User`s guide

Chapter 3 Starting Your Project
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Tools Tab
The Tools tab provides basic application and audio scrub options for the Avid FX user
interface.
Text Tool Creates menu Determines which shape is used by default when you create a
text track using the Text tool. The choices are:
3D Plane
3D Line Art
3D Extrusion
See Editing Text from the Text Window on page 398.
Option Description
Options Description
Basic Application Options
Mouse Wheel Zoom Select to allow you to use a mouse wheel to zoom in the
composite window—see Mouse Wheel Support on page
69
Auto Save Every N Minutes Select to save your work to a file at the specified interval.
Maximum Undoable Actions Lets you specify the levels of undo.
Recent Menu Items Determines how many recently chosen files or other menu
selections appear in menus as options.
Info Window Pixel Depth Sets the color depth of the Info Window.
•With 8 bit chosen, colors are indicated on a scale from
0-255.
• When 10 bit is chosen, colors are indicated on a scale
from 0-1023.
• With 16 bit chosen, colors are indicated on a scale
from 0-32768.
• Current Bit Depth displays either 8-bit or 16-bit,
depending on how the Color Depth button is set.
Show Only Browser Available only when using Avid FX as a plugin. Only the
Library Browser displays when you enter the Avid FX
interface.