# Project Setups Directory sharing mode **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** project-manage\ **Created:** [November 9, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451 "2023-11-09T11:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/1 "2023-11-09T11:21:23Z")
Hello Logik! Workflow question for you: when creating a project, it is possible to share project setup directory from another project. It is also possible to copy the setups from an existing project for your new project. Is anybody using these functionalities? We would like to revisit the project creation page for a future update and would like to simplify the workflow. These functionalities are quite old and I guess many of your might not even know they are available! ---
**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/2 "2023-11-09T12:24:38Z")
Not quite answering your question, the only thing I use project setups for are for old-skool batch saving. I imagine a few things I might save on the project level like some bookmarks and export settings might go in there, but for the most part all the detailed information is contained in timelines and batches. ---
**Author:** ![hildebrandtbernd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/hildebrandtbernd/32/3038_2.png) [@hildebrandtbernd](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hildebrandtbernd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/3 "2023-11-09T13:56:45Z")
Same, also using the setups only to save and to load when everything else is corrupted of the project and never saw a use for shared project setups in present times. ---
**Author:** ![GPM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/gpm/32/4224_2.png) [@GPM](https://forum.logik.tv/u/GPM)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/4 "2023-11-09T14:34:50Z")
Hey Stephane, The functionality is news to me. If I ever need ascii batch setups from another project I just manually load over as needed. But as mentioned, using ascii setups is rare vs. batch groups/iterations. ---
**Author:** ![GPM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/gpm/32/4224_2.png) [@GPM](https://forum.logik.tv/u/GPM)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/5 "2023-11-09T14:43:06Z")
\*To be more precise, we actually do use ascii batches pretty often for quick sharing between remote artists, which is very handy. Just not so much within one box. ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/6 "2023-11-09T15:02:58Z")
Thanks all for your quick answers! Setups Sharing between multiple projects seems to be something we could live without but I will monitor the thread carefully in case others have specific use cases. No stress, we are not about to remove this functionality but researching for future versions. What about the Copy Setups from a given project at Project Creation? Is this also something that is not really useful anymore? ---
**Author:** ![hBomb42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@hBomb42](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hBomb42)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/7 "2023-11-09T15:11:14Z")
I can’t remember the last time I needed to move setups from one project to another. About the only thing I use the project directory setups for is to save TimelineFX setups out and load them into Batch…like if I want to bake a timewarp or Image color grade into my comp tree. We definitely share batch setups between machines working on the same “job,” but we do that by pushing batch groups to each other’s shared libraries. I could see copying setups between projects being useful if people were still doing broadcast design in Flame, but that’s been dead as the dinosaurs for at least a decade now… ---
**Author:** ![ALan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@ALan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ALan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/8 "2023-11-09T15:28:07Z")
The only thing we do with the project setups at creation step, is set a custom location. We do not share or copy for another project. In fact that would create a whole heap shit of problems when trying to upgrade a project to a new version of flame. ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/9 "2023-11-09T18:08:37Z")
Being able to define custom location would not be something we would remove. In fact, being able to define more custom location for the various data our products generate would be better for everybody I think. ---
**Author:** ![cnoellert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/cnoellert/32/559_2.png) [@cnoellert](https://forum.logik.tv/u/cnoellert)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/10 "2023-11-09T20:30:34Z")
Amen. The dream is expanding tokens to include a project location so one could template out all saving operations as one does with publishing. ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/11 "2023-11-09T20:51:26Z")
maybe 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SamE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SamE](https://forum.logik.tv/u/SamE)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/12 "2023-11-10T07:56:12Z")
For the love of god, don’t ever point a bunch of flames at the same directory. Delete the project on one machine and you loose all of the setups from the whole team. ---
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/13 "2023-11-10T10:35:26Z")
I do use copy setups on occasions when my project has become corrupted and I need to make a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/14 "2023-11-10T10:53:21Z")
Sharing is good until it is not 😉 This is one of the reason we feel that we should not allow this kind of workflow and enforce guards so when multiple users work on a project when prevent this kind of issue. ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/15 "2023-11-10T10:56:16Z")
This use case would still be valid since there is setups duplication and no risk of loosing data. But to go back to your corrupted issue, I am not clear on how a project could have corrupt data and that a copy of the same data would not be corrupted. Have you open a support case with the corrupted data so our Support team can investigate? ---
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/16 "2023-11-10T11:06:59Z")
It doesn’t happen that often, but I have had occasions when my project is corrupt, but the setups still load in a new project. ---
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/17 "2023-11-10T11:08:02Z")
I’ve also had occasions where I want to take a few setups home, (without the heavy lifting of an archive) to work on over a weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Slabrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Slabrie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Slabrie)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/18 "2023-11-10T11:24:10Z")
Ok I see: when you start Flame the project does not load, right? if so, please make sure to open a support ticket and provide project data with the ticket so the issue can be investigated. Do you remember if prior the issue you had an application hang or crash? In this case, the setups are not the issue but something else so the setups are valid. ---
**Author:** ![Ton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ton/32/5542_2.png) [@Ton](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Ton)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/project-setups-directory-sharing-mode/9451/19 "2023-11-10T11:26:53Z")
> [@Slabrie](#): > > …sible to share project setup directory from another project. It is also possible to copy the setups from an existing project for your new project.Is anybody using these functionalities? We would like to revisit the project creation page for a future update and would like to simplify the workflow. These functionalities are quite old and I guess many of your might not even know they are available! Never ever used that… 🙂