Media Browser View

Browsing Media in Nara is fast, flexible, and format-agnostic. Each media file has a dedicated thumbnail showing the poster frame (centre frame).

Thumbnails for all the media files in the directory or folder currently selected in the storage navigator are shown either as a grid or as small thumbnails in a column or list, along with additional columns showing metadata for each media file.

Any non-media files in the same location as the media will also be shown, either as a summary on a special tile in the thumbnail grid or as an alternative non-media file list providing columns with details about the files.

To switch between the different browser views you click on the three buttons at the left-hand end of the bar at the top of the browser window - in the example below the grid view button is selected:

Note that the width of the media browser panel can be adjusted by clicking and dragging on the vertical line separating it from the panel to the left or right.

The rest of the media browser top bar contains additional buttons for selecting other functions as well as a summary of the currently selected media and it's path:

Note that in Nara media files or clips are called 'sequences'. This refers to the fact the the clip is made up of a sequence of frames. Some clips are actual frame sequences, for example EXR or PNG sequences, whereas some are movie files where the frame sequence is contained inside a single file such as QuickTime or MXF.