iconik integration for cineSync 5 lets you quickly set up cineSync reviews using any of the versions (media) you track in the iconik. And once the review is complete, you can quickly and easily export all your notes and annotations back into iconik.
To get started, go to the ‘Integrations’ menu, select ‘iconik’, and choose ‘Browse.’
On the login page, you can login via Web Authentication (getting redirected to the iconik login page) or entering your iconik Username and Password.
Once on the iconik page, you'll see all the media Collections that you can choose from.
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Iconik menu layout
The iconik menu is divided into 3 main sections:
A. Top-bar
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On the left, you see the title of the collection that you have currently selected.
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On the right, you have the Search bar and the button to access the 'iconik Preferences' menu.
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Search - The search can be used to find a particular collection or media asset rather than scrolling through them all. Simply navigate to the ‘Search’ box, and search by name.
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B. Collections - In this section, you will see an overview of your iconik Collections & Sub-collections.
To open a collection, simply double-click on it.
If the Collection has sub-collection(s), it/they will be displayed under and can be later closed using the small arrow icon on the left.
C. Assets - In this section, you will see all the available media files in your selected Collection.
- Clicking on the small icon at the right of media thumbnail opens a dropdown enabling you to choose which file version you want to add to the review, and from where (cloud hosted or local via ISG).
| Tip: During the synced review It will also recognize and enable to choose from the ISG files of the joined guest, but if the guests don’t have ISG-s they will see only the web proxy. |
Adding media to a Review
You can add your media to a review by entire collections or one by one, selecting individual files.
A. To add a whole collection, select the collection you wish to add and click the 'Add this collection, button.
B. To add a single file, navigate to the file you wish to add and click the 'Add to Review' button.
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Server Settings
The iconik Preferences menu gives you various options to customize your integration settings.
There are 3 ways to access the Preferences menu:
1. From the ‘Integration’ menu, select ‘iconik’ and ‘Preferences':
2. From the iconik login menu:
3. From the iconik menu top-bar:
iconik Preferences menu
- Username
- Password
- Base URL
- FileType - By default, the FileType is set to 'Original File', but using the drop-down menu, you can set it to ‘Web Proxy’.
- Preferred ISG for original files - [Integrated iconic Storage Gateway Workflows] Dropdown menu that enables users to toggle between cloud-hosted and local file storage options when selecting media for review. The system intelligently populates the session with the appropriate files based on attendee capabilities, providing new opportunities for proxy workflows in cineSync. [To set this preference, connection to iconik required - and you can choose between the ISGs that are set up by iconik]
- Items Per Page - You can set the number of entities per page that cineSync will return, allowing for quicker navigation.
- Search Scope - You can set your search scope to ‘All of iconik’ or ‘Current Collection’.
- Enable Logging - Use the checkbox to enable/disable logging
- Auto Delete Downloaded Files - Use the checkbox to enable/disable auto deletion of downloaded files.
- Show all file types - Use the checkbox to enable/disable seeing all file types.
- Encrypt Downloaded Files - Use the checkbox to enable/disable download files encryption.
- Watermark Encrypted Files - Use the checkbox to enable/disable encrypted files watermarking.
- Watermark Message - In addition, after enabling the watermarking, you can also add customizable ‘Watermark Message’ text that will be added in the center of the image.
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Adding Notes
From the ‘Integrations’ - ‘iconik’ menu, you can also add new notes.
Choosing ‘Add Notes’ will open a new window where you can choose if you want to add notes for a Movie or a Frame.
From the same window, you can also set the note Font-Size and Note-Height.
| Tip: All the annotations and notes in the iconik Integration are saved per frame. |
Exporting
To be able to ‘Publish’ back to iconik and to see the completed review, just choose 'Export' from the ‘iconik’ menu.
This provides you with a preview of all the notes that are going to be published back to your iconik.
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Tip: From the same window, you can also disable notes or annotations from publishing using the little checkbox on the right. or simply update the note(s) before Publishing |
Once you are ready, click the 'Publish' button, and your updated media files will be exported back on your iconik site.
In iconik you will not have a separate repository with the notes, but you will see the clip with all the associated information and you can sort them by time or order.
Opening the media in cineSync from the iconik instance
1. Open your iconik instance.
2. Navigate to the media file you would like to review in cineSync.
3. Right-click and select 'Open in cineSync', opening a confirmation dialog.
4. Confirm clicking the 'Open cineSyncPlay,' and the selected media will appear in your cineSync playlist.
| Tip: If you don't have cineSync already open, it will open cineSync for you, and if you do have it already open, it will add the file to the current session. |