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(Optional) Create and view metadata with Adobe OnLocation

In this section, you'll learn how to use Adobe OnLocation to generate and edit metadata. You'll create an Adobe OnLocation project, organize your shot list with placeholders, populate the entries with metadata, and capture the video.

Note: You may find it beneficial to just read through this section; you don't need to follow along by performing the steps. Typically, you use Adobe OnLocation to capture the video assets for your project. However, to maximize the usefulness of this tutorial, it's important that your results with Speech Search match those described in the tutorial. Therefore, after this section, you won't actually be using any video you capture in Adobe OnLocation; instead, you'll switch to the video file supplied for the tutorial.

For video assets, much of the static metadata that flows through a project will originate with Adobe OnLocation. Some is captured automatically when you record a shot, and you can even add some before you begin shooting.

For more information about using shot lists in Adobe OnLocation, see Organizing and logging shots.

Create a project

Begin by creating an Adobe OnLocation project, in which you'll set up your shot list:

1. Start Adobe OnLocation.
2. From the Welcome screen, select New Project.
3. Specify a name and location for the project.
4. Click Save.

Select the recording mode and set up your shot list

In the Shot List panel, click the menu icon in the upper-right corner and select Shot-Recording Mode.

Note: OnLocation provides two recording modes. Shot-Recording mode is for more spontaneous shooting. Take-Recording mode is more useful for a pre-planned shoot. Since you'll only be recording one segment of video in this tutorial, Shot-Recording mode will be sufficient to demonstrate the use of metadata.

1. In the lower-left corner of the Shot List panel, click the Add Shot Placeholder icon to create a shot placeholder (see Figure 1). Notice that a default clip name is created based on the project name, but most of the other properties are still blank.

   

   Figure 1. Creating a placeholder in the Shot List panel

2. If the placeholder is not still selected in the Shot List panel, click the icon to the left of its name to select it.

3. Click the icon of the placeholder to open its user-enterable properties for data entry. At this point, you can change or enter the clip name, comment, description, or any of the other properties that are enabled for editing (see Figure 2). When you are finished editing the data, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to finalize your entry.

   Note: Most of this user-enterable data will end up as static metadata. One notable exception is the Sequence property, which is used within OnLocation to order the shots in the Shot List. Notice also that many properties are not enabled for editing. These will be populated automatically when you actually record the shot.

   

   Figure 2. Shot placeholder with descriptive metadata entered for user-enterable properties

4. To create additional placeholders with the same metadata, context-click the first placeholder and select Make Duplicate Placeholder (see Figure 3).

   

   Figure 3. Duplicating a placeholder

   Notice that the duplicate placeholder has the metadata you entered, except that the clip name has been incremented and the Comments property has been left blank. This allows you to quickly create placeholders for related shots.

5. If you'd like to enter a comment for the duplicate placeholder, click the duplicate entry once to select it, and then click it again to open the user-enterable properties for data entry (see Figure 4). Enter your comment and click outside the data entry area to finalize your entry.

   

   Figure 4. Duplicate placeholder retaining most of the user-entered metadata from the original

Connect your camera

Adobe OnLocation communicates with your camera using the IEEE 1394 standard (of which FireWire is a common implementation) and will automatically detect your camera's video standard and format:

1. Plug one end of an IEEE 1394 cable into a FireWire port on the computer.
2. Plug the other end of the cable into the camera's FireWire port.
3. Turn on the camera. Video from the camera should automatically appear in the Field Monitor panel. If it doesn't, it may mean that you have more than one camera available, and you may need to select the camera from the drop-down menu in the upper-left corner of the Field Monitor panel.

Set the recording format

In the upper-right corner of the Field Monitor panel, click the panel menu icon, choose Recording File Format, and select QuickTime (All Frames).

Record your video

Adobe OnLocation provides a number of excellent tools for analyzing lighting, exposure, and color, which you can explore at your leisure. For this tutorial, you'll jump right to recording some video.

Note: The Speech Search portion of this tutorial calls for the use of the video clip provided. However, you may also want to practice the same techniques with your own video. With that in mind, as you record, speak as clearly as possible to optimize the quality of the transcription.

1. In the Shot List panel, select the shot placeholder for the shot that you want to record.
2. Start recording by either clicking the Record button in the Field Monitor panel or pressing F2 on the keyboard.
3. When you've finished recording, stop recording by either clicking the Stop button in the Field Monitor panel, or pressing Esc on the keyboard.
4. If you want to review the shot, double-click its icon in the Shot List panel.

Examine new metadata

In the Shot List panel, notice that much more metadata has been filled in for the shot (see Figure 5).

Figure 5. Additional static metadata added automatically when the shot is recorded

View metadata with the Metadata panel

Another way to view a file's metadata is with the Metadata panel. The Shot List panel shows a subset of the metadata that you can also view in the Metadata panel (see Edit, copy, or search shot properties):

1. If the Metadata panel is not visible, choose Window > Metadata.
2. Expand the Dynamic Media section by clicking its triangle.

3. Select a shot in the Shot List panel. Notice that both the metadata you entered and that which was generated automatically show up in the Metadata panel (see Figure 6). Also note that user-entered metadata can be edited in the Metadata panel.

   

   Figure 6. Metadata panel with Dynamic Media section expanded

4. Expand the Dublin Core section of the Metadata panel and notice that the clip name and description appear in this section.
5. Expand the other sections of the Metadata panel to familiarize yourself with the type of data contained within each section.
6. Exit OnLocation.

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