The Video Platform is the place where you manage all your video content and in this article we will give you a walkthrough of how to navigate around the Video Platform.
Dashboard
When you log in the the platform you will always land on the Dashboard, here you can get an overview of what's going on inside your Video Platform.
Here are some key locations to keep an eye out for:
- In the top-left you will find a tab menu with shortcuts to some of your active products.
- On the top-right you will find the "Quick-upload" button and user menus. From the user menu you can access settings such as user management, switching between active accounts and more advanced settings.
- On the left side we have the news section where we will keep you updated about our latest releases.
- In the bottom we have a summary of different categories like Recent videos, Interactive videos and live events.
Media Library
On the Media Library tab you will find all of your videos and other categories like all playlists, catalogs, search filters that are quick links to all your content.
On the left side you will find categories, Catalogs, premade Search Filters and the Recycle Bin
In the top middle the search menu can be found and on the right side the "Create New Media" button.
Sorting Media
You can sort medias in the Media Library in multiple ways and can access more alternatives by pressing the "Toggle Advanced Search" button.
Here you can either select a premade Search Filter or create a new one. You can search for:
- Best Possible Match, Exact keyword or Every related match.
- Create from - to and/or from a date a media was updated from - to.
- Tags, which can be created and set on individual Medias.
Then you there is an option to sort by Type.
The Select button is for bulk selecting all of the displayed medias to perform addition operation on them.
Such as Add To Catalog, Add To Playlist or Move To Recycle Bin.
There are also two display options in the Video Platform. The "Grid view" and the "List view" alternatives can be found under the "" icon
The list view can be used as a more compact way of displaying Medias.
Media Quick Actions
For Quick single Media operations you can use the actions directly via the Media thumbnails.
Some key information is also displayed here such as when the video was uploaded, What type of Media it is, title, if the media is selected, and if the media also is a Adobe Express projects.
You can read more about how our integration with Adobe Express works in another article.
Pressing the "..." menu allows the following actions:
- Add to Playlist
- Add to Catalog
- Duplicate media
- New window (Opens the Media in a new window)
- Move to Bin
Categories and Catalogs
Categories allows you to quickly jump between displaying Medias, Playlists or Interact Projects.
Catalogs allows you to structure your Medias. You can create a new Catalog on the selected level by pressing the "+ New catalog" button, they also support hierarchies so you can create sub-folders to help you organize even better.
Right-clicking a catalog allows the user to edit it.
- Inspect Catalog Allows you to modify the metadata.
- Edit Access Lets you choose who should have access to view and access the contents within the catalog. Any user who shouldn't have access can't view or interact with any of the media properties of the containing medias. This also include sub-catalogs.
- Delete Catalog.
Search Filters are user created filters that can be created via the "Advanced Search" menu.
The Recycle bin is a temporary storage of deleted Medias. Medias within the recycle bin can be restored if needed to.