Can part colors be set to change with the track?

system · May 29, 2011, 5:38am

I’m wondering if there is a way to achieve this in C5.

Suprawill1 · May 29, 2011, 8:13am

I have CS5 and my part colors change every time I change the track color if that’s what you’re looking for.

system · May 29, 2011, 9:04am

After I’ve assigned new colors in the swatch page, the parts change but not tracks, and when I change the track colors parts don’t change accordingly.

Suprawill1 · May 29, 2011, 9:12am

I just changed the color by clicking the right side of the track and chosing from the color assortment. The part corresponded accordingly.

system · May 29, 2011, 9:13am

Yes, that’s what is not happening, but only after I’ve created some new colors AFAIK.

Thanks

Suprawill1 · May 29, 2011, 9:17am

I wonder if this is a setting in the preferences. It should work for you. I don’t think it discriminates.

vic_france · May 29, 2011, 11:00am

A Part will take the color of the Track, so long as you haven’t specifically assigned a color to the Part (which then overrides the track’s color). So, if that is the case, just set the Part’s color back to “Default”.

system · May 29, 2011, 11:03am

Ok, so the setting of Default for a Part allows the Track Color to be inherited, is that right?

Thank you

vic_france · May 29, 2011, 12:36pm

Yes

system · May 30, 2011, 2:06am

hi Vic

That seems to work, except when I add new colors, track colors change which I understand but there seems to be a problem creating new colors at the end of the list.

vic_france · May 30, 2011, 2:10pm

If I remember correctly, new colors will be created immediately under (or is it at the same place as?) the currently-highlighted color in the color setup dialog.

system · May 30, 2011, 9:36pm

Yes, which is unfortunate.

Steinberg?