AI Media Management

With automatic AI-powered media analysis, you can analyze your video and image files for specific visual characteristics right from the start of the project. The AI recognizes people, animals and objects and automatically assigns them to appropriate categories. This makes it faster and easier to view and organize your footage, and supports you creatively in the planning of your project.

Classified media can then be used directly in the Timeline, in the storyboard or in a template.

Analyzing and classifying media

  1. Go to Media Pool and open the Import tab.

  2. Select the folder containing the video and image material. Subfolders are included automatically.

  3. Click on Display and file options > Start classification.

    Alternatively: Right-click on a file > Start classification.

    The AI analyzes the material in the entire folder (including subfolders) and automatically assigns it to categories.

    Start classification

You can monitor the progress in the status bar in the AI categories section title
Hover over the title with the mouse to view the total progress.

Classification status bar

FIGURE AI analysis progress

NOTE Media with no suitable category is not classified.

NOTE

The AI uses automatic recognition. In rare cases, media may be classified incorrectly.

Display options

You can define how media is displayed in the AI categories.

  • Go to Media Pool > Display options, enable Show videos in AI categories as takes to display automatically recognized video segments instead of the usual preview image.

Opening the original storage location

To open the original file and storage location for a classified clip, move the mouse over the clip in its category and click on the folder icon:

Source folder icon

Canceling analysis and resetting categories

  • Cancel:

    Click on Display and file options > Cancel classification or click the X icon in the section title's status bar.

    The program will stop the current analysis and categorization. Categories identified up to this point will be retained.

    Cancel classification

  • Reset:

    In the main menu, go to File > Settings > Default values and select Reset AI classification database.

    All recognized content will be removed from the AI categories in the Media Pool. The media itself will be retained and will not be deleted.