•There are different options to import content into VERTEX: using a shortcut, with the help of menus or just with drag and drop
•Import one single file, multiple files or a whole directory including all files and folder structures
•There is an an additional option to import image sequences or a directory of image sequences
Various ways to import
1.Context Menu in Project Explorer
Right-click with your mouse on the "Content" section in the Project Explorer
Choose your import option there.
2.Main Menu: "Create"
Go to the Main menu on top, fold out the "Create" Tab and select your import option there
3.Shortcut CTRL+I
Focus the Project Explorer and press the keys CTRL+I
The Windows Explorer opens. Choose your files there and confirm
4.Drag and drop from Windows Explorer to Project Explorer
VERTEX allows you to add content simply via drag and drop from Windows Explorer.
Select your file into the windows file explorer and drag it to the Project Explorer or directly to your sequence
This also works for simple folders without subfolder.
Directory or File(s)
You can choose whether you want to import a single file, several files or a folder structure.
Import one file or several files
•Select "Import File"
•The Windows Explorer opens
•Select one or multiple files there into the same directory
Import Directory
•Select "Import Directory"
•The Windows Explorer with a Directory tree opens
•Choose a directory
•The directory, all subfolders and all content is imported
•Subfolders are taken over as collections using the same structure
Import Image Sequence
Because of some settings there is an extra option to import Image Sequences.
The Image sequence import is available as menu entry in the Project Explorers context menu or the Main Menu.
Learn more about import and options for Image sequences here: Image Sequence
Settings
Initially, there are some basic import options set in VERTEX that should work for the most projects.
Beyond that, you can customize the behaviour during import.
Project Settings
•globally define details for the file import.
•switch the Proxy file encoding on/off
•set special options for codecs (NotchLC and HAP)
•select what should happens with Audio (Disable embedded Audio extraction, disable audio wa´veforms in content tiles, force an udio conversion to 16Bit/ 48kHz)
•define the data handling (should the original content be copied to the VERTEX project folder? Should Sub-Directories imported...?)
•define the Content Sync behaviour for a session with multiple systems
Go to the Main Menu on top, open "Edit" tab there and select "Project Settings"
System Settings
For every System into your project you are able to define how many proxy files should be calculated in parallel (Max parallel Proxy encoding)
Depending on your hardware, you are able to increase the number to speed up the encoding and the import.
As default, the value is set to 1. One file after another will be encoded to limit the increased hardware load.
Advanced
There are some advanced options to handle or control content
WatchFolder
Define and observe Windows folders. A content import is automatically triggered if content was changed or added into this WatchFolder.
As Option, you are able to let VERTEX automatically create Playlists or Sequences based on the WatchFolder content
Learn more about WatchFolders
Folder and File ID
Folder and File IDs allows you to simply access content and folders by an value based ID.
This is necessary when e.g. working with DMX and Console Layers
Learn more about a Console Layer or the Folder and File IDs