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Presets let you capture your favorite style configuration — fonts, colors, background, layout, and overlays — and reuse it across projects with a single click. Think of a preset as a style template that you apply and update independently of any specific project.

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What presets save

A preset stores:
  • Font family and size
  • Active and inactive text colors
  • Outline and shadow settings
  • Background type and settings (color, gradient, image, or video)
  • Layout type and options
  • Overlay configurations (title card, lead-in, progress bar, logo)
A preset does not store:
  • Lyrics or word timing
  • Audio mix settings
  • Trim settings
  • Version-specific changes
Presets are templates, not live links. Applying a preset copies its style into the current version. Future changes to the preset do not automatically update projects that already have it applied.

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Creating a preset

1

Style your project

Set up the background, text style, layout, and overlays exactly as you want them.
2

Open the Presets panel

In the Studio sidebar, expand the Presets panel.
3

Click New Preset

Click the New Preset button.
4

Name the preset

Enter a descriptive name such as “Neon Glow”, “Classic White”, or “TV Broadcast”.
5

Confirm

Click Create Preset. Your current settings are saved.

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Applying a preset

1

Open any project

Go to Projects and open a project in the Studio.
2

Open the Presets panel

Expand the Presets panel in the sidebar.
3

Click a preset name

Click the preset you want to apply. The styling is applied to the current version immediately.
Applying a preset replaces the current version’s styling. The project’s lyrics, timing, and audio mix are not affected.

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Updating a preset

If you refine your style and want to save those changes back to the preset:
1

Make your style changes

Adjust the background, text, layout, or overlays in the current version.
2

Click Update preset

In the Presets panel, click Update preset next to the preset you want to update.
Updating a preset saves the current version’s style to that preset. Other projects that previously had the preset applied keep their existing look until you apply the preset to them again.

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Setting a default preset

A default preset is applied automatically whenever you create a new version, so every new version starts with your preferred style.
  1. Hover over the preset in the Presets panel.
  2. Click the star icon.
The default preset is marked with a filled star. Only one preset can be the default at a time.

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Renaming a preset

  1. Hover over the preset in the Presets panel.
  2. Click the edit (pencil) icon.
  3. Type the new name.
  4. Press Enter to confirm.

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Deleting a preset

  1. Hover over the preset in the Presets panel.
  2. Click the delete icon.
  3. Confirm deletion.
Deleting a preset is permanent. Projects that already have the preset’s style applied are not affected — they keep their current look.

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Reset to defaults

To clear all styling from the current version and start from the Youka defaults:
  1. In the Presets panel, click Reset.
  2. All styling settings return to the system defaults.
This does not affect any saved presets or other versions.

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Tips

  • Create a preset for each context you export for: one for TV (wide text, high contrast), one for social media (square crop-safe), one for practice videos (vocals-included style reminder).
  • Use descriptive names. “Neon Club Night” is more useful than “Preset 3”.
  • Build one polished preset first, then duplicate and modify it for variations rather than starting from scratch each time.
  • Set your most-used style as the default preset to save time on every new project.