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.

To create a new project:

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 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 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. 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 Main menu, click Setup, and then Settings. Select the baseline project, and then click Edit in the Project group.
   • From the Lustre splash screen, 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.

   Select:	To configure:
   Project	The name and location of the project. See Project Settings.
   Calibration	Default system calibration settings and define the default 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.

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 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.
   • From the Lustre splash screen, click New in the Project group.

   
   

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.

   Select:	To configure:
   Project	The name and location of the project. See Project Settings.
   Calibration	Default system calibration settings and define the default 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.

5. To save the settings for the project, click Save Project.
6. Click Exit Project.