Flow includes a visual media repository designed to provide you with easy, quick asset retrieval and reuse. While traditional image storage libraries exist independent of your news and broadcast systems, the Media Management module offers you a fully integrated media storage library that collects and stores all of your media in a central repository for reuse. Integrated media storage means less hardware, less support, and more reuse convenience. As you add media for content, such as graphics, Flow stores them in the Media Manager, and you can reuse them over and over. For example, when you want to display a small thumbnail image beside each story topic in a zone, as you specify graphics manually for story content, those graphics are automatically added to the Media Management module. Once the graphics have been added, you can reuse them any time in future content. As you define resource tags for story graphic assets, you can pull them directly from the integrated gallery. You can access a read-only version of the Media Management module in Flow. From the Home page, select Flow Configuration > Media Management. | Expand |
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Note: An editable version of the Media Management module is available from the following modules: Stories, Team Control, and League Control. | | Expand |
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When you create content in Flow such as Stories, Teams, and Leagues, you can upload media such as images, graphics, or logos. As you upload media, Flow automatically adds that media to its centralized repository called the Media Gallery. That media is available at any time for reuse from the gallery, and you reuse the same media every time. When prompted to add images or select logos in Flow modules, you can choose from existing media in the gallery, specify a MediaBeacon® image, or upload a file. | Action | Details |
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| Gallery Section | Click the associated Select link for the media you want to reuse. See Navigate Media below for more information on navigating your media gallery. | Expand |
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| | MediaBeacon® Selection | Drag-and-drop a MediaBeacon image to the preview box to add it, or enter a MediaBeacon image ID. Click OK. | Expand |
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| | Upload File | Drag-and-drop a file to the preview box to add it. Click OK. | Expand |
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The Media Management Gallery and the Media Management module have a number of handy media navigation features, as follows:| Action | Details |
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| Filter Media | You can filter available media in the media gallery by one of the following: - Name - Media Name; supports partial or full match
- Extension - Media file type, such as .jpg, .png, and so on.
- Width - Physical width dimension
- Height - Physical height dimension
- Alpha - Whether or not an alpha layer is included.
- URL - MediaBeacon URL that defines how images are linked back to the parent system, when available
| | Sort Columns | You can sort the gallery columns. Click on a column header to sort in ascending or descending order. | | Page Navigation & Size | As your gallery of media grows, items display across multiple pages.  - Control the number of items per page by changing the Page Size value and clicking Change.
- Move from page to page by specifying the Page value and clicking Go.
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You can manage media within the Media Management module at any time as follows: | Action | Details |
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| Remove Media | Removing media removes it from any content which can affect your broadcast output. It is also a permanent action that cannot be undone. Click Remove to remove the media from Flow's Media Management module. Click OK to confirm.  |
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