Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 119)

Before you start working on your project, take a moment to configure your Color working
environment and project settings in the Setup room.
The Setup room serves many purposes. It’s where you import media files, sort and manage
saved grades, organize and search through the shots used in your program, choose your
project’s render and broadcast safe settings, and adjust user preferences.
This chapter covers the following:
• The File Browser (p. 119)
• Using the Shots Browser (p. 122)
• The Grades Bin (p. 128)
• The Project Settings Tab (p. 129)
• The Messages Tab (p. 135)
• The User Preferences Tab (p. 135)
The File Browser
The file browser, occupying the left half of the Setup room, lets you directly navigate the
directory structure of your hard disk. It's like having a miniature Finder right there in the
Setup room. Keep in mind that the file browser is not a bin. The files displayed within the
file browser are not associated with your Color project in any way unless you drag them
into the Timeline manually or relink the shots of an imported project to their associated
media files on disk using the Relink Media or Reconnect Media command.
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