Chapter 2

Creating Site Settings

More information about the Site Settings is included in the discussion titled Settings overview.
Next we'll cover how to make them:

1. Open a Project that contains one or more settings you want to use as Site Setting(s).
2. Access User and Project settings via Project Window | Settings tab.
3. Open Site Settings. From the Special menu, select Site Settings.
4. The Site Settings window will open.
5. In your Settings list, select one or more settings.
6. Drag-and-drop the selected setting(s) into the Site Settings window to copy them.
7. Close the Site Settings window.

User Profile Settings – transferring to

another workstation
User Profile Settings ("User Settings" for short) are several files that are collected together
in a folder (location detailed ahead). When I talk about backing up your User Settings in a
moment, it's important to understand that I'm talking about backing up the entire folder, not
simply the contents of that folder. Further, it's important to note that you should not rename
the User Profile Settings folder. Media Composer requires that the folder name and
some of the files inside be named identically.

Your User Settings should be backed up in a few locations so that you can easily access them
during the workday. User Settings are notorious for becoming corrupt and then causing any
number of strange, unpredictable, and decidedly unpleasant behaviors. Having a backup of
your personal User Settings means you can easily replace the bad ones if/when you have to,
and quickly get back to editing.

Transferring your User Settings between workstations and between platforms is possible,
which saves you a lot of time not having to rebuild your custom keyboard, Timeline Views,
Bin Views, and so on. If you are transferring User Settings created with the same version
of Media Composer which is installed on the destination system you will be using, then
all you have to do is copy them into the appropriate location (see below). However, if your
User Settings were created on a different version of Media Composer than what is installed
on the new system you will be using, then it's not recommended to simply copy your User
Settings folder over. Because of differences in the platforms and across the different
versions of software, simply copying User Settings between platforms and/or versions can
cause very odd and quite objectionable behaviors while editing. So, Avid provides a very
simple procedure, detailed below.

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