General preferences in Final Cut Pro

General preferences are basic settings in Final Cut Pro.

Time Display

Time Display: Use this pop-up menu to choose the time mode for Final Cut Pro. Changes to this setting affect the timecode display below the viewer (for the position of the skimmer or the playhead), as well as trimming and navigation operations in Final Cut Pro. You have the following options:
- Timecode display
- Timecode display including subframes
- Duration in frames
- Duration in seconds

Reset All: Click this button to reset all warning dialogs that you dismissed by selecting the “Do not remind me again” checkbox.

Validate on Next Launch: If you encounter issues with third-party Audio Units effects, click this button to have Final Cut Pro validate all installed third-party Audio Units effects the next time you open the app. Final Cut Pro performs a series of tests to verify that each Audio Units effect is operating correctly, and notifies you of any Audio Units effects that fail. Validation is performed automatically the first time Final Cut Pro is opened and whenever Audio Units effects are installed or reinstalled, so you don’t normally need to click this button.

Color Correction: Use this pop-up menu to choose the default color correction effect. The controls for the default color correction effect appear when you open the Color inspector. You can choose the following color correction effects:
- Color Board
- Color Wheels
- Color Curves
- Hue/Saturation Curves

Inspector Units: Use this pop-up menu to choose how values are displayed in inspector controls for the Transform, Crop, and Distort effects.
- Pixels: Choose this setting to display values as pixels.
- Percentages: Choose this setting to display values as percentages.

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