Change Default Zoom levels
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Change Default Zoom levels
Is there a way to change the default zoom levels? Specifically in the MIDI view? Zooming and moving around are still two of the most difficult things I've found when trying to adjust from life in Logic. I'm trying to get a handle on the shortcut keys but it still takes me forever to move around zooming in and out and scrolling.
Re: Change Default Zoom levels
DP allows 3 custom zoom settings. Search in Commands window for Set Zoom.
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
... And there are LOTS of shortcuts for zooming...
Use Shift-L to open the shortcuts window. You can search for them and program them to anything you like.
A few shortcuts:
Command/arrows (up, down, left, right): This zooms in/out one level horizontally or vertically.
If you add option to any combination from above, it zooms all the way in/out.
There's also a shortcut for zooming to the selection.
Those are just some of the most useful ones...
Use Shift-L to open the shortcuts window. You can search for them and program them to anything you like.
A few shortcuts:
Command/arrows (up, down, left, right): This zooms in/out one level horizontally or vertically.
If you add option to any combination from above, it zooms all the way in/out.
There's also a shortcut for zooming to the selection.
Those are just some of the most useful ones...
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
Don't forget Scrolling on the traveling "Wiper." That zooms horizontally and is a fast way of getting where you want to be, zoom-wise.
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
I agree though that it would be really nice if there was a way to set up the initial zoom setting for a newly opened window.- without having to type a bunch of key commands.
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
Yeah, there used to be a great command in Studio Vision Pro (RIP) called something like 'set default position' where you could get the window looking how you'd like it to open up and then save that as a default.
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
Window Sets?bdr wrote:Yeah, there used to be a great command in Studio Vision Pro (RIP) called something like 'set default position' where you could get the window looking how you'd like it to open up and then save that as a default.
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I hate to harp on one of my pet subjects, but this is one reason why I always set my files up with full-screen windows in separate spaces. Once you set them up for a given sequence, they always are there, and always with the resolution and view at which I left them. Here's a link to a tutorial of sorts. Toward the bottom of that post is a link to a YouTube video that probably explains it better.
The guy who made the movie left out one key step: the Control Panel must be set to float if you use Spaces for various windows. That way, when you switch to any space with a DP window in it, the Control Panel will follow you.
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The guy who made the movie left out one key step: the Control Panel must be set to float if you use Spaces for various windows. That way, when you switch to any space with a DP window in it, the Control Panel will follow you.
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I KNEW you were going to jump in Shooshie
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
If there was a QuicKeys macro that would go and open the Graphic Editor windows for each individual track and set the zoom and window size & position to the desired spot (NOT RIGHT OVER THE TRANSPORT CONTROLS!) then surely MOTU could just as easily have a way of remembering where and how I like them.
Workarounds are appreciated, but this is one for the suggestion box.
Workarounds are appreciated, but this is one for the suggestion box.
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Yeah, me and that dumb guy who made the movie.frankf wrote:I KNEW you were going to jump in Shooshie
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
The other option would be to set up your own template files with everything as you like it.
Don't use DPs "new from template".
For each new project you copy your template file, rename and go from there.
Cheers, Bolla
Don't use DPs "new from template".
For each new project you copy your template file, rename and go from there.
Cheers, Bolla
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
That's a good point.
Though if I set all that up, it probably won't affect new tracks or "add similar" tracks that I create. Not sure though.
Though if I set all that up, it probably won't affect new tracks or "add similar" tracks that I create. Not sure though.
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Re: Change Default Zoom levels
Or use the Get Info dialog to make it a Stationary file so that it cannot be overwritten.bolla wrote:The other option would be to set up your own template files with everything as you like it.
Don't use DPs "new from template".
For each new project you copy your template file, rename and go from there.
Cheers, Bolla
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