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Pressing the Log in button in the right upper corner, will open the Log in box.
- Username – insert the username provided to you by the local administrator
- Password – insert the password provided to you by the local administrator
- Remember Login Info – choose between Yes or No
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This will be the main page from where you can play videos, search and access different other functions.
The portal is organized in four main areas:
2.2.2.1 Top bar
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The top bar contains the logo of your company and the user's profile menu represented by the user's profile picture and name.
2.2.2.2 Menu bar
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The menu bar contains six buttons that give you access to different functionalities of the portal:
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In the Video Slider you can add between three to ten different videos that will automatically change between them at a certain time. You can also play the videos from the slider.
To configure the Video Slider you have to access the Portal admin console.
2.2.2.4 Videos
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In the Videos section you will find all the uploaded videos. From there you have access to different functionalities like: Share, Favorite, Play and so on. You will find more information in the upcoming chapters.
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Further on you can play the video, download it, share it or favorite it. For a better view you can also change the way the videos are displayed as following:
Sort – will sort the videos based on first letter, date, duration, comments or favorites
View – will display the videos in three different ways: List, Tile view or Box view
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Once the video/image is selected press Save and log out the portal, refresh the page and you will see the selected video/image on the login screen.
2.2.4.2 Video Slides
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To add a video press the Add video button and the video selector section will
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In the Upload section you can access three different submenus:
- Choose files – where you upload your assets
- Task manager – where you can see the assets that are in the uploading process and edit the metadata
- Upload history – where you can see your upload history
You can upload videos from your desktop or by connecting to one of the three cloud services: Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive.
2.2.5.1 Choose files
Desktop upload
When it comes to desktop upload you have two different options to upload your movie clips:
- Drop files from you PC into highlighted area. Drag and drop your files and the uploading process will start right away.
- Choose a file from your computer. Press this button and it will open up your Windows Explorer for Windows users or the Finder for Mac users.
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The above image represents the Task manager and the interface that will help you setting up the metadata.
The first thing you will notice on the page will be the loading bars that appears immediately you start to upload a video. There are
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Note: the video will not be available to anyone unless you edit the metadata.
Before adding metadata you can select the language that you want to use for your asset's information (if multiple language support is enabled from the Digizuite™ DAM Center).
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The metadata editor of a video is structured using multiple metafields:
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- The play button on top of the thumbnail will preview the video
- Under the preview section you can see the length of the video and you also have to option to Delete the video if necessary
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- When you upload a video, the system will automatically generate three different thumbnails to choose from. You can select the one you want that will represent your video until future changes will be done.
- If you press Generate new thumbnails, three new thumbnails will be generated. You can repeat the process until you find the most suggestive one for your video
- Pressing Edit previews will give you the possibility of manually select a thumbnail from the video.
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- Drag and drop the white circles and edit your own thumbnail of the video.
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- Write a Title and a Description to your videos.
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- You can decide Who can watch this video. You can make the asset available only to some users of the Video Portal, or you can choose different groups that can access the videos. You will decide.
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- Select where you want to make the video available. Each Video Portal has its own menu structure defined by the local administrator.
Note: if you assign a video only to My videos, you will be the only one who can later on watch the video.
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- Enable other users to comment or download your videos. Click on the left box and the box will change from Yes to No.
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- Add keywords and tags to your videos. You can later on search for them based on the tags attached to your video. Select the box and start typing the desired keyword.
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- In the box you can insert your email address and once the video has been uploaded and processed you will get a notification on your inserted email.
- Selecting the box on the right will change from No to Yes. If you select Yes, you will get a notification on your email every time you upload a video. If you select No, you will not get any email except from the current one, if you inserted your email in the first step.
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- The system automatically gives you a History information on the asset you are editing. It tells you when it was Uploaded and the last time it was Edited. It also show you information if the video has been Restored or not.
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- Once you upload, edit or restore the video, the system will automatically generate the URL of the video that you can further on share it.
After you are done with editing/adding metadata to the videos press Start processing from the bottom of the panel. You will immediately be redirected to the Upload History page.
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The Figure 17, explains in details the two different statuses a video has:
- If the orange triangle is shown in the left upper corner of the video box, it means that the video is Processing
- If the green triangle is shown in the left upper corner of the video box, it means that the video has been Uploaded and processed.
Note: Once you submitted the upload process, you can navigate back to the home page and visualize other videos. You can check the status of the uploaded videos if you go with the mouse over the
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2.2.6 Search functionality
The Video Portal comes with a live search functionality. Every time when you start searching for a video it will automatically show you suggestions and the most relevant videos.
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Pressing the highlighted wheel will open the edit menu of the video. The edit panel is similar with the Metadata editor window. All the metadata added during the upload session can now be changed in the new
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You can press the highlighted heart when you find a video that you like and find it relevant for you. Pressing the heart will assign the video to the favorites one and you can later on can access them from the Menu under My favorites folder.
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You have different channels where you can share your videos. You can send it via email or post it on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, pressing on the corresponding buttons as it can be seen in the image above.
You can also copy the link and attach to a document for example.
Embedding the video on your website is also a functionality available in the Video Portal. You can use the Digizuite™ DAM Center's server as a streaming server for you website as well, not only for your Video Portal.
2.2.7.4 Download
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On any page you will be situated on the right upper corner you will always see the name of the user logged in. If you press on
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The button will bring you the Windows Explorer if you are using a Windows machine or Finder if you are using a Mac. From there select the desired picture.
Once the picture has been added, crop it so that will fit your needs.
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2.3.1 Editing tools
There are few editing options available:
- Drawing tools that include:
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- Different colors
- You can save the changes by pressing the Close button. Give a name to your annotation and navigate later on throughout the annotation menu to see the different highlighted sections in your video.
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2.3.2 Trimming
The video editing tools offer you the possibility of highlighting the most important parts of your videos by trimming them. This way you can keep only the relevant content of the video.
Drag and drop the yellow arrows and save the changes as a new video.
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