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Automatic Smart Bin Creation
The process of adding metadata to your clips can be used for the automatic creation of sets of “Smart Categories,” which are Smart Bins that are generated and organized by the presence of specific categories of metadata and appear in the Smart Bins section of the Media Pool sidebar. To enable or disable this behavior, open the Editing panel of the User Preferences, and use the checkboxes in the Automatic Smart Bins group to choose which metadata automatically creates Smart Bins.
Preferences governing what metadata can automatically create Smart Bins
— Clip Keywords
— Marker Keywords
— People Keywords (added via People Detection)
— Scene metadata
— Shot metadata
These categories are hierarchically organized, with each category closed by default to save space. Click the disclosure triangle of any category to reveal all Keyword, People, Scene, or Shot Smart Bins that are available in the current project. Selecting the Smart Category’s top bin lets you see every clip referenced by every Smart Bin inside of it, whereas selecting individual Smart Bins shows you only the clips referenced by that Smart Bin.
A Smart Category seen in the Smart Bins area of the Media Pool sidebar
Drag and Drop Clips to Assign Automatic Smart Bin Properties
Metadata entry does not need to be a one way process, starting with typing in the metadata editor. For certain Automatic Smart Bin categories (keywords, shot, and scene), you can drag multiple clips from the Media Pool on top of an existing smart bin to assign the properties of that bin to all the clips at once.