You can save and load lens flare presets, offering you the flexibility to create a collection of your own lens flares with the objects and settings you want.
Note: You can save and reload Lens Flare presets containing animation channel expressions. Note that only animation channel expressions found inside the setup will reload properly (Lens Flare nodes and its children). Also keep in mind that node names need to be unique for expressions to resolve properly (if you load the same Lens Flare setup twice, you'll have an expression resolving clash).
To load a lens flare preset:
- From an existing lens flare in the schematic, double-click the Lens Flare node to access the Lens Flare menu.
- From the Basics tab, click the Load button in the Preset section to open the Preset browser.
By default the browser points to
opt/Autodesk/shared/presets/lensflare.
- Select a preset from the default path (in the Creative or RealLenses subfolders), or navigate to a path of your choosing to select a preset, then click Load.
The Lens Flare object, as well as any other nodes included in the preset are attached to the light, replacing the current lens flare.
To save a lens flare preset:
- Set up a lens flare object with any settings and attached texture components that you want.
- From the Basics tab of the Lens Flare menu, click the Save button in the Preset section.
- From the Preset browser that appears, name and select a location for your saved preset. Be careful not to overwrite an existing preset, unless you want to.
The Lens Flare preset is saved with all nodes that are connected under the Lens Flare node, including Border FX nodes, and texture components (even a Diffuse Map or Matchbox node, if used to re-texture a component).
Note: Legacy Lens Flare presets are also available through the Action Presets node. These presets are not available in the same directory path as the presets accessed from the Lens Flare menu.