Grass Valley iTX SmartClient User Manual v.2.6

ITX SMARTCLIENT

WEB-BASED MEDIA ASSET MANAGEMENT

Operator Guide

iTX v2.6

2015-03-23

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Software Version v2.6

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2016-03-23, 11:56

1 About SmartClient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What is iTX SmartClient? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The SmartClient User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Playing of Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The SmartClient Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

About the Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Opening SmartClient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Loading an alternative Dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Activities and Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Selecting a workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Returning to the home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Workspace levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Automatic Opening of a Workspace and Loading of a Video Clip by URL . . . . . . . . 5

Job Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

System Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Entering Information in SmartClient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Specifying Dates and Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Specifying a date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Specifying a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using a keyboard to adjust a time value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Access Rights to Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 The Browse Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About Workspace Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Search Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Automatic switching to the clip level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Clip Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Switching Between Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Clip-Level Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Selecting the Browse Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

About the Browse Clip-level Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

The Metadata Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

The Events Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

The Actions Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

The Event Logging Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Marking an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How Tab Selection Affects the Media Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Performing Tasks in the Browse Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Previewing a Video Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Annotation of Video Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Viewing video-clip metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Editing a video clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Annotating a video clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Event Logging and Annotating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Playing back an event and view its metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Editing an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Deleting an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Marking an event in a video clip and add metadata to it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Deleting a Video Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for Event Logging18

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the Actions Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Video AutoPlay Check Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

3 The Placeholders Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

About the Placeholders Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Selecting the Placeholders workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Performing Tasks in the Placeholders Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Selecting a Placeholder Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Finding and loading a placeholder clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Working with a Placeholder Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Viewing placeholder-clip metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Editing placeholder-clip metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4 The Shot List Workspace and Project Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

About Project Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Selecting the Shot List Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Clip Management Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

The Source Shot Selection Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

The Target Project Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Project Clips Main Features For Creating And Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Source Clip Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Clip Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Event Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Recent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Shot-List Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Playing back a shot from the shot-list grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Shot-list grid buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The events grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Playing back an event from the events grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Events-grid buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Shot Marking Features on the Media Viewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Creating a Project Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Starting a new project clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Loading a project clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Loading a source clip in the Media Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adding a shot from the Media Viewer to a project clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adding a shot from the Events panel to a project clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Editing a shot in a shot list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Saving a project clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Saving a copy of a project clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Annotating a Project Clip or Source Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Editing a Project Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Exporting a Project Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Optimizing the Space Available to Shot Lists on the Shot List Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

5 The Live Logging Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

About the Live Logging Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

The Logging Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Checking Marked Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Selecting the Live Logging Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Performing Tasks in the Live Logging Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Preparing a Placeholder Clip for Live Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Creating a placeholder clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Loading a placeholder clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Logging Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Double Clicking to Cancel a Logging Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Applying Offset Handles to Open Ended Live Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Deleting Events from the Scratchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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6 The AE Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

iTX Assets Used on the AE Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Search Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

View Level – AE Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

View Level – AE Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

View Level – AE Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

7 Searching for Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

About PinPoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Using the Search Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Performing a Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Entering Text in the Any Text Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Specifying text to include video clips in search results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Specifying text to exclude video clips from search results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Organizing multiple search terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using wildcard characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Using Search Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Graphical devices for filter settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Filter suggestion lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Adding a search filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

About Stem-Based Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Specifying the Sort Order for Search Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Multi-Domain Searching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

The Search History Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Publishing Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Refreshing saved searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Pinning and Unpinning the Search History Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

8 Working with Search Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Display of Search Results in the Results Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Viewing-Format Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Navigating Through Pages of Search Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Working with the Results Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Preview Pane Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Working with the Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Results Table Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Setting up the Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Selecting a Video Clip in the Results Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Working with the Results Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Results Timeline Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Setting up the timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting a video clip on the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Search Assistance Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Using a Search Assistance List for Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

9 Playing Video Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

About the Media Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Media Viewer Operating Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Playing Back a Video Clip, Marked Event or Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Using the Playback Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Using the Control Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Tracking the Clip Position During Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Playing Out Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Marking the Boundary Points for a Clip, Event or Shot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Resetting Video-Clip Boundary Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Displaying a Particular Frame in the Media Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Using the Cue-To Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Selecting a Frame While Viewing Keyframes on the Duration Timeline . . . . . . . . .78

Using a Mouse Wheel to Step Through a Media File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

The Keyframe Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Working with the Keyframe Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Reviewing a Video Clip While its Media is Being Recorded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

10 Viewing and Editing Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

The Metadata and Events Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

About Metadata Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

About Annotation Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Tabs and Panels With the Same Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

The Metadata Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Standard-Metadata Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Business-Metadata Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Media and Asset Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Viewing Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Editing Metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Adding Business-Metadata Sections to the Metadata Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Setting Up the Default Metadata Tab View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Working with Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Adding Metadata by Using Controlled Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Setting Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Using Search Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

About search words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

About exclude words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Adding search hints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Deleting a search hint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

The Events Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Viewing Full Event Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Expanding event entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Playing back an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Displaying the first or last frame of an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Filtering Event Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Filtering by event type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Filtering by contained word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Removing a filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Editing Event Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Updating an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Deleting an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Saving Modified Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

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11 Working on the Actions Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

About Action buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Creating a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

12 Working with jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

About Jobs in iTX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Different Ways in which SmartClient can Display Job Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

The My Submitted Jobs Pop-Up Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Displaying the My Submitted Jobs pop-up window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

The Jobs-List Level of a Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Displaying the jobs-list level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

The Job Management workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Displaying the Job Management workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

The Jobs Query Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Job Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Expanded Job Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Taking Control of a Job in an iTX Workflow Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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This operator guide describes how you can use Grass Valley’s web-based media asset management tool iTX SmartClient within an iTX system.

For installation and configuration instructions, see the SmartClient System Administrator Guide. This is available from the Grass Valley Support Portal:

http://www2.grassvalley.com/support/software/index

Summary

What is iTX SmartClient? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The SmartClient Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Entering Information in SmartClient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Access Rights to Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

What is iTX SmartClient?

The Miranda iTX SmartClient (also known as just SmartClient) is an application that provides access to the resources of an iTX system to enable you to research video clips, assemble shot lists and perform various asset-management tasks.

About SmartClient

You can use SmartClient to:

• Find and view details of assets (video clips, project clips and placeholder clips).

• Play back video clips.

• Edit video-clip in- and out-points.

• Edit video-clip metadata.

• Annotate video clips by marking events and adding metadata.

• Annotate a live feed by marking events and adding metadata.

• Create and edit project clips (shot lists).

• Find and view details of Adobe After Effects (AE) projects, templates and pages in iTX.

• Edit the content of text layers in AE pages and templates.

Any of the above tasks may be related to jobs in iTX Workflow processes.

After performing a task, you may use SmartClient to set up other jobs. For example, after marking the in- and out-points of a video clip, you may trigger a job for an operator to check the quality of the high-resolution media.

About SmartClient

The SmartClient User Interface

You interact with SmartClient through a Web-based user interface that connects to a SmartClient server, on which the SmartClient services run . You view the user interface in a Web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer on a Windows PC or Safari on a Mac).

Starting from the SmartClient home page, you can navigate to any of a number of

tClient pages - called workspaces - which are specially equipped with the features you

Smar need for particular tasks.

Playing of Media Files

Some workspaces contain a Media Viewer. In this, you can preview low-bit-rate versions of media files that are registered in iTX. The Media Viewer can play complete files with the .mp4, .wmv or .ism filename extension. It can also play files while they are being recorded with Microsoft Live Smooth Streaming technology.

Note: An .ism file is a Smooth Streaming file that contains details of the

video and audio content of a media file.

The SmartClient Home Page

You start SmartClient by entering the Web address of the SmartClient server in your Web browser. You may need to ask your system administrator for this address.

The SmartClient home page appears:

The home page has two distinct areas: the title bar at the top and the Dashboard below it.

About the Dashboard

The Dashboard contains a set of buttons for navigating to the various SmartClient workspaces. It may also contain other items (or "widgets"), such as a clock or service monitors. The availability and arrangement of these items depends on how your system administrator designs your Dashboard.

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You may have access to multiple Dashboards, each configured for different working requirements.

Opening SmartClient

To open SmartClient:

1 In a web browser on your PC, enter the URL of your SmartClient server.

2 Press Enter.

SmartClient opens and displays its home page, with the default Dashboard.

Note: SmartClient uses the Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in to build its

user interface. If this is not installed on your SmartClient workstation, a dialog appears - prompting you to download and install the plug-in - when you try to connect to the SmartClient server.

Respond to the prompts to install the plug-in.

Loading an alternative Dashboard

If you have access to multiple Dashboards, do the following when you want to switch to a different one.

To load an alternative Dashboard

1 Right-click on the current Dashboar

displayed menu.

The Available Dashboards dialog appears:

2 Select a Dashboard.

3Click OK.

SmartClient displays your selected Dashboard.

Activities and Workspaces

SmartClient has a number of workspaces, which contain features for different activities. These are represented by selection buttons on the Dashboard:

d and select required Dashboard from the

A Dashboard may include selection buttons that represent any of these activities:

•Browse

About SmartClient

Activities and Workspaces

• Placeholders

•Shot List

• Live Logging

• AE asset management

• Job Monitoring

We describe how to use the workspaces lat

er in this manual.

Selecting a workspace

You choose a workspace by clicking one of the activity buttons. For example, to display the Browse workspace, click the Browse button:

Returning to the home page

You can return to the home page from any workspace by clicking the Home button, which is always visible:

[

The button is highlighted red on the home page.

Workspace levels

A workspace may have different levels for different tasks. To the upper left of the workspace, SmartClient displays a set of navigation buttons for these levels. The button for the current level is highlighted red.

You can move between available levels by clicking a navigation button.

Sometimes, a level becomes available only after y example, in the Browse workspace, selecting a clip on the search level gives you access to the clip level.

ou perform a task on another level. For

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Resting your mouse pointer over a button shows when the associated level is available: a white border appears around the button.

Automatic Opening of a Workspace and Loading of a Video Clip by URL

SmartClient can open a workspace and load a video clip in it on receiving a valid URL from a traffic system or similar third-party application. This is mainly for use in systems in which the third-party application connects to iTX via iTX Interchange.

The URL needs to specify the required workspace and the unique ID (AssetUid) of the video clip. It can take one of two forms depending on whether or not the asset ID is encoded or not:

1 http://{host}:{port}/#{workspace}={AssetUid}

Example: http://svr123:81/#browse=newsfeed

2 http://{host}:{port}/#{workspace}={encodedAssetUid}

Example: http://svr123:81/#browse=SVRYMjNTUDNfMV8xNjU1Ng~~

The asset ID, plain or encoded, is passed to the third-party application by iTX Interchange. SmartClient displays workspace and video clip if the application has the required access rights.

Job Monitoring

A Dashboard may contain features for working with jobs in an iTX Workflow system:

• A Jobs widget displays buttons that represent job types you have access rights for. Clicking a button calls up the workspace for the associated job type.

• A Jobs Query widget displays a detailed list of jobs of a particular job type or workflow status. This is for viewing only.

System Administration

If you are a system administrator, you can configure metadata types, schemas, templates, alternates, search-menu filters and job types in the Administrator workspace. You call up this workspace by clicking a selection button on an administrator Dashboard.

Use of this workspace is covered in the SmartClient Administrator Guide we mentioned at the beginning of this section.

Entering Information in SmartClient

SmartClient displays a number of common user-interface features for you to use when entering information. Examples are:

• Text boxes, in which you can type text, including numbers.

• Drop-down lists, from which you can select an entry.

• Check boxes, for switching options on or off.

About SmartClient

Specifying Dates and Times

• Ratings scales, on which you can select a value.

It also displays special graphical devices for specifying dat use these below.

Specifying Dates and Times

For dates, SmartClient displays a calendar:

For a point in time, SmartClient displays a list of times at fixed intervals:

es and times. We describe how to

Specifying a date

To spe c ify a date:

1 Click the calendar button, to the right of a date box, to display a monthly view.

2 Click one of the arrow buttons on either side of

later month.

3 Click a day number to select it.

the month name to select an earlier or

Specifying a time

To spe c ify a time

1 Click the clock button to the right of the time bo

2 Use the scroll bar to move up or down the list.

3 Click a time to select it.

x to display the list of times.

Using a keyboard to adjust a time value

When setting a time value, you can overtype the value in an entry box; or you can adjust the value by clicking the arrow buttons to the right of the box.

Alternatively, you may use the arrow keys on your keyboard to adjust a value when it is in focus - indicated by the cursor flashing to the left of the value.

To adjust a time value with a keyboard

1 Click a point just in front of the value you want to change; check a flashing cursor

appears in front of the value.

2 Press the up or down arrow key to increase or decrease the value.

Access Rights to Assets

Your ability to work with assets (video clips, placeholder clips, project clips or AE assets) that are registered in your System Database is dependent on the access rights you have for those assets. You get access rights through the user groups to which you belong.

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Access rights are given to user groups for eac administrator or the owner of the asset.

h asset individually, usually by your system

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Access Rights to Assets

The Browse Workspace

The Browse workspace is used to perform the following tasks:

• Search through the assets in the iTX System Database to find video clips you are in

terested in.

• Select a video clip and load it in the workspace.

• Play back the video clip in the Media Viewer.

• View and edit the video-clip metadata.

• View and edit details of events in the video clip.

• Mark and annotate new events.

Summary

About Workspace Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About the Browse Clip-level Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

How Tab Selection Affects the Media Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Performing Tasks in the Browse Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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About Workspace Levels

The Browse workspace has two levels: the search level and the clip level.

Search Level

On the search level, you organize searches for video clips with particular content and view search results. From the results, you select a clip to work with.

This level has three main sections, identified in the illustration:

The Browse Workspace

Clip Level

The purpose of each section is described below:

1 In the Search Builder, you specify a set of search criteria for the video clips you are

2 In the Results Browser, SmartClient displays its findings in one of three views, which you

3 From the Search History panel, you can quick

Automatic switching to the clip level

When you select a video clip in the Results Browser, SmartClient automatically switches to the clip level of the workspace, where you can then work with the clip.

Clip Level

On the clip level, SmartClient has two operating modes: one just for viewing video clips, their metadata and events; the other for annotating video clips and marking events. For both modes, it displays the same main features:

interested in. You then request SmartClient to find video clips that meet these criteria.

n switch between: a thumbnails grid, a results table or a scrollable timeline. In any

ca view, you can select a clip to work with.

ly repeat previous searches.

The purpose of each section is described below:

1 You can play and watch your chosen video clip in the Media Viewer. When SmartClient

is in the annota out-point).

2 You can view video-clip metadata and event

When SmartClient is in the annotating mode, sections of business metadata (based on metadata records) for the whole clip. On the Event Logging tab, you can mark events in the clip and attach business metadata to them.

On the Actions tab, you can set up iTX Workflo

3 On the Keyframe Timeline, you can view keyframes

use them to position the clip in the Media Viewer.

ting mode, you can edit the clip boundary points (i.e. its in-point and

details on the Metadata and Events tabs.

you can edit clip metadata; you can add

w jobs to be performed on the video clip.

at various points of a video clip and

Switching Between Levels

The search level is always available; the clip level becomes available when you load a video clip from the search level. You can move between levels by using the navigation buttons on the left of the workspace.

Clip-Level Options

On the clip level, SmartClient displays a row of buttons for various operations on the selected video clip:

Button Operation

Put SmartClient in the annotating mode, in which it allows you to edit the video clip and its meta

Annotate

Delete the video clip.

Delete

Display a menu, from which you can:

• Send an email containing a link to the video clip.

Actions

• Load the video clip in the Shot Selection workspace.

• Set up a job in an iTX Workflow process.

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data; or, return SmartClient to the view-only mode. See below, "Operating modes".

The buttons are only active for clips that you have the required access rights for.

Operating modes

The Annotate button changes the SmartClient operating mode between view only and annotating.

In the view-only mode, you can:

• Play back the selected video clip.

• View any keyframes captured from the media file f

• View metadata, along with any even

ts marked for the video clip.

• Set up a job for the clip in an iTX Workflow pr compliance or QC checking.

In the annotating mode, you can additionally:

• Edit the video-clip in- and out-points.

• Edit the video-clip metadata.

• Edit event metadata.

• Mark events and add metadata to them.

or the video clip.

ocess; for example, submit the clip for

The Browse Workspace

Selecting the Browse Workspace

You display the Browse workspace by clicking the Browse activity button on your SmartClient Dashboard:

About the Browse Clip-level Tabs

With SmartClient in the view-only mode, three tabs (Metadata, Events and Actions) appear to the right of the Media Viewer:

When you switch SmartClient to the annotating mode, the information on the Metadata and Events tabs becomes editable. The Event Logging tab appears, along with other new features:

•The Annotation Template box enables you to select a template to use for annotating.

• On the Metadata tab, the metadata-record drop-down list and Ad next to it, enable you to select a business-metadata record and add a section based on this record to the tab. What records appear in the list depends on what annotation template you select.

ve and Save Copy buttons appear at the bottom of the tab.

• Sa

The annotation template controls both the avail drop-down list and the configuration of features on the Event Logging tab.

ability of business-metadata records in the

d Record button,

The Metadata Tab

On the Metadata tab, you can view and edit metadata that has been added to a video clip. We explain how to use the features on this tab later in this manual. See V

Metadata on page 83.

The Events Tab

On the Metadata tab, you can view and edit metadata for marked events in a video clip. We explain how to use the features on this tab later in this manual. See V

Metadata on page 83.

The Actions Tab

You use any of the active button on the Actions tab to trigger an iTX Workflow job for a video clip. We explain how to use the features on this tab later in this manual. See Wo

on the Actions Tab on page 97.

The Event Logging Tab

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iewing and Editing

rking

The Event Logging tab displays a set of event-type buttons for marking events:

The configuration of the buttons depends on what annotation template is selected in the Annotation Template box. Different sets of buttons appear for different templates.

Each time you mark an event, a business-metadata section appears below the buttons. This

s you to add business metadata to the event. An entry for the new event appears on

enable the Events tab. The sections are cleared if you load another clip without saving your changes.

The Browse Workspace

How Tab Selection Affects the Media Viewer

Marking an event

You use the event-type buttons to mark events in a selected video clip. These can operate in either of two modes, giving two ways of marking an event. The modes are: standard and open.

To use a button in standard mode, you first set the event in- and out-points in the Media

iewer. You then click the button to assign an event type to the event. In this mode, the

V button shows just the name of the event type:

To use a button in open mode, you double-click the button while a clip is playing in the Media Viewer. The button turns red, displays the in-point timecode and starts measuring the duration of the event:.

As the Media Viewer continues to play the clip, you click the button when it reaches the event out-point. The button registers the event and changes back to its original color.

How Tab Selection Affects the Media Viewer

SmartClient configures the Media Viewer slightly differently for video clips than for events. Since you use different tabs for these different item types, SmartClient determines what configuration to use by what tab you select.

The Metadata and Actions tabs apply to video clip Media Viewer shows the video-clip in- and out-points on the duration timeline:

The buttons on the control bar for playing, positioning and marking a segment of a media file (and the corresponding keyboard shortcuts) apply to the video clip.

The Events and Event Logging tabs apply to even Media Viewer shows the in- and out-points of a selected event on the duration timeline:

s. When you select either of these, the

ts. When you select either of these, the

[

The video-clip in- and out-point markers are dimmed: you cannot adjust them at this stage. The buttons on the control bar for playing, positioning and marking a segment of a media file (and the corresponding keyboard shortcuts) apply to the event.

Performing Tasks in the Browse Workspace

Below, we describe how you may perform a number of tasks in the Browse workspace. In these tasks, you use major SmartClient features that are common to other workspaces. We explain these features in detail in later sections of this manual.

• For information about the Media Viewer, see Playing Video Clips, on page 71.

• For information about searching the iTX System Database for particular assets, see

Searching for Assets, on page 49.

• For information about selecting an asset from search results, see Working with Search

Results, on page 61.

Previewing a Video Clip

In previewing a video clip, you use the features on the search level to find the clip; you then load the clip in the workspace on the clip level, where you can play it back in the Media Viewer.

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To load and play back a video clip

1 Do one of the following to display the search level of the Browse workspace.

• Click the Browse activity button on the Dashboard.

• If the clip level of the Browse workspace is displayed, click the Search Level selection button.

2 Specify search criteria in the Search Builder and start a search. See Using the Search

Builder on page 49.

SmartClient displays a set of search results in the Results Browser.

3 Select a video clip from the Results Browser. See Display of Search Results in the Results

Browser on page 61.

SmartClient loads the clip on the clip level; it displays clip metadata on the Metadata tab and any event details on the Events tab.

4 Use the Media Viewer playback controls to play back the video clip. See About the

Media Viewer on page 71.

Annotation of Video Clips

On the clip level, you can view metadata for the video clip that is loaded in the workspace.

If you have editing rights for the clip, you can switch SmartClient to the annotating mode. You can then modify the clip in- and out-points; edit the clip metadata; and add business metadata.

The Browse Workspace

Event Logging and Annotating

Viewing video-clip metadata

To view video-clip metadata:

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Select the Metadata tab.

3 Ensure the tab displays the information you want to view.

• Expand or collapse visible sections as necessary. See The Metadata Tab on page 84.

• Show any hidden sections you need to see. See Setting Up the Default Metadata

Editing a video clip

To edi t a vid e o cli p :

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the Annotate button is red).

3 On the Media Viewer, use one of the following methods to change either or both of the

clip boundary points.

• Drag the in-point or out-point marker.

• Click a timecode display, or the point-marking button next to it, when the Media

4Click Save to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of it with a different name.

Tab View on page 88.

Viewer is showing the frame at the intended in-point or out-point.

Annotating a video clip

To annotate a video clip:

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the Annotate button is red).

3 Select the Metadata tab.

4 Edit any of the existing metadata you want to change. See Editing Metadata on

page 86.

5 Add a new business-metadata section, if necessary, and enter the required details. See

Adding Business-Metadata Sections to the Metadata Tab on page 87.

6Click Save to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of it with a different name.

Event Logging and Annotating

On the clip level, you can view details of events in the video clip that is loaded in the workspace.

If you have editing rights for the clip, you can put SmartClient in the annotating mode. You can then: modify event in- an out-points; delete an event; mark and annotate a new event.

Playing back an event and view its metadata

To play back an event and view its metadata:

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Select the Events tab.

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3 Select an event.

SmartClient expands the event entry. The expanded entry includes Cu buttons.

4 Use the buttons in the expanded entry to position or play the video clip:

•Click a Cu Viewer.

•Click the Pla

e to button to display the first or last frame of the event in the Media

y button to play the event in the Media Viewer.

e to and Play

Editing an event

To edit an event

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the Annotate button is red).

3 Select the Ev

4 Select an event.

SmartClient expands the event entry and shows the in- and out-point markers of the ev

ent on the Media Viewer timeline.

5On the Me

event boundary points.

• Drag the in-point or out-point marker.

• Click a point-marking button when the Media Viewer is showing the frame at the in

6Click Upda

7 Edit the event business metadata, if required.

8Click S

ents tab.

dia Viewer, use one of the following methods to change either or both of the

tended in-point or out-point.

te.

ave to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of it with a different name.

Deleting an event

To delete an event:

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the A

3 Select the Ev

4 Select an event.

5 SmartClient expands the event entry; this then displays a Delet

6Click Delet

7 SmartClient removes the event entry from the Ev

8Click S

ents tab.

e .

ave to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of it with a different name.

nnotate button is red).

ents tab.

Marking an event in a video clip and add metadata to it

To mark an event in a video clip and add metadata to it

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2 Ensure SmartClient is in the annotating mode (the A

3 Select the Event Logging tab.

nnotate button is red).

e button .

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Deleting a Video Clip

4 Select an annotation template in the Annotation Template box.

The Event Logging tab displays the set of event-type buttons specified in the template.

5 Do one of the following to mark an event:.

• If you want to use an event-type button in the standard mode, position the in- and out event; click an event-type button.

• If you want to use an event-type button in the open mode, play back the video clip; double of the event; click the button when the Media Viewer displays the last frame of the event.

SmartClient adds a business-metadata section to the Ev for the event to the Events tab.

6 Enter metadata for the event either on the Eve

7Click S

ave to save the clip or Save Copy to save a copy of the clip.

Deleting a Video Clip

You can delete a video clip if you have deletion rights for it. To do so, you use the delete button:

-point markers on the Media Viewer timeline at the first and last frame of the

-click an event-type button when the Media Viewer displays the first frame

ent Logging tab and an entry

nt Logging tab or the Events tab.

To delete a video clip

1 Load a video clip on the clip level.

2Click the De

SmartClient displays a dialog that requests you to confirm you want to delete the video cl

ip.

3Click Ye

SmartClient deletes the video clip from the iTX System Database and returns to the sear

ch level. If no other video clip references the same media file, it sets up an iTX

Workflow job to delete the file.

lete button.

s .

Keyboard Shortcuts for Event Logging

Keyboard shortcuts can now be assigned to event-logging buttons that appear in some SmartClient workspaces (e.g. the Browse and Shot List workspaces). The shortcut is a twokey combination consisting of: the Control key and a number from the number pad. A tooltip displays the associated shortcut when you hover your mouse pointer over a button:

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Configuration

You can configure keyboard shortcuts if you are a SmartClient system administrator; you do it while creating or editing templates in the Administrator workspace.

After selecting an event type in the Group Events panel Shortcut Key box:

Up to ten shortcuts (Ctrl + 0 to Ctrl + 9) per template are available; only one of these can be assigned to any particular event-type button.

For more information on creating and editing templates, see the iT Administrator Guide. This is available on the Grass Valley Support Portal.

Using the Actions Menu

Clicking the Actions button displays the Actions menu:

, you select a shortcut for it in the

X SmartClient

The Browse Workspace

Video AutoPlay Check Box

You can select menu options to perform a number of actions for the selected video clip:

Option Action

Email Asset Email an asset link to another SmartClient operator. The link opens

Email Clip Position Email a clip-position link to another SmartClient operator. The link

Email Marked Section Email a marked-section link to another SmartClient operator. The link

Final Cut Pro Export the media file to an external location and save the video clip in

Annotate This option is not used.

tClient with the video clip loaded in the Browse workspace.

Smar SmartClient opens your main email application for this action.

pens SmartClient with the video clip loaded in the Browse

o workspace, ready to play from the current in-point.

SmartClient opens your main email application for this action.

pens SmartClient with the video clip loaded in the Browse

o workspace, ready to play between the current in- and out-points.

SmartClient opens your main email application for this action.

ormat that allows it to be used in Apple Final Cut Pro.

a f

Shot Selection Switch SmartClient to the Shot Sele

iTX Workflow job

ious)

(var

Video AutoPlay Check Box

iTX SmartClient allows the ability for video clips selected in the Browse workspace to play automatically once loaded, or pause on the first frame.

To configure this option, click the 'viewer settings' butt transport controls (highlighted in red)

To have the clip automatically play once loaded, check the AutoPlay check box. To have the clip pause on the first frame when loaded, uncheck the AutoPlay check box.

ction workspace with the video

clip loaded.

Set up a job of the selected type for the video clip. Available job types depend on what iTX Workflow definitions are installed in your system.

on below the video player's

The Placeholders Workspace

The Placeholders workspace is for working with placeholder clips. These are clips that are registered in your System Database but have no media yet.

Summary

About the Placeholders Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Performing Tasks in the Placeholders Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

About the Placeholders Workspace

The workspace contains features you use to:

• Search through the assets in the iTX System Database to find placeholder clips.

• Select a placeholder clip.

• View and edit the placeholder-clip metadata.

This workspace has just one level, with similar features to the Browse workspace:

The purpose of each section is described below:

1 A Search Builder, with an in-built filter for finding pl

criteria, before starting a search.

2 A Results Browser, containing a results table, for displaying search results.

3 A Metadata panel, in which you view the metada

aceholder clips. You can add search

ta of a selected placeholder clip.

The Placeholders Workspace

Selecting the Placeholders workspace

You display the Placeholders workspace by clicking the Placeholders activity button on your SmartClient Dashboard:

Performing Tasks in the Placeholders Workspace

Below, we describe how you may perform a number of tasks in the Placeholders workspace. In these tasks, you use major SmartClient features that are common to other workspaces. We explain these features in detail in later sections of this manual.

• For information about searching the iTX System Database f

Searching for Assets, on page 49.

• For information about selecting an asset from search results, see Working with Search

Results, on page 61.

or particular assets, see

Selecting a Placeholder Clip

You use the features in the Search Builder to search for placeholder clips and display a list of them in the Results Browser. You can then select one to work with.

Finding and loading a placeholder clip

To find and load a placeholder clip

1 In the Placeholder workspace, specify search criteria in the Search Builder and start a

search. Using the Search Builder, on page 49.

SmartClient displays a set of searc

2 Select a placeholder clip from the Results Browser. Display of Search Results in the

Results Browser, on

SmartClient loads the clip and displays clip metada Results Browser.

page 61.

Working with a Placeholder Clip

After loading a placeholder clip in the workspace, you may do any of the following:

• View the clip metadata in the Metadata panel

• Edit the clip metadata if you have editing rights for the clip.

• Copy the clip name to your Windows clipboar dialog in an editing application that you are using to create the clip media. Doing this guarantees the media name matches the name of the placeholder clip.

• Save a copy of an existing placeholder to create a new one.

h results in the Results Browser.

ta in the panel to the right of the

d. From there, you can paste it into a

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