Customizing Your Work Environment

Here's an example. While in a Project called "Wisconsin" you created a Bin Layout for
three bins@ one for music, one for sound effects, and one for voiceover. You named this
Bin Layout "Music+SFX+VO". You wanted to use this Bin Layout frequently, so you mapped
it to a button on your Timeline Toolbar and you linked it to your Audio Editing Workspace.
While in the "Wisconsin" project, the button appears on the Timeline Toolbar with a line
below the abbreviation.

A month later, the "Wisconsin" project gets completed and you begin working on another
project called "California". When working on the "California" project, you use your previously
saved User Settings that include the button mapping and linking you did in the "Wisconsin"
project for the Bin Layout called "Music+SFX+VO". Since that Bin Layout doesn't exist in the
"California" Project, when you activate the Audio Editing Workspace, no bins open and, in
the Timeline Toolbar, the mapped button's abbreviation is now italicized and no longer
has a line beneath it.

If you want that Bin Layout to be activated while in the "California" project, then do
the following:

1. Create a new Bin Layout and name it exactly as it was named when it was originally
mapped and/or linked. In this example, it would be named "Music+SFX+VO". You
must pay particular attention to spaces, symbols, and uppercase/lowercase letters.
If the name is not identical in all respects, then it will not work. If it is named
identically, then the text appearing on the button it is mapped to will not be
italicized and will have a line underneath the abbreviation.
2. While that Bin Layout is active, create and/or open the bins you want associated
with it. There do not have to be the same number of bins as before, nor do the
names have to be the same as before.
3. Arrange the bins as needed for that Bin Layout.
4. Save the Bin layout by selecting Windows | Bin Layout | Save Current.

Linking Bin Layouts with Workspaces

There are three things you can do to make using Workspaces and Bin Layouts even faster
and more useful. The first is linking a Bin Layout with a Workspace so that when you select/
activate a Workspace, the linked Bin Layout simultaneously becomes active too, saving you
time having to activate it separately. We'll cover that in this recipe. Immediately following
this recipe are discussions about linking other settings with Workspaces, and mapping
Workspaces and Bin Layouts to your keyboard and/or interface.

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