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:

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  2. Configure the project. 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 Render, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project. See Network Rendering Settings.
  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:

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  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.
    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 Render, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project. See Network Rendering Settings.
  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:

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

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  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.
    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 Render, and Wiretap directory paths and settings for a project. See Network Rendering Settings.
  5. To save the settings for the project, click Save Project.
  6. Click Exit Project.