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Editing InDesign and Premiere Pro project files from the Asset Browser

Selecting Edit from the context menu for any checked-out asset in the Asset Browser opens that asset for editing in its respective application. On the same lines, opening checked-out Adobe apps’ project files opens these files in their respective apps. However, from Zoom 7.3 onwards, selecting Edit for checked-out Premiere Pro or InDesign project files […]

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Changing locale in Zoom Clients

From Zoom 7.3.1 onwards, Zoom supports localization in the German language, in addition to the previously existing Spanish and French language support. Check the following sections for configuring the required locales on the various client applications. You should set up the locale on the servers to effectively and seamlessly use it on the clients. Follow

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Asset linking via drag and drop stops working after upgrading Adobe AIR 27

Dragging and dropping an asset from the Asset Browser to Adobe apps creates a link to that asset inside the Adobe Zoom plugin. From Zoom 7.0 onwards, this linking stops working after upgrading to Adobe AIR 28+ The workaround is to use Adobe AIR 27 for asset linking to work on drag and drop.

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Why is my Cinema4D Zoom plugin showing up in a language different from English?

Due to changes in the R20 API, the naming format of language folders for the C4D plugin has changed. Till R19, the language folders naming convention was like this – strings_es, strings_fr, strings_us etc. But R20 language folders follow the convention language code followed by region ID e.g strings_en-US, strings_es-ES, etc. Steps to fix this

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Modifying dynamic collections' filter range

Dynamic collections in Zoom show assets based on filtering criteria. By default, the filter is applied to all revisions of all available assets for a user and the latest revision of the filtered assets are displayed. This behavior can be modified from the Collections fix patch on Zoom 7.2.2 onwards. From now on, other than

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How to stop the Client Proxy?

In some situations, you may need to stop the Client Proxy that runs on Zoom Client machines. From the Z menu icon, you can choose to restart the Client Proxy. But, to stop the Client Proxy service altogether, follow these steps for Windows and Mac systems: Windows: Open Command Prompt as an administrator. Firstly, a

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Using Dynamic Links and Essential Graphics in Adobe applications

The Adobe Creative Cloud applications give users two powerful ways to use content from one application in another: Dynamic Links and Essential Graphics. Zoom fully supports these methods, and below is information on how to best use them with Zoom and programs like After Effects and Premiere Pro. Dynamic Links After Effects projects and compositions,

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Working with Adobe Creative Apps using Zoom plugin

Evolphin Zoom plugin is available as an extension in Adobe Creative apps – Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe InCopy. This document defines the basic way of working with the Evolphin Zoom plugin in any of these applications. Any specific differences while working with any of these

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Custom Export presets in plugin

Zoom Adobe plugin makes it easier to export files with specific presets and have them automatically synced in your Zoom repository. The exported asset could also be added to a collection. The feature is available through the following Adobe applications: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects. Some export

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Adobe Premiere Pro 2018 multiple project support with Evolphin Zoom plugin

As the new Premiere Pro CC 2018 allows multiple projects to stay open, there are some limitations in working with the current Evolphin Zoom plugin: Plugin window launch: The Plugin window does not open automatically when Premiere Pro is launched. So, the user should manually open the plugin after Premiere Pro is opened or a

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PDF generation failing in Web Client

In the Web Client, if you are trying to download an asset or collection as PDF but it fails, then you need to apply a patch on your Preview Server to fix this. The error message would be similar to that shown below. This issue exists from Zoom 7.1 till Zoom 7.2.1. Follow these steps

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File-type Filter

From Zoom 5.1 onwards, you can filter your search results based on chosen File-type filters. For example, you may only want to see Images, Videos, or Layouts. Each of these File-type filters is further configurable by choosing which extensions to include in each of them. A few File-type filters are available by default. Viewing File-type

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Data Migration tool in Zoom

From Zoom 7.2 onwards, users can migrate a large volume of data to their Zoom repository using our Data Migration tool in the Asset Browser. The migration process is totally hands-free, without downtime, and can run seamlessly in the background. At any time, the user can check the progress and pause or stop the migration. When resumed,

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Listing files in the Path Navigator

The Path Navigator is the panel on the left side displayed in the desktop client – Asset Browser and the web-based client – Web Asset Browser. This navigator shows the hierarchical folder structure that holds the sub-folders and assets. From Zoom version 6, by default, the Path Navigator does not list any files in the

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Collaborating on long form video editing using Update with Links feature in Zoom

Overview A long form video editing project in video editing apps such as Adobe Premiere Pro can have upwards of 5000 elements including linked footage. A post-production supervisor or primary editor might create a master prproj file that inks to these elements & footage assets. These linked assets need to be shared with other team editors to

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How to turn off auto-refresh in the Asset Browser?

By default, the Asset Browser refreshes its display every time it comes back in focus. This results in repeating a search operation to refetch data every time the Asset Browser window comes back in focus. This setting may be turned off using zoom.properties on the Zoom Client machine. Follow these steps: Open zoom.properties file from

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How to stop Zoom Client from showing multiple login prompts?

The Problem: Sometimes, the Zoom Client throws multiple login prompts successively, even as each of the login prompts are canceled. This happens when the user has chosen to monitor working copies linked to a Zoom Server on which she is currently not logged in. When a working copy is under monitoring, the Zoom Client periodically

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The Web Client

The Web Client is full of features to make it easier to work with assets without installing the client-side desktop applications. This powerful tool can let external users connect to a Zoom Preview Server and view a shared collection of assets from anywhere with only as much as a shared link. The internal Zoom users

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How to move a Working Copy to another location

What is a Working Copy? Zoom brings assets from the Zoom repository to a location on the local machine from where they can be used or edited. This location is called the Working Copy location. The working copy can be created in any locally available folder, at the time of checkout. Once an asset or

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Duplicate Detection

From Zoom 7.0 onwards, no duplicate asset may be imported to a Zoom repository without being flagged for further action. Whenever Zoom detects that the name of the imported asset matches an existing one (in the same project), the user will be prompted to resolve the duplication. Here, admin’s Version is the asset on the repository (last

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