The Web Client is full of features to make it easier to work with assets without installing the client-side desktop applications. This powerful tool can let external users connect to a Zoom Preview Server and view a shared collection of assets from anywhere with only as much as a shared link. The internal Zoom users […]
What is a Working Copy? Zoom brings assets from the Zoom repository to a location on the local machine from where they can be used or edited. This location is called the Working Copy location. The working copy can be created in any locally available folder, at the time of checkout. Once an asset or
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From Zoom 7.0 onwards, no duplicate asset may be imported to a Zoom repository without being flagged for further action. Whenever Zoom detects that the name of the imported asset matches an existing one (in the same project), the user will be prompted to resolve the duplication. Here, admin’s Version is the asset on the repository (last
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Launch the Zoom Panel Since Adobe Premiere Pro, unlike other Adobe apps, does not allow third-party plugins to be opened without a project, click on any recent project or create a default project in Premiere. Open the Zoom panel using Windows > Extensions > Evolphin Zoom option in Premiere. Install Adobe Extension If you do not see an Evolphin
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From Zoom High-Res Video Management Release onwards, Zoom has added a new option New Project in Zoom Adobe plugin window. New Project This feature will allow the user to check-in the default template project structure into the Zoom repository. Zoom 6.0 onward, on clicking the New Project button in Zoom Adobe Plugin window, users will have the option to select the template from
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* This feature is available only in Zoom 7.0 or higher. Search Bar Launch a global search that spans file or folder name and also metadata right from the home page without opening a search tab first. Recent Files See all your recently modified or previewed files in the center of the Homepage. Double click on
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The list of keyboard shortcuts may be viewed directly from the Asset Browser using Shift + ? macOS Description Shortcut Refresh F5, Command + Shift + R Display preview of the selected asset Space bar Show URL of the selected asset Command + Shift + Space bar Check out (opens to edit / show
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If you are experiencing problems using drag and drop when working in the Asset Browser it is likely due to the bug in current version of Adobe AIR installed on your Mac or PC. The current recommended version for Adobe AIR is version 25 for Zoom 6.x or below. For Zoom 7.x or higher the recommended version
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Up until Zoom 7.2, administrators have the ability to push many of the common settings to the current users by creating a template that then Zoom will use to modify or replace the existing files in the user’s workstation. To do this, simply create a text file and set the variables and values you would
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On the Zoom DAM Server, go to [ZOOM_INSTALL_DIR]/DAM/conf/client-settings/ folder Add or Modify the zoom.properties file with the following line : DISABLE_CP_ALERT= true Save the zoom.properties file On the client machines, make sure that the default server is set in order to pull the properties from server. From the Zoom Client, right click on Z-icon in system tray.
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Problem In Zoom 6.0, Links tab shows blank thumbnail and unavailable asset ID for assets containing Non-English characters in their name. Solution Click on Resolve Links.
After making any change in the Z-Settings(e.g. changing default server etc.), reload the panel using the plugin reload button.
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Open zoom.properties file from $HOME/.zm C:\Users\joe\.zm\zoom.properties Add the following line to the file SHOW_STATUS_ALERT= false Save the zoom.properties file. Restart Zoom Client Proxy (check here for instructions on how to do that); Reopen asset browser.
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While using the Zoom Adobe plugin inside Adobe apps, the status of the project and its associated links are automatically refreshed at regular intervals. From Zoom 6 onwards, users can configure this auto-refresh interval in different ways. This auto-refresh is configured using zoom.properties. Follow the steps as per your Zoom version: For Zoom 6: Open zoom.properties
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Introduction The server and working copy settings dialog allows users to configure various zoom servers. From Zoom 6.0 and above, the server and working copy dialog has become more advanced and has incorporated many new features. Each added server can now be edited and a working copy location and default checkout location can be specified
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In Zoom 6.0 and above, support has been added for query-based searching, where the users can issue complex searches without setting up the advanced search parameters. An intuitive syntax is provided to build up the queries. Syntax: As user start typing in the top search panel, drop-down containing the list of possible values will be displayed, to help
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From Zoom 6.0 and above, right-click context menu in Asset Browser can be customized to invoke the pre-configured scripts. Brief: Automation is beneficial for Zoom users by allowing them to take mundane tasks and automate them using scripts. Currently, in Zoom, we have support for automation scripts using the Workflow functionality on the Zoom Server.
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From Zoom 6.0 onwards, a new search feature has been added called Faceted Search that provides the self-directed flexibility to the users to refine and drill down the results based on summary information provided for different Categories. How to use Faceted Search On opening the Search View in Asset Browser, it will show all the
Zoom 6.0 onwards, the links of the doc/project, open in a creative app can be viewed in a separate Links tab in the plugin. You can see the thumbnail, file name and metadata of the linked assets in this panel. Configuring Links panel metadata The metadata that will be displayed for the links can be configured by these
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Open zoom.properties. This file will be located in your local $HOME/.zm folder, under the current user’s directory. Windows example: C:\Users\joe\.zm\zoom.properties macOS example: /Users/evolphin/.zm/zoom.properties Add the field VAB_PER_PAGE_ENTRIES to the end of this document. Below is an example of a configuration set to show 150 results. VAB_PER_PAGE_ENTRIES=150 Save the changes to zoom.properties. Restart the Zoom Client Proxy (check here for instructions); Reopen the Asset Browser and confirm the
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