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Appendix A, The Autodesk Control Surface
Customizing the View

There are options for customizing the view on both the Navigation panel and the Function panel.

When working with secondaries, users can use the Function panel to view them in Saturated Mask view or Matte view. Saturated Mask view displays the range of colours you define through a greyscale image. The unselected colours remain grey. Matte view displays a black and white template indicating which parts of the image are transparent (black), and which are opaque and selected (white).

To access view options available on the Navigation panel:
  1. Press the top MORE button on the Navigation panel.

    The Panel, Storyboard, Label, Thumbs, and GUI options appear in the digital display at the top of the panel. The location of each option in the digital display reflects their button position on the panel.

  2. Select one of the following options.

    Press: To toggle the:
    CURVES Panel sensitivity.
    KEY Storyboard on or off.
    GEOM Shot name on or off the image.
    P&S Storyboard thumbnails on or off.
    MISC Full-screen Player on or off.


To access view options available on the Function panel:
To change fonts in the digital display:
To toggle between "O" view and Matte view:
  1. Press the MATTE button on the Function panel.

  2. Hold down the ALT button on the Function panel while pressing MATTE again to switch between Saturated Mask view and black and white Matte view.

    Hint: You can go directly to Saturated Mask view mode from another mode, e.g. Output, by holding down the ALT button and pressing Matte.

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