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CHP. 3 USING THE MEDIA MANAGER
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Removing media files from a library
You can remove a reference to a media file from a library without affecting the media file itself.
1.
Select files in the Search Results pane to choose the files you want to delete:
• To select a single file, click the file.
—or—
• To select multiple consecutive files, click the first file, hold the key, and then click the last item.
—or—
• To select multiple files that are not consecutive, hold the key and click each file.
2.
Right-click a selected file and choose Remove from Library from the shortcut menu (or press the key
on your keyboard). A confirmation dialog is displayed.
3.
Click OK to remove the selected files from the library.
Tagging media files
Tagging helps you classify your media files. For example, if you wanted to keep track of loops played by a
specific instrument, you could create a tag with the name of the instrument and apply it to the appropriate
loops. Similarly, you could create tags for genres, moods, seasons, client names, locations, scenes, performer
names, and so on.
When you create a new library, a default tag tree is displayed in the Tags pane. You can create your own tags
to customize the tags for your needs. Tags are the fastest way to search a media library, and they require very
little disk space.
Tags are saved in your media library. If a media file exists in multiple libraries, tagging the media file in one
library has no effect on the other libraries unless you save the tags to the files and use the Add Files to Media
Library dialog to update tags and custom properties for all files.
Tip:
If you want to see which tags are associated with a file as
you’re adding or removing tags, drag the Tags column in the
Search Results pane to the left so you can see the Name and
Tags columns at the same time.
Creating a tag
Adding tags creates new tags in the current library only.
1.
Click the New Tag button ( ) to add a new tag to the tree.
If a tag is selected, the new tag will be added below the selected tag. If no tag is selected, the new tag will
be added to the bottom of the tag tree.
2.
Type a name for the tag.
3.
Press .
4.
If you want to change the icon used to display the tag, right-click it and choose Edit from the shortcut
menu to display the Tag Editor dialog.
5.
If you want to change the tag’s location, drag it to a new location in the tag tree.
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