Settings

Most of what you set in Shotwork is saved in the document it belongs to. The Settings menu holds what belongs to you instead, the same in every shot list and reel.

Item	Does	See
Remap Hotkeys…	Changes any keyboard binding.	Hotkeys
Field Presets…	Sets the fields a new shot list starts with.	Field presets
Timeline Colors…	Sets how bright the shot colors on the source timeline are.	Timeline colors
Thumbnail Cache…	Rebuilds or clears shot thumbnails. Unavailable on a reel tab.	Thumbnail cache
Downbeat Engine…	Installs the optional downbeat engine.	Downbeat engine

Timeline colors

1. Choose Settings › Timeline Colors…. Its window is titled Settings.
2. Set Timeline shot color shade, from 1 to 9. Preview shows the colors as you change it.
3. Choose Save.

Timeline Colors: one shade number, previewed across the whole cycle

The shot bands on the source timeline change at once. Restore Defaults puts the shade back to 5, which still needs Save to keep.

What Shotwork remembers

Besides the Settings menu, Shotwork remembers these for you, in every document:

Setting	Where you change it
The window's size and position, and the panes' widths	Resize the window, and drag the grips between the panes
The shot picker's list or grid, and its thumbnail size	A reel's Shots tab, or the Library window's Shots view
Which view the Library window opens on	View, in the Library window
How big logo tiles are	The size slider in the logo picker
Snapping on the reel timeline	Snap while dragging (N), or N
Frame counts instead of timecode on reels	Show frame count instead of timecode
Interest points on reel clips	Show interest points on clips
What the beat lines' heights measure	Energy = loudness (RMS) or Energy = attack sharpness
Your hotkeys	Settings › Remap Hotkeys…
The timeline color shade	Settings › Timeline Colors…

These live in the settings.json and hotkeys.json files in Shotwork's app data.

Related

• Reel settings for the settings a reel saves in itself.
• Where Shotwork keeps its files.