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Browse your media assets stored on creative.space in your favorite web browser and manage your storage from anywhere.

Quickly navigate spaces and folders with a column-based filesystem browser. You can use arrow keys or click on directories to open them in a new column. Only the items you have permission to see are listed. Available actions are displayed at the top of each column, when you right click on an item, and in the Inspector when you click on an asset.

General Actions

• Share a Space - Edit permissions and share settings for a space so that your team can access it.
• Connect to a Space - The desktop app makes mounting spaces easy, but it’s possible to mount shares without it through your operating system.
• See Who’s Connected to a Space - Avatars for the currently connected users are displayed under the name of each space in the first column.
• Go to the Library for a Space - If you select a space on the 'Spaces' tab before navigating to 'Libraries', the library for that space will be set as the active library.
• Click on a Tag Dot - Hover over a colored tag dot in ‘Spaces’ and click on it to jump to Libraries with that tag applied as a filter.
• Inspect an Asset - Click on a file (or asset) to open the Inspector for it.

Column Actions

When you click on a space or folder, it will open a column that lists the contents you have permissions for.

At the top is a series of icons for actions that effect that column and/or directory:

• Select All - Select every item listed in the browser column.
• Sort Items - Switch between ascending or descending alphabetical sorting.
• Filter Items - Type in a text string to filter the contents of the column and display only items with that text in their name, such as file extension (suffix) or a camera roll (prefix).
• Refresh Contents - Reloads the column to reflect the directory’s current state.
• Create a New Folder - A new directory is created within the column.
• Upload - Opens your operating system’s file picker for you to trigger an upload.
• View Hidden Items - Include items with a ‘.’ prefix in their name when listing contents.

Right Click Actions

Right click on a listed item or click on the ‘…’ button to the right of it to reveal a list of available actions:

• Download - Download the selected file.
• Rename - Change the name of the selected file or folder.
• Delete - Delete the selected file or folder from the active space (it might be saved by a snapshot)
• Tags - View and apply tags to the current selection.
• Permissions - Edit the permissions for the current selection.
• Copy and Sync - Replicate folders and files within the node.
• Move - Change the location of a selection within a space or copy between spaces and delete the original.
• Apply a Template - Create an entire folder structure with custom variables and permissions from a template.
• Upload to Folder - Opens your operating system’s file picker for you to trigger an upload.
• Zip - Compress and wrap the current selection into a “.zip” file, which can be downloaded.
• Get Info - View metadata about the selected space or folder.
• Launch on Desktop - Open the selected item in the default application on your operating system via the desktop app.
• Copy Link - Copy the URL for the selection in the web app to your clipboard.
• Copy Path - Copy the SMB path for the selection in the web app to your clipboard.

Here is a breakdown of actions and whether they affect spaces, folders, and/or files:

Inspector Actions

Click on a file or media asset (such as a RED clip) to open the Inspector, which shows available actions, a media preview (for over 200 supported formats), and metadata.

Actions available in the Inspector (In order):

• Refresh - Reload the Inspector and generate a new thumbnail.
• Copy Link - Copy the link to the asset in the web app to the clipboard.
• Download Thumbnail - Download the thumbnail that was generated for the
• Play on Desktop - Stream the file into VLC through the desktop app, which supports a much wider range of formats than web browsers.
• Pop-out Metadata - Open the Inspector as a card that will persist as you navigate the web app.
• Launch on Desktop - Mount the space the file/folder is in (if not already) and then open it in the default application for your operating system.
• Download - Download the file via your web browser.
• Unzip or Extract from a Zip - In the ‘Zip Contents’ metadata tab, you can select items and extract them.

Depending on the file type, tabs will be generated with additional information about the file:

• General Metadata
• MediaInfo - Support for most media formats with metadata for individual audio and video channels.
• ExifTool - Primarily for photography metadata, but also supports a wide range of media formats and properties including GPS coordinates and embedded XMP which can be used to identify the project file, application version, and files used to render from Premiere Pro.
• Vendor-specific Metadata
• REDLine - Embedded metadata from RED cameras.
• BlackmagicRAW - Embedded metadata from Blackmagic Design cameras.
• ARRIRawMetaExtract - Embedded metadata from ARRI cameras.
• Contents
• Zip Contents - View, select, and extract the contents of a Zip file.
• RDC Contents - View the individual files inside of the .RDC folder, which are accessible when the space is mounted to your desktop.
• Tags - You can view the tags applied to the asset as custom metadata.

On this page

• Spaces
• General Actions
• Column Actions
• Right Click Actions
• Inspector Actions