Applications this article relates to: Curator Clip Link
Curator version supported from this article: 4.0
Asset Viewer
Once an asset has been selected and opened from the asset pane, the asset viewer will open. The asset viewer is the area to begin viewing your asset and all of its encompassing information, metadata functionality and interlinking assets including bookmarks and sub clips.
Videos will automatically start playback - subclips will be shown in the context of complete media, with the green bar showing the area of the video covered by the sub clip and playback starting from the in point. You can navigate videos using the playback controls below the video (see the Keyboard shortcuts section below for a useful list of keyboard shortcuts related to selecting assets and playback controls).
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:
- Search bar
This provides the ability to search and access your Saved Searches. - 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. - Asset play
The content of the asset will appear in the centre of the viewer. - 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. - 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. - Child assets of the open asset
If the asset open is has sub-clips or bookmarks that have been created from the asset (parent) then this area will display a library of child assets without having to search for these separately. Select up to 8 child assets or paginate between all the child assets of the open asset. This area is dedicated to the creation and updating of sub-clips and bookmarks.
- 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. - 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.
- 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).