Using Site Settings
When the system opens a new project, it first searches the Site Settings file and loads site settings and any settings placed here. The system then proceeds to load any Project and User settings not included in the Site Settings file.
The Avid default preference files and the Site Settings file are located in the following folder:
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(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\AvidáXpressáPro\Settings
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(Windows) drive:\Program Files\Avid\AvidáXpressáDV\Settings
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(Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Applications/AvidáXpressáPro/Settings
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(Macintosh) Macintosh HD/Applications/AvidáXpressáDV/Settings
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The default preference and the Site settings files include the following settings template:
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AvidDefaultPrefsXP — Avid template settings for new users
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Site_Settings — Template for new User and new Project settings for
all products
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When a new user is created, the Avid editor first looks at the Site_Settings file and uses any settings specified in that file. If the Site_Settings file is empty or is missing settings, then the AvidDefaultPrefsXP file is used. If the AvidDefaultPrefsXP file is missing, hard-coded defaults are used.
The AvidDefaultPrefsXP files contain the product-specific default User settings. Project settings are not stored in AvidDefaultPrefsXP files. The Site_Settings file is empty until you add User and Project settings from the Settings tab in the Project window. Settings that you add to the Site_Settings file become the site defaults. Site settings do not override User settings and Project settings. Any user can change these settings, with the changes stored in the User settings or the Project settings, depending on the type of setting.
When the system opens a new project, the Site settings are the initial settings given to a new user or project. The system then proceeds to load any Project and User settings not included in the Site_Settings file.
Adding Site settings to the Site_Settings file is useful if you need to establish global settings for all new users and projects, such as Deck Configuration settings or a specific start timecode for all sequences.
To load settings into the Site Settings file:
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Open a project with the settings you would like to establish as site
settings. If a project does not already exist with the settings you want,
create a project and make adjustments to the default settings as needed.
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The Settings scroll list appears.
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Select File > Open Setting File.
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The Open dialog box opens.
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Navigate to the Settings folder, and then click Open.
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Select the Site Settings file, and then click Open.
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The Site Settings window opens.
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Click a project or user setting in the Settings scroll list of the Project
Window. Ctrl+click (Windows) or Shift+click (Macintosh) to select
multiple settings.
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Drag the setting or settings into the Site Settings window.
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Copies appear in the Site Settings window.
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Close the Site Settings window.
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All new users and projects opened from the Select Project dialog box use these settings as the default settings.
