Cumulus 8 - Canto

ASSETS/RECORDS 25• Time only – Any valid time of day entered in the format hh:mm:ss.Optionally you can also enter milliseconds by employing a dot asseparator: hh:mm:ss.123• Length – in inches – displayed in the measurement you have chosenin your User Settings for the Cumulus application.• Resolution – in dots per inch.• Binary – Not user-editable; administered by custom asset informationapplications, which can manipulate and store binary data for furtherautomation.• Asset Reference – Special binary field used for asset references only.Not user-editable.• Picture – Pictures can be pasted into these fields (e.g., Thumbnail).• String List – This field type supports lists, such as menus, which canmake data entry easier. The items in the list can be defined by theuser (e.g., Status). With Workgroup or Enterprise, the items can onlybe defined by users with the appropriate rights.• Audio – Can store voice annotations that can be recorded directlyinto the computer or come from the assets themselves.• Label – Enables users to label records by assigning colors.• Rating – Enables users to rate assets or records.• Table – Special field type that can include other metadata fields. Thisfield type was designed for special usage purposes, e.g. the usercomments added to a preview are managed by such a field. Thefields included in a Table field can be configured to be searchableand sortable.Asset Types SupportedCumulus can catalog any kind of digital asset you throw at it. Moreover, itdirectly supports file formats with specially developed filters. (See “AssetFormat Support,” p. 210, for details on supported formats.) Visit Canto’swebsite (www.canto.com) for news, updates and downloads, includingnew file filters as they are developed (for registered users only).Editing Asset InformationIn general, you can edit the information stored on an asset. But you can onlyedit information which is stored in record fields you are allowed to edit.To edit the information stored on an asset:1. Select a Record View Set that displays the information you wantto edit in the Information View or the Asset Information window.2. Select the record you want to edit and change to InformationView or open the Asset Information window.3. Click the field you want to edit.Fields with white backgrounds can be edited. If a field has a graybackground, then it cannot be edited. (Either you are not allowedto edit or the field is not editable in general.)NOTE >>> A field name displayed in red and marked with anasterisk (*) marks a mandatory field. Such a field should be filledwith metadata when the metadata is edited. If the field is empty