User interface

PatchMaker is designed for user to work with a single project at a time, and all interface elements are layed out in the signle main window:

  1. View window

  2. Tools panel

  3. After Effects® panel

  4. Display Mode panel

  5. Time Controls panel

  6. Property editor

  7. Trackline panel


 

Splitters

In the center, you find the View window. At the left, right and bottom sides, there are panels separated from the View by splitters:

With splitters, you can resize the View. Clicking the button in the middle of a splitter [A] collapses and expands panels. Positions of the vertical and the horizontal splitter can be adjusted simultaneously by dragging the button at their intersection [B]. You can click it to quickly maximize the View to occupy the whole main window, and then to restore its dimensions.