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Everything airZ Editor remembers for you, where you change it, and how to put it back. None of it is part of a document: it belongs to you, on this computer.
The Settings window
File › Settings… holds three things: which release this is, the assistant's connection, and the scene compiler. See Settings.
What the editor remembers as you work
Most preferences have no window of their own. You set them by using the editor, and it keeps them for next time.
| Preference | Where you set it | To put it back |
|---|---|---|
| Panel widths and heights | Drag a divider | Double-click the divider. See Panel layout |
| Which sidebar sections and inspector sections are folded | Click a section's title | Click it again |
| Keyboard shortcuts | File › Keyboard shortcuts… | Back to the default on one, Reset all on every one. See Keyboard shortcuts |
| Onion skin: how many frames before and after, and how far apart | The timeline's onion-skin control | Change them there |
| Paired controllers | File › Controllers… | × forgets one. See Controllers |
| Where each document was last sent | File › Sync to controllers… | Kept for the Sync window; it cannot be cleared from the editor |
| The backup folder for versions | File › Versions…, Backup copy | Clear it there |
| The shared media folder, for clips in live video slots | A live video's dialog, Shared media folder › Change… | Choose another. See Live video slots |
| Which DeckLink port feeds Input 1 to Input 4 on this computer | A live input's dialog | Choose another port, or none |
| DeckLink ports turned off for preview | The eye beside a port | Click the eye again |
| Monitor out: port, mode, key, key port | View aids › Monitor out… | Choose again. See Monitor out |
| Which template versions you have seen | The template library | — It decides which cards say UPDATED |
| The recent documents | Opening and saving | File › Open Recent › Clear Recent |
| The assistant's window: where it sits and its size | Moving it | — See The assistant |
Where they are kept
In your Windows profile, in %APPDATA%\airZ Editor: the preferences in ui.json, the recent documents in recent.json. The assistant's key, when you give it one, is kept in the Windows credential store. See Where your files live.
Starting again from the defaults
- Close airZ Editor.
- Open
%APPDATA%\airZ Editorin File Explorer. - Rename
ui.jsontoui.json.old, rather than deleting it, so you can go back. - Start the editor. Panels, shortcuts and every preference above are back to their defaults, and you will need to pair your controllers again.
Your documents, their versions, your script shelf and your downloaded templates are not touched.
What is not a preference
Things you might look for here that belong to the document instead, and travel with it:
- a document's artboard sizes, frame rates, colours, and whether its safe areas are showing;
- which live input a scene plays (Input 1): that is the scene's, the port it comes from on this computer is yours;
- the reference picture you trace over.