User Manual

Customizing the Avid User Interface
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To delete a user profile from your desktop:
1. Navigate to the Avid Users folder, and then select the user folder you want to delete.
For information about the location of the Avid folders, see “Avid Projects and Avid Users
Folders” on page 46.
2. Do one of the following:
t (Windows) Press the Delete key, then click OK in the dialog box.
t (Macintosh) Drag the folder to the Trash.
3. Empty the Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Macintosh) to remove the files from the
system.
4. Close the windows, and restart your Avid editing application.
The deleted user no longer appears in the Select Project dialog box.
Customizing the Avid User Interface
The Interface Settings dialog box provides you with controls for customizing the brightness and
the colors of the Avid user interface. For complete reference information on the Interface
Settings dialog box, see “Interface Settings” on page 1420.
The Interface Settings dialog box allows you to set the highlight color for buttons. You can also
control the brightness of the user interface, which includes the following components:
• Application, tool, toolbar, and dialog box backgrounds
• Buttons and button contents
• Project background
The Avid editing application lets you modify the colors of some interface components using
controls not included in the Interface Settings dialog box:
• Bin media object color — see “Assigning Colors to Objects in a Bin” on page 341.
• Timeline clip color — see “Displaying Clip Colors in the Timeline” on page 672.
• Timeline track colors — see “Changing the Track Color” on page 676.
• Bin background color — see “Changing the Bin Background Color” on page 340.
Changing Interface Component Colors
You can use a brightness selection slider and selection buttons to change the appearance of some
interface components.