Filter Forge - Lighting shader settings export/import?

meyendlesss

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I'd really like the ability to export lighting settings to reuse in other filters.
Preferably we'd be able to just export/save them and import whenever needed.
It's only a minor thing right now as there are ways to reuse light settings, but this would make it so much easier.

Posted: December 20, 2009 2:49 pm

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Posted: December 20, 2009 2:49 pm

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KGtheway2B

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I'd rather be able to save the lighting as a sort of "custom lighting preset" you could choose from a drop-down list instead of having to deal with a bunch of exported files.

But +1 anyhow.

Posted: December 20, 2009 3:21 pm

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Vladimir Golovin
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Copy / Paste for lighting settings is on our plans, but it didn't make it into this beta.

Posted: December 20, 2009 4:04 pm

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meyendlesss

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KGtheway2B wrote: I'd rather be able to save the lighting as a sort of "custom lighting preset" you could choose from a drop-down list instead of having to deal with a bunch of exported files.

Something like that would be cool too.
I was thinking import/export or copy/paste as they would fit nicely on the new drop-down list in the lighting tab.

I'd like to see maybe something like a 'My Light Shaders' folder that they can be saved to. Then when you click on the drop-down or right-click in the lighting tab you could choose 'My Light Shaders' (or whatever) and be able to choose what you want.

Maybe there could even be some way to see a thumbnail preview of each shader in the 'Shaders' folder. That may be a bit much though.

Posted: December 20, 2009 8:50 pm

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meyendlesss

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: Copy / Paste for lighting settings is on our plans, but it didn't make it into this beta.

I'm curious how it will work.
Will it just be a simple copy/paste option for each light?
Even that would be good.
I'd like to see it set up so it's easy for authors to share shader presets too.

Posted: December 20, 2009 8:51 pm

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