Preferences - Display Tab

Use these controls to change the default colors used to display tracks in your project.

Select a track from the Track drop-down list, and then click the color swatch to display a color picker.

You can choose any color using the RGBA or HSLA controls. Click the button to switch between RGB and HSL color modes, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

When you click OK or Apply, all tracks that used the selected color are updated.

Use these controls to change the default colors used to display envelopes in the timeline.

Choose an envelope type from the Envelope type drop-down list and click the color swatch to display a color picker, where you can choose any color using the RGBA or HSLA controls. Click the button to switch between RGB and HSL color modes, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

Use these controls to change the default colors used to snapping indicators in the timeline.

Choose an snap indicator type from the Snap type drop-down list and click the color swatch to display a color picker, where you can choose any color using the RGBA or HSLA controls. Click the button to switch between RGB and HSL color modes, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

Drag the slider to adjust the color intensity of icons in the VEGAS Pro window. Drag to the left to decrease the color saturation, or drag to the right to increase it.

Use these control to set the background color of active toolbar buttons. Click the color swatch to display a color picker, where you can choose any color using the RGBA or HSLA controls. Click the button to switch between RGB and HSL color modes, or click the eyedropper to sample a color from your screen.

Select one of the Radio buttons below Interface Type to change the look of the VEGAS Pro interface. Click the Apply or OK button to finish. You will then get an alert stating that the application must be closed and restarted for the changes to take affect. Click OK and restart VEGAS Pro.

To change your active window title bar colors, go to Control Panel | Personalization | Window Color and Appearance.

Select this checkbox if you want the window docking area to hide automatically when you're not using it. Hover over the bottom of the VEGAS Pro window to show the window docking area.

NOTE If the Display timeline at bottom of main window checkbox is also selected, double-click the splitter above the timeline to make the docking area visible again.

Select this checkbox if you want to display the timeline at the bottom of the VEGAS Pro window. The Window Docking area will be displayed at the top of the window.

Select this checkbox if you want to display tabs at the top of docked windows:

When this checkbox is selected, windows will automatically be docked when you drag them over other windows in the VEGAS Pro workspace. You can hold the Ctrl key while dragging a window to prevent it from docking.

When this checkbox is cleared, windows will not dock unless you hold the Ctrl key.

For more information, see Window Docking Area and Floating Window Docks

This option swaps the foreground and background color of the events. For instance, in audio events the track color is used for the waveform display. With reverse on, this color is used for the background and the former background color is now the waveform color.