User Manual

Managing Remote Assets with the Interplay Window

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Managing Remote Assets with the Interplay Window

You access remote assets through the Interplay Window. This lets you see all of the Avid assets

available to your project, manage your assets, and access the Avid assets stored in Interplay

folders so you can edit the clips in your sequence.

The Interplay Window, showing the Media Directory panel (left), the Research panel (right), and the Layout button

(bottom)

The Interplay Window lists your active content, which includes sequences, master clips, and all

the media files and metadata files that are associated with them. The Media Directory panel lets

you browse and navigate to all of the shared Interplay folders that contain those Avid assets

available for your project. The Research panel shows you the contents of the selected folders and

the results of media searches. You can use the Layout button to customize the display of the

Media Directory panel and the Research panel, see “Modifying the Appearance of the Interplay

Window” on page 1176.

You can load clips and sequences from the Interplay Window, which keeps track of your assets in

tabbed windows. You also use the tool to search projects and folders. When you start a search, a

Media Search tab displays in the Research panel. The Media Search tab lets you search the

database for all media files that fit the search parameters you specify. For more information on

searching, see “Finding Remote Assets” on page 1190.

By default, a Media Search tab is always open in the Research panel.