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Definition
Catalogs are groups of items that can be reused in multiple scripts.
Use
Within Storyflow, you can create various Catalogs for content that include media, scene objects, positional anchors, animations, and more. Basically, everything that you use in the scene originates from a Catalog and this is what makes the 3D scenes interactive.
Location
There are two places that you can view, manage and add Catalog content in Storyflow.
Dashboard
The first place is within the dashboard:
Note that the Media tab is next to the Catalog tab in Storyflow.
This is a collection of all of your media - not organized by category (if applicable). You cannot use this content in a script unless you have added it to a Media Catalog. See Creating Catalogs below for more information.
Anatomy
Here are the main areas of the Catalog Dashboard:
A. Click on the Home button to return to this main dashboard
B. To quickly find items, we can use the Search field. When we click once on the folder of a Catalog we can see the creation details
C. The Create button is where new content gets added
D. When you click once on a folder you will see the creation details in the right pane
E. All Catalog items are organized by Catalog Type. The type is determined when you create Catalog items:
Double-clicking on a Catalog folder will open it up so that you can view, edit, create, and delete contents:
Right-clicking on a Catalog folder will open up additional options:
Catalog Shortcut
The second location you can access your Catalogs is the Catalog Shortcut. On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see the file folder icon. All Catalogs are here, organized by category type.
To edit the name or delete the Catalog, click on the ellipses. To see the content of that Catalog, click on the name. Here you can edit, delete, or add new content items.
Catalog Types - Different types of Catalogs
When you add content to Storyflow it’s important to use the correct and consistent type of Catalog type. As you design your script you will incorporate resources that use a specific type of content and will look to the appropriate Catalog type to draw content from. When you add items to a category type, you only get an editor with fields specific to that content type in question. In this example, we are looking at an Audio Resource. When adding Media to play, only Media categories appear to be chosen from:
Sharing Catalogs in a Team
There are very important considerations to understand if there is more than one author in a Project. Read the full details here.