General

The General user preferences section is a collection of miscellaneous settings that do not warrant their own category.

Number of workbench undo levels:

The number of undo levels that the workbench stores. Increasing this number gives a larger undo history but comes at the cost of increased memory usage.

Default value: 2.

Workbench effects are owned by the:

Options are:

- Workbench: The effects stack of a clip is managed by the Workbench node where it has been created. This means that if a clip is removed from the Workbench, its effects stack will be deleted.

- Clip: The effects stack of a clip is managed by the clip itself, and will persist if the clip is moved from one Workbench node to another.

Default value: Workbench

OS native file browser:

If selected, a native OS file browser will be used when importing additional files such as EDLs or XML presets.

Default value: selected.

Enable calculator icon for numeric entries:

If selected, a calculator icon is displayed in numeric entries fields. Clicking on this icon brings up a calculator interface where values may be entered using a mouse or pen and calculations performed. The calculator functionality can also be accessed using the context menu popup by right-clicking in the numeric entries field itself.

Default value: not selected.

Show hidden files when browsing for media:

When selected, hidden files, such as those starting with a dot on macOS or Linux, are displayed in the File Browser. Else, they remain hidden.

Default: not selected.

Prevent deleting a clip if:

Conditions which will prevent a clip being deleted from the Media Admin. These are:

- it has effects present: When selected, the clip can not be deleted if it has a non-empty effects stack.

- it is in a sequence: When selected, the clip cannot be deleted if it is present in any Remaster timeline.

Default value: both conditions selected.