Style Presets

Overview

Presets control the visual style of your rendered output — pacing, transitions, color grading, and effects. They do NOT control content selection (that’s the driver’s job). Think of presets as “how it looks” and drivers as “what it shows.”

Built-In Presets

STANDARD

Balanced impacts with subtle zoom punch. Professional default.

Tempo: 1× (one cut per beat)
Transitions: Dissolve
Key FX: Subtle zoom punch (4%), light CA on beats, neutral_clean grading, subtle handheld drift, sharpen
Color: +12 contrast, +8 saturation
Clip hold: 1–6 seconds

AGGRESSIVE

Surgical beat-punches, strobe stutter, motion streaks. Gritty phonk with frame-repeat and optical-flow blur.

Tempo: 2× (half-beat cuts — twice as many edits)
Transitions: Hard cuts (additive flash on impacts)
Key FX: 6% impact zoom (bass-driven, downbeat-gated), fast snap-back, strong CA (hi-band reactive), speed ramps, bleach_bypass grading, glitch on beats (hi-band), beat desaturation, stutter strobe (hi-band), optical-flow motion streaks
Color: +40 contrast, −15 saturation (desaturated punch)
Clip hold: 0.5–2 seconds

SENSUAL

Warm film grading, gentle bloom, bass-reactive blur pulse, organic light leaks.

Tempo: 0.25× (one cut every 4 beats)
Transitions: Long dissolves
Key FX: Continuous slow push (1.2%), warm_film grading, bloom (stronger: 0.25, wider radius), golden light leaks (mid-band reactive), edge blur (beat-reactive), handheld drift, bass-reactive blur pulse (bass-band), subtle warm color drift, saturation boost
Color: +15 contrast, +25 saturation, +8 brightness
Clip hold: 3–10 seconds

RAW

Hard cuts only. No color grading, no effects. Pure footage.

Tempo: 1× (one cut per beat)
Transitions: Hard cuts only
Key FX: None — completely clean
Color: No grading
Clip hold: 1–6 seconds

PRESTIGE

Hollywood cinematic. Halation, anamorphic blue streaks, depth parallax, focus breathing, teal-and-orange DI.

Tempo: 1× (one cut per beat)
Transitions: Luma-matte (brightness-based reveal)
Key FX: Continuous slow push (1.5%), teal_and_orange grading, edge blur vignette, bloom (mid-band reactive), subtle handheld drift, speed ramps, film halation (mid-band reactive), anamorphic lens streaks, depth parallax (MiDaS), focus breathing, bass-driven camera punch (downbeat-gated)
Color: +30 contrast, +15 saturation, −8 brightness, letterbox bars
Clip hold: 2–8 seconds

TRAILER

Cinematic trailer. Slow buildup → explosive climax with halation, speed freeze, impact frames.

Tempo: 0.5× (one cut every 2 beats — deliberate pacing)
Transitions: Luma-matte with impact flash on drops
Key FX: Impact frames (downbeat-gated), speed ramps, teal_and_orange grading, cold blue wash, beat desaturation, strong CA (hi-band), halation (mid-band), speed freeze
Color: +35 contrast, +8 saturation, −10 brightness, letterbox bars
Clip hold: 2–10 seconds
Tier bias: −0.20 (favors calmer footage for dramatic buildup)

AMV

Hyper-kinetic AMV. Ghost echo trails, speed freeze, manga panels, zoom whip, optical-flow motion streaks.

Tempo: 1× (one cut per beat)
Transitions: Additive flash on impacts
Key FX: Impact frames (downbeat-gated), bleach_bypass grading, radial bursts (white), sharpen, edge blur, speed ramps, aggressive zoom (8% bass-driven), CA (hi-band), echo trails, speed freeze, manga panels (downbeat-gated), zoom whip, motion streaks
Color: +50 contrast, −25 saturation (gritty, desaturated look)
Clip hold: 0.8–4 seconds
Tier bias: +0.10 (slightly favors higher energy)

HYPNOSIS

Trance state. Edge blur, color wash, subliminal text, psychedelic cycling.

Tempo: 0.5× (one cut every 2 beats)
Transitions: Long dissolves
Key FX: Edge blur, color wash, color cycling, subliminal text, continuous slow push (2%), speed ramps
Color: +20 contrast, +35 saturation, +5 brightness
Clip hold: 3–12 seconds
Tier bias: −0.10 (slightly calmer)

VHS

Authentic VHS. Tracking wobble, chroma bleed, REC timecode, CRT scanlines, phosphor bloom.

Tempo: 1× (one cut per beat)
Transitions: Hard cuts
Key FX: CRT scanlines, warm_film grading, warm amber wash, edge blur, bloom (CRT phosphor glow), light CA fringing, VHS tracking wobble, chroma bleed, timecode overlay, posterized time (15fps choppy playback)
Color: +25 contrast, −10 saturation, +5 brightness
Clip hold: 1.5–6 seconds

Custom Presets

Creating via GUI

In Studio Mode, the preset editor (in the Advanced tab) lets you create and save custom presets. They’re stored as JSON files in the presets/ directory.

Creating via JSON

Create a .json file in the presets/ folder:

{
  "description": "My custom style",
  "pacing": {
    "tempo_multiplier": 1.0,
    "phase_thresholds": { "curves": 0.30, "hook": 0.60 }
  },
  "fx": {
    "motion_blur_strength": 0.0,
    "impact_zoom": 0.04,
    "impact_decay": 12.0,
    "chromatic_aberration_impact": 1.0,
    "speed_ramp_factor": 0.0,
    "continuous_push": 0.0,
    "transition_type": "dissolve",
    "transition_duration": 0.3,
    "impact_flash_strength": 0.0,
    "impact_flash_decay": 0.0
  },
  "dj": {
    "clip_hold_min": 1.0,
    "clip_hold_max": 6.0,
    "tier_bias": 0.0,
    "fx": {
      "contrast": 10,
      "saturation": 5,
      "brightness": 0
    }
  }
}

Custom presets are auto-loaded on startup and appear in all preset dropdowns.

Preset in Output Filenames

Rendered output includes the preset name to prevent overwrites:

output_clips/output_AGGRESSIVE.mp4
output_clips/output_PRESTIGE.mp4