There may be occasions within Pro Tools where an alert message is displayed, while some of these are useful, some are obvious and you are usually given the choice to stop them displaying each time. By checking this box you ensure that the input language is automatically switched from English to whichever language is set on your operating system. When left unchecked, any text entered within a session will be entered in English regardless of the users operating system input language. The top menu displays them by category (EQ, Dynamics…), the next menu within this will display the manufacturers. Manufacturer organises your plug-ins by….yep you guessed it, the company that created them.Ĭategory and Manufacturer will organise your plug-ins using a two-level menu. Pretty self explanitory in what this option does, it simply allows you to organise your plug-ins by one of the following.įlat List produces a single long list of everything, this is a bit messy in my opinion unless you are someone who only runs very few plug-ins on your system.Ĭategory will organise your plug-ins into categories such as Dynamics, Delay, and EQ, this is option I use in all of my sessions, not that I have hundreds of plug-ins, but when I do go hunting, I usually know the kind of effect I’m looking for, so this works as the most efficient choice for me, each to their own of course! The maximum value you can set is 24 hours, if you really need that much! As a rough reference, it is usually best to try and set this to a couple of minutes longer than your total session or song length to ensure you can see everything with a little extra space either side just in case. This option allows you to set a default edit window length in hours, minutes, seconds (and frames if you are running Pro Tools HD). This works well for things like track names, input/output titles and parameters that have been cut short due to space on screen.
When ‘details’ is checked, Pro Tools will show the complete title of something that is abbreviated when you hover the cursor over it. Function Tool TipĬhecking this configures tool tip to show the basic function of what it is your are hovered over.
Tool Tipsīrought to us way back in Pro Tools 7, tool tips give us a more descriptive look at something when we hover our cursor over it, in the form of a descriptive box. By checking this box, the hidden tracks keep their numbers. When this option is left unchecked numbers are only assigned to tracks that are visible within your session, these tracks are numbered sequentially while the hidden tracks are left un-numbered. Track Position Numbers Stay With Hidden Tracks Note: any changes and tweaks made in the preferences window will only take effect after clicking ‘ok’ at the bottom of the window. We will eventually be covering all of the panels within the preferences dialog window, but for this article, Display options.įirst things first, to open the preferences dialog simply navigate to Setup > Preferences as shown below. If you’re tired of always having to set a zoom depth or change your track colours, then spend a little time setting your defaults and as we always say, spend the time mixing and working on your session, rather than wasting it on tweaks that could have been set from the beginning. Pro Tools offers a great range of features and tweaks within its preferences, with enough attention, these little changes can become as useful to your mix as shortcuts. If you want to assign colours to different sources in the timeline - eg cam1, cam2, cam3 you can do this by displaying source colours in your timeline and assigning different colours to the different source clips in your bin using the colour column.ġ.Ĝlick the Timeline Fast Menu button, and select Clip Color.Īny colours you've assigned to source clips in your bin will now be displayed for the individual clips in your timeline.In this article we are going to be looking into the options available within the Display tab of the Pro Tools preferences. The assigned local color appears in the clip in the Timeline.
#Change clip colour with track colors pro tools windows
Select Edit > Set Local Clip Color > Pick to select a custom color from the Windows Color dialog box. Select Edit > Set Local Clip Color > color to select a standard color. Select one of the segment tools in the Timeline palette, and select a clip you want to color. Select Timeline Local, and then click OK.ģ. You can assign local colors to clips in the Timeline - for example, to indicate clips that you want to group together or to make clips stand out while you work in the Timeline.įor more information on clip colors in the Timeline, see Displaying Clip Colors in the Timeline.ġ.Ĝlick the Timeline Fast Menu button, and select Clip Color.Ģ. If you want to colour segments on the timeline different colours use this method from the Avid help file:Īssigning Local Colors to Clips in the Timeline
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