When you are choosing your project settings, you can create a template for your future projects.

From the Project Template group, within the Project settings page, you can complete the following:

• Create a new project template.
• Create a new project template from an existing project.
• Create a new project template from an existing project template.

To create a new project template:

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Main menu, click Setup, then Settings, and then click New in the Project group.
   • From the Lustre splash screen, click New in the Project group.

   
   

   NoteIf you have a template named default, then its settings will be loaded automatically.
2. Configure the settings for the template. Use Reset to reset all settings, from every menu, to their defaults.

   Select:	To configure:
   Project	The name and location of the project. See Project Settings.
   Calibration	Default system calibration settings and define the default Print LUTs for a project. See Calibration Settings.
   Rendering	Default rendering settings for a project. See Rendering Settings.
   Engineering	Default video and graphics settings for a project. See Engineering Settings.
   Network Rendering	Default Backburner/Burn, Slave Renderer, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project. See Network Rendering Settings.

3. When you are done editing the settings, click Project, and enter a project name in the Project Template field.

   
   

4. In the Project Template group, click Save.
5. To exit, click Exit Project.

To create a new project template from an existing project:

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Main menu, click Setup, and then Settings. In the Project group, select the baseline project, and then click Edit.
   • From the Lustre splash screen, select the baseline project, and then click Edit in the Project group.

   
   

2. Configure the project. Use Reset to reset all settings, from every menu, to their defaults.
   WarningRename the new project, or you will overwrite the original project's settings with the new settings.

   Select:	To configure:
   Project	The name and location of the project. See Project Settings.
   Calibration	Default system calibration settings and define the default Print LUTs for a project. See Calibration Settings.
   Rendering	Default rendering settings for a project. See Rendering Settings.
   Engineering	Default video and graphics settings for a project. See Engineering Settings.
   Network Rendering	Default Backburner/Burn, Slave Renderer, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project. See Network Rendering Settings.

3. Click Project and enter a name in the Project Template field.

   
   

4. To save the template, click Save in the Project Template group.
5. Click Exit Project.

To create a new project template from an existing project template:

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Main menu, click Setup, and then Settings. Select the project to edit, and then click Edit in the Project group.
   • From the Lustre splash screen, select the project to edit, and then click Edit in the Project group.

   
   

2. From the Project Template list, select a template.

   
   

   (a) Project Template list  

3. Click Load.
4. In the Project Template field, enter a new template name, and then click Save.
   WarningRename the new template, or you will overwrite the original template with the new settings.
5. Configure the template. Use Reset to reset all settings, from every menu, to their defaults.

   Select:	To configure:
   Project	The name and location of the project. See Project Settings.
   Calibration	Default system calibration settings and define the default Print LUTs for a project. See Calibration Settings.
   Rendering	Default rendering settings for a project. See Rendering Settings.
   Engineering	Default video and graphics settings for a project. See Engineering Settings.
   Network Rendering	Default Backburner/Burn, Slave Renderer, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project. See Network Rendering Settings.

6. To save the template, click Save in the Project Template group.
7. Click Exit Project.