Project Folders

Folders can be added to a project to link or 'attach' media to that project. You can add any number of folders to a project containing, for example, raw camera footage, VFX shots, rendered movies for production review and so on.

You add folders by first finding them in the media browser and then click on the '+' button next to the project name:

A pop-up box will ask you to provide a name for the folder and show you its path so you can check it is the correct folder:

Click on the Ok button to confirm or Cancel if you decide not to add the folder. Note that folders can easily be removed from the list in the project - see the Project Folders section for more details.

Any number of folders can be added to a project - they will appear listed below the project name:

The list can be hidden and un-hidden by clicking on the small triangle icon to the left of 'Folders'.

Note that folders can be added from anywhere you have access to browse in your storage system. This means it is possible to gather together a collection of media assets which are physically located across several different storage volumes which may even be in different locations.

Adding a folder to a project doesn't make any changes to the actual folders or move anything around in the storage system - it is simply creating a link or 'pointer' to the physical location of that media. If the physical folder goes offline for some reason the folder name will be shown in red.

Viewing Folders

Clicking on a folder name in this list will bring up that folder in the browser view. You can then play back individual clips or a selection within the playback window by selecting them in the browser window - see the section on playback for more details.

It is also possible to select multiple folders and view their contents together in a single thumbnail grid or list view. Click on the first folder you want to see and then hold Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) and click on additional folder(s) in the project list - they will be added to the thumbnails or rows in the browser window. In the example below the contents of both the 'Conform Assets' and 'Graphics' folders are being shown together in a single thumbnail grid:

As these clips may be contained in different storage volumes it may be useful to check their physical location. Clicking on the Show/hide path tiles button at the top right of the browser window will display the complete paths for the selected folders:

In this example there are two separate paths listed showing that the two folders are on different storage volumes ('moaf-images' and 'seven-images'):

Folder Options

If you hover the mouse over a folder name it will highlight the folder and show an options menu button (three dots) to the right of the name. Click on this button to access the following options:

• Copy Path (this will copy the path to the folder into the clipboard as text so you can then paste it into a text document or the path field in a browser window)

• Delete (will remove the folder from the project. Note that this will NOT delete any actual media - it is simply removing the link to this project)

• Rename (allows you to give the folder a new name in this list. Note that this will NOT change the name of the actual folder in the storage system)