Font size adjustment
As computer screens have increased in resolution, icons and fonts have decreased in size. Personally, I find that the default font sizes are too small in most of Media Composer's windows and tools (even for some with younger eyes than mine).
As of this writing, it's possible to change the font display only at the following locations:
- The Project Window
- The Composer Window (also known as the Source/Record Window)
- Timeline Views
- Bins (also see the section titled Additional Bin Font Programming later in this chapter)
- The Effect Editor window (for this, see the section titled Effect Editor font size later in this chapter)
How to do it...
To adjust font size, perform the following steps:
- Select the Project Window, Composer Window (also known as the Source/Record Window), Timeline Window, or a bin to make it active.
- Go to the Edit menu and select Set Font.
- The Set Font box opens.
- Select a font style and/or type in a font size.
- Click on the OK button.
There's more...
The following are two additional tips regarding font size:
At the time of writing, the feature I will mention here is currently not working in Version 6, but does work in earlier releases. I'm including it for those who may be using earlier releases of Media Composer, and in the hope that it will be returned in future versions.
Whenever you change the font style and/or size in a bin you are also telling Media Composer to repeat that choice for all the bins you create from that point on. This is helpful because when you create a new Project you can set the first bin as you prefer and know that the many new bins you'll create from that point on will have the attributes you like.
There's not much flexibility with font size in the Effect Editor window, but it is possible to enlarge it a bit. Perform the following steps to do so:
- Go to the Project window, click on the Settings tab, and double-click on Effect Editor.
- Enable/check the selection that says Large Text.
- Click on OK.