Phyllis, I apologize but I still propose an update in windows.tex regarding UserBins. After carefully studying Rafa Mar's tutorial (I am very sorry, because he left after I had angered him!) I think the section needs more clarification. I have added a new section with an introduction on how media management works in Modify Folder. See if that works for you. I also add this new section in txt format for those who want to read and improve it.
Regarding the third TODO I simply removed it leaving the list unchanged. I wouldn't know how to make the table and anyway, in my opinion, it would be less clear than how it is written now. If you have ideas on how to make it into a good table, please let me know.
MODIFY FOLDER: SORTING THE MEDIA
In \CGG{} all the virtual mediafiles loaded in the Resources window are
collected in the Media folder without any kind of organization and sorting
other than alphabetical. The Media folder is considered a "master" folder
because it is the basis for every other new folder we create. Another "master"
folder is Clips, and in fact we can create new clips folders as well. If we do
editing of large projects containing numerous mediafiles, a rational and
selective organization of the source material becomes necessary. In fact,
having the sources organized in folders, where they can be found and used
easily, makes subsequent editing much faster, as well as minimizing confusion
and the possibility of errors. This step, which is fundamental in the pro
environment, is called Logging and also includes screening individual
mediafiles in the Viewer window; renaming them rationally; and adding labels
and descriptions in the metadata.
We start by creating one or more new folders. These will be empty and we should
populate them with the mediafiles contained in the master Media folder. There
are two options: manual Drag and Drop or automatic populating by setting
filters (Smart Bins).
\paragraph{Drag and Drop:} you drag mediafiles into the new folder one by one
or in selected groups. The starting master folder can only be Media (or Clips,
if we have created a new clip folder). Il trascinamento avviene preservando il
percorso assoluto dei sorgenti. If you open Modify Folder window you will
notice that each imported mediafile occupies a different row characterized by
its own path and name. See fig 2.29. The Value field containing paths can
contain only 63 characters, and it may happen to find the names cut off. The
full path and name can be found by right-clicking on the row, but this is
inconvenient and time-consuming. The best solution is to drag the mediafiles
while holding down the Shift key; this will return the relative path instead of
the absolute path, with space gain.
\paragraph{Filters:} you do automatic populating using filters (Smart Bins
mode). You set the values of the Enabled; Target; Op and Value fields to make
up the required filtering. The folder will populate automatically by pulling
from the Media master folder. The filter is the result of one row, but we can
do more sophisticated filtering by adding more rows. The process will start
from the first row propagating to subsequent rows always following the pattern
from top to bottom. See fig 2.30.
Let's look in detail at all the options of Modify Folder.
[from here onwards takes up the manual (roughly from Fig 2.30)]
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