Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual download pdf (Page 144)

Chapter 10 Customizing the Interface 143

Creating Custom Layouts

Two custom layouts are presented at the top of the Arrange menu and cannot be renamed.

To create a custom layout:

1 Choose Apple > System Preferences, click Displays, then set the desired resolution of

your computer monitor.

The resolution you choose will become the minimum resolution for that particular

screen layout.

2 In Final Cut Pro, arrange any combination of the four main windows, custom Tool

Bench windows with tool tabs, the Tool palette, and audio meters as you want them.

3 Hold down the Option key and choose Window > Arrange, then choose one of the Set

Custom Layout options.

To use a custom layout:

m Choose Window > Arrange, then choose Custom Layout 1 or Custom Layout 2.

Saving Additional Screen Layouts

If you want to save a layout for use on another computer, or name a layout yourself,

you can save layouts to your hard disk. Keep in mind the following about saving

window layouts:

Â When you save a window layout, you save the state of each currently open window

in Final Cut Pro, including the number and order of all tool tabs in all open Tool

Bench windows.

Â If you have two monitors connected to your computer, when you save a window

layout, the state of all Final Cut Pro windows appearing on both monitors is saved.

Â The screen resolution that’s selected at the time a window layout is saved becomes

the minimum resolution at which that layout can be used.

To save a layout:

1 Arrange any combination of the four main windows, custom Tool Bench windows with

tool tabs, the Tool palette, and audio meters as you want them.

If you’re using two monitors, you can arrange Final Cut Pro windows on both screens.

2 Choose Window > Arrange > Save Window Layout.

3 In the Save dialog, choose a location where you want to save the layout, enter another

name for the layout, then click Save.

Final Cut Pro defaults to the following folder location: [Home]/Library/Preferences/

Final Cut Pro User Data/Window Layouts.

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