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TIP: Accessing Media from a different Smoke Project
Published by: Autodesk Creative Finishing Training
Category: Project & Media
Skill: Beginner

You can access media from different projects on the same system or even on other Smoke systems. Tools used in this exercise: Library, Network.

 
Tutorial Steps
1. Enabling Smoke remote libraries
2. Change the Clip Library display
 

1. Enabling Smoke remote libraries

You can access the media of a different Smoke project inside the Clip Library.

1. Start inside the Clip Library menu.
2. Click on the Network tab.

Clip Library - Network tab

Clip Library - Network tab

3. Select the remote libraries you want to access by browsing the system Framestore.
Open the project folders and select the desired library to enable it (use CTRL to select multiple libraries).
4. Exit the Network menu.

Network menu

Network menu

tip Tip

Inside the Network menu, each system available on the network has two entries: the Framestore that contains the projects and the libraries, and a Gateway browser that allows you to browse the entire system.

2. Change the Clip Library display

The selected network libraries become available inside the Clip Library. Note that using Dual Display can help when copying clips between libraries.

1. On the top left side of the Clip Library, click on Single View to toggle to Dual View.
2. If you want to copy clips instead of moving them, select Copy on Drag.
3. Select which library you want to display in each viewer by clicking the Library list.

Clip Library Dual View

Clip Library Dual View