User Manual

Bin Procedures
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To restore the default bin background color, do the following:
t Activate the bin you want to change, and then select Edit > Set Bin Color to Default.
Assigning Colors to Objects in a Bin
You can assign colors to clips, subclips, sequences, and effect clips to help you manage and
organize the bin objects. You can also display colors in bins and in the Timeline. For information
on displaying colors in the Timeline, see “Displaying Clip Colors in the Timeline” on page 672.
Also, you can reset the clip color to the default color for your Interface settings.
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Clip colors assigned to sequences, groups, motion effects, and title clips do not appear in the
Timeline.
To add a Color column to a bin:
1. With a bin in Text view, select Bin > Choose Columns.
The Bin Column Selection dialog box opens.
2. In the column list, click Color.
3. Click OK.
The Color column appears in the bin. By default, a new column appears as the first column
in the bin, to the left of all other columns. You can reposition the Color column by clicking
the column heading and dragging it to a new location.
To assign a color to a clip, subclip, sequence, or effect clip in a bin:
1. With a bin in Text view, select the bin objects to which you want to assign a color.
2. Do one of the following:
t Select Edit > Set Clip Color and click a color.
t Right-click in the Color column and click a color.
t Alt+right-click (Windows) or Option+Command+click (Macintosh) in the Color
column in the bin, and then select one of the colors from the color picker.
The color appears in the Color column (Text view only).
To reset clip color to the default, do one of the following:
t Select Edit > Set Clip Color and click None.
t Right-click in the Color column and click None.