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Customizing the Composer Window and Monitors
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Resizing the Composer Window and Monitors
You can resize the monitors that display your footage in a variety of ways. You can:
• Resize any monitor to provide more area for displaying the Timeline or other windows
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If you are working with a multi-track Timeline, you might want to change the screen resolution to
display more information on the screen. See your Windows or Macintosh documentation.
• Hide the Source monitor and display an enlarged Record monitor for a more detailed view of
the media in your sequence
You can then use a keyboard shortcut to switch between the enlarged Record monitor and
the standard size. This configuration is particularly useful during final finishing.
• Hide the video completely, leaving only the controls and information portions of the
monitors visible. No video is displayed in the Composer window. Video is still displayed on
the Client monitor.
• Hide the controls completely, leaving only the video visible.
• Display data above the monitor as one or two rows of data, or allow the Avid editing
application to arrange the data into one or two rows as you resize the monitors.
To resize the Source and Record monitors:
t Drag the lower right or lower left corner (Windows) or lower right corner (Macintosh) of the
Composer window to the size you want.
If you select the Flow Data Dynamically option on the Window tab of the Composer
Settings dialog box, the data above the monitors displays in either one or two rows,
depending on the size of the Composer window.
To resize a pop-up monitor:
t Click the lower right corner of the monitor and drag it to the size you want.
To switch back to the standard-size Source/Record monitors:
t Select Workspaces > Source/Record Editing.
To hide the Source monitor and enlarge the Record monitor:
1. Press and hold the Alt key (Windows) or Option key (Macintosh) and then click the
Source/Record Mode button.
Only the Record monitor is displayed in the Composer window.
2. Right-click the Record monitor, and select Full Size Video.
To reduce the Record monitor to its standard size:
t Right-click the Record monitor, and deselect Full Size Video.