User Manual

Chapter 11: Sessions and Projects 153
When you first launch Pro Tools, you are
prompted by the Dashboard window to do one of
the following:
• Create a new session or project from a template.
• Create a new blank session or project.
• Open any of the last ten most recent sessions and
projects.
• Open any other session on your system.
• Open any projects you created or projects that
you are collaborating on.
To open or close the dashboard window, do any of
the following:
 Choose File > New or press Command+N (Mac)
or Control+N (Windows).
 Choose File > Open Project or press Com-
mand+Option+N (Mac) or Control+Alt+N
(Windows).
Dashboard Commands, Options,
and Settings
The Dashboard provides several options for creat-
ing and opening sessions and projects.
Global Dashboard Commands and
Settings
Sign In/Out The Sign In/Out link is present in all
tabs.
Click Sign In to sign in to your Avid Master
Account. Once you are signed in, your Display
Name will be shown and you will also see the per-
centage of your Avid Cloud storage that you are
using all of the projects you own. Any media you
post to a shared project that you do not own will
count against the project owner’s Cloud storage al-
location. To sign out, click your Display Name and
choose
Sign Out.
Open from Disk (Sessions Only) Click to navi-
gate to and open any session stored on your local
system. you can also press Command+O (Mac) or
Control+O (Windows).
Cancel Click to close the Dashboard window with-
out creating or opening a session or project.
Create/Open Click Create to close the Dashboard
and create a new session or project with the speci-
fied session or project settings (on the
Create tab
only). Click
Open to open the selected session or
project (on the
Recent and Project tabs only). You
can also press Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows) to
Create or open a session or project.
Show on Startup Disable to skip the Dashboard
when Pro Tools starts. To resume showing the
Dashboard when Pro Tools starts, enable the
Show
Dashboard window when Pro Tools starts
option
(
Settings > Preferences > Display).
Create Tab Settings
To show the Create tab (if not already shown, do
one of the following:
 In the Dashboard, click the Create tab.
 In the Dashboard, press Command+1 (Mac) or
Control+1 (Windows).
 In the Dashboard, press Command+Up/Down
Arrows to toggle through the tabs.
 In Pro Tools, choose File > Create New, or press
Command+N (Mac) or Control+N (Windows).
 In Pro Tools, choose File > Create New, or press
Command+N (Mac) or Control+N (Windows).
Local Storage (Session) Select this option to
create a session using local storage only.