Selecting files for Import
When you select My computer, the job of selecting the files to import belongs to the folder and asset-file browser in the main area of the display.
The folder and file browserThe left hand column of the browser is a hierarchical view of all folders on all file-storage devices attached to your computer. These devices include hard drives, optical disc drives, memory cards and USB sticks.
Navigation in this “folder tree” is similar to that in Windows Explorer and other programs. Only one entry in the folder tree can be highlighted at a time. Any media files or project files contained in that folder are immediately listed in the larger, right-hand division of the browser. You can preview files on the spot, and earmark those you intend to import by checking the box at the top right of corner of each file icon.
Previewing media and project filesPreviewing audio and video: The file browser includes built-in previewing for all supported asset types. Click the play button in the center of video, audio, and project file icons to preview the assets they represent. For quick viewing, video files play back within the icon frame itself. Click anywhere on the icon to halt playback; otherwise the entire file is previewed.
Full-screen photo preview: To view a digital photo or other picture file at full-screen resolution, double-click its icon, or click the full-screen button in the toolbar beneath the browser.
Scrub preview: Audio, video and project file icons provide a scrubber control immediately below the file icon. Click and drag the scrubber knob to manually review any part of the file. The mouse pointer changes to a two-headed horizontal arrow when it is correctly positioned for scrubbing.
Marking files for importTo mark asset files one at a time for importing, click the checkbox at the top right corner of the file icon. This box is checked automatically when you browse to a new folder for all the files on display.
Click the checkbox to mark or unmark the file.
Marking multiple files: The browser also provides a method of checking or unchecking a group of highlighted files simultaneously. To highlight an individual file, simply click on its name or its icon; the highlighted state is indicated by an orange border. To highlight additional files, click icons in conjunction with either of the Shift and Ctrl keys, as follows:
• Click while pressing Ctrl to add or remove the highlighting from one file without affecting the others in the group.
• Click while pressing Shift highlights the clicked icon and all those between it and the previously clicked icon, inclusive. Highlighting is removed from any icons not within the range.
A group of four highlighted image file icons. Marking or unmarking any one will affect the whole group.
You can also highlight a range of icons directly with the mouse, by dragging out a rectangle that intersects the icons you want to include. Click the first icon and move to the last one before releasing the mouse button.
Having highlighted some icons you want to import, click the checkbox of any one of them to mark or unmark the entire group at once.
Check All and Uncheck All: Click these buttons along the bottom of the file browser to mark for importing either all or none of the asset files listed in the current folder. The buttons do not affect any files currently selected in other folders.
Use the Check All button to mark all asset files in the current folder.
Each time a file is added to or removed from the list of those to be imported, the file browser updates the count in the selection status indicator at the bottom right of the display.