Changing the ordering of metadata groups visible in Asset Browser Metadata panel Go to zoom installation folder on your Zoom MAM Server. In the Zoom Installation folder, open conf/metadataspec.xml Add a new tag <mdgrouporder></mdgrouporder> inside the <config></config> tag. Add the group codes in the sequence that you want to see in the Asset Browser. This is […]
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From Zoom 5.2 onwards, you can change the locale in Zoom’s Asset Browser and Z-menu. Follow these steps to change the locale: Open Asset Browser. Click Settings from the user menu options in the top right corner. Select a new value from the Current Locale drop-down list box. Click Save. Restart the Asset Browser after
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In Zoom 5.2 or greater, jobs from stored workflow templates can be created with select assets from the Asset Browser. This is especially useful for directly launching workflow automations on selected assets. In order to do this, first a set of workflow templates must be created and saved. This can be done by administrators, as
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Here are some pointers on how to make effective use of the Zoom global search paradigm. Search via the Asset Browser has been detailed in this link here: https://evolphin.com/help/docs/v5/client/vab/search/ From the command line client, you could invoke the same search using the following command > zm -s http://zm-server:8880 find -e “tulips” The above command will invoke the zoom
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Through Linked Metadata you can create links between certain metadata fields which will show up in the check-in form containing mandatory metadata. For example, if IPTC copyright status is a mandatory metadata field, and if user selects Others as value for this field then we want IPTC copyright terms field to be added in the mandatory metadata
The Task Manager allows users who have the Workflow module to accept and submit tasks assigned to them within a Workflow Job. The Task Manager can be launched directly from with the Creative App Plugin. This feature is not available from Zoom 7.0 onwards. Open the Evolphin Zoom panel by navigating to Window > Extensions > Evolphin Zoom.
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Within Zoom, creating copies of files is easy using Smart Copy. Unlike conventional copying of files which takes up additional data, creating a Smart Copy allows a file to be copied and edited without having to duplicate data on the server. You can create smart copies of a file or an entire folder. For additional information on Smart
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Zoom 6.x In Zoom 6.x, the Zoom Adobe plugin has a single tab showing a panel of buttons. Icon Name Description Checkin Quick Checkin Lock/Unlock Smart Copy Revert Update Show in Asset Browser Task Manager Reveal in Explorer Status Resolve Links Zoom 7.x From Zoom 7.0 onwards, Zoom Adobe plugin is divided into three tabs,
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Launch the Zoom Panel Since Adobe Premiere, unlike other Adobe apps, does not allow third-party plugins to be opened without a project, click on any recent project or create a default project in Premiere. Open the Zoom panel using Windows > Extensions > Evolphin Zoom option in Premiere Install Adobe Extension If you do not see an
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Install Adobe Extension If you do not see an Evolphin Zoom panel under Window > Extensions > Evolphin Zoom, install the plugin manually using . Links in After Effects Checkin Assets Smart Copy/Clone Project Lock/Unlock Revert/Revert Project Update/Sync Task Manager Show in Asset Browser/View in Zoom Status Reveal/View in Explorer/Finder Resolve Links Render and Import
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This guide assumes you are using Adobe InDesign, but the concepts here are just as applicable to After Effects, Photoshop etc. The Adobe CC extension is implemented to behave the same way in any Adobe CC application you use. The link and layers management may differ across various adobe applications. Install Adobe Extension If you
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Install Adobe Extension If you do not see an Evolphin Zoom panel under Window > Extensions > Evolphin Zoom, install the plugin manually using . Checkin Assets Smart Copy/Clone Project Lock/Unlock Revert/Revert Project Update/Sync Task Manager Show in Asset Browser/View in Zoom Incoming Changes Zoom Repository Status Reveal/View in Explorer/Finder
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Install Adobe Extension If you do not see an Evolphin Zoom panel under Window > Extensions > Evolphin Zoom, install the plugin manually using . Structuring Folders Layers in Photoshop Links in Photoshop Checkin Assets Smart Copy/Clone Project Lock/Unlock Revert Update/Sync Task Manager Show in Asset Browser/View in Zoom Incoming Changes Zoom Repository Status Reveal/View
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Since Zoom version 7.0, Lightbox and Web Approval have been deprecated. In the new Zoom versions, use the new Web Client for managing comments and approvals on assets inside a collection. About A lightbox is a feature in Zoom that allows users to share and annotate assets within their web browser. Users can overlay notes, circles,
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About Conflicts When using Zoom, there are instances where you may run into an issue where you are not able to check-in your asset because there is a newer version of an asset on your computer. This state is called “Conflict”. This is when you have a working copy of an asset on your computer
As of Zoom 5.1, you can download multiple assets as a ZIP file using the Web Asset Browser. Select the items you would like to checkout in Web Asset Browser. Click the Checkout button. Select the destination to save the ZIP file. Save.
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The Cart in Zoom is a useful tool for collecting assets to perform a bulk operation. For example, with Cart you can do the following to multiple assets: Action Description Save to Folder Saves assets in the cart to a folder specified on your desktop computer. Checkout Assets in the cart will be checked out
Collections are a way to group assets in one place even when they are located in different projects or locations. For example, you might use these for viewing all of the assets related to a specific category or share a specific set of related assets. There are two types of collections: Type Description Static Collection
Links in Zoom are relations of files as a one-to-many relationship. The link can be used to indicate to a user which files a file corresponds to. For example, an Adobe InDesign document may contain many images within it. Each of these images are links and this relationship can also be seen inside of Zoom.
In Zoom, metadata is additional information about an asset. Commonly, this described as “data about data”. It is information that describes an asset beyond the digital data that is contained within it. This can include a variety of information from title, description, location, and a variety of other types of metadata. These are helpful because
