You’ll now be able to quickly search through your file metadata on the right-hand side of the Projects screen. With an asset selected, click the filter icon next to the “+” button to display the metadata search bar. Enter a search term to find custom metadata or metadata that is automatically extracted when you upload a file, such as bit rate and codec information.

In addition, you can now search for projects in Administration. When assigning projects to new or existing users, you can now use the search bar to easily find specific projects.

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The right-hand drawer in Projects has been expanded to include a separate tab for metadata.

When you have an asset selected, click the first tab to view your asset tags and basic information about your file, including file size, dimensions, and the date and time it was uploaded.

Select the second tab to view all of your asset’s metadata, including the metadata that is automatically extracted when you upload a file. To enter custom metadata, click the blue “+” button and enter your metadata key and value.

Over the past year, we’ve received a ton of feedback from SHIFT users and customers of our legacy platforms MediaSilo and Wiredrive on what they’d like in a media management system. The most common themes were metadata file-tagging, better global search and navigation, and smaller file tiles to make better use of screen space.

Good news: We’ve solved for all of those requests — and more! Take a look at SHIFT’s new and improved Projects. It’s the most secure and user-friendly asset management platform you’ll find to manage your content at scale.

Here are the major improvements you’ll see in SHIFT:

New navigation, global search, and resizable sidebars

The first step to a productive workflow is a clean interface. You’ll notice that the project header collapses as you scroll, and folder tiles are now condensed. The new top navigation includes back and forward buttons, and the search bar helps you find what you need no matter which page you’re on in Projects. Plus, the left and right sidebars are resizable, so you can stretch your folder tree to reveal long folder names or hide it altogether for a more minimalist look and feel.

List view and resizable file tiles

List view is here! That’s right — now you can get a more compact view of your files. In both gallery and list view, you can customize your page size and the number of asset tiles that appear on the page. In gallery view, you can also adjust the size of asset tiles.

New upload manager

Here, we added the option to open a file’s asset detail page or its file location directly from the Upload Manager once the upload has finished processing. Other features remain intact: SHIFT still offers private network uploading, so you can enjoy faster upload speeds than the rest of the Internet.

Need to move or copy files between folders and projects? You can still do that by dragging single or multiple files and dropping them onto the folder tree.

Metadata tagging

When you have hundreds or thousands of files, it’s important for your team to know how to find the right ones at the right time. That’s why we introduced metadata tagging. In addition to plaintext tags, you can now create categories like location, director, and client. Set your categories and tags and quickly find files with the advanced search and filters on every page.

In-line Team and Settings tabs

To make things easier for admins and project owners, we took what previously lived in the Edit Project pop-up window and created a new home for it in your new Team and Settings tabs. Use the Team tab to view, add, or delete project members or to change their roles.

Settings is where you can brand your project thumbnail and banner images, as well as manage things like lifecycle policies and SafeStream (our real-time, personalized watermarking feature for keeping your content cybersecure) if you’re on a paid account.

Explore all these changes and more by logging into app.shift.io. Don’t have a SHIFT account yet? Sign up for a free account or reach out to sales@shift.io with any questions.

You can now use SHIFT’s SFTP integration to upload both files and folders.

To get started, right-click on any project or folder, go to the Advanced options, and select “Create SFTP Credentials.” Enter these credentials in your SFTP application, connect to SHIFT, and start uploading folders to your SHIFT projects.

After you perform a search, you can now save the filters you used and reuse it at any time. Simply click the “Save” button on the right side of the search bar, and enter a name for your search. Whenever you access the search menu, your saved searches will appear in the right column.

Note: Searches are saved on a user basis. A saved search is only available to the user who created it.

The Spotlight template builder now includes a “Search” element to make your galleries searchable.

• Add a search bar to your template and use the properties panel to link the search bar to a media gallery.
• When your audience enters text in the search bar, your gallery will display any item whose title, description, or tags matches the search term.

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