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Customizing
The Project Colors dialog
In the Project Colors dialog you can select a different set of
colors for items in the Project window.
To open the Project Colors dialog, open the Select Colors
pop-up menu on the toolbar and choose “Select Colors…”.
Adding and editing individual colors
In the Project Colors dialog, you can fully customize the
color palette. To add new colors to the color palette, pro-
ceed as follows:
1. Add a new color by clicking the Insert New Color
button.
2. In the Project Colors section, click the newly created
color field to activate the new color for editing.
3. Use the Standard Colors or Modify Color sections to
specify a new color.
To do this, pick a different color from the color palette, drag the cursor in
the color circle, move the handle in the color meter, or enter new RGB
values as well as values for hue, saturation, and luminosity manually.
4. Click the Apply button.
The color setting is applied to the selected color field in the Project Colors
section.
Ö Every color in the Project Colors section can be edited
this way.
Setting intensity and brightness
To increase or decrease the intensity and the brightness
of all colors, use the corresponding buttons in the Project
Colors section.
Saving and resetting color settings
• To return to your project colors, click the “Reset To Cur-
rent Project Defaults” button.
• To save the current set as default, click the “Save Cur-
rent Set as Program Defaults” button.
• To apply the default set, click the “Load Program De-
faults to Current Set” button.
• To return to Cubase’s standard color palette, click the
“Reset Current Set to Factory Settings” button.
Where are the settings stored?
As you have seen, there are a large number of ways in
which you can customize Cubase. While some of the set
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tings you make are stored with each project, others are
stored in separate preference files.
If you need to transfer your projects to another computer
(e.
g. in another studio), you can bring all your settings
along by copying the desired preference files and install
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ing them on the other computer.
Ö It is a good idea to make a backup copy of your prefer-
ence files once you have set things up the way you want!
This way, if another Cubase user wants to use his or her
personal settings when working on your computer, you
can restore your own preferences afterwards.
Remove Selected
Color
Insert New
Color
Increase/decrease intensity for all colors
Increase/decrease brightness for all colors
Reset Current Set to
Factory Settings
Save Current Set as Program
Defaults
Load Program Defaults to Current Set