Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 970)

970 Part XI Project Management and Settings
 General Tab (p. 970): Settings in this tab control a variety of features, such as
warning dialogs during capture, the number of undos allowed, and Autosaving
and Auto Rendering.
 Editing Tab (p. 975): This tab contains preferences useful while editing, such as
trimming and audio keyframing controls.
 Timeline Options Tab (p. 977): These are the default display options used when a new
sequence is created. This is where you can change the default number of video and
audio tracks for new sequences. For more information, see Chapter 9, “
Timeline
Basics ,” on page 113.
 Render Control Tab (p. 977): This tab allows you to choose the render quality of new
sequences you create. For more information, see Chapter 57, “ Rendering and Video
Processing Settings ,” on page 899.
Important: Once a sequence has been created, you change its settings by choosing
Sequence > Settings, not User Preferences. User Preferences establishes the default
preferences for new sequences, not sequences that already exist.
General Tab
This tab contains fundamental preferences relating to application launch, creation of
new projects and sequences, and automatically scheduled events such as Autosave and
Auto Render.
The General tab is
open by default.