FX palettes

An FX palette stores a reusable effect configuration. Its schema closely follows a cue: it carries cue-style identity fields, one or more FX definitions, channel state, and a name. The orders collection is normally empty because the effect itself supplies the changing parameter values.

Relationship to cues

Field or structure	Role in an FX palette
fx_palette	Identifies or links the reusable FX palette.
cue_id	Cue-style internal identifier retained by the shared schema.
visual_id	Display identifier for the palette entry.
fxs	Complete effect definitions, including layers, targets, timing, and rendering settings.
fxs_channels	Channel-state data associated with the stored effects. Its internal schema is still unresolved.
orders	Usually empty for an FX palette.
name	Display name of the FX palette.

See Cues and FX for the field definitions shared with cues.

Copied effect data

Cues that reference an FX palette can also contain a full copy of the FX configuration. This may allow the cue to preserve a snapshot even if the source palette later changes, but that behavior has not yet been verified.