Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1632)

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Choosing Settings
and Preferences
Final Cut Pro has numerous settings and preferences that
allow you to customize your system for particular video
formats and editing styles.
This chapter covers the following:
 Changing User Preferences (p. 281)
 Changing System Settings (p. 294)
Changing User Preferences
A preference modifies how a particular Final Cut Pro feature behaves. Most preferences
can be turned on or off at any time, while others accept a value, such as the number of
Undo levels or the name of a label.
The following section describes Final Cut Pro User Preferences in detail.
To open User Preferences:
m Choose Final Cut Pro > User Preferences (or press Option-Q).
The User Preferences window is divided into several tabs.
Note: The Timeline Options, Render Control, and Audio Outputs tabs contain the
default preferences used when you create new sequences.
 General Tab (p. 282): Settings in this tab control a variety of features, such as warning
dialogs during capture, the number of undos allowed, and Autosaving and Auto
Rendering.
 Editing Tab (p. 287): This tab contains preferences useful while editing, such as
trimming and audio keyframing controls.
 Labels Tab (p. 292): In this tab, you can change the names associated with the
different colored labels that are available within Final Cut Pro.