[Cin] Repair some TODO from latex source

Andrea paz gamberucci.andrea at gmail.com
Fri Sep 22 10:00:05 CEST 2023


Phyllis, I apologize but I still propose an update in windows.tex
regarding UserBins.
After carefully studying Rafa Mar's tutorial (I am very sorry, because
he left after I had angered him!) I think the section needs more
clarification. I have added a new section with an introduction on how
media management works in Modify Folder. See if that works for you. I
also add this new section in txt format for those who want to read and
improve it.

Regarding the third TODO I simply removed it leaving the list
unchanged. I wouldn't know how to make the table and anyway, in my
opinion, it would be less clear than how it is written now. If you
have ideas on how to make it into a good table, please let me know.
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MODIFY FOLDER: SORTING THE MEDIA

In \CGG{} all the virtual mediafiles loaded in the Resources window are collected in the Media folder without any kind of organization and sorting other than alphabetical. The Media folder is considered a "master" folder because it is the basis for every other new folder we create. Another "master" folder is Clips, and in fact we can create new clips folders as well. If we do editing of large projects containing numerous mediafiles, a rational and selective organization of the source material becomes necessary. In fact, having the sources organized in folders, where they can be found and used easily, makes subsequent editing much faster, as well as minimizing confusion and the possibility of errors. This step, which is fundamental in the pro environment, is called Logging and also includes screening individual mediafiles in the Viewer window; renaming them rationally; and adding labels and descriptions in the metadata.

We start by creating one or more new folders. These will be empty and we should populate them with the mediafiles contained in the master Media folder. There are two options: manual Drag and Drop or automatic populating by setting filters (Smart Bins).

\paragraph{Drag and Drop:} you drag mediafiles into the new folder one by one or in selected groups. The starting master folder can only be Media (or Clips, if we have created a new clip folder). Il trascinamento avviene preservando il percorso assoluto dei sorgenti. If you open Modify Folder window you will notice that each imported mediafile occupies a different row characterized by its own path and name. See fig 2.29. The Value field containing paths can contain only 63 characters, and it may happen to find the names cut off. The full path and name can be found by right-clicking on the row, but this is inconvenient and time-consuming. The best solution is to drag the mediafiles while holding down the Shift key; this will return the relative path instead of the absolute path, with space gain.

\paragraph{Filters:} you do automatic populating using filters (Smart Bins mode). You set the values of the Enabled; Target; Op and Value fields to make up the required filtering. The folder will populate automatically by pulling from the Media master folder. The filter is the result of one row, but we can do more sophisticated filtering by adding more rows. The process will start from the first row propagating to subsequent rows always following the pattern from top to bottom. See fig 2.30.

Let's look in detail at all the options of Modify Folder.

[from here onwards takes up the manual (roughly from Fig 2.30)]
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