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# Creating a Project

Creating a Lustre project is the first step to prepare Lustre for a new colour grading project. You can use templates to accelerate project setup. See Working with Templates.

NoteYou can create multiple projects with the same Project Home. This allows you to work on a project with different settings while sharing the same scenes, cuts, and grades.

To create a new project:

1. Do one of the following:
   - From the Lustre splash screen, click New in the Project group.
   - From the Main menu, click Setup, then Settings, and then click New in the Project group.
   NoteIf you have a template named default, then its settings will be loaded automatically.
2. Configure the project. Use Reset to reset all settings, from every menu, to their defaults. See Project Configuration.
3. To save the settings of the new project, click Save Project.
4. Click Exit Project.

To create a project based on an existing project:

1. Do one of the following:
   - From the Lustre splash screen, select the baseline project, and then click Edit in the Project group.
   - From the Main menu, click Setup, and then Settings. Select the baseline project, and then click Edit in the Project group.
2. In the Project Name field, enter a new name for the new project, or you will overwrite the original project's settings with the new settings.
3. Configure the project. Use Reset to reset all settings, from every menu, to their defaults. See Project Configuration.
4. To save the settings for the project, click Save Project.
5. Click Exit Project.

To create a new project using a template:

1. Do one of the following:
   - From the Lustre splash screen, click New in the Project group.
   - From the Main menu, click Setup, then Settings, and then click New in the Project group.
     NoteIf you have a template named “default”, then its settings will be loaded when you click New.
2. From the Project Template list, select a template. See Creating a Project Template.
3. Click Load.

   The template's settings are now loaded.

4. Configure the project. Use Reset to reset all settings, from every menu, to their defaults. See Project Configuration.
5. To save the settings for the project, click Save Project.
6. Click Exit Project.