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Chapter 9 Managing Media Using Clips Pane
Working with assets
Assets displayed in the Asset List include clips, subclips, playlists, and programs.
Refer to the following procedures to work with assets:
• “Renaming an asset” on page 234
• “Selecting multiple assets” on page 234
• “Moving an asset to another bin” on page 235
• “Copying an asset” on page 236
• “Deleting an asset” on page 239
• “Erasing a clip’s unused media” on page 239
• “Locking an asset” on page 241
Renaming an asset
1. Select the asset in the Asset List using the front panel touch screen, the front panel
selection knob, or a mouse.
2. Select Rename using one of the following:
• Select the Clips pane context menu button
, then Rename, or
• Select Rename in the asset context menu, or
• Select the Rename button in the Clips pane.
If the Rename button is not displayed in the Clips pane, refer to assignable
buttons in “Guide to using the Clips pane” on page 220.
The rename dialog box appears.
3. Edit the asset name using the onscreen or external keyboard, the select OK.
Asset names can contain up to 32 characters, including spaces. Spaces count as two
characters, and the following characters are not allowed: \ / : * ? < > | ' (single
quote) " (double quote) [ ] and ~ at the beginning of the name.
The renamed asset is not re-sorted.
NOTE: Assets that are locked or in use cannot be renamed.
Selecting multiple assets
There are three ways to select multiple assets in the clips pane:
• When using the touch screen, you can turn on the multi-select mode in the Edit
menu. When multi-select mode is turned on, all the assets you touch or click once
are selected. To turn off multi-select mode, you must clear the multi-select option
in the Edit menu.
• Use the Select All command in the Clips Pane context menu.
• Using mouse and keyboard, hold the SHIFT or CTRL key on the keyboard while
selecting multiple assets with the mouse or arrow keys.
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M-Series User Manual
20 April 2005