OMG John, can't believe I haven't seen this before, don't know how many times I have cursed for "not" heving this feature 😅

Thanks for the help 😉👍

Another thing..... Increasing size of the tracks takes lot of space 😕 isn't there any way to be able to write track names similar to example picture?

OMG John, can't believe I haven't seen this before, don't know how many times I have cursed for "not" heving this feature 😅

Thanks for the help 😉👍

@Brynjar-Gudmundsson

Hi

You only need to set the tracks to the Default height and there is sufficient room for naming while keeping the track height at a minimum to see the name as shown below.

(the image is at 1:1 (real) size)

HTH

John EB

Hi @johnebaker ;)

Here is my "4 looks" ...."Big" "Default" "Small" "Minimized"

i dont get the same look as you 😏 im running Movie Edit Pro Premium (latest version)

which version are you using?

@Brynjar-Gudmundsson

Hi

I also am running MEP 2020 (latest version), and my monitors from which the screen grab was taken are 24 inch,1920 x 1080 px.

As you can see from the full screen image of my left monitor below this is the default layout I use, and from which the track height above was taken - the right monitor is the Preview Monitor full screen.

HTH

John EB

Hi @johnebaker

I also have 2x 24 "screens and use 1920x1080 but dont get the names in any of these 4 options ;(

maybe i need to take contact to support?

@johnebaker

I don't have 2020, but I checked 2019 and VPX. I only get the space for the name if there is nothing on the track. Add something to one of your tracks that has a name and you'll see that that space is taken up by the buttons and you no longer see the name. The only way to then see the track name is to increase the height of the track.

John CB

...then we are back to the beginning of this post..... where to request an update / change /fix....more like an fix i believe....should i contact support? or post in "Feedback"?

@Brynjar-Gudmundsson

Hi

To add to @browj2 comment, good point John, the track height can be adjusted manually and then you can set all tracks to the same height - the tracks are then slightly smaller than the 'Big' option..

. . . . I also have 2x 24 "screens . . . .

Do you use the same layout as me, or have the Track pane maximised fully on one screen with all the other panes on the other, eg as shown in the example below?

John EB

@Brynjar-Gudmundsson

I suggest raising a ticket with Magix to request an addition to the default Windows that would keep the track heights, or at least a default setting of some kind that would set track heights that include the track name.

Note that you can set the height of the first track (in the popdown of the track header) with something on it and then set all tracks to be adjusted to the same height.

One thing to remember is that most users likely don't use the track name field and prefer the default the way it is now, so that should not be messed with. Increasing the height of all tracks takes up valuable screen space.

John CB

@johnebaker 

using the same layout as works fine....but im often working on the internet same time as I am in the editor.....meaning that most of the time i only use one screen for editing and the other for collecting info for the projects im working on....i really think this is an simple "Code fix"...hope it will be fixed in next update ;)

@browj2 Is VP X better then ME Premium?

 

One thing to remember is that most users likely don't use the track name field and prefer the default the way it is now, so that should not be messed with. Increasing the height of all tracks takes up valuable screen space.

John CB

Yes, I never use the name feature, partly because of the height issue but mainly because most of my larger projects rapidly lose 'track name consistency'. All it takes are a few extra narratives, collages, symbols, etc, and about the only track that retains any sort of identity is track 1!

One compromise could be to temporarily add text objects at the start. And perhaps copied to wherever on the timeline you're currently working, to avoid tapping the Home key to see a reminder.

Of course, there's also the option of writing the names neatly onto a piece of conveniently displayed card 😉

It's interesting to see how people use their layouts.

The only thing I would like added to MEP is the ability to resize things like the audio mixer.

@Brynjar-Gudmundsson

Here is a screen shot of the setup in VPX that I use the most. As you can see, most of us use two screens.

I don't usually have the instruments turned on, only when doing colour adjustment.

To reply to your question about VPX vs MEP Premium, VPX has a separate source monitor, measuring instruments and a Project Temp Folder, amongst some other things that most users probably would not need, like more buttons in the track header (separate audio and video muting), Multi-language tracks and 9 cameras for multi-cam. I use the Project Temp Folder and the measuring instruments a lot.

@CubeAce

Any reason why you don't have the Media Pool full height?

John CB