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Setting up Autograph projects for Live Link

Preparing a project for Live Link is simple. All Autograph projects and templates can be used in Live Link as a generator, as long as they have a main composition to display. To set up a main composition, right-click the composition in the Project Panel and click Set as Main Composition.

Live Link automatically shows corresponding parameters in Resolve for all user parameters of the main composition. Thus, exposing a parameter in Live Link is as easy as creating a composition parameter in Autograph and linking it to the parameter you want to control:

  • if the parameter is contained within a layer, generator, or modifier that belongs to the main composition, you can use Expose as Composition Parameter in the parameter's right-click menu.

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  • or, drag-drop the parameter to a user parameter tab of the main composition

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Setting up filters and transitions

In order for your project to be used as a filter in Resolve, you need to specify an image parameter in your composition that will receive the filter input from Resolve:

  1. First, expose the image parameter as a parameter of the main composition. Typically, this is the Source parameter of a layer. You can use Expose as Composition Parameter, as previously shown, or drag/drop the parameter to a user parameter tab of the main composition.

  2. In the main composition parameters panel, click the cogwheel next to the newly exposed parameter: Picture

  3. Under Package Source Type choose Modifier Source: Picture

Transitions are set up similarly, but have two inputs instead: the Before and After clips. Follow the same procedure as above for both inputs, but select Transition Before Clip or Transition After Clip as the Package Source Type.

Hot reloading

It is possible to edit your project in Autograph and use it in Resolve at the same time. When you save your modifications in Autograph, the next frame rendered in Resolve will have your modifications applied.

Autograph Starter limitations

When using Autograph Starter, rendering projects in Resolve is subject to the same limitations as the standalone application. Notably, the following will show a watermark:

  • loading arbitrary projects with Open Project. Only Starter projects opened with Browse Library can be rendered without watermark.
  • rendering projects at resolutions higher than Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • rendering a free project that exceeds the limits for watermark-less rendering