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Customizing
Appearance
In the Preferences dialog, you will find a page called Ap-
pearance. The following settings are available:
• Basic Appearance Scheme
By selecting an option from this pop-up menu you can adjust the general
look of the program. After selecting an Appearance Scheme and clicking
Apply or OK, you need to restart the program for the changes to take
effect.
• Brightness/Intensity sliders
These sliders allow you to fine-tune the brightness and contrast in various
areas in the program. Changes take effect when you click Apply or OK.
Applying track and event colors
You can use color scheming for easier overview of tracks
and events in the Project window. Applying colors is di-
vided into two areas; track and event colors.
• A track color is shown and can be edited in the Inspector,
the Track list, and the corresponding channel in the Mixer. It
is furthermore displayed in all parts and events for the track
in the event display.
Track colors can be switched on and off globally.
• Event colors are shown for parts and events in the event
display and are independent from the track colors.
Ö An applied event color “overrides” the track color, if
both are used.
The color palette can be customized, see “The Event Co-
lors dialog” on page 266.
Track colors
Applying track colors manually
To activate track colors, proceed as follows:
1. Click the Show/Hide Track Colors button at the top of
the Track list.
This brings up the Track Color Selector in the Inspector,
the Track list and in the Mixer.
2. To bring up the color palette, click the Track Color
Selector.
Click the arrow in the track name title bar or…
…click the color strip in the Track list.
In the Mixer, click the Channel Color Selector below the channel name.
3. Select a color from the color bar.
The track color is now applied to the Inspector title palette and the Track
list as well as the channel strips in the Mixer and any parts and events on
the selected track.
Applying track colors automatically
In the Preferences (Editing–Project & Mixer page), you
can find the option “Auto Track Color Mode”.
This offers you several options for automatically assigning
colors to tracks that are added to the project.
Option Effect
Use Default
Event Color
The default color (gray) is assigned.
Use Previous
Track Color
Uses the color of the track above the new one (i.e. the
track that is selected when you add a new track).
Use Previous
Track Color
+1
Uses the color next to the color of the track above the
new one (+1 refers to the color number in the palette).
Use Last
Applied Color
The last manually assigned color is used.
Use Random
Track Color
Track colors are assigned randomly.