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Action / GMask Tracer / Image Preferences

Widgets

Transparency field

Sets the default transparency of widgets in a new Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.

Axis Scale field

Sets the default size of the axis widgets in a new Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.

Show All GMask Vertices

Enable to always display GMask vertices. Disable to hide the vertices of GMasks that are not selected.



Compass

Compass colour

Set the default colour of a newly-created Compass in an Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.



Camera

Hide Camera option

Hide the Camera node in Image and GMask Tracer for a simpler schematic. You can override this setting in Setup/Node Prefs -> Display -> Camera.



Action Anti-Aliasing

Use HWAA

Enable to activate the Use HWAA parameter in the Node Prefs menu of new Action nodes and Timeline FXs.



GMask

Smoothing field

Sets the smoothing for new GMasks. Change smoothing for a specific GMask in GMask -> Mask.

Blur field

Sets the blur for new GMasks. Change blur for a GMask in GMask -> Mask.

Spline Keyframing

Enable to animate the GMask vertices and softness even if the global Auto Key button is disabled. Disable to animate according to the global Auto Key setting.



GMask Vertices

Auto Tangents

Create new GMasks with Auto Tangent enabled. Set it for one GMask in GMask > Vertices > Tangents.

Auto Adjust

Create new GMasks with Auto Adjust enabled. Set it for one GMask in GMask > Vertices > Tangents.

Equal Length

Create new GMasks with Equal Length enabled. Set it for one GMask in GMask > Vertices > Tangents.



GMask Softness

GMask Softness option

Set how softness control points are set in GMasks. Free to freely add softness control points. Global to have one control point and uniform softness. Vertices to create a softness control point for every GMask vertex.

Offset field

Sets the default offset used when you add a softness control point.



GMask Tracer

Show Icons

Enable to show the Tracer boxes of a GMask by default. Disable to hide them.

Foreground colour

Set the default colour of a Tracer foreground colour picker box.

Background colour

Set the default colour of a Tracer background colour picker box.



GMask Display

GMask Spline

Enable to display the spline of a newly created GMask in an Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.

GMask Spline colour

Set the default colour of a GMask's spline.

GMask Vertices

Enable to display the vertices of a newly created GMask in an Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.

GMask Vertices colour

Set the default colour of a GMask's vertices.

GMask Softness

Enable to display the softness spline of a newly created GMask in an Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.

GMask Softness colour

Set the default colour of a GMask's softness spline.

GMask Non Active

Enable to display the spline of a GMask in an Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup even if the GMask is not selected.

GMask Non Active colour

Set the default colour of an unselected GMask's spline.

GMask Locked

Enable to display locked GMasks with a different colour in a new Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.

GMask Locked colour

Set the default colour of a locked GMask's spline.

GMask Tangents option

Select the default Tangent display option of a newly created GMask in an Action, GMask Tracer, or Image setup.



Selective

Show Overlay in Object option

Select whether to display an overlay of the Matte in the Selective Object view or not.

Selective Overlay colour

Set the default colour of the overlay in the Selective Object View.

Selective Overlay Transparency field

Sets the default transparency of the overlay in the Selective Object View.

Show GMasks in Input View

Enable to display the GMask splines in the Selective Views.



Action Context Menu Configuration Path

Default

Set the context menu configuration file path to its default value.

Current Context Menu Configuration

The path to the context menu configuration file currently used.

Browse

Set the context menu configuration file path to another location.

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