Media Panel Preferences

Display

Media Panel Position option

Select the location of the Media Panel.

Thumbnail Icon Frame fields

Sets the frame used to create the thumbnail of a clip. If the clip is shorter than the specified value, the first frame is used instead.

Protect from Editing

Enable to protect all of the contents in the libraries from editing. In order to work on media in a protected library, it must first be moved to the Desktop area of the Media Panel.

Show Batch Iterations

Enable to show the Iterations folder in Batch Groups located on the Desktop and in libraries.

Explorer

Explorer Panel Position option

Select the location of the Explorer Panel.

Duplicate Name Check

Duplicate Name Check option

Use to select which media elements the application checks for duplicate naming in the Media Panel, and prompts you to either add the item using the same name, rename the new item, or replace the existing item.

Shared Libraries

Refresh Rate field

Sets the frequence at which the application refreshes the contents of Shared Libraries.

Lock Timeout field

Sets how long an inactive shared library remains available for writing.

Untitled Clip Name

Untitled Clip Name option

Select an option to rename untitled clips. This makes it easier to distinguish between multiple untitled clips.

Rendered Clip Name

Rendered Clip Name option

Select whether to add an acronym indicating the area of the software that clips were rendered from as a prefix or suffix to a rendered clip name, if a setup name does not already exist for the clip.

Stereo Naming

Left Eye

Sets the token used to identify left eye media in a stereo clip split or exported.

Right Eye

Sets the token used to identify right eye media in a stereo clip split or exported.

Default Reels Number

Batch Schematic field

Sets the default number of Batch Schematic Reels when creating a new Batch Group.

Batch Shelf field

Sets the default number of Batch Shelves when creating a new Batch Group.

Reels Group field

Sets the default number of Reels contained in a new Reel group.

Desktop

Create Reel Group

Enable to automatically create a Reel group for all new or cleared Desktops, causing the Reel group to be selected and the initial Batch Group to be collapsed in the Media Panel.

Create Sequences Reel

Enable to create a Sequences reel within every new Reel Group created manually. If a sequence is imported in a Reel Group missing a Sequences reel, a new Sequences Reel is always created to host that sequence.

Batch Copy Mode option

Choose whether a clip is copied or moved from/to a Batch Group.