MM5.5 Comparison of assets

Owned by Gosia Creosteanu (Unlicensed)
Apr 16, 2021

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.

There are three methods of comparing assets:

  1. Metadata comparison.
  2. Content comparison.
  3. Side by side comparison

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.

Side by side comparison

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.

 

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 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.

The user can add more assets to the comparison pool by clicking "Add more assets" on the left side. This will redirect you to the startpage, 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.

  1. Show all: All metadata is visible.
  2. 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".
  3. Show differences: Metadata fields that has different values are marked as green.


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. 

Content comparison 

This method can only be used on comparison of two assets. Using this method, it is possible to view assets side by side.