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Show or hide metadata, Save, switch, or delete metadata sets, Create schemas and properties

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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4 25 Importing, recording, and playing audio • Clip Displays properties for multitrack clips you select in the Editor panel. This metadata is stored in the containing ASND file, so it appears only in Soundbooth. Adobe Premiere Pro and Soundbooth also provide a Speech Transcript section with metadata that appears only in those applications. See also "Convert speech to text metadata" on page 27 Show or hide metadata To optimize the Metadata panel for your workflow, show or hide entire schemas or individual properties, displaying only those that you need. 1 From the options menu for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display. 2 To show or hide schemas or properties, select or deselect them from the list. Save, switch, or delete metadata sets If you use multiple workflows, each requiring different sets of displayed metadata, you can save sets and switch between them. 1 From the options menu for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display. 2 Do any of the following: • To save a customized set of displayed metadata, click Save Settings. Then enter a name, and click OK. • To display a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the pop-up menu. • To delete a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the pop-up menu, and click Delete Settings. Create schemas and properties If you have a unique, customized workflow that the default metadata options don't address, create your own schemas and properties. 1 From the options menu for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display. 2 Click New Schema, and enter a name. (Skip this step if you're adding properties to the standard schema, Premiere Project Metadata.) 3 In the list, click Add Property to the right of the schema name. 4 Enter a property name, and select one of the following for Type: Integer Displays whole numbers that you drag across or double-click to replace. Real Displays fractional numbers that you drag across or double-click to replace. Text Displays a text box (for properties similar to Location). Boolean Displays a check box (for On or Off properties). Search metadata 1 In the workspace, select the files or clips you want to search. 2 In the search box at the top of the Metadata panel, enter the text you want to find. The list of metadata collapses to reveal only properties that contain your search string. Updated 15 July 2009

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USING SOUNDBOOTH CS4
Importing, recording, and playing audio
Clip
Displays properties for multitrack clips you select in the Editor panel. This metadata is stored in the containing
ASND file, so it appears only in Soundbooth.
Adobe Premiere Pro and Soundbooth also provide a Speech Transcript section with metadata that appears only in
those applications.
See also
Convert speech to text metadata
” on page
27
Show or hide metadata
To optimize the Metadata panel for your workflow, show or hide entire schemas or individual properties, displaying
only those that you need.
1
From the options menu
for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.
2
To show or hide schemas or properties, select or deselect them from the list.
Save, switch, or delete metadata sets
If you use multiple workflows, each requiring different sets of displayed metadata, you can save sets and switch
between them.
1
From the options menu
for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.
2
Do any of the following:
To save a customized set of displayed metadata, click Save Settings. Then enter a name, and click OK.
To display a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the pop-up menu.
To delete a previously saved set of metadata, select it from the pop-up menu, and click Delete Settings.
Create schemas and properties
If you have a unique, customized workflow that the default metadata options don’t address, create your own schemas
and properties.
1
From the options menu
for the Metadata panel, select Metadata Display.
2
Click New Schema, and enter a name. (Skip this step if you’re adding properties to the standard schema, Premiere
Project Metadata.)
3
In the list, click Add Property to the right of the schema name.
4
Enter a property name, and select one of the following for Type:
Integer
Displays whole numbers that you drag across or double-click to replace.
Real
Displays fractional numbers that you drag across or double-click to replace.
Text
Displays a text box (for properties similar to Location).
Boolean
Displays a check box (for On or Off properties).
Search metadata
1
In the workspace, select the files or clips you want to search.
2
In the search box at the top of the Metadata panel, enter the text you want to find.
The list of metadata collapses to reveal only properties that contain your search string.
Updated 15 July 2009