how to set effect preset via script?

Pete Siamidis wrote on 9/26/2012, 6:04 PM

Quick question, I have a script that sets a video fx like Brightness and Contrast to a video clip, but how do I set the preset via script? The effect object has .Preset and .CurrentPreset members which I set but they don't seem to have any effect.

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jetdv wrote on 9/27/2012, 11:31 AM

Here's and example that will add a blur effect using the "Medium Blur" preset to an event.



                  string plugInName = "Sony Gaussian Blur";

                  string presetName = "Meduim Blur";

                  PlugInNode fx = Vegas.VideoFX;

                  PlugInNode plugIn = fx.GetChildByName(plugInName);

    

                  Effect effect = new Effect(plugIn);

                  videoEvent.Effects.Add(effect);

                  if (null != presetName) {

                    effect.Preset = presetName;

                  }

Pete Siamidis wrote on 9/27/2012, 1:05 PM

Thanks, looks like my issue was that I was setting the preset before I was adding the effect to the video event. So I was doing:

effect.Preset = presetName;
videoEvent.Effects.Add(effect);

...which apparently doesn't work. I flipped those around and now it works, thanks!