Curator version supported from this article: 4.0
This article describes multiple ways in which you can filter what assets appear in the asset pane for you to view, manage and work with.
The Clip Link application is the central navigation portal for all your media which you can use to manage your assets all from one place.
Clip Link allows you to rapidly find, discover and create sub-clips from assets as well as edit the metadata, with the ability to establish parameters for custom face recognition, allowing for advanced management and searching.
Clip Link allows you to review and manage assets with closed captioning (SRT and VTT) and prepare collections and folders of assets ready for editing with Adobe and other software. In addition to this, you can collaborate on assets, collections and folders with Curator colleagues and manage your Review and Approve thread in Curator. Assets can also be prepared from Clip Link for detailed Logging with/for advanced notes and description of assets.
NOTE: If an asset has an alpha channel, the background of the thumbnail will appear as checkered. File formats include .mogrt, png, and tiff.
Clip Link at a glance
1. Search, Search Operators, Advanced Search
Search: Simple search for an asset name or asset with metadata of the search text.
Search Operators: Expand your simple search with multiple asset names or assets with metadata of the search text in one search and tell Curator how you want the results produced in the asset pane.
Advanced search: Custom search queries around specific metadata tags and groups of metadata.
In the Asset Pane, you are able to hover over an asset thumbnail to reveal the metadata of the search you submitted with specific metadata highlighted matching your search term(s).
2. Filters or Folders
Using the Folders and Filters panels on the left of the screen, you can switch between how you view your assets in the asset pane, choosing between:
- Filtering by Metadata in the filter panel by selecting the Filters icon (
). This allows you to customize the filter panel options of metadata. - Viewing by folder path and location by selecting the Folders icon (
).
When selected, the icon will be highlighted green.
With either the Filters or Folders panels expanded, you can select from the available asset type icons to ensure the asset pane only displays results belonging to the specific asset type(s) you want to review:
- Video
- Audio
- Image
- Bookmark
- Sub clip
- Collection
- Folder
3. Asset Pane
The asset pane displays your asset library, allowing you to select assets, open an asset to view, create sub clips from, and/or log. You can view the asset pane in grid/list view, paginate between pages and choose how many results per page you wish to view. You are also able to sort by a metadata tag. The panels on the left side can be expanded or collapsed for you to utilize the entire width of the screen for your asset pane.
4. Asset Manager
The Asset Manager is a holding/marking area for assets that you wish to task/action. This may be useful when handling multiple assets which you want to identify easily from within multiple collections.
5. Collections and Productions panel
A Collection is a selection of assets you can group together ready for a specific task, action, or identification. You are also able to group one asset in multiple collections. Uses of a collection could include the following:
- Preparing assets for an edit/editor
- A tv series/programme
- assets of a sports player
- Sharing with colleagues
If your Curator license includes the Edit & Publish Functionality Module, you can use Curator alongside video-editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro.
A Production is an Adobe Premiere Pro project file (a .prproj) that has been saved into the Curator database. You can think of it as a .prproj file that you can retrieve whenever you want.
6. Activity Log
Any processes taking place on an asset, or the creation of anything in Curator can by monitored in the activity log.
7. Desktops
Host multiple Clip Link tasks/searches at the same time using multiple Desktops.
8. Asset menu
You are able to select a menu against each asset thumbnail that provides a host of options to navigate your selected asset(s). The options provided in the menu are built into Curator. And, you are able to build in your own custom options and workflows.
9. Asset metadata
By clicking the three dot menu and selecting Edit Metadata, or by right-clicking on an asset and selecting Edit Metadata, you are able to show/hide the metadata view in the Asset pane that details all of the metadata tags (edited or empty) of an asset. You can filter your view of the metadata of the asset selected by freetext and metadata view. You also have the option to edit the metadata in this area as well.
