\item[White balance CR2 images] this enables white balancing for CR2 images if interpolation is also enabled. This is because proper white balancing needs a blending of all 3 primary colors. White balance uses the camera's matrix which is contained in the CR2 file. Disabling white balancing is useful for operations involving dark frame subtraction. The dark frame and the long exposure need to have the same color matrix. If you disable Interpolate CR2 Images and use the Interpolate Pixels effect, be aware the Interpolate Pixels effect always does both interpolation and white balancing using the camera's matrix, regardless of the settings in Preferences. Dark frame subtraction needs to be performed before Interpolate Pixels.
\item[Video driver] \index{video!driver} normally video on the timeline goes to the compositor window during both continuous playback and when the insertion point is repositioned. Instead of sending video to the Compositor window, the video driver can be set to send video to another output device during continuous playback. However, this does not affect where video is routed when the insertion point is repositioned. Options are listed next.
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- \item[\textit{X11}] this was the first method of graphical display on Unix systems. It just writes the RGB triplet for each pixel directly to the window. It is useful when graphics hardware can not handle very large frames. And when X11 is usled with the associated checkbox enabled of \textit{use direct x11 render if possible} it can be a really good playback method to speed up playback for large frames.
+ \item[\textit{X11}] this was the first method of graphical display on Unix systems. It just writes the RGB triplet for each pixel directly to the window. It is useful when graphics hardware can not handle very large frames. And when X11 is used with the associated checkbox enabled of \textit{use direct x11 render if possible} it can be a really good playback method to speed up playback for large frames.
\item[\textit{X11-XV}] this was an enhancement to X11 in 1999. It converts YUV to RGB in hardware with scaling. In some cases it may be the preferred playback method, but it can not handle large frame sizes. Maximum video size for XV is usually $1920\times1080$.
\item[\textit{X11-OpenGL}] the most powerful video playback method is OpenGL. With this driver, most effects are done in hardware with the graphics board installed in the computer. OpenGL allows video sizes up to the maximum texture size, which is usually larger than what XV supports, depending on the graphics driver. OpenGL relies on PBuffers and shaders to do video rendering. Plugins or transitions that do not have \textit{handle OpenGL} in the code will use software instead of hardware and this will slow down playback.
OpenGL does not affect rendering. It just accelerates playback. X11-OpenGL processes everything in 8 bit color models, although the difference between YUV and RGB is retained. The scaling equation set in the preferences window is ignored by OpenGL -- it always uses linear scaling. Camera and projector operations use OpenGL, but some of the effects may not support OpenGL acceleration.
\paragraph{Highlighting Inversion color} \index{inverted colors} Modify the selection area color; default is \textit{ffffff} which is white. When you make a selection, that area becomes an inverse image which by default becomes a whitish color. You can set it to a different color by modifying the hex value in the box next to \textit{Highlight inversion color}. Keep in mind that if you set the value to a low value, you will not be able to see the outlined selected area (for example the hex value "f" is not readily visible and leads to confusion). A leading 0 or blank is not allowed and will be automatically changed to \textit{ffffff}.
\paragraph{Composer BG Color} \index{background color} You can choose the background color of the viewer window.
-\paragraph{YUV color space} \index{yuv color space} Default is \textit{BT601}; others \textit{BT709} (high definition), \textit{BT2020} (ultra high definition).
+\paragraph{YUV color space} \index{yuv color space} Default is \textit{BT601}; others \textit{BT709} (high definition), \textit{BT2020} (ultra high definition). PAL and NTSC have different color primaries, so $BT 601\_NTSC$ = SMPTE 170M = BT 601\_525 and $BT 601\_PAL$ = BT 470 BG = BT 601\_625. BT 2020 can be $BT 2020\_NCL$ (non-constant luminance) or $BT 2020\_CL$ (constant luminance). NCL is the standard.
\paragraph{YUV color range} \index{yuv color range} JPEG [$0-255$] and MPEG [$16-235$]
\item[Clears before toggle] \index{clears before toggle} when using copy/paste in drag and drop mode some users prefer to resort to the addition of the Ctrl key for adding multiple selections. By checking this flag, the user retains usage as is commonly done for listbox operations.
\item[Always show next frame] \index{always show next frame} in this mode the insertion pointer reflects the same as the Compositor so that for playing forward, the result is what looks like 1 was added to the frame displayed in the Compositor window. This is fully explained in another section (\nameref{sub:playing_seeking}).
\item[Show tip of the day] if checked, a tip will be displayed in a popup box when start up \CGG{}.
- \item[Use thumbnails in resource window] \index{use thumbnails in resources window} the Resource Window displays thumbnails of assets by default, but drawing asset thumbnails can take more time and CPU so you may want to uncheck this.
+ \item[Use thumbnails in resource window] \index{use thumbnails in resources window} the Resource Window displays thumbnails of assets by default, but drawing asset thumbnails can take more time and CPU as well as other system resources so you may want to uncheck this.
\item[Popups activate on button up] \index{popups activate on button up} this is the default but if unchecked, popups activate on button down.
\item[Set Input Focus when window entered] \index{set input focus} this is checked on by default because on some operating system distros, when you move your mouse to a different window, nothing happens and you are left wondering why you can not enter information. When checked this causes the input focus to shift to any \CGG{} window when the cursor enters an exposed region of the window which eliminates the need to switch input focus by tabbing.
\item[Click to activate text focus] \index{click to activate text focus} Click to activate text focus
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