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General information
Media Manager offers the possibility of comparing assets. In order to compare 2 or more assets that the user has marked, select "Compare" option from the multiselect menu in the top bar. A pop-up window with the selected assets will appear.
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There are three methods of comparing assets:
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metadata comparison
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side
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The user can choose a comparison method from the drop-down bar in upper right corner of the pop-up window. It is also possible to see the number of assets selected in the upper left corner.
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by side comparison
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This method can only be used on comparison of two assets. The selected assets are placed in an overlapping position and using the comparison slider, it is possible to compare the assets side by side.
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(split view)
content comparison (image slider).
Metadata comparison
With this method it is easy to compare metadata of multiple assets simultaneously. The selected assets are displayed at the top of the pop-up window dialog with belonging metadata fields below.
It is possible to deselect the unwanted assets by clicking on the green checkmark placed in the upper left corner of each asset.
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The user can add more assets to the comparison pool by clicking "Add more assets" on the left side‘Add more assets’ in the top left corner of the dialog. This will redirect you the user to the startpagehomepage, where new assets can be marked, and then you can click "compare assets" on the window located in the lower right corner of the screen.
In the upper right corner there is a drop-down bar with three options.
- Show all: All metadata is visible.
- Show selected: Selected metadata fields are visible. Click on the grey circle placed on the left side of the metadata field, and then click "show selected".
- Show differences: Metadata fields that has different values are marked as green.
. To go back to the comparison dialog, navigate again to ‘Compare’ → ‘Metadata’.
In the line under asset thumbnails there are several options available dependent on the current selection:
‘Highlight differences’ - a toggle button that enables viewing only the fields whose content differs from one another
‘Show selected’ - after selecting at least 1 metadata field, this option hides all the other fields
‘Clear selection’ - this options resets the comparison selection
When more than 3 assets are selected to compare, a slider appears, so the user can slide through all the selected assets or use the arrows on each side to navigate. 
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Split view
This method can only be used on comparison of two assets. Using this method, it is possible to view assets side by side.
This comparison method is available only for images and .psd assets.
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Image slider
This method can only be used on comparison of two assets. The selected assets are placed in an overlapping position and it is possible to compare the assets using the comparison slider.
This comparison method is available only for images and .psd assets.
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