
User presets
Save up to 300 custom presets with your own parameter combinations.
- Dial in the look you want
- Type a name in the Preset Name field
- Click Save Preset
Your preset appears in the User Preset dropdown and persists across sessions.
To remove a saved preset, select it from the dropdown and click Delete Preset.
Browse Looks
The Browse Looks button opens a standalone panel for managing your saved presets. From here you can:
- Search and filter your saved looks by name, keywords, or notes
- Preview each look with a thumbnail
- Edit preset names, keywords, and notes
- Import presets shared by other users (JSON files)
- Open the presets folder to grab files for sharing
- Apply a look directly to the current effect instance
Presets are cross-compatible between DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro. Share the JSON file and import it on any platform.
Randomize
The Randomize button generates a completely new combination of settings. It's great for discovering looks you'd never think to create manually.
Lock Controls
Before randomizing, lock the sections you want to keep:
| Lock | Protects |
|---|---|
| Lock Dither | Algorithm, scale, strength, reactivity |
| Lock Color | Palette, color depth, custom colors |
| Lock Modulation | All structure, glyph, and motion settings |
| Lock Glow | All glow settings |
| Lock Adjustments | Brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma |
Workflow tip: Find a dithering algorithm you like, lock it, then mash Randomize to explore color and glow variations on top of it.
Randomize is available in DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro. In After Effects, use the host's built-in randomize/brainstorm features.