Creative

The Creative Tab lets you set preferences for the overall layout design of Composite.

Gate UI

Lets you set the default behavior of the Gate UI.

Animate Gate	Determines the way the panels move into the interface when you swipe through the GateUI. Select this option to have the panels slide into the interface. Deselect to have the panels display immediately in their final position in the interface.
Icon	Sets the transparency of the nodes in the Schematic overlay that appears when you swipe through the north gate of the GateUI. A value of 100 means completely transparent and a value of 0 means completely opaque.
Background	Sets the transparency of the background of the Schematic overlay that appears when you swipe through the north gate of the GateUI. A value of 100 is completely transparent; a value of 0 is completely opaque.

Masking Menu Tools

Lets you add masking tools to the Masking tab Create list.

Timecode/Frame

Lets you choose between the composition display in frames or timecode.

Caching

Lets you activate or disable off Image Import intermediate results, Rendered Result intermediate results, and the Create Import Proxy option.

Player

Let you customize the Player to a favorite layout.

Checkerboard Foreground/Background	Sets the foreground and background colors of the checkerboard pattern that appears in the Player when you enable RGBA in the Player preferences. The checkboard pattern makes it easier to see the media alpha channel. To change the color, click the color pot, and select a new color in the Color Picker.
Grid Size	Sets the size (Small, Medium, or Large) of the individual squares in the checkerboard pattern.
Fill Color	Sets the color of the Player by clicking the Override button. Click the color picker and select a color.

Selection History

Lets you set the history length. (Up to 50 selections). The default is 10.

Display Tools Order

Lets you place the Comparison tool before or after the Display modifier-see Comparison Tool.