Asset view modes

When browsing through the Media library, you can see assets. Clicking an asset opens the detail view, which has a larger preview, as well as a view on the metadata of the asset.

Overview

The overview (or browse assets) shows small thumbnails with some basic asset information.

In browse assets view, some basic asset information can be found below the thumbnail

• Title: The title of the asset (either the filename or filetitle)
• File type: The file type is shown in the color-coded label.
• Color profile: General color profile of the asset if applicable (image files only).
• DPI: Dots Per Inch. Indicates the resolution of the asset (image files only).
• Orientation: Landscape or portrait.
• Dimensions: Dimensions of the asset in pixels
• File size: The file size of the asset.
• Export profiles: A list of available conversions that can be used to convert a file to another filetype, size, or even crop parts of the image (image files only).
• Download: Download the asset in the selected profile.
• Add to collection: Save this asset to a collection.
• Context menu: This button contains some additional actions that you can perform with the asset.
  • Edit: Edit the asset to update metadata, categories,... (visible when you have edit permissions)
  • Share: Share the asset with externals
  • Upload a new version: Upload a new version of an asset with the same metadata.
  • Browse version history: When multiple versions are uploaded, you can browse through older versions
  • Duplicate metadata: Create a placeholder for a new asset with the metadata of the selected asset
  • Delete: (soft) delete the asset. Admins can restore soft deleted assets for 30 days.

Users can select one or more assets with the checkbox in the upper left corner of each thumbnail. When at least one asset is selected, the available bulk actions appear above the assets.

Users can select a range of assets assets by holding Shift after selecting the first asset (with the checkbox) and select the last asset in their range.

Detail view

After clicking an asset, the asset detail view opens. This view provides a larger preview, as well as the metadata that is added to the asset.

When you click on a single asset it will open in detail view. The most important information about the asset is displayed at the top of the modal. Underneath this information you can find all of the other metadata that is attached to this asset, neatly organized under the following tabs:

• Info
• EXIF
• IPTC
• Stats
• Notes