Media Management

Flow includes a visual media asset manager, designed to provide you with easy, quick asset retrieval. 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. As you add graphic media for content, Flow stores them in your own Media Gallery on the Chameleon Server, with unlimited access and usability.

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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 can be added to the Media 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 view-only version of the Media Management module in Flow. From the Home page, select Media. Otherwise, you can contribute to your own Media Gallery repository through supported Flow modules, such as Stories.

Add Media to Your Gallery

Action	Details
	As you create content in Flow, some modules allow you to upload media including images, graphics, logos, or video. As you upload media, Flow automatically adds that media to its centralized repository called the Media Gallery. Your media is available any time for reuse.
Gallery Section	In a supported Flow module or in the Media Module, click Add Image or Add Image. Click on the Upload a File tab. Drag-and-drop a file to the preview box to add it or navigate to a specific file and click Upload. Click OK to add that media to the Media Gallery and your content.

Remove Media From Your Gallery

Action	Details
	Removing media removes it from any content which can affect your broadcast output. It is also a permanent action that cannot be undone.
Gallery Section	Click Remove to remove the media from Flow's Media Management module. Click OK to confirm. Click Edit to rename or add Dynamic Tag information

Select Media From Your Gallery

Some content modules in Flow allow you to specify optional media, if desired. In addition to uploading media, you can also select from existing media or specify a MediaBeacon image.

Action	Details
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.

Dynamic Tags for Media

You can assign Dynamic Fields information to each Media Item. For more information visit Dynamic Fields

Navigate Media

The Media Management module has a number of handy media navigation features, as follows:

Action	Details
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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