Organizing
When one Library is not enough
Types of Libraries
- App Libraries
- Most libraries you will create a App Libraries. They are stored within the App and are directly managed by it.
- External Libraries
- You can also create a library that is based on a Windows Folder. As assets can be added or removed, this Library checks every time you open it whether its asset population has changed.
It does support the same level of Meta Data and interactions like an App Library. - Snip Libraries
- All Snips are based on a special version of the App Library. All Snips are stored within the app to ensure that their assets cannot be tempered with./dd>
- System Libraries
- These are libraries that are provided with the app. You will not be able to change them, only look at them. Some can be used to base your own libraries on a copy of them.
The system library might work with the most isClips
, the standard recipient of imported assets.
Using the Folder Tree
All Libraries, Snips, and PowerSearches are placed in the Folder Tree, as shown to the left.
You can create folders and sub-folders and place any of those tree items into them. Each folder also supports its own sorting criteria, and a tree-wide sort.
- New Item
- You can add a new App Library, a new External Library, a Snip, a PowerSearch, or a new sub-folder in the folder.
- Selection
- You can select none, all or certain types of items in the folder. You can perform batch operations on those selected items.
- State
- You can mark any item including a folder as a favorite to place it on top of the list. You can also hide any item (you can forcebly show hidden items).
For Libraries, you can force their initialization on start to make oopening them faster (but that slows down startup)... - Move
- You can an item up or down in the folder structure or create a new subfolder with it inside.
- Rename
- You can rename an item.
- Delete
- You can permanently delete non-system items. System items are
Home
andClips
.