User Interface Intro
Navigating the Nara Interface
Nara is designed to be intuitive, responsive, and accessible. The user interface presents the media within in a clean, panel-based structure providing instant access to storage volumes, directories, projects and metadata.
The separate areas or 'panels' are described below:
Projects & Browsing Modes
This is the main navigation hub. It allows you to browse through all the media storage you have access to. It also allows you to select an existing project or create a new one (as long as you have permission to do so - see the section on user permissions ).
Browser Mode
Clicking on the Browse Storage button will open the media browser in the centre panel of the UI. The button tile (and folder icon) turns blue showing that you are currently in browser mode.
Project Selector
To select a project, simply click on its name in the Projects list - the project name will become highlighted with a blue background 'tile' and a list of any project folders and playlists (if any) will appear below the project name. The centre panel will now show media related to the selected project.
If you want to switch to another project, simply click on its name.
Baselight Job Browser
If this option is available to you then clicking on the Browse Baselight button will open a Job Browser in the centre panel allowing you to select a Baselight Job in order to view its media content.
The current mode is indicated by the blue highlighted button - the example below shows the Browse Storage mode selected on the left and a Project (Anaconda25) selected on the right:
Media Browser
This is your main working area, the heart of the application.
Thumbnails or List View
Browse your media visually as thumbnails or in list format, depending on your preference or task. The list view shows columns of metadata.
Playback Window
Double-clicking a shot launches full-resolution playback, with accurate colour and audio sync. Playback supports frame-by-frame navigation, loop ranges etc. The playback window also can also display timecode and other metadata plus it also allows you to type in notes for the media.
Storage Navigator (top)
The area above the thumbnails allows you to navigate through the directory structures of the storage volumes you have access to.
Metadata Inspector
The right-hand panel can be shown or hidden by clicking on the panel show/hide button at the right-hand end of the browser's top bar. This is highlighted in blue in the example below:
All the available metadata for the currently selected clip will be displayed within the panel - everything from codec and resolution to scene/take info, camera/lens details, timecode, and more:
You can copy the metadata to your clipboard by clicking on the 'Copy to clipboard' button at the bottom right-hand corner of the metadata window:
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