How to change color of timeline background

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garafulic

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How to change color of timeline background

PostSat Feb 16, 2019 8:09 pm

Silly question, but I cannot figure out how to change the color of the timeline background from the default black to something else.

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Re: How to change color of timeline background

PostSat Feb 16, 2019 8:44 pm

Not possible.
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Re: How to change color of timeline background

PostSat Feb 16, 2019 9:05 pm

Thank you Jack. That's unfortunate.
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Re: How to change color of timeline background

PostSun Feb 17, 2019 3:21 am

"You can have any color you want, as long as it's black."
--Henry Ford, 1919
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Re: How to change color of timeline background

PostMon Sep 14, 2020 2:34 pm

Yes I've had the same problem, some times when zoomed in or out you can miss a black bar because the footage is dark. I have used generator to put a solid colour behind the footage but it's a bit of a pain.

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Re: How to change color of timeline background

PostMon Sep 14, 2020 3:55 pm

If you are talking about the preview windows, you can change their background to grey.
If not, ignore me. ;)
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Re: How to change color of timeline background

PostMon Sep 14, 2020 5:17 pm

Marc Wielage wrote:"You can have any color you want, as long as it's black."
--Henry Ford, 1919

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