Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

571
Customizing
Background
The user can customize the appearance and functionality 
of Nuendo in various ways.
User configurable items described in this chapter are:
•Workspaces
By storing different window combinations as workspaces, you can 
quickly switch between different working modes – see 
“Workspaces” on 
page 571.
•Setup dialogs
Several parts of the user interface (toolbars, Transport panel, Inspector, 
info lines and Channel Settings windows) provide a Setup dialog, where 
you can configure...

572
Customizing
5.Set up the windows you want to include in the new 
workspace.
This may include opening, moving and sizing windows, and adjusting 
zoom and track height.
Activating a workspace
1.Pull down the Window menu and open the Work-
spaces submenu.
2.Select a workspace from the list on the submenu.
The windows are closed, opened, moved and/or resized according to the 
stored workspace.
•You can also activate workspaces by using the corre-
sponding key commands (see “Key commands” on page 
580)....

573
Customizing
•“Setup…” opens the Setup dialog (see below).
If presets are available, they can be selected on the lower 
half of the menu.
The info line setup context menu
The Setup dialogs
If you select “Setup…” from the setup context menus, the 
Setup dialog opens. This allows you to specify which ele
-
ments are visible/hidden and to set the order of the ele-
ments. You can also save and recall setup presets in this 
dialog.
The dialog is divided into two sections. The left section 
displays the...

574
Customizing
•Click the arrow in the bottom right corner of the track 
list and select “Track Controls Settings…”.
Setting the track type
The settings made in the Track Controls Settings dialog 
apply to the selected track type, which is shown in the 
menu display in the top left corner of the dialog.
•To change the track type, click the arrow to the right in 
the menu display and select a track type from the pop-up 
menu.
All settings made in the dialog will apply to all tracks (current and...

575
Customizing
About Wrap Controls
This is activated by default. Wrap Controls allows the 
controls to be dynamically repositioned when resizing the 
track list. That is, as many controls as possible will be dis
-
played depending on the current size of the track list.
If you deactivate Wrap Controls, the positions of the con-
trols are fixed, regardless of the size of the track list. In this 
mode, you may have to resize the tracks vertically (by drag
-
ging the dividers between them) to display all...

576
Customizing
•In the Menu column you can decide which File menu 
items to hide from view, by clicking in the column beside 
the corresponding menu item you wish to hide.
If you click the “On” item in the Menu column for an item, it changes to 
“Off” and vice versa. All menu items set to “Off” will be hidden when you 
click Apply or OK.
•Certain essential menu items on the File and Edit menus 
cannot be hidden, such as Save, Open, Close, Undo/Redo, 
etc.
For these items there is no entry in the Menu...

577
Customizing
•The default setting has two color handles. Each color 
handle has a unique color that gradually shifts as the 
meter moves toward the next color handle.
You can click on any color handle and move its position on the meter 
scale. If you hold down [Shift] while moving the handle with the mouse, it 
will move ten times slower for more precise positioning. You may also 
nudge the color handle’s position with the Arrow Up/Down keys. Holding 
[Shift] while nudging will move the color handle...

578
Customizing
About the Color tool
1.Open the Select Colors pop-up menu and select a 
color. 
2.On the toolbar, select the Color tool.
3.Click on the desired parts and events to assign the 
color. 
The color is applied to the parts and events and overrides the default 
track color (if used).
•If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on a part/event 
with the Color tool, a color palette is displayed allowing 
you to select a color for the event.
•If you press [Alt]/[Option], the Color tool cursor be-...

579
Customizing
3.Use the Standard Colors or Modify Color sections to 
specify a new color. 
To do this, pick a different color from the color palette, drag the cursor in 
the color circle, move the handle in the color meter, or enter new RGB 
values as well as values for hue, saturation, and luminosity manually.
4.Click the Apply button. 
The color setting is applied to the selected color field in the Project Colors 
section. 
ÖEvery color in the Project Colors section can be edited 
this way.
Setting...

44
Key commands