Highlighting Things
FocusTrack can highlight particular items in list views
or big picture views, making it easier to find your way
around.
By default, FocusTrack will shade alternate rows.
You can then choose to have 'new things' highlighted.
Depending on how you sort a list, new things will be
emphasised - for example, sort by Channel (by clicking
on the 'Chan' column header) and each change of channel
will be highlighted. Sort by Group Number and each new
Group Number will be highlighted.
To enable this highlighting, go to Preferences:
Then check 'Highlight Next Thing'.
If you check 'Beep On Next Thing' then as you step
through items, FocusTrack will beep any time it
encounters a new thing. This can be invaluable when
you're re-focussing a rig: as you move into the next
Group or FocusCue you'll receive an audible warning.
Beep on Selection End will beep three times when you
reach the end of a selection.
You can also 'Flag' a lamp-focus; flagged lamp-focuses
will show up in amber. They can be useful for
highlighting things that need frequent re-focussing
(for example, specials on actors who never stand in the
same place), since they will stand out in any list -
particularly lists of lamp-focuses in cues. To show
flagged items, check 'Highlight Flagged' in the
Preferences screen.
To flag an item, click on its 'Flag' checkbox: