Customizing the workspace

The new workspace is designed to provide you with a better editing experience. You can now customize the size of the program window and change the size and position of the elements on your screen for full control of your editing environment.

Each panel behaves like an independent window that can be modified according to your editing preferences. This is very useful when you are using large displays or dual monitors.

The main panels are:

1. Player panel — Contains the Preview Window and Navigation area.

2. Timeline panel — Contains the Toolbar and Timeline.

3. Library panel — Contains the media library and shares space with the Options panel.

To hide or show the Library and Options panel

• In the lower right corner of the Library panel, click one of the following buttons

• Show Library panel

• Show Library and Options panel

• Show Options panel

To move a panel

• Double-click the top-left corner of the Player Panel, Timeline Panel or Library Panel.

When the panel is active, you can minimize, maximize, or resize each panel.

You can also drag the panel outside the main application window into the second display area for dual-monitor setups.

To customize the size of the program window

• You can do one of the following:

• Click the

Restore button and drag the ends of the program window to the desired size.

• Click the

Maximize button for full screen editing.

To dock a panel

1 Start to drag an undocked panel.

The docking guides appears.

2 Drag the panel over a docking guide to choose a docking position and release the mouse.

The panel snaps into place.

To save a custom workspace layout

• Click Settings > Layout Settings > Save to and click a Custom option.

To load a custom workspace layout

• Click Settings > Layout Settings > Switch to and choose Default or one of the custom settings you have saved.

To know more about hotkey combinations assigned for each preset, see Layout settings shortcuts.

You can also change the layout settings from the UI Layout tab in Settings > Preferences.

To set program preferences

• Click Settings > Preferences or press F6 to launch the Preferences dialog box.