Saving and loading presets: the trick that turns hours into seconds

If there's one feature that turns ReadyPixl from "useful tool" into "my Sunday afternoon back," it's presets.

A preset is your pipeline saved for later — every tool you added, every setting you tweaked, every reorder you made. Save it once, load it with one click forever.

Why presets matter

The first time you build a pipeline (drop images → add tools → tune settings → click Download All), it takes maybe 5 minutes.

The fiftieth time, with a saved preset, it takes about 30 seconds:

1. Open ReadyPixl
2. Load your preset
3. Drop in new images
4. Click Download All

That difference — 5 minutes vs 30 seconds — multiplied across every batch you'll ever run, is the math behind ReadyPixl's whole pitch. Save your pipelines.

Saving a preset

1. Build your pipeline (add tools, set settings, get the canvas preview looking right).
2. In the Selected Tools panel on the right, click Save Current Preset.
3. Type a name you'll remember.
4. Hit Enter or click Save.

That's it. Your preset is saved.

Good preset names:

• Square product photos
• Etsy 2000 square
• ChatGPT cleanup
• Etsy listings 2000
• Watermarked previews

Bad preset names:

• Pipeline 1, Test, New preset — you'll have 10 of these in a week and won't know which is which

Good naming = fast picking later.

Loading a preset

1. In the Selected Tools panel, click the preset dropdown (next to Save Current Preset)
2. Pick the preset from the list
3. Your whole pipeline loads — every step, every setting, every order

The canvas preview updates immediately to show your images with the loaded pipeline applied.

You can edit the loaded pipeline (add a step, change a setting) without affecting the saved preset. Saved presets only change when you click Save Current Preset again with the same name (overwrites it) or with a new name (creates a new one).

Your presets follow you everywhere (when signed in)

Sign in with the same ReadyPixl account and your presets are the same everywhere:

• Web version (readypixl.com) — on any computer or browser
• Chrome extension side panel
• Desktop app (Windows and macOS), including its right-click actions and CLI

Save a preset in one place and it shows up in the others automatically, within seconds — no export, no refresh. Rename, update, or delete it in one place and that change follows too.

Already built presets as a guest? They aren't lost. The first time you sign in on that same browser, ReadyPixl moves them into your account, and from then on they follow you too.

As a guest, presets stay in that one browser: a different browser, a different computer, or clearing your browser data means starting over. A free account (just an email) fixes that.

AI agents use these presets too. With the desktop app, Claude Code, Codex and other agents can run any of your presets on a folder — see Using ReadyPixl with AI agents.

Deleting a preset

In the preset dropdown:

• Hover the preset name
• Click the trash / X icon that appears
• Confirm

Or open a preset, modify something, and Save Current Preset again with a different name — the original stays put unless you explicitly delete it.

How many presets should I have?

As many as you have repeating workflows. A common set:

5-10 presets covers almost everyone. If you're at 30+, you might be over-organizing — consider whether two presets with very similar settings can be merged.

Tips

• Save the preset before your first big batch run. Building a pipeline + losing it to a refresh = the most common preventable mistake.
• Save a "test" version of every preset — same settings but with _test suffix. Useful for experimenting without breaking your working preset.
• Update presets as you tune. If you find Color Removal V2 settings that consistently work better, update the saved preset so you don't re-tune every time.
• Delete unused presets. A long preset list slows your selection and clutters the UI. Prune monthly.
• Sign up free so presets follow you to every device, the Chrome extension, and the desktop app. Worth the 30 seconds it takes.

What presets save and don't save

So loading a preset gives you a clean working pipeline ready for new images. It doesn't give you yesterday's batch back.

What to read next

• [The pipeline concept](pipeline-concept) — what a pipeline is in the first place
• [The Selected Tools panel](selected-tools-panel) — where Save Current Preset lives
• [Your first pipeline in 5 minutes](first-pipeline) — build a pipeline you can save as your first preset