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Pro Tools Reference Guide 236
Showing and Hiding Columns
You can show or hide individual columns in
DigiBase browsers to fit your workflow. The de-
fault column display includes the items you
would use in most sessions.
To show or hide individual columns:
„
Start-click (Windows), Control-click (Mac), or
Right-click a column label and select or deselect
the column name from the pop-up menu.
To show or hide all columns:
„
Start-click (Windows), Control-click (Mac), or
Right-click a column header and choose ALL or
NONE
from the pop-up menu. (Only the Name
and Clip Name columns remain when you
choose
NONE
.)
To show the default set of columns:
„
Start-click (Windows), Control-click (Mac), or
Right-click a column header and choose
DE-
FAULT
from the pop-up menu.
View Presets
Pro Tools lets you save up to five preset views for
each type of browser, and the Relink window.
Presets can be recalled by clicking a View Preset
button. View Presets are specific to each type of
browser.
To store a View Preset:
1
Open a browser, or the Relink window.
2
Arrange columns and views.
3
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) one of the five View Preset buttons.
To recall a saved preset:
„
Click the appropriate View Preset button.
About View Preset 1
Preset 1 becomes the default layout for other
browsers of its type when they are opened for
the first time.
Sorting Columns
Columns can be sorted in ascending or descend-
ing order, and multiple sorts can be applied (up
to four levels).
To sort by columns:
„
Click the column title header.
It is often helpful to perform a secondary sort
(for example, to sort by tape and timestamp).
Showing and hiding columns
View preset buttons
Browser View Presets