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Customizing
Applying colors in the Project window
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To specify the level for a color change, double-click a handle to the right of the meter
scale and enter the level (dB) value.
Note that for dB values less than zero, you must add a minus sign before the entered
number.
You can also click a handle and drag it to a specific level. Press Shift for more accurate
positioning. Alternatively, you can nudge with the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys. Press
Shift for faster positioning.
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To assign a color, click the upper or lower part of a handle so that a frame is shown,
and use the color selector pane to select a color (see above).
Selecting the same color for the upper and lower part of the handle results in a meter
that changes its colors gradually, while separate colors indicate level changes even
more precisely.
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To add more color handles, click the Add button, or Alt-click at a level position to the
right of the meter scale. Each new handle is automatically associated with a default
color.
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To remove a handle, select the handle and click the Remove button, or Ctrl/Cmd-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 to 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.