Preview Metadata Before Importing – Beta Version

Make sure you are working with Silverstack or Silverstack Lab 8.0 Beta that include the advanced metadata import wizards.

Silverstack supports importing metadata from other on-set applications, such as Movieslate, Drylab, QTake or Pomfort Livegrade. With Silverstack 8.0, the existing import wizards are complemented by a preview window, that allows you to check the impact of the imported metadata files and adapt the import options – before applying the import to your library.

Import Preview Window

Each import wizard consist of two steps:

• First Step: Select the file to import and match with the clips in your library
• Second Step: Select what metadata fields you want to take over. New: Preview Window in this step

Import Options Step With Metadata Preview Window

1. Show Clips filter buttons: Filter the preview table
   • Unchanged – show only clips that are not changed by the import
   • Conflicts – show only clips with metadata that is overwritten by import
   • Changes – show clips with metadata that is overwritten by import or that get additional metadata
   • All – show all clips that were matched in the previous wizard step
2. Original button: Toggle display of values in table to show value after/before import
3. Clip state indicator:
   • Grey – no changes to metadata of this clip
   • Red –  metadata in this clip is overwritten
   • Blue – new Metadata is added to this clip (but no metadata overwritten)
4. Preview of metadata fields after import
   • Grey – value not changed
   • Red – original value is overwritten
   • Blue – value is added (no original value)
   • Hover values with cursor to see tooltip with additional information

Changes to the Import Options and the Insert/Update Behaviour (on the left side of this wizard step) are displayed instantly in the preview window.

For further details about the import wizards, please check the KB articles

• Import Metadata via Movieslate
• Import and Match Metadata From Drylab Set Report
• Import Metadata from QTake
• Look Matching

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