Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 - Manual (Page 80)

Xstudio User Manual 4-11
Creating and opening Xstudio projects and assets
Searching for projects/assets on the Xmedia Server
Xstudio’s Asset Browser and Gallery Browser provide you with convenient access to the
assets on your system, however they do not provide an effective way of finding or sorting
assets based on common themes or characteristics. For this reason, Xstudio offers a
Search tool, which allows you to quickly search and find assets by specifying a search
criteria based on asset properties and metadata. When a query is performed, the Search
tool returns a listing of the assets that match the search criteria. When the results are
viewed in proxy view mode, you can drag-and-drop the assets directly from the Search tool
to the Xstudio canvas.
Figure 4-4. Xstudio’s Search tool
The Search tool allows you to perform two types of searches: a standard search and an
advanced search. The standard search allows you create a search criteria using the basic
properties associated with assets like, the type of asset, keywords, date of creation, among
others. While the advanced search allows you to create a search criteria based on the
asset’s metadata information.
To open the Xstudio’s Search tool:
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Click the Search icon on Xstudio’s desktop.
or,
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Select the V IEW >S EARCH A SSETS menu command.
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Complete information and instructions for using Xstudio’s Search tool are provided in
“Appendix D - Search tool” on page 16-1 .