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Chapter 2

Timeline background color


At the time of writing, this feature is currently not working in version 6. However, I'm including it
for anyone using an earlier release, as well as in the hope that it will be returned in the future.

The default Timeline Window has a gray background color. You can actually set it to be
whatever you prefer. My personal choice is to make the Timeline Window's background black.
I like the higher contrast and find it easier on my eyes over a long workday. To change the
Timeline Window's background color, perform the following steps:

1. Start with doing one of the following:


‰‰ Deselect/turn off all the Track Selectors in the Timeline Window.
‰‰ Clear the Timeline Window from displaying any sequence. Above the Record
Monitor, where you see the name of your sequence, there is actually a menu
(Avid calls it the Record Monitor Clip Name Menu). Click there and choose
Clear Monitor.

2. Go to the Timeline Window's Fast Menu and select Background Color (note that if
any tracks are enabled, this selection will read as Track Color).
3. Select a color from the palette (also see the More color selections section ahead).

Switch Timeline Views from the keyboard


When you map Timeline Views to the keyboard or interface (note that mapping buttons and
menu selections are discussed in more detail later in this chapter), Media Composer assigns
whatever happens to be the first Timeline View in your settings list as Timeline View #1, the
second in the list as Timeline View #2, and so on. Perform the following steps:

1. Go to the Project Window and click on the Settings tab.


2. Locate your Timeline Views.
3. Update each Timeline View name by placing a number before it (for example, 1.
Audio Mixing, 2. Effect Editing, and so on). While this is not technically necessary, it
will make your life a bit easier when mapping them and will keep them from shifting
position if you change the name in the future.
4. Open your Keyboard settings by double-clicking on them in the settings list.
5. Open the Command Palette by selecting the Tools menu and then choosing
Command Palette.
6. In the lower-left corner of the Command Palette, enable the selection that says
Button To Button Reassignment.
7. Select the tab labeled as More.
8. Now you can drag-and-drop the "T1" through "T8" buttons onto the keyboard.

See the discussion earlier in this chapter titled Settings overview for more information about
activating, naming, duplicating, deleting, and restoring settings.

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