Settings overview

There is a great deal of customizability in Avid Media Composer; much of it can be achieved through various settings. The following discussions provide a helpful overview.

Types of settings

Media Composer has three types of settings as follows:

• User Settings: These apply to modifications you make and are stored as part of your unique User Profile settings in the Avid Users folder. User settings include things such as customized keyboards, render settings, Timeline Views, Bin Views, and more. User Settings are entirely separate from Projects, which allows you to use them along with any Project and at any workstation. We will see more information on User Profile Settings later in this chapter.

• Project Settings: Project Settings are located inside the Project folder along with the bins and folders that you created. Changes made to Project Settings affect it and any other editor(s) who work with that Project. Project Settings include information about the video format, audio configuration...