A
user is a profile that provides:
- EditDesk display preferences
- Module preferences
- Hotkey assignments for user interface
controls
- A filesystem environment (home directory)
for managing preferences
User preferences are
automatically saved with the corresponding user profile and are
independent of projects. You do not have to explicitly save them
if you load another user or exit Smoke. By managing your user
profiles, you can:
- Save EditDesk preferences such as user interface, timeline, Player, soft
effects settings, as well as clip information display
options. See
Setting Preferences.
- Customize pen and tablet preferences
such as pressure sensitivity and tablet margins. See
User Interface Preferences.
- Modify default hotkeys and create new
ones using the Hotkey Editor. See
Managing Hotkeys.
- Customize grids and guides for the Player
and image window. See
Working with Grids and Guides.
- Customize module-based
preferences such as the colour of the crop box and object icon transparency
to set up modules how you want. See
Saving Setups and Preferences.
You may have preferences
that you want to set up for different kinds of work in the same
module. An easy way to keep several sets of preferences for a module
is to save module preferences to your user's home directory. You can
then load them at any time. You can even copy these preference resource files
to a networked location or to a portable medium and load them on
other systems. You can also load the module preferences of another
user at any time. See
Saving, Loading, and Deleting Items.
