The optional indicators and buttons on an asset icon in the Library Browser let you access and in some cases modify information about the asset without having to burrow deeper. Use the pop-up checklist on the thumbnails view button to determine which indicators and buttons are displayed.

Caption: The caption below the icon is the Library alias for the asset, which you can set with the Edit caption context menu command for any asset. It is not necessarily the name of the underlying asset file (which is shown in the tooltip).

Shortcut: The presence of this indicator in the extreme upper left of a thumbnail shows that the asset is a shortcut rather than an independent media file. Shortcuts, which consist of a reference to an existing media item along with a package of Corrections settings, can be created from the File menu of the media editor for any Library asset. Thereafter, they behave like ordinary assets, and are available for use in your productions.

Tag indicator: The bottommost of the three symbols at the right of the thumbnail is shown if the asset has any tags assigned to it. Hover the mouse pointer over the indicator to bring up a menu on which the existing tags for the asset are shown. As you pass the pointer over a tag name on this menu, a remove button appears. Click it to unset the tag. Click remove all at the bottom of the menu to clear all tags from the asset. The creation and application of tags is discussed in “Tags” on page 31.

Collection indicator: Just above the tag indicator, the presence of this symbol indicates that you have included the asset in one or more Collections. To see which ones, hover the mouse over the symbol. As with the tag indicator menu, a remove button is shown as you position the mouse on each Collection name; click it to remove the asset from the Collection. The remove all command removes the asset from all Collections of which it is a member.

Ratings: The row of stars above the top left of the icon lets you set the asset rating. If no stars are lit, the asset is said to be unrated. To set the rating of one asset or a selection of assets, either click the corresponding star on the indicator (click the first star twice to make the asset unrated again) or choose the setting on the Apply rating context submenu.

3D indicator: Assets whose content is designed for stereoscopic 3D viewing carry a 3D indicator. The indicator appears when video and photo assets are automatically detected as stereoscopic while importing them the Library, and when an asset has been manually set as stereoscopic in corrections.

Used media indicator: A check mark is displayed to the right of the ratings indicator if the asset represented by the thumbnail is currently to be found in an open timeline within your project. The check mark is rendered in green if the asset is used in the currently visible project; otherwise it is gray. The used media indicator applies only to photo, video and audio assets.

Information indicator: Clicking the information indicator opens the information panel where you can edit the asset’s rating, title, and tags as well as view all its properties. Like most of the other indicators, the information indicator can be turned on and off using the thumbnails view pop-up.

Multi-Camera indicator: Projects created in the Multi-Camera Editor have a four-pane square icon in the upper right corner of the thumbnail.