Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 80)

3 Press Return to confirm the change.
To modify the value of a numeric or percentage-based text field with a virtual slider
1 Move the pointer to the field you want to adjust.
2 Middle-click and drag to the left to decrease its value, or to the right to increase its value.
3 Release the mouse button when you’re finished.
To modify the value of a numeric or percentage-based text field with a scroll wheel
1 Move the pointer to the field you want to adjust.
2 Without clicking in the field, roll the scroll wheel or ball up to increase that field’s value,
or down to decrease that field’s value.
To adjust a field using a shortcut menu
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Control-click or right-click any field, and choose one of the following options from the
shortcut menu:
• Reset: Resets the field to its default setting.
• Min: Chooses the minimum value available to that field.
• Max: Chooses the maximum value available to that field.
• Set as Default: Changes the default value of a parameter to whatever value is currently
specified. After changing the default value, you can change the value of that parameter
back to the value you specified by clicking Reset.
Using Timecode Fields
Timecode fields display timing information, such as media In and Out points, and the
position of the playhead. Time is represented in Color in one of two ways:
• Within fields, most time values are represented with standard SMPTE timecode. SMPTE
timecode is represented by four colon-delimited pairs of digits: hh:mm:ss:ff, where hh
is hours, mm is minutes, ss is seconds, and ff is frames.
• Time values in the Timeline ruler may be displayed as non-drop frame timecode, drop
frame timecode, or frames.
Note: Drop frame timecode appears with a semicolon between the seconds and frames
positions.
Here are some pointers for entering values into the hours, minutes, seconds, and frames
positions of timecode fields:
• Time values are entered from left to right (similar to entering a duration into a
microwave); however, the last value you type is assumed to be the last digit of the
frames position.
• Press Return whenever you’ve finished typing a timecode value to confirm the new
value you entered.
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