User Properties

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User Properties

Users can customize key properties of all VERTEX items for ease of management and a convenient workflow.

User Properties can be set in the Inspector and include:

Name, ID, color and even notes

Notes

You can add notes for every item of your VERTEX Project

Notes are shown as child elements of the "User Properties" into Inspector

Just double click into the value field to enter a new value

notes-user-properties

 

 
 
 

ID

The ID of a content is displayed into Project Explorer as number for each item

For Clip Containers, the ID is displayed as number for each Container into playback editor

be careful when changing this ID!

 

 

 
 
 

Name

Enter a custom name for your project item

When rename an item into Project Explorer (via context menu or via Shortcut "F2") this name also is set as name property into User Properties

Enter a custom name for your project or content item. The current Vertex version shows this custom name for most of the items also into Project Explorer. Please note: For some project items this is not implemted yet.

Enter a custom name for your project or content item.
The current Vertex version shows this custom name for most of the items also into Project Explorer. Please note: For some project items this is not implemted yet.

User Color

Custom User Colors increase your Project's visual outline in the user interface

Items with a customized User Color are easier to distinguish in the Project Explorer

User Colors on Clip Containers and Tracks will quickly improve your orientation in the layout of a Playback Editor.

Settings could be done into inspector - User Colors are child Elements of the User Properties

Setting User Colors and User Properties in the Inspector

Set a User Color for a Clip Container

Set a User Color for a Clip Container

 

Tags

Assign Tags to project items to order them by subject

 

warning
Feature is prepared but will come in a future VERTEX release
This functionality will come with future VERTEX releases and is not fully implemented yet.