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1. What is a Profile?
2. Creating a Profile
3. Quick Start Profiles
4. Assigning Modules
5. Saving & Managing Profiles
6. Naming Profiles
7. Profile Switching
8. Community Profiles

What is a Profile?

Simply put, a profile defines how each Palette module controls your target application.

PaletteApp can accommodate up to 15 profiles at any given time. Profiles can be saved and shared among Palette users.

When working between multiple applications, PaletteApp can automatically switch to a corresponding profile as you switch apps.

You can also create multiple profiles for a single application. This offers you multiple functions per module. See Profile Switching for details.

Creating a Profile

To create a new profile, simply select the plus (+) sign at the top of PaletteApp, then choose your target application from the list. A quick start profile will load automatically if available.

Palette integrations such as Lightroom Classic and Photoshop are listed first. Running apps without a Palette integration will show up at the bottom of the PaletteApp window, or after selecting "Open Apps" from the left sidebar. You can still create profiles for these applications, using keyboard shortcuts and system-level Media functions to control them.

To see all running applications, scroll to the bottom of the PaletteApp window and select "Update app list".

Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows: Ctrl+T or Ctrl+N creates a new blank profile
Mac: Command+T or Command+N creates a new blank profile

Quick Start Profiles

Quick start profiles help you quickly set up Palette for a variety of apps and workflows.

There are multiple for each of our most popular applications, divided by type and by the size of Palette kit.

1. How to Open: a quick start profile will automatically open when creating a new tab (as long as one is available for the target app). Select any app icon or press the + sign at the top of PaletteApp to create a new tab.
   
   
2. Profile Switching: Most quick start profiles leave one button unassigned and highlighted in Red. This is to allow for the easy assignment of global functions like Function Switching > Next Profile.
   
   
3. Select another Quick Start profile: To open a different quick start profile, select the Quick Start icon at bottom centre and select any profile. This profile will open in a new tab.

Assigning Modules

Whether or not a module is currently assigned, clicking on it will bring up the Module Settings window.

From here, you can re-assign it. A typical module settings window for Lightroom (Classic & 6) is shown below.

1. Assignment Mode: Palette integrations such as Photoshop CC will default to showing pre-configured functions in Application Mode. Customize the response of each module with Sensitivity (Dial) and Range (Dial and Slider) accessible under the Advanced drop down.
   
   You can select other modes to change how each module is assigned individually. For example, Keyboard Mode allows you to send keyboard shortcuts with a Palette module.
   
   
2. Function List and Search: Select your desired function from the list. Functions are grouped according to their type—for example, functions corresponding to the Basic, Tone Curve, and HSL panels in Lightroom.
   
   
3. Name and Color (Optional): Help remember the assignment of each module by choosing a color for its LED ring. The Custom Name field allows you to change how each module is named in PaletteApp.
   
   
4. Clear All and Done: Select Clear All to remove any existing assignments from a module. Select Done to save a new assignment.

Read More: Button / Dial / Slider Settings

Saving & Managing Profiles

There are five icons at the bottom left of every Palette profile: Rotate, Save, Open, and Share.

1. Rotate Setup: If the physical orientation of your Palette kit doesn't match what's shown in PaletteApp, click this icon to rotate the on-screen layout 90º clockwise at a time.
   
   
2. Save Profile As: Keyboard shortcut Command+S (MacOS) or Control+S (Windows). Save your profile locally as a .plp file.
   
   
3. Open Profile: Keyboard shortcut Command+O (MacOS) or Control+O (Windows). Open a locally-saved profile.
   
   
4. Upload & Share Profile: This will initiate a new upload to our Community Profiles page.
   
   
5. Reset Modules: This will clear all module assignments from the current profile.

Naming Profiles

Click on the Core module and set the Screen Name. The Screen Name that shows up on your physical Palette Core is the same name that appears on PaletteApp's profile tab.

Read More: Core Settings

Profile Switching

When working between multiple applications, PaletteApp can automatically switch to a corresponding profile as you switch apps.

You can also create multiple profiles for a single application. This effectively offers you multiple functions per module in your most-used applications, which can be a preferable alternative to adding extra modules.

Switching between these profiles as you work allows you to always use a relevant profile for the task at hand—for example, you may create three Premiere Pro profiles made specifically for Editing, Audio Mixing, and Color Grading.

Automatic Profile Switching

When this preference is on, PaletteApp will detect which app you're currently using and automatically switch to a corresponding profile. Located in File > Preferences (Windows) or PaletteApp > Preferences (Mac). 

Button/Dial Profile Switching

Palette Profile Switching can be assigned to a button or dial. Select your desired module and select Function Switching > Previous Profile, Next Profile, or Cycle Profiles (see illustration above)

See Profile Switching for details.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Use Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab (Windows) or Control+Tab and Control+Shift+Tab (Mac) to cycle through profiles quickly with the PaletteApp program in focus. 

Community Profiles

We have a collection of profiles sent from users like you, located on our website. Help other members of our community by sending us your profiles! There are two ways to send your profile:

1. Post directly to our Profile Exchange (found here)
2. Upload & share profile through PaletteApp (found in the menu under Community > Share Profile)