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The Project window
• To add a ruler track, select “Add Track” from the Project
menu and from the submenu that appears, select “Ruler”.
A ruler track showing an additional ruler is added to the Track list.
A ruler track set to the display format “Seconds”.
You can add any number of ruler tracks to a project, and
position them as needed by dragging them up or down in
the list. Each of the rulers can show a separate display for-
mat:
• To select a display format for a ruler track, click on its
name in the track list and select an option from the pop-up
menu.
The different display formats are described above.
Note that ruler tracks are completely independent from the
main event display ruler, as well as rulers and position dis-
plays in other windows. This means that:
• Ruler tracks can all have independent display formats.
• Ruler tracks are not affected by the display format setting in
the Project Setup dialog (see “The Project Setup dialog” on
page 35).
• Ruler tracks are not affected if you set the display format glo-
bally with the primary time display in the Transport panel.
Ö Ruler tracks are affected by the option “Show Time-
code Subframes” in the Preferences (see above).
Operations
Creating a new project
You create a new project in the following way:
1. Select “New Project” from the File menu.
A dialog appears, including any custom templates you may have created
(see “Save as Template” on page 451).
2. Select a template and click OK.
A file dialog appears, allowing you to specify a location for the project
folder. This will contain all files related to the project.
3. Select an existing folder or type the name of a new
one. Click OK.
A Project window appears. The new project will be based on the selected
template, and include tracks, events and settings from the template.
The Project Setup dialog
General settings for the project are made in the Project
Setup dialog. This is opened by selecting “Project
Setup…” from the Project menu.