Grass Valley K2 Media Client User Manual Oct.10 2006 - Manual (Page 135)

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Locating assets
2. In the Organize Bins dialog box, choose Recycle Bin .
3. Select Remove items immediately when deleted or hold down the SHIFT key during
delete.
4. Close the Organize Bins dialog box.
Locating assets
Three tools are provided for locating assets: Sorting, Search, and Links. You can set
how assets are sorted by selecting the “sort by” attribute for the asset list. For
example, you can sort by name, modified date, length, etc. The Search dialog box
provides both basic search and advanced search modes for locating assets anywhere
in the K2 system media storage. Advanced search mode allows you to define search
criteria for assets based on user-defined metadata. The Links dialog box helps you
determine assets that are related. For example, you can locate the source clip used to
generate a subclip or you can determine if there are copies of a given clip.
Topics in this section include:
• “Sorting assets in the Asset List” on page 135
• “Using Basic search” on page 136
• “Using Advanced Search” on page 138
• “Advanced Search Criteria” on page 140
• “Finding linked assets” on page 140
Sorting assets in the Asset List
You can sort assets by file attributes such as date, name, length, and create date using
the Options dialog box.
To change how assets are sorted:
1. Open the Options dialog box using one of the following methods:
• Select Clips | Options , or
• Right-click an asset, then select Options in the asset context menu, or