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Properties (containing every column in the Media Pool) provide access to additional
metadata you can use for filtering.
 Metadata type drop-down: For choosing which exact type of metadata to use, of the
options available in the selected metadata category.
 Metadata criteria drop-down: Lets you choose the criteria by which to filter, depending
on the metadata you’ve selected. Options include “true/false,” integer ranges, date
ranges, string searches, flag and marker colors, et cetera.
 Add filter criteria button: Lets you add additional criteria to create multi-criteria filters.
You could use multiple criteria to, for example, find all exterior clips, that also contain
the keyword “Sunset,” that aren’t closeups, in order to find all the exterior long and
medium shots in sunset lighting. Additionally, if you Option-click this button, you can
add a nested match option in order to create even more sophisticated filters, such as
when the filter must match all of one set of criteria, and any of another set of criteria.
A complicated Smart Bin with multiple criteria and a second match option setting
As you’re editing the filter criteria, the thumbnail timeline automatically updates to show
you how the Smart Bin you’re creating is working.
3 When you’re done editing the filter criteria, click Create Smart Bin. The resulting
Smart Bin appears in the Smart Bin area of the Bin list, at the left of the Media Pool’s
browser area.
Once you’ve created a Smart Bin, it appears in the lower half of the Media Pool’s Bin list,
alongside every other Smart Bin in that project. This keeps them organized, separate from the
manually created bin shown above.
All Smart Bins appear together at the
bottom of the Media Pool’s Bin list
Once you’ve created a Smart Bin, you can re-edit it whenever the situation requires.
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