Any color you want (Avid Tracks)

AvidTip

Mar 25

One of the unique/cool things about Media Composer is that you can colorize tracks.

This trick might be at one of the Avid sessions at Post Production World @ NAB

During the offline Edit, I want (need) my tracks to have a variety of colors - this makes it visually clear what a track is for. For example, all my main audio tracks (Interviews/key characters) bright, room tone tracks in pink, Video effect tracks in Green (greenscreen, get it?)

Not useful during an online edit (I prefer neutrals while I color correct.) but killer in the 'story' mode of editing.

Which timeline is easier to read? The one on the Left or the Right?

The problem is this: the Avid Palette for the last five years only shows pastel colors.

Unless you know the following trick:

Holding down the opt/alt key before you to go to the track palette opens up the full system colors - giving you every color you might want/need.

Avid tips like this will be in sessions at NAB/Post Production World

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Jeff Greenberg

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Any color you want (Avid Tracks)

Holding down the opt/alt key before​ you to go to the track palette opens up the full system colors - giving you every color you might want/need.

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Holding down the opt/alt key before you to go to the track palette opens up the full system colors - giving you every color you might want/need.