Labels — Flexible tags
Use labels as flexible hashtag-style tags to quickly categorise and find media.
Overview
Labels are simple, freely chosen text tags — comparable to hashtags in social media. Unlike Keywords, which come from a controlled taxonomy, you can create labels spontaneously and assign them without any predefined constraints.
Labels vs. Keywords
| Keywords | Labels | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Controlled taxonomy | Freely chosen text |
| Structure | Hierarchical, multilingual, with relations | Flat, simple string |
| Inheritance | From episodes and albums | No inheritance |
| Use | Describing content | Organisation, workflow, flagging |
Rule of thumb: Keywords describe what is shown in the media. Labels mark what it's for or the context it belongs to.
Examples of labels
#projectX— all media for a specific project#approved— media ready for publication#favourite— personal favourites#website— media designated for the website#social— selected for social media channels#editing— media that still needs to be processed
Assigning labels
- Open an asset
- Click the + Label icon
- In the dialogue you can:
- Enter new labels — type the text and press Enter, comma or spacebar
- Select existing labels — as you type, already-used labels are shown as suggestions
- Remove labels — click the × next to a label chip
- Save the changes
Labels are displayed as chips. You can enter multiple labels at once by separating them with a comma or spacebar.
Filtering by labels
Labels are displayed as clickable hashtags in the asset view (e.g. #projectX). Clicking a label immediately filters all assets with that label — making it easy to find related media.
Autocomplete
footage.one remembers all labels that have already been used across the entire archive. When entering a new label, you automatically receive suggestions from this pool. This ensures consistent naming within the team without requiring an administrator to predefine labels.
Tips
- Consistent naming — agree on a label convention within the team (e.g. always lowercase, no spaces)
- Don't overdo it — a few meaningful labels are better than many generic ones
- Workflow labels — use labels to reflect the editing status (e.g.
#review,#approved,#archived) - Projects and campaigns — labels are well suited for assigning media to a project or campaign
- Keywords for content, labels for context — describe the content with keywords from the taxonomy and the intended use with labels