Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 131)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
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Viewing asset properties
To delete a metadata name already in use
To completely purge a metadata name, you must clear the metadata value on all asset
properties data pages. When the last asset is cleared, and the properties dialog is
closed, the metadata name is purged and removed from all properties pages. Refer to
“Clearing metadata” on page 130 .
Viewing asset properties
The properties dialog box varies depending on the asset.
• “Viewing clip properties” on page 131
• “Viewing playlist properties” on page 132
• “Viewing program properties” on page 132
• “Viewing bin properties” on page 132
• “Viewing volume properties” on page 132
Viewing clip properties
1. Select the clip in the Clips pane asset list.
2. Open the Clip Properties dialog box using one of the following:
• Select
Clips | Properties
, or
• Select
Properties
in the asset context menu, or
• Click t he
Properties
button in the Clips pane.
If the Properties button is not displayed in the Clips pane, refer to assignable
buttons in “Guide to using the Clips pane” on page 108 .
The Clip Properties dialog box appears. There are three pages in the clip dialog
box.
General
,
Media
, and
Data
. The General and Media pages are self explanatory.
The Data page is used to add metadata to the clip. To learn more, refer to “Working
with asset metadata” on page 128 .
Viewing the General properties page
The General properties page displays basic information about the clip, including
tracks, format, compression, size, etc. A radio button enables you to lock the clip.
Viewing Media Properties page
The Media page displays all the relevant clip timecodes, including clip marks, and the
first and last frame of the clip. A Time Dome gives a graphical display of the relative
position of the marks within the recorded media. The Aspect Ratio Conversion
drop-down list allows you to specify how you want AppCenter to handle an aspect
ratio conversion. For more information, see “About video scaling settings” on
page 176 .