Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide292
Creating and Opening DigiBase
Browser Folders
DigiBase browsers let you create and manipulate
folders (file system sub-directories). All folders
have Expand/Collapse icons to show their con-
tents. Dragging items onto a folder icon is the same
as dragging into an open DigiBase browser.
To create a new folder in a Volume browser or
Catalog:
1 Choose New Folder from the Browser menu.
2 Type a name for the folder, and click OK. (Click
Cancel to cancel the new folder.)
In Volume browsers, the folder is created on disk.
In Catalogs, the folder is created in the Catalog
only. The Items List updates as new items are
added.
To open a folder in the current DigiBase browser:
 Double-click the folder, or click the
Expand/Collapse icon for the item.
To create and open a folder in its own new
DigiBase browser:
 Command-double-click (Mac) or Control-dou-
ble-click (Windows) the folder. The previous
(parent) DigiBase browsers window remains
open.
Scrolling and Moving Selections
To scroll the active pane up or down:
 Press the Page Up or Page Down key.
To scroll to the top or bottom of the active pane:
 Press Home (for the top) or End (for the
bottom).
To move items up or down in the current DigiBase
browser:
1 Select items in a DigiBase browser, and make
sure that window is in the foreground.
2 Press the Up or Down Arrow key.
Text Entry in DigiBase Browsers
Many text fields can be edited to replace or update
data for an item.
To enter an edit to a text field and exit, and return
to the previous display state:
 Press Enter.
To revert to the previous text and cancel a text edit:
 Press Esc.
Indexing DigiBase Databases
Indexing is the process of reading media files, ex-
tracting just the metadata for each file, then storing
that data in an associated database so that it may be
displayed in the columns of a DigiBase browser.
Once a volume or folder has been fully indexed, it
can be searched very quickly because all of the
metadata has already been sorted and organized.
With a browser in the foreground and the
folder selected, press Command+Down Ar-
row key (Mac) or Control+Down Arrow
key (Windows) to open a folder in the
current DigiBase browser.
With a browser in the foreground and the
folder selected, press Control+Alt+Down
Arrow key (Windows) or Command+
Option+Down Arrow key (Mac) to open a
folder in its own new browser.
For details on column editing, see “Column
Data” on page 298.