Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 636)

630 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Markers and metadata
Last updated 12/21/2009
For After Effects, both Project and File properties are stored directly in files, so you can access this metadata in Adobe
Bridge.
Soundbooth Separates metadata in these sections:
• File Displays properties for the currently displayed audio or ASND file. This metadata is stored directly in such
files, so it appears in other applications. (Adobe Bridge, however, does not display metadata for ASND files.)
• Clip Displays properties for multitrack clips you select in the Editor panel. This metadata is stored in the containing
ASND file, so it appears only in Soundbooth.
Adobe Premiere Pro and Soundbooth also provide a Speech Transcript section with metadata that appears only in
those applications.
Show or hide metadata
To optimize the Metadata panel for your workflow, show or hide entire schemas or individual properties, displaying
only those that you need.
1 From the options menu for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.
2 To show or hide schemas or properties, select or deselect them from the list.
Save, switch, or delete metadata sets
If you use multiple workflows, each requiring different sets of displayed metadata, you can save sets and switch
between them.
1 From the options menu for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.
2 Do any of the following:
• To save a customized set of displayed metadata, click Save Settings. Then enter a name, and click OK.
• To display a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the pop-up menu.
• To delete a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the pop-up menu, and click Delete Settings.
Create schemas and properties
If you have a unique, customized workflow that the default metadata options don’t address, create your own schemas
and properties.
1 From the options menu for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.
2 Click New Schema, and enter a name. (Skip this step if you’re adding properties to the standard schema, Premiere
Project Metadata.)
3 In the list, click Add Property to the right of the schema name.
4 Enter a property name, and select one of the following for Type:
Integer Displays whole numbers that you drag across or double-click to replace.
Real Displays fractional numbers that you drag across or double-click to replace.
Text Displays a text box (for properties similar to Location).
Boolean Displays a check box (for On or Off properties).