Managing the Media Library

Introduction

The media library inside the SundaySky Studio is where you manage images and video footage all in one place. In this single location, you can upload, manage, delete, and select media assets for the scenes in your videos.

Here are the main actions that you can perform in the media library:

• Upload a media asset from your computer
• Add a stock media asset to your media collection
• Create folders for organizing your media assets
• Manage media assets, including moving and deleting assets
• Get information regarding a specific media asset (description, size, resolution)
• Add a media asset to a media placeholder. See Adding or Replacing a Media Asset to learn how.

Managing the media library is independent of adding media assets to a video. This means that you can curate media assets at your convenience so that they are ready to use when you create your video.

The media library can be accessed after opening a video in the Studio. All the media library content is on the account level. Account-level access means that all users belonging to the same account will use the same media library for the videos they create. For example:

• Images uploaded by one user in the account will be visible and accessible to all the other users in the account.
• A folder created by one user in the account will be visible and accessible to all the other users in the account.

Media Library Basics

1.	After opening a video in the Studio, the media library is accessed by clicking Media in the sidebar.
2.	The media library includes the following two sections:
	Your Media: this section includes media assets that have been uploaded, stock media assets that were used in videos, and stock media assets saved for future use. Stock: this is a collection of high-quality images and video footage in which you can search for the desired media asset.
3.	The contents of Your Media can be displayed in grid or list view. To switch between the views, click the view selector at the top of the media library. The major difference between the views is that in list view, the name of the media asset is displayed. In grid view, you need to hover over the media asset in order to see the name of the media asset.
4.	In Your Media, folders are displayed first, followed by the individual media assets.
5.	The names of folders and media assets must be unique. This means that under the same parent (folder or subfolder), you cannot have more than one folder or media asset with the same name.

Working with Folders

Creating a Folder
Renaming a Folder
Deleting a Folder
Folder Details

Organizing Your Media assets in folders is just like organizing anything else. You use folders to group your media assets so that you can find what you are looking for quickly and easily.

Media assets can be saved in folders and subfolders as well as in the root directory. There is no limit to the number of folders and subfolders that you can create.

Creating a Folder

Renaming a Folder

1.	On the relevant folder thumbnail, click the three-dot menu.
2.	Edit the folder name.
3.	Click anywhere in the media library.
	The folder is renamed.

Deleting a Folder

1.	(Optional) Double-click the relevant folder to review its content.
2.	On the folder thumbnail, click the three-dot menu.
3.	Click Delete.
4.	If you are sure that you want to delete this folder, type DELETE in upper case letters.
5.	Click Delete Folder.
	The folder is deleted.

Folder Details

To view information about the contents of a specific folder, click the three-dot menu on the folder thumbnail and then click Details. In the example below, the Travel folder contains 1 image, 1 video, and 1 subfolder.

Adding Media Assets to Your Media

Uploading a Media Asset
Adding a Stock Asset to Your Media

Your Media includes media assets that users have uploaded from their computers as well as Getty assets that were saved by users for future use.
In addition, every Getty asset used in any video in the account is also saved in Your Media.

Uploading a Media Asset

Use either of the following methods to upload a media asset file (one or more):

Drag and Drop Desktop Upload

1.	On your computer, select the files that you want to upload. ▶ See Supported Media Specifications for specific file guidelines.
2.	Drag and drop the files into Your Media. ▶ To add the files to the root, drop the files anywhere in Your Media.
	▶ To add the file to a folder, hover over the folder into which you want to drop the file and release the mouse when the download arrow turns dark blue.

1.	In Your Media, click browse on the upload thumbnail.
2.	In your file directory, select the desired file and then click Open. ▶ You can also select multiple files. ▶ See Supported Media Specifications for specific file guidelines.
3.	The file is added to Your Media.

Adding a Stock Asset to Your Media

In addition to the stock assets that are added automatically to Your Media after being used in placeholders, you can also curate media assets on your own and have them ready for future use.

1.	Access the media library.
2.	Select the Stock tab.
3.	Locate the stock asset that you want to add to Your Media.
4.	On the asset thumbnail, click the three-dot menu.
5.	Depending on where you want to save the media asset, select Add to Folder to add the asset to a specific folder or Add to Your Media to save the asset in the root folder.
6.	(Optional) If you are saving the asset to a folder, select the desired folder and then click Add at the bottom of the window. ▶ Note that a folder can have subfolders. ▶ You can also create a new folder by clicking the New folder icon  at the top of the window.
	The stock asset is added to Your Media, with getty displayed on the thumbnail to indicate its origin.

Actions Taken on Media Assets

Renaming a Media Asset
Moving a Media Asset to a Different Folder
Deleting a Media Asset
Media Asset Details

Renaming a Media Asset

You can only rename media assets that were uploaded by users of your account. Stock (Getty) media assets cannot be renamed.

Moving a Media Asset to a Different Folder

1.	In Your Media, locate the media asset that you want to move.
2.	On the asset thumbnail, click the three-dot menu.
3.	Click Move to Folder.
4.	Select the folder to which you want to move the media asset.
	Click to learn more on folder navigation a. By default, the media asset is moved to Your Media.   b. Click a folder to see its subfolders. c. After selecting the folder to which you want to move the media asset, the folder path is displayed at the bottom of the window.   d. After navigating to a subfolder, you can use the back arrow to return to the parent folder.   e. You can also navigate to a different location by clicking the folder name at the bottom of the window.
5.	Click Move.
	The media asset is moved to the new location.

Deleting a Media Asset

When you delete a media asset, it is deleted only from Your Media. If the deleted media asset has been added to a placeholder, it will remain in the placeholder and the video will not be affected.

Media Asset Details

Every media asset in Your Media includes numerous details regarding its properties.

The main details (1,2) are displayed after clicking the Actions menu on the asset thumbnail. The remaining details (3-9) are displayed after clicking Details.

Click through the tabs beneath the image to read descriptions of the corresponding details.