User Manual

The Command Palette
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When you map buttons to the keyboard, the mapping might be specific to the current editing
mode. For example, buttons mapped to the Page Up key or the Page Down key revert to the
default key functions when you enter Effect mode. After you exit Effect mode, the keys return to
the mapped function.
The following are examples of buttons you might want to map:
Buttons you use to subcatalog clips. Left to right: Make Subclip, Find Bin, and Add Marker.
Buttons you use for complex layering and effects. Top, left to right: Motion Effect, Remove Effect, Transition Corner
Display, and Fade Effect. Bottom, left to right: Render Effect, Cycle Picture/Sound, Quick Transition, Grid (available
on some Avid editing applications).
Buttons you use for MultiCamera editing. Left to right: Quad Split, Swap Cam Bank, and Group.
When you remap buttons or commands, the system immediately saves your new configuration in
one of the default settings that you open from the Project window. You can also save, rename,
and recall multiple versions of any of these settings to serve various purposes.
For more information on multiple settings, see “Selecting Among Multiple Settings” on
page 1344.
Your Avid editing application saves button configurations as follows:
• Changes to the Keyboard palette are saved in the Keyboard settings.
• Changes to Tool palette in the Composer window are saved with the Composer settings.
• Changes to Command palettes while trimming are saved with Trim settings.
• Changes to the Tool palette are saved in the Interface settings.
To change the appearance of the buttons in the Tool palette in the Interface settings, see
“Customizing the Avid User Interface” on page 90. To identify a button’s function with only an
icon or with an icon and letters, see “Interface Settings” on page 1420.