Preview Images

In the module, Media Pool multiple preview images are generated automatically to provide a graphical representation of assets. These are displayed in a number of locations, e.g. the Detailed View or search results (see Start Page and Search).

Note

The purpose of a preview image is to visually display an asset or provide information about its content. Preview images are not exact copies; instead they are optimized by automatic conversion for specific sizes, RGB color space, and lower image resolution. A preview image may therefore differ significantly from the original file.

Preview images of assets that have not been approved yet or that require approval are marked with a watermark.

Document previews can contain multiple pages if this is set up on your system and the document has multiple pages. In the detailed view of the corresponding asset, you can also play a low-resolution preview of the video in addition to the static preview image. A video player that you can use to play video files directly is integrated into the detailed view.

The zoom for a preview image is always set to the maximum available size in the detailed view and the preview.

Note

When zooming into a preview image, graphics or videos with a small size may appear unexpectedly pixelated. If the graphic is unexpectedly displayed in this way, check the actual resolution of the graphic by downloading the original version of the graphic and opening it in a suitable image editing program.

Elsewhere, such as in the dialog for editing asset attributes, the following applies: If an asset is smaller than 60 × 60 pixels, the preview image is automatically enlarged by a factor of 2, 3, or 4 up to a maximum of 120 × 120 pixels.