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  • Show Projects: Determines whether Projects are available as a means of organizing your Adobe Dynamic Media Classic assets. See Organize your work with Projects.

  • Show Sample eVideo Content: Turn on or off the display of eVideo sample content.

  • Show Generated Content: In folders, it shows content generated from an asset. For example, when a PDF file is rasterized as it is uploaded, Adobe Dynamic Media Classic creates one image for each page in the original PDF. If Show Generated Content is selected, each generated image when the original PDF gets uploaded, appears. It appears along with the PDF in the folder to which the PDF was uploaded.

  • Show Encoded Videos: Deselected (off) by default.

    You can quickly search and browse for videos in Adobe Dynamic Media Classic without having to navigate through numerous encoded derivatives of the same video. Leave this option deselected (default). Only the Primary Video thumbnail (the source video you uploaded and used to create the derivatives), and the “parent” Adaptive Video Set thumbnail (which contains the “child” derivatives of the encoded Video Set), are displayed.

    You can, however, still access individual encoded videos from the Primary Video or the Adaptive Video Set. To do so, double-click the video thumbnail image to open Detail View. Then select Encoded Videos in the right panel so you can access all the “child” videos.

    You can also go to File > Reprocess to create more encoded “child” videos directly from an Adaptive Video Set. Adobe Dynamic Media Classic automatically finds the “parent” Primary Video of the Adaptive Video Set and uses that as the source video for transcoding. When you save the new individual encoded videos, however, they are not seen when you search or browse. However, they are still accessible from the Encoded Videos tab in Detail View.

    See Upload and transcode videos.

    To continue the ability to access all your encoded video derivatives when you search and browse, select Show Encoded Videos.

    There are certain actions on the Build menu that only work, or optionally work, with individual videos. This functionality makes it necessary to show all the encoded video derivatives that you can select from, regardless of how you set Show Encoded Videos. The Build actions that over-ride the Show Encoded Videos setting include Adaptive Video Sets, and eCatalogs.

    NOTE
    If you did not use Adobe Dynamic Media Classic to upload and encode your video assets, Adobe Dynamic Media Classic shows all your individual encoded videos, even is this option is deselected.
  • Show Refresh Subfolders Button: Turn on or off the display of the subfolders Refresh button.

Adobe Dynamic Media Classic FTP Account

  • Server: Lists your FTP account server.

  • User Name: Lists your FTP account user name.

Upload to Application

See also Options for upload jobs training video.

  • Overwrite Images: Adobe Dynamic Media Classic does not allow two files to have the same name. Each item’s Adobe Dynamic Media Classic ID (the image name minus the filename extension) must be unique. Because of this rule, the Upload dialog box has an Overwrite option. The exact effect of this option depends on the specified Overwrite Images option. These options specify how replacement images are uploaded: whether they replace the original images, or become duplicate images. Duplicate images are renamed with a “-1” (for example, chair.tif is renamed chair-1.tif). These options affect images uploaded to a different folder than the original or images with a different filename extension from the original (such as JPG, TIF, or PNG). See Use the Overwrite Images option.

    • Overwrite in current folder, same base image name or extension: This option is the strictest rule for replacement. It requires that you upload the replacement image to the same folder as the original, and that the replacement image has the same filename extension as the original. If these requirements are not met, a duplicate is created.

    • Overwrite in current folder, same base asset name regardless of extension: Requires that you upload the replacement image to the same folder as the original, however the filename extension can be different from the original. For example, chair.tif replaces chair.jpg.

    • Overwrite in any folder, same base asset name or extension: Requires that the replacement image has the same filename extension as the original image. For example, chair.jpg must replace chair.jpg, not chair.tif). However, you can upload the replacement image to a different folder than the original. The updated image resides in the new folder; the file can no longer be found in its original location

    • Overwrite in any folder, same base asset name regardless of extension: This option is the most inclusive replacement rule. You can upload a replacement image to a different folder than the original, upload a file with a different filename extension, and replace the original file. If the original file is in a different folder, the replacement image resides in the new folder to which it was uploaded.

  • Retain Publish: Specifies whether a replacement image uploaded to Adobe Dynamic Media Classic retains the Ready to Publish setting of the image it is replacing. Or, the setting is specified on upload.

  • Default Color Profiles: Specifies the color profiles applied as part of Default Color Profile Options when adding CMYK images.

  • Default Upload Options: Opens the Upload Job Options dialog box, where you can specify default upload options. For information about these options, see Upload options.

Image Map Editor (to Application)

  • Default Image Mapping HREF: Defines the default URL that is used for the HREF column in image mapping. This URL is the default URL that you see when you create Image Maps.

  • Default Image Mapping Template: Defines the default JavaScript for the HREF template in image mapping. You can set a custom code here to be run whenever you select an Image Map.

Other Settings (to Application)

  • Trash Can Clean Up Warnings: Assets in the Trash are automatically removed within seven days. Select “Send emails before trash items are automatically deleted” to have notifications sent to company administrators when assets that are in the Trash are four days away from being permanently deleted. See Manage the Trash folder.

Use the Overwrite Images option

Adobe Dynamic Media Classic does not allow two files to have the same name. Each item’s Adobe Dynamic Media Classic ID (the image name minus the filename extension) must be unique. Because of this rule, the Upload dialog box includes Overwrite Images options. The exact effect of this option depends on a setting for each company’s Adobe Dynamic Media Classic Internal Settings.

If you previously uploaded images and then changed the original files (or replaced them), the chosen Overwrite option specifies how Adobe Dynamic Media Classic replaces the images. No information about the image changes, but the new image replaces the old one. If the folder also contains images that are not already in Adobe Dynamic Media Classic, these images are added.

Use this option if uploaded images have changed in some way (the image has been altered) but the reference to the image remains the same. Overwrite is also helpful when uploading and ripping Adobe® PDFs. You can fine-tune how Adobe Dynamic Media Classic rips the image. You can also adjust the ICC color profile options in the Upload dialog box and reupload using the overwrite feature.

The Adobe Dynamic Media Classic IDs that are used to access images from the production servers are derived from the image filenames. The use of uppercase and lowercase characters in the filename is important, both in the replacement of existing files and for the Adobe Dynamic Media Classic IDs used to access the image. Use of filenames with uppercase and lowercase characters is correct before uploading into Adobe Dynamic Media Classic to avoid Adobe Dynamic Media Classic IDs that differ only in case for the same image.

If you deselect this option, all images with the same filenames as existing images are treated as duplicates and are not added.

Image Presets

The Image Presets screen is for creating and editing Image Presets. Image Presets enable Adobe Dynamic Media Classic to deliver images dynamically at different sizes from the same primary image. Each Image Preset represents a predefined collection of sizing and formatting commands for displaying images. When you create an Image Preset, you select a size for image delivery. You can also select formatting commands so that the appearance of the image is optimized when the image is delivered for viewing.

Administrators can create presets for exporting assets. Users can choose a preset when they export images, which also reformat images to the specifications that the administrator specifies.

To open the Image Preset screen, on the Global Navigation bar, go to Setup > Image Presets.

See Smart imaging.

Create and edit Image Presets

  1. Go to Setup > Image Presets.

  2. Create a preset or start from an existing one:

    • Create an Image Preset: Select Add.
    • Create an Image Preset from an existing preset: Select the Image Preset that is most like the one you want to create, then select Edit.
  3. On the Add (or Edit) Preset page, enter a name for the preset.

  4. Set the Preset options that you want.

    See Image Preset options.

  5. Select Save, or if you started from an existing preset, select Save As.

  6. To preview the preset with your own image, select Browse and then select an image. To preview with the default image, select Reset.

You can edit an Image Preset by selecting its name on the Image Presets screen and then selecting Edit. To delete an Image Preset, select it, and then select Delete.

Image Preset options

The Add Preset and Edit Preset screens offers these options for creating and editing Image Presets:

  • Preset Name: Enter a descriptive name without any blank spaces. To help users identify this Image Preset, include the image-size specification in the name.

  • Width and Height: Enter in pixels the size at which the image is delivered.

  • Format: Select a format from the menu. Choosing the GIF, JPEG, PDF, or TIFF format brings up more options:

    • GIF Color Quantization Options

      • Type: Select Adaptive (the default), Web, or Mac. If you select GIF With Alpha, the Mac option is not available.

      • Dither: Select Diffuse or Off.

      • Number Of Colors: Drag the slider to enter 2-255.

      • Color List: Enter a comma-separated list. For example, for white, gray, and black, enter 000000,888888,ffffff.

    • JPEG Options

      • Quality: Controls the JPEG compression level. This setting affects both file size and image quality. The JPEG quality scale is 1-100.

      • Enable JPG Chrominance Downsampling: Because the eye is less sensitive to high-frequency color information than high-frequency luminance, JPEG images divide image information into luminance and color components. When a JPEG image is compressed, the luminance component is left at full resolution, while the color components are downsampled by averaging together groups of pixels. Downsampling reduces the data volume by one-half or one-third with almost no impact on perceived quality. Downsampling is not applicable to grayscale images. This technique reduces the amount of compression useful for images with high contrast (for example, images with overlaid text).

    • PDF and TIFF options

      • Compression: Select a compression algorithm.
  • Colorspace: Select a color space.

  • Sharpening: Select the Enable Simple Sharpening option to apply a basic sharpening filter to the image after all scaling takes place. Sharpening can help compensate for blurriness that can result when you display an image at a different size.

    For more information about sharpening, resample modes, and unsharp masking, see Sharpen an image. See also Sharpening training video.

  • Resample Mode: Select a Resampling mode option. These options sharpen the image when it is downsampled:

  • B-Linear: The fastest resampling method; some aliasing artifacts are noticeable.

  • Bi-Cubic: Increases CPU usage on the Image Server, but yields sharper images with less noticeable aliasing artifacts.

  • Sharp 2: Can produce slightly sharper results than the Bi-Cubic option, but at even higher CPU cost on the Image Server.

  • Tri-Linear: Uses both higher and lower resolutions, if available; recommended only when aliasing is an issue. This method reduces JPEG size due to reduced high-frequency data.

  • Unsharp Masking: Choose these options to fine-tune sharpening:

  • Amount: Controls the amount of contrast applied to edge pixels. The default is 1.0. For high-resolution images, you can increase it to as high as 5.0. Think of Amount as a measure of filter intensity.

  • Radius: Determines the number of pixels surrounding the edge pixels that affect the sharpening. For high-resolution images, enter from 1 through 2. A low value sharpens only the edge pixels; a high value sharpens a wider band of pixels. The correct value depends on the size of the image.

  • Threshold: Determines the range of contrast to ignore when the unsharp mask filter is applied. That is, it can help resolve how different the sharpened pixels must be from the surrounding area before they are considered edge pixels and sharpened. To avoid introducing noise, experiment with values between .02 and 0.2. The default value of 6 sharpens all pixels in the image.

  • Color Space: Determines whether the image uses the space in which the image was created, usually RGB (Original) or a luminance space (Intensity).

  • Color Choose these options:

  • Output Color Profile: Select Use Default or one of the ICC color profiles available on the Adobe Dynamic Media Classic.

    See also ICC profiles.

  • Rendering Intent: Select an option if you want to override the default rendering intent of the color profile. Use this option when one of the default ICC profiles is the target color space of a color conversion. Or, this profile characterizes the output device (printer or monitor), and the specified rendering intent is valid for this profile.

  • Embed Profile: Select this option so that, if you open this image in Adobe® Photoshop®, it uses this profile.

  • Print Resolution: Select a resolution for printing this image; 72 pixels is the default.

  • URL Modifiers: If you prefer to specify the URL modifiers that define your Image Preset, rather than the settings, enter the modifiers here.

  • Sample Image URL: Lists the “raw” URL string that the Dynamic Media Image Server uses to deliver images with the Image Preset you are adding or editing. This URL string encodes all the format settings that you select in the Add Preset or Edit Preset screen.

Edit, remove, or deactivate an Image Preset

  1. Go to Setup > Image Presets.

  2. In the Image Presets screen, select a preset in the table, and then do one of the following:

    • Select Edit and then specify new options in the Edit Preset dialog box.
    • Select Delete to remove the preset from the list.
    • Deselect the Active check box next to a preset name if you want to remove it from the entire Adobe Dynamic Media Classic user interface for MediaPortal users.

Activate or deactivate Adaptive Video Presets

Adobe Dynamic Media Classic offers Adaptive Video Encoding Presets. It is a primary list of presets that combines both 16:9 Adaptive Video Presets and 4:3 Adaptive Video Presets into one group. These predefined presets reflect the most common encoding settings and are optimized for playback on target mobile devices, tablets, and desktops.

Only “Adaptive Video” encoding presets are activated (enabled or “turned on”) by default. You can deactivate it, if desired. Inactive Adaptive Video Presets do not appear as a selectable option in the eVideo section of the Upload Job Options dialog box.

See Upload and encode videos.

See also Video presets training video.

To activate or deactivate adaptive video presets:

  1. Near the upper-right corner of Adobe Dynamic Media Classic, go to Setup > Application Setup > Video Presets > Adaptive Video Presets.
  2. On the Adaptive Video Presets page, deselect the check box next to a preset name to remove the preset from the eVideo Options list in the Upload Job Options dialog box.
  3. Select Close.

Video presets for encoding video files

To select an encoding preset, in the lower-right corner of the Upload page, select Job Options. In the Upload Job Options dialog box, expand eVideo Options and select the Video Encoding Presets you want.

NOTE
Except for “Adaptive Video,” which is enabled by default, you cannot see all other Adaptive Video or single Video Encoding Presets in the Upload Job Options dialog box. Adobe Dynamic Media Classic Administrators determine which Video Encoding Presets are visible in the Upload Job Options dialog box.
  • Select from the following Adaptive Video encoding or single-encoding presets:

    • 16:9 Adaptive Video: Create 16:9 aspect ratio videos for delivery to desktops, mobile (iPhone, iPad, Android™), and tablets (iPad, Android™), optimized with the resolution and bit rate that best matches the viewer’s connection speed.

    • 4:3 Adaptive Video: Create 4:3 aspect ratio videos for delivery to desktops, mobile (iPhone, iPad, Android™), and tablets (iPad, Android™), optimized with the resolution and bit rate that best matches the viewer’s connection speed.

    • Adaptive Video: A single-encoding preset that works with any aspect ratio to create videos for delivery to mobile, tablet, and desktop. Uploaded source videos that are encoded with this preset are set with a fixed height. However, the width automatically scales to preserve the video’s aspect ratio.

      This flexibility of having an “Auto-scale” is also available by default when you create your own custom video encoding preset.

      See Add or edit a video encoding preset.

    • Adaptive Video Encoding (16:9 or 4:3): Create both 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio videos for delivery to desktops, mobile (iPhone, iPad, Android™), and tablets (iPad, Android™). All optimized with the resolution and bit rate that best matches the viewer’s connection speed.

      See Adaptive Video Encoding (16:9 or 4:3) video presets.

    • Single Encoding Presets

      NOTE
      To deliver video to iPads, you can select a Mobile encoding preset or a Tablet encoding preset. Tablet presets are designed especially for the iPad, typically with higher resolution and quality to take advantage of the larger screen size and bandwidth connection. Delivering video files encoded with a Tablet preset requires you to include device-detection code on your mobile site or application. This code switches between an iPhone or iPad video experience, depending on the playback device. Choosing a Mobile preset for delivering video files to the iPad is a more simplified workflow. The reason is because you can use the same video file for both iPhones and iPads. However, the quality is standardized to the lower resolution iPhone experience.
      • Under the Encoding Presets group, in the Sort Encoding Presets drop-down list, select Name, or Size to sort presets by name or resolution size.
      • Select an encoding preset based on the resolution size and bandwidth with which you plan to play the video.
      • You can select Adaptive Video Encoding and one or more encoding presets per video. For example, you can encode a file for both desktop and mobile in one upload job.

After you select Start Upload, the original Primary Video file is uploaded and encoded files are generated from the primary file.