Tag frames in your production's words
Build a tag list for each project, then tag a whole selection at once or frame by frame as you cull.
Photo: Dana Reyes · EP104 · Day 12
The list is yours, shortcuts included. Select the frames and tag them.
Your tag list, in your words
Each project has its own tag library. Create a tag, pick its type (person, object or location) and give it a shortcut key. Scene-14, key-art-candidate and approved sit next to cast names. Tag a selection once instead of renaming files or editing a spreadsheet frame by frame.
Tags belong to one project. Types are fixed to person, object and location; the names are yours.
Tag a whole selection at once
Select the frames in the grid and add a tag to all of them at once. The panel shows how many of the selected frames carry each tag. Removing works the same way.
Applying needs the Add tags permission and removing needs Delete tags. Admins choose who has them.
Tag while you cull
Open a frame in the viewer, switch to the Tags tab, press a tag's shortcut key, then the right arrow for the next frame. Mark scene and cast in the pass you already make through a shoot day. Tagged frames can then be narrowed in the filters and the search palette, so scene-14 is one pick, not a folder hunt.
Your tags, your language
Every project in ReelStorage gets its own tag library. You build the list.
A film production might use tags like episode-1, scene-14, behind-the-scenes, key-art-candidate, approved, killed. A PR agency might prefer red-carpet, press-approved, social-ready, embargoed.
Tags are created on the Tags page in your project. For each tag, you set:
- Name: whatever your team understands
- Type: person, object or location
- Keyboard shortcut: a single key for rapid tagging during review
Types are fixed. The names are yours.
Cast tags
Face recognition tags photos of cast whose face group you have confirmed, so you do not tag a lead actor by hand across a season of stills. See face recognition. Photos only.
Bulk tagging
Select images in the grid using click, shift-click, or filter-and-select-all. Open the Tags tab and apply a tag to the whole selection. Applying adds the tag to every selected frame, and the panel shows how many of the selected frames carry each tag.
To remove a tag from a batch, select the images and remove it the same way.
Applying a tag needs the Add tags permission and removing one needs Delete tags. Admins choose who has them.
Keyboard tagging in the viewer
Open a frame in the viewer and switch to the Tags tab. Press a tag's shortcut key to apply it, then press the right arrow for the next frame. Shortcuts work in the viewer only while the Tags tab is open.
Filtering by tag
Tagged frames can be narrowed in the metadata filters dropdown and in the search palette. In the dropdown, tags are grouped by type, you can select several at once, and each shows how many assets carry it. An Untagged Assets option shows frames with no tags.
Tag counts also show on the Tags page. They do not show on the grid.
Managing the list
- Edit tags from the Tags page.
- Delete tags you no longer need. The images stay; only the tag is removed from them.
- See usage per tag on the Tags page, to spot tags nobody uses.
Tags and IPTC keywords
Tags are project-level labels used for organizing and filtering within ReelStorage. IPTC keywords are part of the image's embedded metadata, and you edit them like any other IPTC field.
On export, person tags, whether from a confirmed face group or applied by hand, are written to the Person In Image field, unless you strip metadata. Other tags stay in ReelStorage and do not become keywords.
Questions
- Can I make my own tags?
- Yes. Name the tag, choose a type (person, object or location) and give it a shortcut key. Each project has its own list.
- Can I tag many frames at once?
- Yes. Select the frames in the grid, then add or remove a tag across the whole selection.
- Who can apply or remove tags?
- Members need the Add tags permission to apply tags and Delete tags to remove them. Admins choose who has them.
- Do tags go into the file when I export?
- Person tags, whether from a confirmed face group or applied by hand, are written to the IPTC Person In Image field on export, unless you strip metadata. Other tags stay in ReelStorage.
- Do I have to tag the cast by hand?
- No. Face recognition tags photos of cast whose face group you have confirmed. See the face recognition page. Photos only.
Tell us what you're shooting next.
Start with one title. Upload a shoot, bring its metadata in from a CSV, and confirm the cast. Then decide.
A person on our team reads it and writes back.