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Customizing
Applying colors in the Project window
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• To add more color handles, click the Add button, or [Alt]/[Option]-click at a
level position to the right of the meter scale. Each new handle is automatically
associated with a default color.
• To remove a handle, select the handle and click the Remove button, or
[Ctrl]/[Command]-click the handle.
Applying colors in the Project window
You can use color scheming for an easier overview of tracks and events in the Project
window. Colors can be applied individually to tracks and events/parts. If you color a
track, the corresponding events and parts are displayed in the same color. However,
you can also color events and parts differently, “overriding” the applied track color.
In the following sections you will learn how to set up preferences to color tracks
automatically, how to color parts or events manually, how to determine whether you
want to color the events themselves or their background, and how to customize the
color palette for selecting colors.
Colorize Track Controls
In the Preferences dialog (Event Display–Tracks page), you can find the “Colorize
Track Controls” slider that allows you apply the track color to the track controls.
Colorize Folder Track Controls Only
You can restrict the effect of the Colorize Track Control function to folder tracks
only. This is useful in projects with a large number of tracks and folder tracks.
PROCEDURE
1. Select File > Preferences > Event Display > Tracks.
2. Drag the Colorize Track Controls slider to the right.
3. Activate Colorize Only Folder Track Controls.
4. Click OK.
5. In the track list, select the folder track that you want to colorize.
6. In the Project window toolbar, select the Color Tool and click again to select
a color.
RESULT
Only the folder track controls are colorized.