Asset Relations. Make Connections Visible

Asset Relations. Make Connections Visible

Link related media and map relationships between assets.

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Related assets panel linked from an asset's detail view
See at a glance which assets belong together
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Asset detail with the version summary and the variant strip below the player
The current version in the player, variants one click away

Everything is connected

Media rarely exists in isolation. A still belongs to a video, a new cut to its original, a model release to the shoot. footage.one keeps these connections on the asset, where you can see and follow them.

Relationship types

  • Versions and variants: New cuts as versions, language and platform cuts as variants, and the original is always kept
  • Derivatives: New assets made from the original, such as stills taken from a video
  • Composition and segment: An asset put together from others, or an excerpt of a longer one
  • Audio track, model release, behind the scenes: Material that belongs to an asset
  • Related: A loose link between assets that belong together

Versions and variants

  • Upload right at the original: With "Upload as…" a file becomes a new version, a variant or a derivative, linked and with the original's description, keywords, license and credit
  • Current version first: Shares, downloads and the preview deliver the newest version automatically; the original is kept and can be downloaded at any time
  • Every version at a glance: The References tab lists each version with its own technical data and shows it in the player on request
  • Variants with a label: Cuts like "DE" or "TikTok 9:16" sit as a strip below the player and open their own detail page
  • A tidy search: Versions and variants do not show up as separate hits

More in the documentation: Versions, variants and derivatives.

Automatic detection

  • Duplicates and overlaps: footage.one finds duplicate files and overlapping footage on its own and links them as references marked "auto-detected"
  • Why was this linked?: Each detected reference shows how well the files match and how the match was found
  • You decide: Lock a detected reference so that no automated process changes or removes it, or discard it with "Not a duplicate"; a discarded pair is not linked again by a later run
  • Stills from video: Stills created from a video are linked to it as derivatives automatically

Finding your way

  • References tab: All references of an asset in one list, grouped by type, with direction, label and lock state; one click opens the linked asset
  • Related tab: Finds further assets by search, without creating links: shot on a similar date, near the same location, or, depending on your plan, visually similar

Benefits

  • Preserve context: See which files belong to an asset and how
  • Keep versions under control: The current version is delivered, the original stays available
  • Work more efficiently: Related media is one click away