Grass Valley iTX SmartClient User Manual v.2.6

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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

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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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Viewing placeholder-clip metadata

To view placeholder-clip metadata:

1 Ensure the Metadata panel displays the information you want to view.

2 Expand or collapse visible sections as necessary. Viewing Metadata, on page 86.

3 Show any hidden sections you need to see. Setting Up the Default Metadata Tab View,

on page 88.

Editing placeholder-clip metadata

To edit placeholder-clip metadata:

1 In the Metadata panel, edit any of the existing metadata you want to change. Editing

Metadata, on page 86.

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

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

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

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Working with a Placeholder Clip

The Shot List Workspace and Project Clips

The Shot List workspace is designed to enable you to select "shots"- i.e. segments of video clips - and combine them in project clips. Once a project clip has been created it can be editing, annotated or exported as required.

Summary

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Project Clips Main Features For Creating And

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

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

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

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

Optimizing the Space Available to Shot Lists on the Shot List T

About Project Clips

A project clip is a database record for a group of shots joined together in a continuous sequence; it is sometimes called a shot list or an edit decision list (EDL). The shots may come from one or more source video clips.

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Once a project clip is complete, it can be used in iTX playout schedules: iTX caches the required media and plays out the shots one after another.

The Shot List Workspace and Project Clips

Selecting the Shot List Workspace

If you want the shot list to be available as a single piece of media, you may export the project clip and required files for rendering in a third-party video-editing application, such as Apple Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere. The file created in the rendering process may be given the same name as the project clip and imported into iTX; it can then be used for playout.

The features in the Shot List workspace are organized on two main tabs:

• The Source Shot Selection tab has features for working with the source video clips to build shot l

ists:

• The Target Project tab enables you to add metadata and set up an export job for the project clip:

Selecting the Shot List Workspace

You display the Shot List workspace by clicking the Shot List button on your SmartClient Dashboard:

Clip Management Buttons

Buttons for managing project clips appear above the two main tabs in the Shot List workspace:

You use the buttons to:

• Create a project clip.

• Load an existing project clip.

• Save changes to the current project clip.

• Save a copy of the current project clip with a different name.

The name and title of the current proje

ct clip appear between the buttons.

The Source Shot Selection Tab

On the Source Shot Selection tab, you create and edit project clips by selecting shots from video clips as you play them in the Media Viewer.

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The purpose of each section is described below:

1 Source-clip selection buttons. You use these to select video clips containing the

content you want to include in a project clip. You can select a clip from a PinPoint clip search, from a PinPoint event search or from a list of recent clips.

2 A Media Viewer, in which you play a selected video clip

and out-points to identify shots you want to include in a project clip.

3 A Keyframe Timeline, which displays keyframes fr

Media Viewer. This helps you to navigate to a particular point in a video clip.

4 A Shot List tab. This contains a grid which displays details of the shots in the current

roject clip. It includes features for managing the shot list; i.e. adding, re-ordering and

deleting shots.

5 An Events panel. On this, you can view details of any marked events in the video clip

that

is loaded in the Media Viewer. The panel is hidden when a clip has no marked

events.

6 A Metadata tab, which displays the metadata for the current source video clip. You can

add business metada

ta for this clip.

. While doing this, you mark in-

om the video clip that is loaded in the

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The Target Project Tab

On the Target Project tab, you can view details of shots and events in a selected project clip. You can view and add metadata. You can set up jobs for the project clip or export it for use in Apple Final Cut Pro.

The purpose of each section is described below:

1 A Shot List panel. This contains a grid similar to the one on the Shot List tab on the

Source Selection tab, with features for managing the shot list.

2 A Metadata tab, for the project clip.

3 An Events tab, for the project clip. A project clip

appear in its source clips. This happens for event types that are set as inheritable when they are defined. (You may add events in the Browse workspace.)

4 An Actions tab. Job request buttons become activ

may automatically include events that

e for a project clip once it is saved.

Project Clips Main Features For Creating And Editing

Source Clip Selection Buttons

The source-clip selection buttons on the Source Shot Selection tab give you three ways of selecting a clip to load in the Media Viewer.

You may use them to select a video clip from:

• The results of a PinPoint video-clip search.

• The results of a PinPoint event search.

• A list of recently-viewed clips.

This is illustrated in Figure 4-1 on

page 29.

Clip Search

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Fig. 4-1: The source-clip selection buttons provide three ways of selecting a clip to load in the Media Viewer.

The Name and Title boxes under the buttons show the name and title of the video clip in the Media Viewer.

In a clip search, you use PinPoint to find video clips based on criteria that relate to their general properties (and not to properties of any marked events in clips); for example, the name or title of a clip.

Event Search

Clicking Cl

This has standard PinPoint features including the Search Builder and Results Table. When you select a clip in the search results, SmartClient loads it in the Media Viewer.

ip Search opens the PinPoint Source Search window:

In an event search, you use PinPoint to find clips based on criteria that relate to event properties; for example, text in event annotations.

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Event Search

Clicking Event Search opens the PinPoint Event Search window. This has standard PinPoint features, like the search window for clips. But the number of available search filter types is limited to just those that are relevant to events.

These include the Event Type filter:

You use this filter to focus the PinPoint search on events of one or more particular types.

The filter includes an option to include sub-types in the s

earch. So, for example, a search for an event type called "News" will include event types called "News\Interview" and "News\Correspondent" in search results when the option is selected.

Since keyframes are linked to whole clips and not

events, SmartClient displays no video

images for the events in search results:

When you select an event in the search results, SmartClient loads the clip containing the event in the Media Viewer.

An event in a co-reference may occur in a number

of other co-references. Because of this, if you select such an event, SmartClient opens a window showing all co-references in which it appears. Clicking one of these loads the video clip in the Media Viewer.

Recent

Clicking Recent displays a drop-down list of recent video clips - ones you have viewed since logging onto SmartClient. When you select a clip in this list, SmartClient loads it in the Media Viewer.

The Shot-List Grid

The shot-list grid appears on both the Shot List tab (on the Source Shot Selection tab) and Shot List panel (on the Target Project tab). It gives details of the shots in the current project clip:

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The shots appear in their order of playback.

While playing a video clip in the Media Viewer, you can mark in- and out-points for a shot and add the shot to the shot l

Selecting a shot in the shot list expands its entry:

You can use the features in the expanded entry to:

• Move the shot up or down the list.

• Delete the shot from the list.

• Add or edit a comment.

You can also modify a selected shot by setting new in- and out

ist.

-points in the Media Viewer.

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The Shot-List Grid

Playing back a shot from the shot-list grid

The Auto Display option controls how the Media Viewer responds when you select a different shot in the shot list:

• With the option selected, the Media Viewer automatically plays the shot.

• With the option not selected, the Media Viewer of the shot, which you do by using the play button in the expanded entry.

Shot-list grid buttons

The buttons on the shot-list grid control the following actions.

Button Action

Move the shot up the list.

Move the shot down the list.

Start playback of the shot in the Media Viewer.

Delete the shot from the list.

waits for you to manually start playback

Add the marked segment of the video clip in the Media Viewer to the shot list.

Update the in- and out-points of the selected shot with the timecode values shown in the Media Viewer.

The events grid

The events grid (on the Source Shot Selection tab) shows what events are marked in the video clip currently loaded in the Media Viewer:

Selecting an event expands its entry, showing any metadata that has been added for the event:

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Through the Add Shot button, you can add the event directly as a shot to the current project clip.

Playing back an event from the events grid

When you select an event, the in- and out-point markers on the Media Viewer move to the start and end of the event; the timecode displays show the timecode at these points.You can use the playback buttons in the expanded entry to play the video clip between the marked points.

Events-grid buttons

The buttons on the events grid control the following actions.

Button Action

Display the event in-point in the Media Viewer.

Display the event out-point in the Media Viewer.

Play the video clip between the event in- and out-points.

Add the event to the project clip.

Shot Marking Features on the Media Viewer

The Media Viewer control bar has shot-marking features that you can use to mark the inand out-points of a shot:

To mark a point, you may drag its marker; or you may click a timecode display when the Media Viewer is showing the frame at the intended in-point or out-point.

When you display a shot from the shot-list grid, t the start and end of the shot.

he markers and timecode displays identify

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Creating a Project Clip

In general, the creation of a finished project clip is a 3-step process. You create the project clip, without media, in the System Database; you add the media in the form of a shot list to the project clip; you save the completed project clip.

This diagram shows the steps:

Below, we first describe the general procedure for producing a completed project clip. We then give detailed instructions for performing various tasks referred to in the general procedure.

To create a finished project clip:

1 Use one of the clip-management buttons to selec

• New t

• Load to load an existing project clip.

2 On the Source Shot Selection tab, do the following for each shot you want to include in

ur project clip.

• Load a source clip in the Media Viewer.

• Mark a shot and add it to the shot list.

3Click S

complete.

o start a new project clip.

ave to save the project clip at any time while working on it and when it is

t a project clip to work with:

Starting a new project clip

To start a new project clip:

1Click New.

SmartClient enters a default name and title in the Name and Ti project clip; it displays a clear Source Shot Selection tab.

2 Edit the Name and Ti

3Click S

ave.

SmartClient saves the new project clip in the iTX System Database.

tle entries, if you want to.

tle boxes for a new

Loading a project clip

You may load a project clip that has previously been saved from SmartClient or that has been imported into your system.

To loa d a proj e ct c l ip:

1Click Lo

SmartClient opens the PinPoint Project Search window. This has standard PinPoint features, including the Search Builder and Results Table.

2 Enter search criteria in the Sear

type you want to work with. SmartClient displays the search results in the Results Table.

3 Select a project clip.

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ch Builder, and perform a search for project clips of the

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4Click OK to close the Project Search window.

SmartClient displays the name and title of your clip in the Name and Ti loads the video clip that contains the first shot in the Media Viewer and shows shot and events details.

tle boxes. It

Loading a source clip in the Media Viewer

Do one of the following to select a video clip.

•Click Clip Sear of video clips that meet your search criteria; select a video clip from the search results.

•Click Eve of video clips with events that meet your search criteria; select a video clip from the search results.

•Click Rec

SmartClient loads the selected clip in the Media Viewer; it displays a list of marked events the clip c

ontains in the Events panel.

Note: You can also load a source clip in the Media Viewer by selecting a shot

in the shot-list grid. SmartClient automatically loads the clip if the Auto Display option is turned on; you may manually load it, it this option is turned off.

ch to open the PinPoint Source Search window; use PinPoint to find a list

nt Search to open the PinPoint Event Search window; use PinPoint to find a list

ent to and select one of the recently viewed video clips from the displayed list.

Adding a shot from the Media Viewer to a project clip

In this procedure, you mark a segment of a source clip in the Media Viewer before adding it to the project clip.

To add a shot from the Media Viewer to a project clip:

1 Load a source clip in the Me

2 Do one of the following to mark a shot.

• Position the clip at the start of the shot and click the in-point timecode display; position the clip at You may mark either point while the clip is playing.

• Drag the in-point marker to the start of the shot and the out-point marker to the end

3Click Ad

4 SmartClient adds the shot to your shot list a

in the Shot Selection panel.

5 Type a comment about the shot into the Co

(optional).

d Shot on the Shot List tab.

dia Viewer on the Source Shot Selection tab.

the end of the shot and click the out-point timecode display.

nd displays an expanded entry for the shot

mment box of the expanded entry

Adding a shot from the Events panel to a project clip

In this procedure, you add the media from a marked event to the project clip.

To add a shot from the Events panel to a project clip:

1 Select an event in the Events panel.

The event entry expands.

The Shot List Workspace and Project Clips

Annotating a Project Clip or Source Clip

2 Do one of the following, depending on whether or not you want SmartClient to include

any event comments with the event media.

•Click Ad

SmartClient adds the shot to your shot list and displays an expanded entry for the shot in the Shot Selection panel. The entry includes event comments if you start the operation from the Events panel; the comments do not appear if you use the Shot List tab.

d Shot in the expanded entry.

d Shot on the Shot List tab.

Editing a shot in a shot list

You can modify the in- and out-points of a shot in the shot list.

To edit a shot in a shot list:

1 Select a shot in the Shot List.

2 If Auto Display is turned off, to display the shot in the Media Viewer click Displa

3 Mark the new in- and out-points.

4Click Edit Shot.

SmartClient updates the in- and out-points of the shot to match those shown in the Me

dia Viewer.

Note: You cannot use this procedure to overwrite the shot with a segment

from a different source clip.

Saving a project clip

Once you save a project clip, you can re-load it at any time and edit it.

To save a project clip while working on a project clip:

•Click S

ave at any time.

SmartClient saves the project clip.

Saving a copy of a project clip

Instead of overwriting an original project clip after editing it, you may save a copy of it with a different name.

1Click S

2 Enter a name for the new clip and click S

ave Copy.

SmartClient displays the S

SmartClient creates a new project clip and keeps it loaded in the workspace. This pr

oject clip is independent of the original one - it is not a co-reference.

ave Copy dialog.

ave.

Annotating a Project Clip or Source Clip

You can view and edit metadata for project clips and source clips on separate Metadata tabs:

• The Metadata tab on the Target Project tab displa project clip.

ys the metadata for the current

• The Metadata tab on the Source Shot Selection tab displays the metadata for the selected source clip.

For information on how to manage metadata, see Viewing and Editing Metadata, on page 83.

Editing a Project Clip

After loading a project clip into the Shot List workspace, you may edit it by:

• Changing its name or title.

• Modifying the contents of the shot list in the Shot Selection panel.

• Editing the clip metadata on the Metadata tab (on the Target Project tab).

After editing a clip, you may overwrite the original clip; or you may leave the original unchanged and, instead, save a copy of it under a different name.

Exporting a Project Clip

You can export a project clip and its required media files from SmartClient so that they can be worked on in the Apple Final Cut Pro video-editing application. In this operation, the project clip is converted into an FCP project file (in the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange format).

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In Apple FCP, the project file can be used to load the project. Then, the individual media segments can be combined into one media file in a process known as rendering.

To export a project clip for use in Apple Final Cut Pro:

1 Load your project clip in the Shot List workspace.

2 Select the Target Project tab.

3Click FCP Export.

SmartClient opens the FCP Export dialog.

4 Select the machine that you want SmartClient to copy the required media files to.

5Click Next.

SmartClient opens the Save As dialog.

6 Enter a name for the FCP project file and select the folder where you want SmartClient

to place this file.

7Click Save to close the dialog.

SmartClient creates an FCP project file from the project clip and copies the required media files to the specified machine.

The Shot List Workspace and Project Clips

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

To maximize the display of shot details on the Source Shot Selection tab in the Shot List workspace, SmartClient automatically hides the Events panel if the video clip loaded in the Media Viewer has no marked events. It does this by collapsing the Events panel to the bottom of the tab.

The illustrations below show the two configurations of the Shot List tab; the red line denotes the border between the shot-list grid and the Events panel.

The video clip in the first illustration contains marked events; the Events panel appears in the bottom half of the tab.

The video clip in the second illustration contains no

marked events; the Events panel is

hidden, allowing the shot-list grid to take up the full height of the tab.

The Live Logging Workspace

In the Live Logging workspace, you can annotate a placeholder clip while the media for the clip is being created. During this time the media is not available for playing back in SmartClient.

A situation in which you may do this is when an external encoder creates a file by recording an incoming video f recorded; but you can mark events for a placeholder clip that is loaded in the workspace while viewing the feed on a video monitor.

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About the Live Logging Workspace

The Live Logging workspace has similar features to the Browse workspace for viewing metadata, logging events and setting up jobs:

eed. SmartClient does not have access to the media that is being

The purpose of each section is described below:

1 Placeholder-clip create and load buttons. You use these to create a placeholder clip to

ork with, or to load an existing one from PinPoint search results.

2 An Event Logging panel. You use this to mark events and add business metadata for

them

The Live Logging Workspace

The Logging Period

3 An Events tab. On this, you can view details of events within the selected placeholder

clip and the business metadata that has been assigned to them.

4 A Metadata tab, which displays the metadata

an annotation template, you can add metadata for this clip.

5 An Actions tab. You use the buttons on this tab to trigger an iTX Workflow job for the

ted placeholder clip

selec

Note: The encoder should have the same time reference as SmartClient, so

that the timecode values of marked events correspond with the timecode values in the media that the events relate to.

The Logging Period

SmartClient allows you to mark events during the logging period of a placeholder clip. This is the period when the time of day falls on or between the timecode values of the clip boundary points.

for the selected placeholder clip. By using

For example. The following illustration shows a plac 10:00:00:00 and 10:05:00:00. The logging period is then from 10:00 to 10:05; you can mark events for this clip between these times.

Checking Marked Events

When a recording finishes, the new media file is imported into iTX and associated with the placeholder clip; a low-bit-rate media file, suitable for previewing, is created. Once this is done, you can check the marked events in SmartClient and adjust them where necessary.

Selecting the Live Logging Workspace

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

eholder clip with in- and out-points of

Performing Tasks in the Live Logging Workspace

Preparing a Placeholder Clip for Live Event Logging

Before starting to log events in a placeholder clip, you need to create the clip or load it from the iTX System Database.

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Creating a placeholder clip

To create a placeholder clip:

1Click Create.

SmartClient displays the Cr

2 Enter the required information in the dialog:

• A name for the placeholder clip.

• The frame rate of the playout system in which the clip is to be used.

• The clip in-point and duration.

3Click OK.

SmartClient creates a placeholder clip and loads it in the workspace. It displays the name and title of the clip in on the Metadata tab.

eate Placeholder dialog.

the Name and Title boxes. You can view the clip metadata

Loading a placeholder clip

Load a placeholder clip

1Click Lo

SmartClient opens the P PinPoint features, including the Search Builder and Results Table.

2 Enter search criteria in the Sear

the type you want to work with.

SmartClient displays the search results in the R

3 Select a placeholder clip and click OK to cl

SmartClient displays the name and title of your clip in the Name and Title boxes. It loads the placeholder clip and shows its metadata and events details on the Metadata and Events tabs.

ad.

inPoint Live Logging Search window. This has standard

ch Builder, and perform a search for placeholder clips of

esults Table.

ose the Live Logging Search window.

Logging Events

When a placeholder clip is loaded in the workspace, SmartClient repeatedly compares the current time with the logging period of the clip.

When the time is outside the logging period, the buttons are inactive and the time display

ed:

is r

Event-type buttons on the panel are also inactive. You cannot then mark events.

When the time is within the logging period, the event In and Ou time display is white:

Event-type buttons on the panel are also active. You can then mark events.

t buttons are active and the

The Live Logging Workspace

Double Clicking to Cancel a Logging Event

To log an event:

1 On the Event Logging panel, select an annotation template in the Annotation

Te mp la t e box.

ent Logging panel displays the set of event-type buttons specified in the

The Ev template.

2 When the logging period starts, check the timecode display is white and the event-

ype buttons are active.

3 Do one of the following to mark an event.

• If you want to use an event-type button in the standard mode, click In when y see the first frame of the event; click Out when you see the last frame of the event; click an event-type button. SmartClient displays the timecode values of these frames after the buttons.

• If you want to use an event-type button in the open mode, double-click an event-

e button when you see the first frame of the event; click the button when you

typ see the last frame of the event.

SmartClient creates an event. It adds a business Logging panel; it adds an entry for the event to the Events tab.

4 Enter metadata for the event either on the Eve

5Click Save to save the clip, or Save Copy to save a copy of the clip.

-metadata section to the Event

nt Logging panel or the Events tab.

Double Clicking to Cancel a Logging Event

In Live and Event Logging, open ended events can be created manually by double clicking the pre-created event button.

If the user then decides the event has been crea event has started will now cancel the event and remove it from the system.

Previously, if a user began logging an event in err in the scratch pad or events tab and clicking the

A single click will end the event manually.

ted in error a further double click after the

or it could only be deleted by selecting it

button.

Applying Offset Handles to Open Ended Live Logging

Live event logging applies the offset handles (as set in the template) to open ended live events.

In live logging, a single clicked event is creat added to the duration.

A double clicked live event is open ended - it has no the event button again - the button turns red and a clock on the button counts the duration until the event is stopped manually.

ed with a fixed duration, with offset handles

outpoint until the user manually clicks

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The start time is shown as the time the button was double clicked, minus the in-point offset handle. E.g. If the event is started at 10:00:00:00, but the in-point offset is 10 seconds, then the start time of the event will show as 09:59:50:00.

The same is applied to the out-point, when the

In addition to this, offset handles can now be configur to 600 seconds instead of the previous 100.

Deleting Events from the Scratchpad

Events can be deleted from the system completely via the scratchpad (below the logging buttons), rather than just removed from the scratchpad itself, by clicking the right hand side of the scratchpad dialog for each event.

If you wish to simply remove the dialog from the scratchpad after annotating an event, you

w click the

This has made deleting unwanted events much ea

button only removed the event from the scratchpad.

button.

user clicks to end the event.

ed in the logging template to be up

on the top

sier than before. Previously, clicking the

The Live Logging Workspace

Deleting Events from the Scratchpad

In the AE workspace, you work with iTX assets that are used in the production of media files in which variable information is combined with video content generated in the Adobe After Effects (AE) video-effects application. An example of such a media file is a short "coming next" video clip that advertises details of the next program scheduled to play out.

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Search Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

iTX Assets Used on the AE Workspace

Three types of iTX asset are involved in the process:

• An AE project is created in the iTX System Database when an AE project file is imported into iTX. The project file may contain one or more AE compositions.

• An AE template is created for each composition in an imported project.

• An AE page is created when data on a text la then used to create a single media file. We describe this process as “rendering” the AE page.

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yer is added to an AE template, which is

The AE workspace is similar to the Browse workspace. It has two levels: one for searching for AE as

SmartClient displays the AE workspace in one of thr three AE asset types it is set up to handle.

Search Level

The search level has the same features for all three asset types. It contains three searchscope buttons (each representing one of the AE asset types):

Clicking one of these buttons selects an operating mode and limits searches to just the associated asset type. So, for example, only AE pages appear in search results when the AE Page scope button is selected.

sets; the other for viewing them.

ee modes, depending on which of the

The AE Workspace

View Level – AE Pages

When you select an AE page in search results, SmartClient switches to the view level and loads the page:

On this level, you can:

• View basic asset details of the AE page.

• View the content of text data layers in the page.

• Play back the page in the Media Viewer.

• Delete the page.

You can switch SmartClient to the annotating mode and then:

• Change the target event level of the AE page. The page may be used in either a primary or sec

ondary schedule event in a playout channel. The different levels require different

media-file formats.

• Edit the content of text data layers.

View Level – AE Templates

When you select an AE template in search results, SmartClient switches to the view level and loads the template.

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On this level, you can:

• View basic asset details of the AE template

• View the data on text layers in the template.

• Play back the template in the Media Viewer.

• Delete the template.

• Set up an iTX Workflow job to render an AE page from the template.

You can switch SmartClient to the annotating mode and then:

• Change the target event level of an AE page rendered from the template. The page may b

e used in either a primary or secondary schedule event in a playout channel. The

different levels require different media-file formats.

• Edit the data on text layers.

Note: Instructions for using SmartClient to render a page from an AE

template are given in the separate user manual, "iTX Render Service for Adobe After Effects".

You can get a copy of this from the Grass Valley Support Portal:

http://www2.grassvalley.com/support/details/product/iTX.

The AE Workspace

View Level – AE Projects

When you select an AE project in search results, SmartClient switches to the view level and loads the project:

On this level, you can:

• View basic asset details of the AE project.

• Delete the AE project.

SmartClient uses the iTX search tool, PinPoint, to find assets in your iTX System Database.

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

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About PinPoint

SmartClient resents PinPoint in one of two forms, depending on which workspace is active

• In some workspaces (e.g. the Browse workspace), the PinPoint features are displayed on their own separate level - the search level.

• In other workspaces (e.g. the Shot List workspace), SmartClient displays the PinPoint

eatures in a search dialog. The dialog appears when you click a search button.

When using PinPoint in SmartClient, the same main features are available as in iTX Desktop:

•The Search Builder.

• The Search History panel.

• The Results Browser.

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In this section, we describe how you use the Search Builder and the Search History panel to pe

rform searches.

Using the Search Builder

Every asset registered in an iTX System Database has its own, unique name. The easiest way to get a video clip from the database is to specify this name and request SmartClient to find the clip and load it in a workspace.

Sometimes, though, you may not know the name. Or, you may want to view a batch of video clips that ha request SmartClient to find clips by using other search criteria; for example, text in annotations that describe the clips; or properties such as creation or modification dates.

You specify search criteria in the Search Builder:

ve some common characteristics. In these circumstances, you may

Searching for Assets

Performing a Search

•The Search Builder has two types of feature for specifying search criteria:

•The Any Text box works in a similar way to the search-text box of internet search engines. You enter search terms in the box. A search term may be a single word or a phrase; it may relate to any metadata text (description or annotation) associated with an asset, not just the name.

• A search filter contains details of an asset property, e.g. the modification date of a video clip. In sifting through the items in the System Database, SmartClient uses the search filter to separate out assets that meet search criteria from those that do not. You can specify search criteria in multiple search filters.

• The Search Builder also has options that enhance the search criteria or affect the scope of a search:

•Through the Stemming check-box, you can turn stem-based searching on or off.

•In the Domains box, you can specify what iTX domains to search in a multidomain system.

•The Sort By option allows you to specify how search results are ordered in the Results Browser.

•The Search button starts a search.

Performing a Search

Below, we outline the general procedure for searching the System Database. We give more information about the individual tasks in the following topics.

To perform a search:

1In the Any Text box, enter any search terms you want SmartClient to search for.

2 Add any search filters you want SmartClient to use.

3 Select or clear the Stemming check box, depending on whether or not you want

SmartClient to use stem-based searching.

4 If you are using SmartClient in a multi-domain system, select the domains you want

SmartClient to search in the Domains box.

5From the Sort list, select the sort order for the search results.

6Click the Search button, or press the Enter key, to start a search.

After performing the search, SmartClient displays its findings in the Results Browser.

Entering Text i n the A ny Tex t Box

In the Any Text box, you enter search terms associated with video clips you want SmartClient to find. The terms may relate to clip names, titles or annotations describing video clips. SmartClient searches for the specified words in the database records.

In composing search-text criteria, you can add one of the logic operators OR, AND or NOT before a search term. Doing this determines how the presence or absence of a word in a database field affects what video clips appear in the search results.

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Specifying text to include video clips in search results

In general, SmartClient includes a video clip in search results if any of the specified words appears in the text fields of the database record for the video clip. This is because SmartClient automatically applies the logic operator OR to any search term that does not have a logic operator in front of it.

The search criteria shown in these two e

The search results include any video clip that has either "sailing" or "race" in a database field.

If you insert "and" before the second word, the s have both "sailing" and "race" in their database fields:

For the same effect, you may use a plus sign instead of "and":

You can request SmartClient to look for a phrase by putting quotation marks around the phrase:

SmartClient does not search for common words such as "the" and "if" unless they are part of a phrase.

xamples produce the same results:

earch results include only video clips that

Specifying text to exclude video clips from search results

To avoid having to scroll through search results that contain a large number of unwanted video clips, you can exclude video clips that you are not interested in. For this, you add "not" before a word or phrase that is associated with the unwanted video clips:

You may use a minus sign instead of "not":

Organizing multiple search terms

When using multiple search terms with different logic operators, how you arrange the search terms may have a significant effect on the search results. To ensure SmartClient reads the criteria in the way you want it to, you should add brackets around search terms that you want SmartClient to read together.

In these two examples, the same search ter which terms are bracketed together:

ms produce different results depending on

Searching for Assets

Using Search Filters

Using wildcard characters

Instead of spelling a search term in full, you may use wildcard characters (? and *) to represent a single character or multiple characters. Enter one of these: ? for a single character; * for multiple characters.

In this example, all words that contain the specified letters - and any character in place of the wildcar

In this example, all words that start with "trim" meet the search criteria:

d character - meet the search criteria:

Using Search Filters

Search filters specify criteria that relate to properties of assets registered in the System Database. SmartClient uses them to determine what assets to includes in a results list

The more filters SmartClient uses, the more focused are the search results.

When adding a search filter, you select a type from the search filter menu:

What types of search filter are available depends on the structure of your database and how your system administrator configures the search filter menu for SmartClient.

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We list the most commonly used search filters in the following table.

Filter type Asset property the filter is based on

Category A category that a clip may be associa

ted with, or "tagged to".

Categories are used to group together related clips, and so make it ea

sier to find them. For example, if you are looking for a video clip of a particular sports event, you can request SmartClient to display a list of all video clips that are tagged to a category called "Sport".

Search criteria may be that an item is tagged to a selected category; or

tagged to that category.

is not

Created The date and (where specified) time of

creation of a video clip. This

may be described in one of a number of ways:

• Before Last. Ear

lier than the specified most recent interval of hours,

days, weeks or months.

• Da

te. On, before or after the specified date or interval, or within a

specified range of dates.

• Da

y. On a particular day of the week.

• In

Last. Within the specified most recent interval of hours, days,

weeks or months.

• Ti

me. At, before or after a specified time, or within a specified range

of times.

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Created By The name of the person who created a clip.

Modified The date and (where specified) time of the last modification of a video

. This may be described in one of a number of ways:

clip

fore Last. Earlier than the specified most recent interval of hours,

• Be

days, weeks or months.

• Da

te. On, before or after the specified date or interval, or within a

specified range of dates.

• Da

y. On a particular day of the week.

• In Last. Within the specified most recent interval of hours, days,

weeks or months.

me. At, before or after a specified time on a specified day, or within

• Ti

a specified range of times.

Name The name of a clip.

Notes Text in annotations associated with a clip.

Placeholder A flag (i.e. a database entry indicatin

g one of two possible states) that identifies a clip as a placeholder clip or not. A placeholder clip is one f

or which there is a database record but, as

yet, no media.

Project A flag (i.e. a database entry indicatin

g one of two possible states) that identifies a clip as a project clip or not. A project clip is one that is made up of segments from one or more video clips

Sub type The sub-type of a clip.

Each clip can belong to one sub-type classification; e.g. "news",

commercial". The sub-type property assigns default settings for other

" clip properties.

Temp late A template assigns values to selected clip properties.

Title The title of the clip - often a more desc

riptive alternative to the name.

Searching for Assets

Using Search Filters

Graphical devices for filter settings

SmartClient has a number of special graphical devices which it displays for some filter settings.

For dates, it displays a calendar; for a point in time, it displays a list of times at fixed intervals. See Specifying Dat

es and Times on page 6.

For intervals that may vary in length from hour timescale:

• Click the arrow buttons at either end of the scale to show a different range of values.

• Click a point on the scale, or move the slider to that point, to select a particular value.

s to months, SmartClient displays a

Filter suggestion lists

Some types of filter with a plain text entry box may display a suggestion list when you start typing. The list contains items that start with the characters you enter and gets smaller as you type more characters.

This illustration shows a list of countries that text entry box:

appear when you type the letter "u" into the

Without having to complete the word you start typing, you can select an item from the list and so quickly define a filter.

Depending on how it is configured, the filter may only allow you to select suggested items; or it ma

y allow you to enter text freely.

Adding a search filter

To add a search filter

1In the S

SmartClient adds a filter of the first type in the search filter menu.

2 To change the type, click the filter name a

search filter menu.

3 Set options to define the search filter. For example:

earch Builder, click to add a search filter.

nd select a new type from the displayed

tegory - select a category and state whether required assets are tagged to the

• Ca category or not tagged to the category.

• Create

d or Modified - select a date, period or time for the creation or modification

of required assets.

• Created By - enter the name of a user; state whether the user is the creator or not the creator of required assets.

• Name -enter name text; state how this text relates to the names of required assets i.e. whether it is part of the name or the full name, etc.

• Notes -enter notes text; state how this text appears in the metadata notes field of required assets.

• Placeholder - state whether or not required assets are placeholder clips.

• Project - state whether or not required assets are project clips.

• Sub type - enter the name of the sub-type that is assigned to required assets.

• Te mp la t e - state whether or not required assets are templates.

• Title - enter text that appears in the titles of required assets.

About Stem-Based Searching

Stem-based searching is the way in which SmartClient normally performs text searches.

When you enter a word in the Any Text box (or in a Name or Title filter) SmartClient identifies the stem of that word - the group of letters that form the main section of the word and which also appear in words that are closely related to it. For example, "sail-" is the stem of sailing, sailed and sailor. SmartClient can find any words that have the same stem.

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This makes it easy for you to specify text as search criteria when you are unsure about the form of a particular word in a text field; you do not have to enter all the variations of this word, just any word that contains the stem.

In displaying search results, SmartClient includes a Matched Words list. This contains all words, appearing in database text fields, that have the same stem as a search term.

Specifying the Sort Order for Search Results

You can set up SmartClient to order search results in a number of ways:

• By name in alphabetical order.

• By date of creation, modification or production, starting with the earliest or latest.

• By duration, starting with the longest or shortest.

• By relevance, determined by the frequency of search terms in database text fields. A search term that matches a search word assigned to a clip as a search hint increases the relevance of that clip.

You specify the sort order, before starting a search, by selecting an option from the Sort drop-down list:

Searching for Assets

Multi-Domain Searching

If you are working in a multi-domain system, you can set up SmartClient to search the database of any domain for which it has access rights.

A multi-domain system is one that is divided in each having its own System Database and operating independently of other domains.

Clicking the entry in the Domains bo domains for SmartClient to search:

To select domains for searching in a multi-domain system:

1 Click the entry in the Dom

2 Do one of the following to specify which domains you want SmartClient to search in.

•Click Lo

•Click All

•Click Se selected domains.

3Click Cl

cal for a search of just the domain you are working in.

for a search of all domains.

lection and then select the check boxes in the domains list for a search of

ose to close the menu.

x displays the domains menu, which you use to select

ains box to display the domains menu.

to separate smaller systems called domains -

The Search History Panel

SmartClient stores the set of search criteria for each of your 50 most recent searches, and lets you permanently save any of these. At any time, you can recall stored search criteria (most recent or saved) and use it to repeat a search.

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SmartClient lists the stored search criteria in sepa

• Your recent searches appear in the Search History pane.

• Your saved searches appear in the S

• Searches that other users have made available to you also appear in the Saved Searches pane; these are distinguished from yours by the user name in brackets after the search name.

aved Searches pane.

rate panes of the Search History Panel:

You can view the panes one at time by clicking their title bars.

When you click an entry in either list, SmartClient immediately performs a search with the

ociated search criteria and displays the search results in the Results Browser.

ass

To save search criteria:

1 Select a recent, unsaved search in the Se

2Click S

3 SmartClient displays the Sa

4 Enter a name for the search and click S

SmartClient saves the search and adds it to the Saved Searches pane.

Publishing Searches

You can make your saved searches available to other SmartClient users by publishing them. You do this from the Saved Searches pane.

When you publish a search, you specify the user groups that are to have access to it.

tClient displays a list of all user groups that are registered in your system for you to

Smar select from:

arch History pane.

ave Search.

ve A Search dialog.

ave.

Searching for Assets

Publishing Searches

Note: To be able to publish a saved search, you must have the system

rights of a search publisher. System rights are managed by your system administrator.

To publish a saved search:

1 Select a search in the S

aved Searches pane.

2Check the Publish button becomes active.

If it does not, ask your system administrator to ensur

3Click Pu

blish.

e you have search-publisher rights.

SmartClient displays a list of user groups.

4 Select the check boxes of the user groups you want to make your saved search

ava

ilable to.

5Click Pu

SmartClient adds the search to the Sa

blish.

ved Searches list of all users; those with

SmartClient open may need to refresh their list.

You may need to refresh your saved-search list to vie

w searches saved and published by

other SmartClient users.

Refreshing saved searches

To refresh your saved-search list:

1 Select the S

2Click Ref

SmartClient updates your saved searches list.

aved Searches pane.

resh.

Pinning and Unpinning the Search History Panel

When you select a search level or open a search dialog, the Search History panel is visible in the right of the workspace or dialog. It is fixed or "pinned" in this position; the icon on the pin button appears vertical.

By clicking the pin button, you can unpin the panel. When the panel is unpinned, SmartClient hides it when it is not in use; the pin button appears horizontal.

To show or hide the Search History panel when it is unpinned:

1 When the panel is hidden, move your mouse pointer over the right edge of the

orkspace or dialog until the panel appears.

You can then work in the panel while the mouse poi

2 Move the mouse pointer away from the panel to hide it.

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Pinning and Unpinning the Search History Panel

Working with Search Results

Once the results of a search have been returned, PinPoint allows you to view them in a variety of ways, as well as providing a list to search assistance list.

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

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

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

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

Display of Search Results in the Results Browser

The Results Browser can display search results in any of three viewing formats:

• In a Results Panel.

• In a Results Table.

• On a Results Timeline.

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We describe these in detail in this section.

Viewing-Format Selection Buttons

The choice of viewing format depends on the operation of the format selection buttons, which appear at the top of the Results Browser:

To choose a viewing format:

• You may set the viewing format before or af viewing-format selection button.

esults Browser presents search results in the format represented by the button.

The R

ter performing a search by clicking a

Working with Search Results

Navigating Through Pages of Search Results

Whichever viewing format is selected, search results may be spread over a number of pages that you can view one at a time. You use the navigation buttons to move through the pages:

Working with the Results Panel

In the Results Panel, SmartClient displays a preview pane for each item in the search results.

The preview panes can be one of three sizes, as shown in the pane-size box at the top of the panel:

To set the preview pane size:

• From the drop-down menu, select one of the following:

•Small

•Medium

•Large

Preview Pane Features

If the item is a video clip that has keyframes, the preview pane contains a poster frame (i.e. a keyframe that has been marked to represent the video clip in search results) and some basic clip details:

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The three main asset types are identified by an indicator:

Only video clips display a poster frame. The preview pane is blank for project clips and placeholder clips.

When you rest your mouse pointer over the poster frame, SmartClient successively loads all keyframes operation is taking place:

Once the keyframes are loaded, you can display each one in turn by moving your mouse pointer over the image in the preview pane:

into the preview pane. A red progress bar under the poster frame shows this

Working with Search Results

Preview Pane Features

Resting your mouse pointer over the title-bar of the preview pane causes an information box to appear:

Where an item in the Results Panel is a video clip that contains no marked keyframes, or is a different type of item (e.g. an audio clip), the preview pane shows the details and a description of the clip type:

To select a video clip in the Results Panel:

1 Use the navigation buttons, if you need to, to select the page with the video clip you

are interested in.

2 Click the preview pane for the clip.

Depending on which form PinPoint appears in, Sma

rtClient switches to the clip level of the current workspace or closes the search dialog. It loads the clip in the Media Viewer and displays keyframes on the Keyframe Timeline. It presents metadata and event details in the Clip Data pane.

Working with the Results Table

In the Results Table, SmartClient displays a row for each item in the search results and gives details in various columns.

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Results Table Features

SmartClient displays search results in the order you specify before starting a search. You can re-order the results by clicking the title-bar in the column you want to use for sorting. For example, you may click the title-bar in the Name column to order search results alphabetically by name; or in the Duration column to order them by duration.

A sort indicator in the title bar shows the colu direction (up or down):

Clicking the same column a second time reverses the sort order.

Column width is variable. You change the width by dragging the right border of a column. You can do this when the cursor ap

mn used for the re-sorting and the order

pears as a double-headed in the title-bar:

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Results Table Features

You can specify what columns appear in the column view. Right-clicking the title bar displays a list of available columns:

Selecting or clearing check-boxes shows or hides columns.

Setting up the Results Table

To set up the Results Table:

1 To re-order the results list, click the title-bar in the column you want to base the order

of r

esults on. Click the column a second time if you want to reverse the order.

2 To change the width of a column, move your mouse pointer over the right border of

the c two-headed arrow.

3 To set up the column view, right-click the title

check boxes of any column you want to include in the view; clear the check boxes of the others; move your cursor away to hide the list.

SmartClient updates the list as you add or remove columns to the view.

olumn in the title bar. Drag the pointer to the right or left when it appears as a

-bar to display the column list; select the

Selecting a Video Clip in the Results Table

To select a video clip in the Results Table

1 Use the navigation buttons, if you need to, to select the page with the video clip you

are interes

2 Click the entry for the clip in the Results Table.

Depending on which form PinPoint appears in, Sma the current workspace or closes the search dialog. It loads the clip in the Media Viewer and displays keyframes on the Keyframe Timeline. It presents metadata and event details in the Clip Data pane.

ted in.

rtClient switches to the clip level of

Working with the Results Timeline

On the Results Timeline, SmartClient displays a preview pane for each item in the search results. It arranges the panes on a scrollable timeline that represents a date range.

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Results Timeline Features

The timeline covers the dates on which video clips are processed in some way. The sorting of the panes is based on the dates of one of three types of process (production, creation or modification). The selected sort order is indicated in the processing- date type box, which appears above the timeline:

Only search results that fall within the part of the timeline on which SmartClient is focused are visible. This diagram shows the SmartClient focus for a 7-day period:

Working with Search Results

Results Timeline Features

The width of the focus is variable. You can zoom in to view more details over fewer days, or zoom out for a more general view of a longer period. You can do this by double-clicking your mouse on the timeline. Or you can use the zoom (+ and -) or fixed period buttons:

You can move the focus to earlier or later on the timeline. You may click one of three buttons to move the e focus to today, or to the earliest or latest day that has a search result:

You can use the scroll buttons at the bottom of the timeline to move the focus by a day, month or year at a time:

The focus indicator shows which month and year the days in focus fall in.

Setting up the timeline

To set up the timeline:

1 To arrange the search results by processing date of a particular type, select one of the

ollowing from the drop-down list:

•Production Date

•Created Date

• Modified Date

2 Do one of the following to zoom into or out of the timeline.

• Click one of the zoom buttons,

•Click 7, 14, or

31 to show a fixed time interval.

or .

• Double-click the timeline to zoom in; press the Alt key and double-click to zoom out.

3 Do one of the following to move the focus to an earlier or later part of the timeline.

• Click a day, month or year scroll button to mo

•Click

, , or To da y to display the first result, last result or today's results.

ve the timeline left or right.

Selecting a video clip on the timeline

To select a video clip on the timeline:

1 Use the navigation buttons, if you need to, to select the page with the video clip you

are interes

2 Click the entry for the clip in the Results T

ted in.

able.

Depending on which form PinPoint appears in, SmartClient switches to the clip level of the current workspace or closes the search dialog. It loads the clip in the Media Viewer and displays keyframes on the Keyframe Timeline. It presents metadata and event details in the Clip Data pane.

Search Assistance Lists

After a search that includes Any Text search criteria, SmartClient may display two lists above the search results:

• The Suggestions list shows words or phrases that have been added as search hints to the metadata of assets in the search results. You can select any one of these to use as criteria in another SmartClient search to find similar clips to ones in the current search results. For more information on adding search hints to asset metadata, see Using

Search Hints, on page 91.

• The Words Matched list shows which words in the search criteria appear in the text fields of a as search criteria but have the same stem as a word that is.) You can select any one of these to use as search criteria in another SmartClient search and so filter the current search results.

ssets in the search results. (This list may include words that are not specified

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Using a Search Assistance List for Searching

If you click an entry in either list, SmartClient replaces the original Any Text search terms with the word or phrase you click. You can then repeat your search with the new criteria.

To repeat a search using criteria from a search assistance list:

1 Do the following if you want to find similar clip

• Click an entry in the Suggestions list.

•Click the Se

2 Do the following if you want to reduce the current search results to contain just the

video clips that contain a certain search term.

• Click an entry in the Wo

•Click the Se

arch button or press the Enter to start a search.

rds Matched list.

arch button or press the Enter to start a search.

s to ones in the current search results.

Working with Search Results

Using a Search Assistance List for Searching

When you select a video clip in a Results Browser and there is a suitable media file available, the Media Viewer loads this file. Similarly, when you select a shot in a project clip, the Media Viewer loads the media file that contains the shot.

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Reviewing a Video Clip While its Media is Being Rec

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About the Media Viewer

The Media Viewer can play back media files that are in one of these storage formats:

• Microsoft Smooth Stream (including Live Smooth Stream for in-progress recordings)

• MPEG-4

• WMV (Windows Media Video)

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You can then review the video clip or shot. If y edit the in- and out-points of the video-clip and any marked events within the video clip. You can edit shot in- and out-points. For all these tasks, you use the main features shown in the illustration:

ou have the required access rights, you can

Playing Video Clips

Media Viewer Operating Modes

We describe how you use these features in this section.

Note: When a video clip has references to files in both supported

formats, the Media Viewer loads the Smooth Stream one rather than the MPEG-4 file. This is because of the greater amount of playback control the Smooth Stream file allows.

Media Viewer Operating Modes

The Media Viewer has two operating modes; these determine whether it loads a whole media file or just a marked segment. In each mode, the duration timeline represents the duration of the loaded media.

•In media mod duration timeline, between in- and out-point markers, shows the location of the media that is referenced by a video clip or shot.

e, the Media Viewer loads the full media file. The yellow portion of the

•In clip mode, the Media Viewer loads just the media referenced by the selected video clip or shot. The in- and out-point markers then appear at each end of the duration timeline, which is filled yellow along its full length.

The operating mode is set by the mode selection button on the control bar:

To set the Media Viewer operating mode:

• Click the mode selection button to switch modes.

the Media Viewer between media and clip

Playing Back a Video Clip, Marked Event or Shot

You can use different Media Viewer features to play back a video clip, marked event or shot:

• The playback cursor, which appears in the image windo

• The playback buttons on the Media Viewer control bar.

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Audio controls enable you to adjust the v

Using the Playback Cursor

Your mouse pointer changes to the playback cursor when you move it over the image in the Media Viewer window. The shape of the cursor at any time resembles a typical videocontrol symbol and indicates the type of operation it is ready to perform.

For example:

Play

Pause

The range of available playback operations depen Media Viewer.

For MPEG-4 media files, you can use the playbac loaded media file. The cursor displays either the play or pause cursor:

olume level of the audio during playout.

ds on the storage format of the file in the

k cursor to alternately play and pause the

For Microsoft Smooth Stream files, the playback cursor displays the play symbol until you start to play the video clip. Then the symbol varies according to the cursor location.

In the center, the cursor displays the pause symbol; to the left, the rewind and enhanced r

ewind symbols; to the right, the fast-forward and enhanced fast-forward symbols.

Playing Video Clips

Using the Control Bar

Double arrow-heads indicate rewind or fast-forward operations at normal speed; triple arrow-heads, at enhanced speed.

To use the playback cursor to play back a video clip :

1 To play the media file in the Media Viewer, click the image when the pla

yback cursor

shows the play symbol.

2 To pause the media file, click the image when the p

layback cursor shows the pause

symbol.

3 To rewind a Smooth Stream media file, move the cursor to the left while the file is

pla

ying; click the image when the cursor shows the normal rewind symbol or the

enhanced rewind symbol.

4 To fast-forward a Smooth Stream media file, move the cursor to the right while the file

is pla

ying; click the image when the cursor shows the normal rewind symbol or the

enhanced rewind symbol.

Using the Control Bar

The control bar has two buttons you can use to play a media file:

You use the play/pause button to alternately play and pause the media file over the duration of the full loaded media. You use the Play Segment button to play the media file between the in- and out-points of a marked segment.

To use the control-bar features to play a media file or a marked segment of it:

1Click the Pla

position; click the Pause button to pause the clip.

The Pause button replaces the Play button when the clip starts.

2Click the Pa

The Play button replaces the Pause button when the clip stops.

3Click the Pla

y button to play the clip, starting from the frame indicated by the cursor

use button to pause the media file.

y Segment button to play the marked segment of a media file.

Tracking the Clip Position During Playback

Two features on the Media Viewer reflect the changing position of a video clip during playback:

• The timeline cursor moves to show the relative position of the currently displayed frame.

• The timecode display in the image windo

Playing Out Audio

The Media Viewer includes two features for controlling playout of the audio content of a media file: a mute button and a volume slider.

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w shows the timecode of this frame.

These control playout of the audio you hear at your SmartClient workstation; they do not affect the audio content in a video clip.

To cont r ol au d io p l ayout:

1 Click the mute button to alternately switch

2 Drag the volume slider or click a point on its scale to vary the volume level.

the audio playout off or on.

Marking the Boundary Points for a Clip, Event or Shot

In most cases, a video clip references only a portion of the available media in a media file; the same is true for an event in the clip and a shot in a project clip. In each case, the required media is defined by boundary points - an in-point and an out-point - that identify the first and last frames based on their timecodes.

The in-point and out-point markers on the con points. For video clips and shots, the Media Viewer displays triangular in- and out-point markers below the duration timeline:

trol bar show the current marked boundary

Playing Video Clips

Resetting Video-Clip Boundary Points

Timecode values for these points and the duration between them appear at the bottom of the control bar.

For marked events in a video clip, the Media Viewer displays circular in- and out-point markers abo

The in- and out-point markers for the video clip, below the timeline, are greyed out.

ve the duration timeline:

While playing a media file, you can set in- and out ways: by dragging the markers on the timeline; by clicking a timecode display; or by clicking a point-marking button.

Note: To be able to edit boundary points in the Browse workspace,

SmartClient must be in the annotating mode.

To mark in- and out-points:

1 Do one of the following to mark the boundary points of a video clip or project-clip shot.

• Drag the in-point and out-point markers to where you want to mark the points.

• Position the clip where you want to mark the in-point; click the in-point timecode displa

y or the point-marking button next to it. You may mark the points while the

clip is playing.

• Mark the out-point in a similar way, by click marking button.

2 You need to save a video clip if y

Resetting Video-Clip Boundary Points

When working with MPEG-4 files with the Media Viewer in the clip mode, you can instantly reset the in- and out-point to their saved values by using the Points Reset Button:

-points. You can do this in a number of

ing the out-point timecode or point-

ou want it to keep the new points.

To reset boundary points:

•Click the Po

SmartClient returns the in- and out-point markers to the points saved in the video clip.

ints Reset button.

Displaying a Particular Frame in the Media Viewer

When you want to display a particular frame in the Media Viewer, you may use buttons on the control bar to move instantly to that frame; or you may select a point while viewing keyframes on the duration timeline.

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If you have a wheel mouse, you can use the wheel to step f when your mouse pointer is over the Media Viewer.

Using the Cue-To Buttons

The control bar contains a number of 'cue to' buttons, which instantly position the Media Viewer at a particular frame:

Four of these cause the Media Viewer to move to a preset point in the file: the start or end of the file; the in-point or out-point of a video clip or project-clip shot.

With the any-point cue-to button, you can move the Media V Clicking the button brings up a timecode display, in which you enter the frame timecode:

orward or back to any frame

iewer to any specified frame.

To display a preset frame in the Media Viewer:

• Click one of the preset-frame cue-to buttons to move the Media Viewer to the cor

responding frame:

• The first frame of the available media.

• The last frame of the available media.

• The in-point of a video clip or shot.

• The out-point of a video clip or shot.

To display any specified frame in the Media Viewer:

1 Click the any-point cue-to button.

The timecode display appears.

2 Enter the timecode of the frame you want the Media Viewer to display.

You may overtype the current entry. Or you may click a value to select it (a red bar ap

pears under the value) and then scroll it by using a mouse wheel or up/down arrow

key.

3 Press the Enter key.

Playing Video Clips

Selecting a Frame While Viewing Keyframes on the Duration Timeline

The Media Viewer moves to the specified frame.

Selecting a Frame While Viewing Keyframes on the Duration Timeline

When you move your mouse pointer along the duration timeline, keyframes appear one at time at approximately one-second intervals:

The keyframes show images from various sequences in the file. Clicking a keyframe causes the Media Viewer to move to a frame in the sequence identified by the keyframe.

To display a frame from a sequence identified by a keyframe:

1 Display keyframes by moving your mouse poin

2 Click a keyframe that is in the sequence you are interested in.

The Media Viewer moves to a frame in the sequence that contains the keyframe.

ter along the duration timeline.

Using a Mouse Wheel to Step Through a Media File

You can use the wheel of a wheel mouse to step forwards or backwards through a media file by one frame at a time. In general, you use this method when you want to carefully view a short sequence of frames.

To step forwards or backwards through a short sequence of frames:

1 Place your mouse pointer over the Media Viewer.

2 Roll the mouse wheel forwards or backwards to step through the media file.

The Keyframe Timeline

When the Media Viewer loads a media file, the Keyframe Timeline displays a selection of keyframes from the file:

At first, these keyframes are from points that are wide apart and span the full duration of the clip. You can adjust the view to show a closer group of keyframes from a shorter segment of the clip.

Working with the Keyframe Timeline

When you click a keyframe, SmartClient performs two tasks:

• It causes the Media Viewer to move to the keyframe.

• It zooms the Keyframe Timeline, keeping the focus on the clicked keyframe.

Each time you click a keyframe, SmartClient displays a set of them that are from a smaller r

ange of points either side of the keyframe you clicked. You may keep doing this until the

keyframe range is so small that it contains only a few keyframes, as the illustration shows:

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The filled section of the Keyframe Timeline shows the length and position of the keyframe range. You can extend the range by clicking the Zoom Out (<->) button.

To cue the Media Viewer to play from a particular keyframe:

1 Adjust the Ke

display.

2Click the keyframe.

yframe Timeline so it shows the keyframe you want the Media Viewer to

Reviewing a Video Clip While its Media is Being Recorded

In certain circumstances, the Media Viewer can play the media file for a video clip as it is being recorded by an iTX Encode Server: it can do so when a Live Smooth Streaming file is created in the recording.

Playing Video Clips

Reviewing a Video Clip While its Media is Being Recorded

When you load the video clip, a green progress bar under the duration timeline shows how much of the scheduled recording has taken place:

The progress bar shows the limit of the available media; it extends as the recording continues.

You can use the Media Viewer features to:

• Play back the available media.

• Move the Media Viewer forwards or backwards to any recorded frame.

• Click the file-end cue-to button to move the Media Viewer to the frame corresponding t

o the end of the green progress bar.

• Mark an in- and out-point.

• Add metadata to the clip.

Note: A Live Smooth Stream clip becomes available for reviewing, marking

and annotating about 1 minute after the recording starts.

Keyboard Shortcuts

You may use the following keyboard shortcuts when you are working with the Media Viewer.

Keyboard shortcut Action

A Add the selected shot to a shot list.

C Cue to specified time code. Enter requir

G Take a screen capture of the current frame.

I Mark an in-point at the current frame.

Shift + I Cue the Media Viewer to the in-point.

J or  Step the Media Viewer back one frame.

K Play or pause the media file.

L or  Step the Media Viewer forward one frame.

M Mute or play audio content.

O Mark an out-point at the current frame.

Shift + O Cue the Media Viewer to the out-point.

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ed timecode then press Enter.

Space Play or pause the media file.

Shift + Space Play the media file between the in- and out-points.

Home Cue to Media Viewer to the start of the media file.

Playing Video Clips

Keyboard Shortcuts

Viewing and Editing Metadata

iTX SmartClient allows you to view and edit the metadata for any video clip or event.

Summary

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The Metadata and Events Tabs

Video-clip and event metadata are stored in fields in the iTX System Database. In various SmartClient workspaces, you can view and edit the contents of some of these fields on two tabs:

• The Metadata tab, on which you can view and edit metadata f

• The Events tab, on which you can view and edit metadata for any marked event in a video clip. (A marked event is a video-clip segment that has its own metadata.)

Usually, a workspace displays the tabs one at a time.

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or a selected video clip.

Note:You can add metadata on the Event Logging tab as you mark events in the Browse or Live Logging workspace. See

About Metadata Types

Video-clip metadata is divided into two types, as shown in the diagram:

All video clips have a set of standard metadata. In addition, they may have a number of business-metadata records assigned to them.

• Standard metadata is information about basic depending on their type; for example, the aspect ratio or a media location of a video clip.

• Business metadata is additional inf a particular broadcasting facility; it includes annotations for marked events in video clips. The range of business metadata varies from one facility to another.

Information on the Metadata tab may be either sta Events tab is usually business metadata.

properties that are common to all assets

ormation that is used in the operational practices of

ndard or business metadata; that on the

Viewing and Editing Metadata

About Annotation Templates

You use an annotation template to add business metadata - either to a whole clip or to an event in a clip.

The template contains a number of metadata records which it makes available to you. Each

ecord specifies a set of fields in the iTX System Database in which you can enter

r information. The records are divided into ones designed for video clips and ones designed for events:

• For video clips, you select a record directly fr defined in the template.

• For events, you select a record indirectly by clicking an event-type button to mark an

ent: each event-type button is associated with a record. Groups of available event-

ev type buttons are defined in the template.

Annotation templates are designed by your system administrator. You can use any that are

igned to the user groups that you are a member of.

ass

Tabs and Panels With the Same Features

In different workspaces, SmartClient may present a particular set of features on either a tab or a panel. For example, the Browse workspace has an Events tab; the Shot List workspace has an Events panel.

om a drop-down list of records. The list is

(In general, a tab becomes visible when it is selec panel may be always visible, although this depends on whether or not it appears on a tab that can be hidden.)

The procedures for using the features are the same. So, for simplicity, in the following

opics, we describe the features by referring to just the tabs.

The Metadata Tab

The Metadata tab organizes information about a video clip in separate sections:

ted and may be hidden by another tab; a

Each section displays metadata for a group of related fields.

An example is the Clip Details section, which displays the timecode values of a video clip's in- and out-points and duration, along with details of other properties:

Standard-Metadata Sections

SmartClient automatically associates a new video clip with standard metadata fields. It presents information from these fields in pre-defined sections on the Metadata tab. The table below describes these sections.

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SmartClient automatically enters information in some of the fi video clip. You may add details for others; e.g. the start and end of a usage window.

Section Description

Clip Details Basic video-clip information; e.g. in- and ou

Media Details Information about the properties and locations of media files for the

Usage Window Start and end dates (if such time limits apply) within which the video

Part/Set Details Segmentation details for a video clip tha

TX Details Dates and times of the first and last oc

Aspect Ratio Source format and active region.

Attributes Creation and modification information.

Domains Details of domains in which a matching clip is registered.

All Media A graphical indication of the locations of media files for the video clip.

Business-Metadata Sections

video clip

clip ma

smaller video clips (co-references).

played out.

y be used.

elds; e.g. the duration of the

t-points and duration.

t is split up into multiple

casions when the video clip was

SmartClient presents business metadata in sections that you can add to the Metadata tab. These sections are based on metadata records that are available in annotation templates.

Depending on the asset template that is used t

o create a clip, iTX may associate a new clip with business-metadata fields that are specified in a metadata record. SmartClient then displays a section for the record on the Metadata tab.

Viewing and Editing Metadata

Media and Asset Records

Business-metadata sections may be formed from either media records or asset records:

• Metadata in a media record is shared by all co-references (video clips that reference the same media file).

• Metadata in an asset record is owned exclusively by the asset with which it is ass

ociated.

The type of record from which a section is formed is indi the section name: 'M' for a media record; 'A' for an asset record.

Most business-metadata records are media records.

Viewing Metadata

To start with, all sections on the Metadata tab are collapsed; the information in each one is hidden. You can expand a section, and so show the information it contains, by clicking the arrow button next to the section name:

cated by a letter in brackets after

To expand or contract a metadata section:

• Click the arrow button next to a section name to alternately expand or collapse the section.

Editing Metadata

You can edit some metadata for any video clip if you have the required access rights for that clip. In most cases, you do this by using one of these common methods:

• Typing words or values directly into a text box.

•Clicking a check box.

• Selecting an option from a drop-down list.

• Clicking a point on a ratings scale.

There are special graphical devices for entering dates and times. See Specifying Dates and

Times on page 6.

Note: When working in the Browse workspace, you need to switch

SmartClient to the annotating mode before you can edit metadata.

To edi t met a data :

1 Expand a section to display the metadata you want to edit.

2 In the features displaying editable metadata, enter new metadata where you want to.

The S

ave button flashes red, indicating the video clip has unsaved changes.

3Click Save to save your changes in the current video clip; or Save Copy to save them in

a new video clip.

Adding Business-Metadata Sections to the Metadata Tab

To add a business-metadata section, you select an annotation template; then, from this, a metadata record to form the section.

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A drop-down list of available templates appears in the Annotation T Metadata tab:

A drop-down list of the business-metadata records in the selected annotation template appears next to an Add Record button (underneath the Clip Details record). You can use any of these records to create a business-metadata section.

To add a business-metadata section to the Metadata tab:

1 Select the Me

2 Select an annotation template in the A

3 Select a record from the drop-down list under the Clip Details sec

4Click Ad

SmartClient adds a section for the selected record under the C same time, it removes the record from the drop-down list - to prevent you adding unnecessary copies of the same record.

tadata tab.

nnotation Template box.

d Record.

emplate box above a

tion.

lip Details section. At the

Viewing and Editing Metadata

Setting Up the Default Metadata Tab View

The drop-down list and Add Record button disappear when you add the last available record in a template.

Setting Up the Default Metadata Tab View

Each time SmartClient loads a video clip, the Metadata tab displays information in a default view - i.e. in selected sections that may be expanded or collapsed. You can define the default view in the view-options menu, which appears when you right-click the Metadata tab:

The menu lists all the sections that can display standard or business metadata for the current video clip.

For each section, one of three view options may be selected: to show the section expanded;

o show the section collapsed; or to hide the section. The options are represented by three

t columns of check boxes; icons above the columns (see the above illustration) indicate the options.

To set up the Metadata tab view:

1Right-click the Metada

2 Select a check box for each section: to show the section expanded or collapsed; or to

hide the sec

SmartClient refreshes the tab each time you make a selection.

3 Move your mouse pointer clear of the menu to make the menu disappear.

tion.

Working with Categories

In an iTX system, video clips may be associated with - or "tagged to" - one or more categories.

A category gives a way of labelling a video clip to provide an indication of the clip content. V

ideo clips with a particular type of content are associated with the same category (News, Sport, Movies, etc.). Specifying a category in a search filter can help you find a clip you want to work with.

ta tab to display the view-options menu.

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In SmartClient, you can create your own categories and tag clips to them through the Categories section:

To show or hide the category list:

•Click the Show/H

ide button to alternately show or hide the category list.

To create a category:

1 Enter a name in the New Category box.

2Click Create.

Your new category appears in the category list.

To tag a clip to categories:

1 Select the check boxes of the categories you wan

check boxes of other categories are clear.

2Click S

ave.

Adding Metadata by Using Controlled Lists

The Controlled Lists Service is an optional iTX service. It is used to build metadata dropdown lists for event annotating and to auto-complete entries you type in text boxes. In this way it helps you to quickly and accurately add annotations.

The illustration below shows the selection of a completion of team names and player names.

t a clip to be tagged to; ensure the

tournament from a drop-down list and auto-

Viewing and Editing Metadata

Setting Access Rights

What actions you can perform on a video clip depends on your access rights. You get these through the user group(s) to which you belong.

You can view access rights for a video clip in the Acce

ss Rights section:

If you are a system administrator or the owner of an asset, you can set access rights for a video clip by giving the following permissions to selected user groups.

Permission Description

List Ability to view details of the video-clip in

Read Ability to load the video clip in a w

Media Viewer.

Write Ability to modify the video clip.

Delete Ability to delete the video clip.

Control Ability to change the video-clip permissions.

PinPoint search results.

orkspace and play it back in the

To set access rights:

1Expand the Acce

ss Rights section.

2 To change access rights, select or clear the f

particular user group:

• List

• Read

• Wr

ite

• De

lete

• Co

ntrol

ollowing check boxes in the row of a

Using Search Hints

A search hint is a helpful word or phrase that you may associate with a video clip. Its purpose is to help all SmartClient users get search results that are most relevant to their requirements. SmartClient displays the details in the Search Hints section of the Metadata tab:

A search hint can be one of two types:

•A search word.

•An exclude word.

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About search words

A search word that is associated with a video clip appears in a list of Suggestions in the Results Browser when SmartClient includes the video clip in search results. The word prompts you to repeat a search with the search word added to the search criteria. By responding to the prompt, you use the search word to refine the current set of search results.

Example: A the clip appears in search results, yacht appears in the Suggestions list. If you click this word, SmartClient performs a new search with yacht included in the search criteria. SmartClient then returns a filtered results list - one containing just video clips that have content about yacht sailing instead of every video clip that relates to sailing.

video clip about sailing has the search word "yacht" associated with it. When

About exclude words

An exclude word associated with a video clip prevents SmartClient including the clip in search results in certain circumstances. The circumstances are where SmartClient uses Any Text search criteria to find video clips that have the exclude word in any of their text fields. The purpose of this type of search hint is to enable SmartClient to ignore words that are unimportant in a particular context.

Example: T whales. Because the reference is not likely to be of interest to anyone searching for video footage of whales, you may define "whale" as an exclude word for the clip.

he metadata for a video clip about sailing contains a minor reference to

If you then request SmartClient to perform a search using "whale" as Any Text search criteria, the sailing clip does not appear in the search results; this is an effect of the exclude word.

Viewing and Editing Metadata

The Events Tab

Adding search hints

To add a search hint:

1Expand the Sear

When you move your mouse pointer over the expanded section, plus buttons appear under Search Words and Exclude Words. Clicking a plus button alternately shows and hides the features you use to add search hints.

2 Do the following under Se

3 Click the plus button to display a text box and Ad

4 Enter a word or phrase in the text box and click Ad

want to add.

5 SmartClient adds the new search hints to the Se

Deleting a search hint

To delete a search hint:

1 Rest your mouse pointer over a search hint.

SmartClient displays a red cross to the right of the search hint.

2 Click the red cross

ch Hints section.

arch Words or Exclude Words.

d button.

d. Do this for each search hint you

arch Words or Exclude Words list.

to delete the search hint.

The Events Tab

The Events tab contains a table with entries for each marked event in the selected video clip:

To start with , all entries are collapsed. Each one gives basic details of an event: the name of the event type; the timecode of the event in-point; the event duration; and the first few words of any comments that have been entered for the event.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Operator Guide

Table of Contents

What is iTX SmartClient?

About SmartClient

The SmartClient User Interface

Playing of Media Files

The SmartClient Home Page

About the Dashboard

Opening SmartClient

Loading an alternative Dashboard

Activities and Workspaces

Selecting a workspace

Returning to the home page

Workspace levels

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

Job Monitoring

System Administration

Entering Information in SmartClient

Specifying Dates and Times

Specifying a date

Specifying a time

Using a keyboard to adjust a time value

Access Rights to Assets

The Browse Workspace

About Workspace Levels

Search Level

Clip Level

Automatic switching to the clip level

Switching Between Levels

Clip-Level Options

Operating modes

Selecting the Browse Workspace

About the Browse Clip-level Tabs

The Metadata Tab

The Events Tab

The Actions Tab

The Event Logging Tab

How Tab Selection Affects the Media Viewer

Marking an event

Performing Tasks in the Browse Workspace

Previewing a Video Clip

Annotation of Video Clips

Event Logging and Annotating

Viewing video-clip metadata

Editing a video clip

Annotating a video clip

Playing back an event and view its metadata

Editing an event

Deleting an event

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

Deleting a Video Clip

Keyboard Shortcuts for Event Logging

Configuration

Using the Actions Menu

Video AutoPlay Check Box

The Placeholders Workspace

About the Placeholders Workspace

Selecting the Placeholders workspace

Performing Tasks in the Placeholders Workspace

Selecting a Placeholder Clip

Finding and loading a placeholder clip

Working with a Placeholder Clip

Viewing placeholder-clip metadata

Editing placeholder-clip metadata

The Shot List Workspace and Project Clips

About Project Clips

Selecting the Shot List Workspace

Clip Management Buttons

The Source Shot Selection Tab

The Target Project Tab

Project Clips Main Features For Creating And Editing

Source Clip Selection Buttons

Clip Search

Event Search

Recent

The Shot-List Grid