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AnneFromLeo
AnneFromLeo
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October 5, 2018
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Audition CC 2018 import appearance settings from CS6

  • October 5, 2018
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I have CS6 set up the way I like it on Win 10 pro.  Now I'm moving to CC I have to reinvent the wheel and would like to save my CS6 appearance settings and import them into CC

1) Is this possible?

2) where are the files?  (I have looked in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Audition\5.0) and there is also a folder C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Audition\11.0 on my pc which appears to be the CC settings.

3) I tried a test save of the appearance settings out of CS6 with an easily identified name but cannot see any specific file so assume it is bound up in one of the xml files.

4) Can I copy the CS6 MachineSpecificSettings.xml file over to the CC directory (saving a copy of  the CC one elsewhere of course) or will this completely screw the CC app?

Would appreciate the advice as I really HATE the colour schemes in CC (and of course the unnecessary tweaking to make you feel you are getting value for money...)

Thanks

Anne

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    Correct answer ryclark

    Some of the settings will work but a few, like the colour schemes have changed quite a lot since CS6 unfortunately. So you may not be able to match the two completely.

    Yes all of Audition's Settings and Preferences are tied up in .xml files in the appropriate Audition Settings Folder. The Appearance settings are in ApplicationSettings.xml. As long as your 11.0 folder is backed up (I usually just add .bak to make 11.0.bak for instance) there is no harm in trying to copying any (or all) of the .xml files from 5.0 to 11.0.

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    ryclark
    ryclarkCorrect answer
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    October 5, 2018

    Some of the settings will work but a few, like the colour schemes have changed quite a lot since CS6 unfortunately. So you may not be able to match the two completely.

    Yes all of Audition's Settings and Preferences are tied up in .xml files in the appropriate Audition Settings Folder. The Appearance settings are in ApplicationSettings.xml. As long as your 11.0 folder is backed up (I usually just add .bak to make 11.0.bak for instance) there is no harm in trying to copying any (or all) of the .xml files from 5.0 to 11.0.

    AnneFromLeo
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    October 5, 2018

    Thanks, I will dig around in a copy of the 5.0 folder to see what turns up.  I just hate the blue text, it is difficult to see against the dark grey background - the orange text in CS6 was much easier on my tired old eyes!).

    Anne

    AnneFromLeo
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    October 8, 2018

    I did a bit of googling after my last post; I think the numbers are the rgb decimal values divided by 255.  I haven’t checked that out in the xml file yet but if that is the case then any colour could be coded.  Why it needs 16 or so decimal places is a mystery as the rgb values are integer, bu who am I to complain!

    it will be intersting to look at the various xml files to see what other colours are defined, and what they are assigned to.  Maybe other areas of the app can be customised this way. 

    I’m still curious as to why you have the colur change button and others don’t on what appears to be the same build. 

    Thanks for your help, I’ll post any findings for others to see and use.

    Anne


    Hi All

    I got the solution from Adobe Support:

    In their words "certain preference settings are deliberately hidden as per design.."  which I suppose is understandable. So if you fiddle you are on your own!

    The enable option is in the Debug Database.txt in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Audition\11.0 (on a pc, mac you are on your own).

    You need to change the line "Enable_Theme_Colorizing   true   false"  to "Enable_Theme_Colorizing   true   true" then save the file.

    Restart audition and the button should be available.  When I checked the text file later the value appeared to have been set back to false but the button was still enabled so I assume it will stay that way.

    Anyway, I'm happy!

    Anne

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