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User Interface Preferences

Colours

Background field

Sets the background brightness value of the interface.

Brightness field

Sets the brightness of interface elements such as buttons and fields.

Contrast field

Sets the contrast of interface elements such as buttons and fields.



Colour Sampler

Show Display Colour Space Info

Enable to add a second set of RGB values in the pixel sampler showing the values after the viewport colour management has been applied. This also adds a read-out of the x/y pixel coordinates.



On-Screen Widgets

On-screen Keyboard

Enable to have the on-screen keyboard appear when you enter text in a field.

Calculator Placement option

Select where the calculator appears when you click in a numeric field.



Numeric Fields Display

Update During Playback

Enable to update numeric fields during playback.



Auto Key Button Look

Auto Key Look option

Select whether to apply a Classic (grey) or Coloured (yellow) look to the Auto Key button.



Confirm Dialog

Reset Visibility

Reset the visibility of previously hidden confirmation dialog boxes.



Display

Drag Transparency field

Sets the transparency level of clips while dragging.

Bold Font

Enable bold fonts on buttons.



Date / Time Display

Date Format option

Select the date format used across the application.

Always Use Long Format

Enable to always use the longer date and time format in the List views.

Display Seconds

Enable to display time with the seconds. Disable to display only the hours and minutes.

Compact Tokens Result

Enable to display only the numbers from the <date> and <time> tokens.



Time Display Mode

Time Display Mode option

Select to display frames or timecodes in frame marking controls, the timebar, segments, list views, and the fields below the timeline.

Force TC in Conform List

Enable to force the Conform Table to display Timecode information, even if Time Display Mode is set to Frame.



Thumbnails

Clip Name Only

Enable to only display the name of clips on thumbnails.

Secondary Information option

Select the secondary clip information displayed on thumbnails.

If the Timeline Dispay Mode is set to Frame the options are:

  • No Secondary Information
  • Record Timecode
  • Source Timecode

If the Timeline Dispay Mode is set to Timecode the options are:

  • No Secondary Information
  • Frame
  • Source Timecode

Resolution Information option

Select the clip resolution information displayed on thumbnails.

Options are:

  • No Resolution Information
  • Resolution
  • Frame rate
  • Resolution & Frame rate

Display Colour Space

Enable to display the tagged colour space on thumbnails.

Display Keycode

Enable to display keycode information on thumbnails.

Render Effects

Enable to display rendered frames in thumbnails of clips with applied but unrendered effects. Disable to display "Unrendered" in the thumbnails of such clips.

Apply Colour Management

Enable to apply the highest priority OCIO view, specified in the Views editor, to each thumbnail based on its tagged colour space and the selected Graphics Monitor display.



Timecode

Display Dual Timecodes

Enable to display both 29.97 and 23.97 fps timecode on the timeline and in the Player. This allows users to monitor which transitions will fall on jitter frames when 2:3 insertion is applied.

Dual TC: 23.97->29.97 fps NDF/DF option

Select whether to view the 29.97 fps timecode in the Dual Timecode display as either drop frame or non-drop frame.

Drop Frame Reference Timecode field

Sets the point at which the 29.97 fps material is in sync with the 23.97 fps material.

Drop Frame Bump Mode option

Select a translation mode for invalid calculator entries.



Freeform View

Snap to Grid

Enable to snap thumbnails to a grid. The grid becomes visible when this button is enabled.

Grid Size field

Sets a value in pixels for the size of the boxes that make the grid.

Thumbnail Height field

Enter a default value in pixels for the height of thumbnails displayed in the Freeform view. All new thumbnails are generated at this height. Existing ones are unchanged.



Reels

Friction field

Sets how much the reels scroll after you release your mouse/pen.



Desktop Reels

Reels Orientation option

Select a horizontal or vertical orientation for the Desktop Reels.

Reverse

Enable to reverse the order in which clips appear on the Desktop Reels.

Clip Spacing field

Enter a value to control the padding, in pixels, between clips on the Desktop Reels.



Gestural Workflow

Swipe Bars

Click to enable swipe bars that you can use to switch views in different areas of the application.

Swipe Sensitivity field

Use to set the sensitivity of the swipe gesture in the application, as a percentage value.

Layout Selection Overlay

Click to enable the menu overlay in the Timeline view. You can use the menu overlay to change what is displayed in the Timeline view.

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