Manual

946 Part XI Project Management and Settings
 Timeline Options Tab (p. 951): These are the default display options used when a new
sequence is created. This is where you can change the default number of video and
audio tracks for new sequences. For more information, see “Timeline Basics” on
page 111.
 Render Control Tab (p. 952): This tab allows you to choose the render quality of new
sequences you create. For more information, see “Rendering” on page 877.
Important: Once a sequence has been created, you change its settings by choosing
Sequence > Settings, not User Preferences. User Preferences establishes the default
preferences for new sequences, not sequences that already exist.
General Tab
This tab contains fundamental preferences relating to application launch, creation of
new projects and sequences, and automatically scheduled events such as Autosave and
Auto Render.
 Levels of Undo: Enter a value to specify the number of actions that can be undone.
The maximum number of Undo levels you can specify is 32. The default is 10. For
information on undoing an action, see “Overview of the Final Cut Express HD
Interface” on page 55.
 List Recent Clips: This value determines how many clip names appear in the Recent
Clips pop-up menu in the Viewer. This pop-up menu shows a list of clips that you
opened from the Browser, in the order they were opened (with the most recently
opened clip at the top of the list). The default is 10 clips, and the maximum is 20. For
more information on using the Viewer’s Recent Clips pop-up menu, see “Viewer
Basics” on page 79.
The General tab is
open by default.