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In version 1.1.6 the collections were are introduced.
With the collections a user can now save a set of elements and share the collection with other team members. There are two three types of collections: personal, global & globaldatabase
To add items simply drag elements from the Gallery view in the Collection view.
To create a permanent collection of the elements the collection can be save to a file on disk.
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On the filesystem the collection files can even be organized into folder and sub-folders. |
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Show elements button will show the element from the collection in the gallery view.
The standard filters can be applied (resolution, frame length, ….) can be applied on these elements.
To reset everything and show all elements click the reset filter button .or de-select the collection
The collection picker allows to browse/search all available collections.
It is sorted into two different groups: personal & global, global & one for each collection database
Create collection will create a new collection from all elements that are currently in the list.
Save collection will save the current state to the selected collection
Delete collection will remove the actual file on disk!
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The play button will open each element in an external player. The player is the user’s preferred application defined for the file type in the operating systems. For a file sequence the path to the first frame is selected, because there is no universal file sequence file path notation.
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Deleting collections is disabled if elements can’t be found in the currently loaded libraries. These elements might still be needed by some other library that is current not liked in the config. There is always the option to delete a collection file manually from disk (if its personal or global). |
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The grab button allows the user to drag all elements into another application.
The copy to clipboard button will copy all file paths to the clipboard.
Simply Ctrl/Command + vto paste the data somewhere else.
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The personal collections are stored at this location:
Linux/Mac~/.das-element/collections
Windows%USERPROFILE%/.das-element/collections
Global Collections
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The global collections are are stored at this location:
Linux/Mac$DASELEMENT_RESOURCES/collections
Windows%DASELEMENT_RESOURCES%/collections
Database Collection
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Creating, updating and deleting database collections is only possible with the Standard version. |
The collections now also be saved in a database. This help simultaneously creating and editing of collections when working in a team.
First setup a Collection Database in the Global Settings.
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In the Gallery View → Collection area, this new database will now show up when a new collection is created.
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