Asset Viewer

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Asset Viewer

When you select and open an asset from the Asset Pane, it will appear in the Asset Viewer. This is where you can view your asset along with all related details, metadata, and any linked items such as bookmarks and sub-clips.

• Video playback starts automatically when you open a video asset.

• Sub-clips appear within the context of the full video. A green bar highlights the portion of the video covered by the sub-clip, and playback begins at the sub-clip’s in-point.

• Playback controls are located below the video, allowing you to navigate easily.

• For quick navigation, see the Keyboard shortcuts article for a list of helpful commands for asset selection and playback.

To deselect a selected asset:

a) Click on the background.

b) Press the Esc key on your keyboard.

NOTE: Pressing Esc is not advisable when working in Safari full screen mode.

Asset viewer at a glance

With the asset open, you are able to access the following:

1. Search bar
   This provides the ability to search and access your Saved Searches.

2. Asset name
   This displays the name of the asset. The icon beside the asset name will indicate the asset type in the viewer.
   If the currently selected asset is either a bookmark or sub-clip (child asset), you will see the name of the child asset as well as the parent asset.
   The asset name and child asset name are hyperlinked for your navigation.

3. Asset play
   The content of the asset will appear in the centre of the viewer.

4. Player controls
   The player controls contain buttons to control the playback audio and video as well as tooling to manage the asset including sub-clipping.

5. Asset information
   Scroll down to reveal the information and switch between:
   - Asset info
   - Asset metadata (metadata of the asset open).
   - Parent metadata (metadata of the parent asset of the currently selected sub-clip or bookmark).
   If the currently opened asset is not a sub-clip or bookmark, then parent metadata will not be displayed.

6. Child assets of the open asset
   This area is dedicated to the creation and updating of sub-clips and bookmarks. If the asset has sub-clips or bookmarks then this area will display a library of these. From here, you can select up to 8 child assets or paginate between all the child assets of the asset.
    

7. Update thumbnail
   You can select any frame from the player bar and update the thumbnail for the asset view in the asset pane of Clip Link.

8. Asset Menu
   With the three dot menu selected, the asset menu appears. The menu options are similar to those displayed when an asset or assets are selected in the Asset pane.

If you have Logging permissions, the Log asset option will also appear here.

9. Related/Locations
Related displays assets with similar metadata to the selected asset.
Locations displays hyperlinks to collections, productions and folders the asset is referenced in and is a part of. This is useful when working with collections (see the Collections and Productions section for more information).