Grass Valley Xplorer Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 66)

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Moving assets to/from the Xmedia Server and other devices
Saving a local copy of an asset as a file
Xplorer allows you to save a copy of selected assets locally to your machine as a file.
When saving the following asset types, A UDIO , I MAGES , C EL ANIMATIONS , C LIPS , and
G ENERIC , Xplorer identifies the main file format that the asset can be saved as, as well as
any alternative file formats (if applicable).
Although S CENES and T EMPLATES assets can also be saved locally, they must be saved as
.xml
files.
The following asset types cannot be saved locally: P ANELS , P LAYLIST , S EGMENTS ,
R UNDOWNS , S CRIPTS , P AGES , L OOKUP T ABLES , W ORK O RDERS and J OBS .
To save a single asset on your local drive:
1.
Right-click on the asset in the Asset Gallery and select the S AVE L OCAL C OPY command.
The command expands and asks you to choose the file format that you would like to
save the asset as.
• The Master format is the asset’s original file format.
• The Alternate formats are additional formats that the asset may be saved as.
2. Select the file format that the asset will be saved as.
The S
AVE L OCAL C OPY window appears.
3. Navigate to the folder on your system where you want to save the files and click S AVE .
To save multiple assets on your local drive:
1.
In the Asset Gallery, select the desired files by pressing the SHIFT key as you click on
each asset for consecutive selections, or press the CTRL key to select a grouping of
non-consecutive files.
2. Right-click on one of the selected assets and select the S AVE L OCAL C OPY command.
The B ROWSE F OR F OLDER window appears.
3. Navigate to the folder on your system where you want to save the file and click OK.
Or,
Select a directory location and create a new folder in that location by pressing the M
AKE
N EW F OLDER button. Name the folder and then click OK.
N OTE
When saving multiple assets, the assets can only be saved as their current file format.
Saving assets in alternate file formats must be done individually as described above.