How do i make items NOT inherit the color of a track, but just in 1 track

[reapero]

So i have splitted a bunch of video items from different movies across different tracks, each one with its own color. This is cool becasue i know that yellow clips belong to MovieA, red clips to MovieB and so on.

Now i want to make the final montage in one or 2 video tracks, dragging all of these smaller items, but i dont want the items to inherit the colors from the new "video edit track". I want them to keep their colors cause i still want to visually differentitate if they are from movieA or movieB, when they sit on the same track.

Is there a preference to toggle this, for just one or 2 tracks in the project?
Thx

[benmrx]

I believe item color overrides track color (and take color overrides item color). So you could color items the same color as the tracks they are currently on. There might be a a script for this. Or maybe there’s a native action.

Then after you’ve colored the items they should retain their color as you drag them to different tracks.

[benmrx]

Here's a simple script for ya if you want it. I didn't test this too much so let me know if there are any issues.

This will set the custom color for all selected items to the color of the track they are currently on. This will make it so items retain their colors as you drag them to different tracks.

Note, that currently, this script will wipe out any custom color an item may already have and replace it with the track's color. If you want it so that items will retain any custom color that may already be set let me know.

[reapero]

thansk all!

[twonky]

Originally Posted by benmrx

Here's a simple script for ya if you want it. I didn't test this too much so let me know if there are any issues.

This will set the custom color for all selected items to the color of the track they are currently on. This will make it so items retain their colors as you drag them to different tracks.

Note, that currently, this script will wipe out any custom color an item may already have and replace it with the track's color. If you want it so that items will retain any custom color that may already be set let me know.

SUPER THANKS