Effect Presets and Applying in a new sequence

[needbrew]

HI All,

Not sure if I am doing this correct or not.  I am making a halloween sequence and have some single color AC floods that I am going to be using.  One thing I have is a Flicker that I like and I wanted to save it as a Preset Effect.  So I right clicked on the effect in my sequence and and selected Effect Presets and created a new one for my flicker.  I then went to a new sequence and tried to apply that to a new On effect and it did not appear to work.  Is there some trick to using the presets across sequences?

[Gilrock]

Nope there's no trick.

[needbrew]

do the value curve setting work with the presets?  That is what I have set-up for a flashing light.  It does not appear to copy.

[Gilrock]

There is no difference between a preset and a copy/paste.  Its the exact same data.  So yes the curve state is saved along with every effect.

[needbrew]

Strange, it does not work for me no matter what I do.  I have a On effect with the value curve set to saw tooth to create a flashing affect on a AC white flood.  I right click on it, create a preset and save it.  Go to a new sequence put an ON effect out, right click on it and select my preset and then click apply.  Nothing.

[Gilrock]

That's not how presets work.  They don't modify existing effects.  You need to select a target location like you are going to do a paste and then select and apply the preset.  The way you are trying to do it causes the existing effect to block the preset you are trying to paste.