Copy scene parameters from a file to another file

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I’ve set up the “environment” and the “effect” settings in a scene and saved the file.
I create an entirely new file for a new project.
How can I copy the settings (parameters) from a scene of the first file and paste them on a scene in the new file?
I know that I can copy and paste the parameters from a scene to another scene in the same file, but now I need to copy the parameters from a file to another one.
Thank you in advance.

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Hello, for now, we do not have the feature, but we are planning to add it. Besides, a workaround is that you make a copy of the old scene file then remove all models, only remaining the sky and effect settings.
Then you can create new projects based on it ( importing models into it directly).

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Great news Oliver! I am looking forward to see this feature in the next update!

Regarding the workflow you suggested, I did the following experiment;

  1. I created a new project and save it as empty (no model/effect/enviroment/asset modification). D5 folder size 3,44 KB
  2. The D5 folder size of a project I am currently working on is 2,10 GB
  3. I opened the current project, I removed all the models as you suggested and kept only the sky and effect settings. D5 folder size 1,04 GB
  4. I removed all the auto-generated additional files from the D5 folder. D5 folder size 12,7 MB
  5. I re-run the empty file, click on every (empty) scene I had added before and save it again (no models/assets imported). D5 folder size 642 MB. (As the files in step 3 and step 5 has the same information -they are empty- why is this big defference between them in terms of size?)

As you understand 642 MB is a huge size for an empty but presetted file.
Is there any way to save a presetted file with the minimum size? In the case above, 12,7 MB?

Thank you in advance again!

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Hello, that is because some temporary materials are cached in the scene file folder…and it is not easy to identify which assets you could delete directly. So I would recommend you cut a screenshot of the sky settings, then create a new empty file and modify it based on the parameters from the screenshot…

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Any update on this feature in the recent D5 update??

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Hi mate, We have a new function called D5 Studio which can store your presets in the cloud, but can not be exported. You can refer to the release notes for more information:

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