diff --git a/dialogs/mediapropertiesdialog.h b/dialogs/mediapropertiesdialog.h
index 8f9d7ebd5..5232384ae 100644
--- a/dialogs/mediapropertiesdialog.h
+++ b/dialogs/mediapropertiesdialog.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ private:
    */
   QCheckBox* premultiply_alpha_setting;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Setting for this media's color space
+   */
   QComboBox* input_color_space;
 private slots:
   /**
diff --git a/dialogs/preferencesdialog.cpp b/dialogs/preferencesdialog.cpp
index 8a23b3275..b39a7f8a4 100644
--- a/dialogs/preferencesdialog.cpp
+++ b/dialogs/preferencesdialog.cpp
@@ -174,11 +174,24 @@ void PreferencesDialog::populate_ocio_menus(OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr config)
 
     // Just clear everything
     ocio_display->clear();
+    ocio_default_input->clear();
     ocio_view->clear();
     ocio_look->clear();
 
   } else {
 
+    // Get input color spaces for setting the default input color space
+    ocio_default_input->clear();
+    for (int i=0;i<config->getNumColorSpaces();i++) {
+      QString colorspace = config->getColorSpaceNameByIndex(i);
+
+      ocio_default_input->addItem(colorspace);
+
+      if (colorspace == olive::CurrentConfig.ocio_default_input_colorspace) {
+        ocio_default_input->setCurrentIndex(i);
+      }
+    }
+
     // Get current display name (if the config is empty, get the current default display)
     QString current_display = olive::CurrentConfig.ocio_display;
     if (current_display.isEmpty()) {
@@ -439,6 +452,7 @@ void PreferencesDialog::accept() {
   olive::CurrentConfig.playback_bit_depth = playback_bit_depth->currentIndex();
   olive::CurrentConfig.export_bit_depth = export_bit_depth->currentIndex();
   olive::CurrentConfig.ocio_display = ocio_display->currentText();
+  olive::CurrentConfig.ocio_default_input_colorspace = ocio_default_input->currentText();
   olive::CurrentConfig.ocio_view = ocio_view->currentText();
 
   // We use data here instead of text because there's a "(None)" option with an empty string
@@ -1072,21 +1086,26 @@ void PreferencesDialog::setup_ui() {
   connect(ocio_config_browse_btn, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(browse_ocio_config()));
   opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_config_browse_btn, 0, 5);
 
+  // COLOR MANAGEMENT -> Default Input Color Space
+  ocio_default_input = new QComboBox();
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Default Input Color Space:")), 1, 0);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_default_input, 1, 1, 1, 5);
+
   // COLOR MANAGEMENT -> Display
   ocio_display = new QComboBox();
   connect(ocio_display, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(update_ocio_view_menu()));
-  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Display:")), 1, 0);
-  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_display, 1, 1);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Display:")), 2, 0);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_display, 2, 1);
 
   // COLOR MANAGEMENT -> View
   ocio_view = new QComboBox();
-  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("View:")), 1, 2);
-  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_view, 1, 3);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("View:")), 2, 2);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_view, 2, 3);
 
   // COLOR MANAGEMENT -> Look
   ocio_look = new QComboBox();
-  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Look:")), 1, 4);
-  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_look, 1, 5);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Look:")), 2, 4);
+  opencolorio_groupbox_layout->addWidget(ocio_look, 2, 5);
 
   color_management_layout->addWidget(opencolorio_groupbox, row, 0);
 
diff --git a/dialogs/preferencesdialog.h b/dialogs/preferencesdialog.h
index eb6c5663c..721a2b505 100644
--- a/dialogs/preferencesdialog.h
+++ b/dialogs/preferencesdialog.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ private:
 
   QCheckBox* enable_color_management;
   QLineEdit* ocio_config_file;
+  QComboBox* ocio_default_input;
   QComboBox* ocio_display;
   QComboBox* ocio_view;
   QComboBox* ocio_look;
diff --git a/effects/effect.cpp b/effects/effect.cpp
index 38b9f2344..4e09326ad 100644
--- a/effects/effect.cpp
+++ b/effects/effect.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "global/config.h"
 #include "transition.h"
 #include "undo/undostack.h"
+#include "rendering/shadergenerators.h"
 
 #include "effects/internal/transformeffect.h"
 #include "effects/internal/texteffect.h"
@@ -743,8 +744,23 @@ void Effect::open() {
     if (QOpenGLContext::currentContext() == nullptr) {
       qWarning() << "No current context to create a shader program for - will retry next repaint";
     } else {
-      shader_program_ = std::make_shared<QOpenGLShaderProgram>();
       validate_meta_path();
+
+      QString frag_shader_str;
+      QString frag_file_url = QDir(meta->path).filePath(shader_frag_path_);
+      QFile frag_file(frag_file_url);
+      if (frag_file.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
+        frag_shader_str = frag_file.readAll();
+        frag_file.close();
+      } else {
+        qWarning() << "Failed to open" << frag_file_url;
+      }
+
+      if (!frag_shader_str.isEmpty()) {
+        shader_program_ = olive::shader::GetPipeline("process", frag_shader_str);
+      }
+
+      /*
       bool shader_compiled = true;
       if (!shader_vert_path_.isEmpty()) {
         if (shader_program_->addShaderFromSourceFile(QOpenGLShader::Vertex, meta->path + "/" + shader_vert_path_)) {
@@ -769,6 +785,7 @@ void Effect::open() {
           qWarning() << "Shader program failed to link";
         }
       }
+      */
       isOpen = true;
     }
   } else {
@@ -789,21 +806,9 @@ bool Effect::is_shader_linked() {
   return shader_program_ != nullptr && shader_program_->isLinked();
 }
 
-void Effect::startEffect() {
-  if (!isOpen) {
-    open();
-    qWarning() << "Tried to start a closed effect - opening";
-  }
-  if (olive::CurrentRuntimeConfig.shaders_are_enabled
-      && (Flags() & Effect::ShaderFlag)
-      && shader_program_->isLinked()) {
-    bound = shader_program_->bind();
-  }
-}
-
-void Effect::endEffect() {
-  if (bound) shader_program_->release();
-  bound = false;
+QOpenGLShaderProgram *Effect::GetShaderPipeline()
+{
+  return shader_program_.get();
 }
 
 int Effect::Flags()
@@ -834,6 +839,8 @@ EffectPtr Effect::copy(Clip *c) {
 }
 
 void Effect::process_shader(double timecode, GLTextureCoords&, int iteration) {
+  shader_program_->bind();
+
   shader_program_->setUniformValue("resolution", parent_clip->media_width(), parent_clip->media_height());
   shader_program_->setUniformValue("time", GLfloat(timecode));
   shader_program_->setUniformValue("iteration", iteration);
@@ -879,6 +886,8 @@ void Effect::process_shader(double timecode, GLTextureCoords&, int iteration) {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  shader_program_->release();
 }
 
 void Effect::process_coords(double, GLTextureCoords&, int) {}
diff --git a/effects/effect.h b/effects/effect.h
index 9fbc462f8..2e3252d8b 100644
--- a/effects/effect.h
+++ b/effects/effect.h
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ public:
   void open();
   void close();
   bool is_shader_linked();
-  virtual void startEffect();
-  virtual void endEffect();
+  QOpenGLShaderProgram* GetShaderPipeline();
 
   enum VideoEffectFlags {
     ShaderFlag        = 0x1,
diff --git a/global/config.cpp b/global/config.cpp
index aaaaa7987..228d8d9de 100644
--- a/global/config.cpp
+++ b/global/config.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,18 @@ void Config::load(QString path) {
         } else if (stream.name() == "OCIOConfigPath") {
           stream.readNext();
           ocio_config_path = stream.text().toString();
+        } else if (stream.name() == "OCIODisplay") {
+          stream.readNext();
+          ocio_display = stream.text().toString();
+        } else if (stream.name() == "OCIOView") {
+          stream.readNext();
+          ocio_view = stream.text().toString();
+        } else if (stream.name() == "OCIOLook") {
+          stream.readNext();
+          ocio_look = stream.text().toString();
+        } else if (stream.name() == "OCIODefaultInput") {
+          stream.readNext();
+          ocio_default_input_colorspace = stream.text().toString();
         } else if (stream.name() == "Style") {
           stream.readNext();
           style = static_cast<olive::styling::Style>(stream.text().toInt());
@@ -327,6 +339,10 @@ void Config::save(QString path) {
   stream.writeTextElement("AddDefaultEffectsToClips", QString::number(add_default_effects_to_clips));
   stream.writeTextElement("EnableColorManagement", QString::number(enable_color_management));
   stream.writeTextElement("OCIOConfigPath", ocio_config_path);
+  stream.writeTextElement("OCIODisplay", ocio_display);
+  stream.writeTextElement("OCIOView", ocio_view);
+  stream.writeTextElement("OCIOLook", ocio_look);
+  stream.writeTextElement("OCIODefaultInput", ocio_default_input_colorspace);
   stream.writeTextElement("Style", QString::number(style));
   stream.writeTextElement("NativeMenuStyling", QString::number(use_native_menu_styling));
   stream.writeTextElement("DefaultSequenceWidth", QString::number(default_sequence_width));
diff --git a/global/config.h b/global/config.h
index ef5372b16..3d7109e1c 100644
--- a/global/config.h
+++ b/global/config.h
@@ -554,6 +554,13 @@ struct Config {
    */
   QString ocio_look;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief OpenColorIO Default Input Colorspace
+   *
+   * The colorspace to default to if no colorspace can be determined from the filename or a manual setting.
+   */
+  QString ocio_default_input_colorspace;
+
   /**
    * @brief Style to use when theming Olive.
    *
diff --git a/olive.pro b/olive.pro
index 5f3e23a85..83f56d5c2 100644
--- a/olive.pro
+++ b/olive.pro
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ SOURCES += \
     effects/internal/richtexteffect.cpp \
     ui/blur.cpp \
     ui/menu.cpp \
-    rendering/qopenglshaderprogramptr.cpp \
     timeline/mediaimportdata.cpp \
     dialogs/autocutsilencedialog.cpp \
     ui/columnedgridlayout.cpp \
diff --git a/project/footage.cpp b/project/footage.cpp
index 631c9ae49..61c37b13c 100644
--- a/project/footage.cpp
+++ b/project/footage.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace OCIO = OCIO_NAMESPACE::v1;
 
 #include "project/previewgenerator.h"
 #include "timeline/clip.h"
+#include "global/config.h"
 
 Footage::Footage() :
   ready(false),
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ QString Footage::Colorspace()
     return guess_colorspace;
   }
 
-  return OCIO::ROLE_SCENE_LINEAR;
+  return olive::CurrentConfig.ocio_default_input_colorspace;
 }
 
 void Footage::SetColorspace(const QString &cs)
diff --git a/rendering/pixelformats.h b/rendering/pixelformats.h
index 2e913c531..37fe34850 100644
--- a/rendering/pixelformats.h
+++ b/rendering/pixelformats.h
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@
 
 namespace olive {
 
-struct PixelFormatInfo {
-  QString name;
-  GLint internal_format;
-  GLenum pixel_format;
-  GLenum pixel_type;
-  int bytes_per_pixel;
-};
-
 /**
  * @brief The PixelFormat enum
  *
@@ -49,6 +41,21 @@ enum PixelFormat {
   PIX_FMT_COUNT
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief The PixelFormatInfo struct
+ *
+ * A struct of information pertaining to each enum PixelFormat. Primarily this is a means of retrieving OpenGL texture
+ * information for different pixel formats/bit depths. Using the values in pixel_formats is always recommended over
+ * manually using OpenGL constants (e.g. GL_RGBA or GL_RGBA32F) directly.
+ */
+struct PixelFormatInfo {
+  QString name;
+  GLint internal_format;
+  GLenum pixel_format;
+  GLenum pixel_type;
+  int bytes_per_pixel;
+};
+
 extern QVector<PixelFormatInfo> pixel_formats;
 
 void InitializePixelFormats();
diff --git a/rendering/qopenglshaderprogramptr.cpp b/rendering/qopenglshaderprogramptr.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 049273bce..000000000
--- a/rendering/qopenglshaderprogramptr.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/***
-
-  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
-  Copyright (C) 2019  Olive Team
-
-  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-  (at your option) any later version.
-
-  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-***/
-
-#include "qopenglshaderprogramptr.h"
-
diff --git a/rendering/renderfunctions.cpp b/rendering/renderfunctions.cpp
index a11057980..d32e00bdb 100644
--- a/rendering/renderfunctions.cpp
+++ b/rendering/renderfunctions.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void olive::rendering::Blit(QOpenGLShaderProgram* pipeline, bool flipped, QMatri
   pipeline->setUniformValue("mvp_matrix", matrix);
   pipeline->setUniformValue("texture", 0);
 
+
   GLuint vertex_location = pipeline->attributeLocation("a_position");
   m_vbo.bind();
   func->glEnableVertexAttribArray(vertex_location);
@@ -179,11 +180,15 @@ void process_effect(QOpenGLContext* ctx,
     }
     bool can_process_shaders = ((e->Flags() & Effect::ShaderFlag) && olive::CurrentRuntimeConfig.shaders_are_enabled);
     if (can_process_shaders || (e->Flags() & Effect::SuperimposeFlag)) {
-      e->startEffect();
+
+      if (!e->is_open()) {
+        e->open();
+      }
+
       if (can_process_shaders && e->is_shader_linked()) {
         for (int i=0;i<e->getIterations();i++) {
           e->process_shader(timecode, coords, i);
-          composite_texture = draw_clip(ctx, pipeline, c->fbo.at(fbo_switcher), composite_texture, true);
+          composite_texture = draw_clip(ctx, e->GetShaderPipeline(), c->fbo.at(fbo_switcher), composite_texture, true);
           fbo_switcher = !fbo_switcher;
         }
       }
@@ -208,7 +213,6 @@ void process_effect(QOpenGLContext* ctx,
           composite_texture = draw_clip(ctx, pipeline, c->fbo.at(!fbo_switcher), superimpose_texture, false);
         }
       }
-      e->endEffect();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/rendering/shadergenerators.cpp b/rendering/shadergenerators.cpp
index 6a6490d63..a9b90c6bc 100644
--- a/rendering/shadergenerators.cpp
+++ b/rendering/shadergenerators.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <QOpenGLExtraFunctions>
 
-QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr olive::shader::GetPipeline(const QString& shader_code)
+QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr olive::shader::GetPipeline(const QString& function_name, const QString& shader_code)
 {
   QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr program = std::make_shared<QOpenGLShaderProgram>();
 
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr olive::shader::GetPipeline(const QString& shader_code)
 
     // If additional code was passed, add it and reference it in main().
     //
-    // The function in the additional code is expected to be `vec4 process(vec4 color)`. The texture coordinate can be
+    // The function in the additional code is expected to be `vec4 function_name(vec4 color)`. The texture coordinate can be
     // acquired through `v_texcoord`.
 
     frag_shader.append(shader_code);
 
-    frag_shader.append("\n"
+    frag_shader.append(QString("\n"
                        "void main() {\n"
-                       "  vec4 color = process(texture2D(texture, v_texcoord))*opacity;\n"
+                       "  vec4 color = %1(texture2D(texture, v_texcoord))*opacity;\n"
                        "  gl_FragColor = color;\n"
-                       "}\n");
+                       "}\n").arg(function_name));
 
   }
 
@@ -211,16 +211,17 @@ QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr olive::shader::SetupOCIO(QOpenGLContext* ctx,
   }
 
   // Add process() function, which GetPipeline() will call if specified
+  QString process_function_name = "process";
   shader_text.append(QString("\n"
                              "uniform sampler3D tex2;\n"
                              "\n"
-                             "vec4 process(vec4 col) {\n"
+                             "vec4 %2(vec4 col) {\n"
                              "  return %1\n"
-                             "}\n").arg(shader_call));
+                             "}\n").arg(shader_call, process_function_name));
 
 
   // Get pipeline-based shader to inject OCIO shader into
-  QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr shader = olive::shader::GetPipeline(shader_text);
+  QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr shader = olive::shader::GetPipeline(process_function_name, shader_text);
 
   // Release LUT
   xf->glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_3D, 0);
diff --git a/rendering/shadergenerators.h b/rendering/shadergenerators.h
index 5fe5a7370..02123afc6 100644
--- a/rendering/shadergenerators.h
+++ b/rendering/shadergenerators.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace OCIO = OCIO_NAMESPACE::v1;
 namespace olive {
 namespace shader {
 
-QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr GetPipeline(const QString &shader_code = QString());
+QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr GetPipeline(const QString &function_name = QString(), const QString &shader_code = QString());
 
 QOpenGLShaderProgramPtr SetupOCIO(QOpenGLContext *ctx,
                                   GLuint &lut_texture,