View assets
View an asset to see information about it and perform actions on it. You can view assets when browsing assets from the home page, or from a collection in a project.
To view a bundle, see View a bundle.
To expand the asset preview, click the Hide right pane button 
at the bottom of the pane.
at the bottom of the pane. The following information applies to all asset types. Different asset types have additional actions available or information displayed. To learn more, see:
Open an asset
To open an asset to work on it, click the asset.
- If the asset file type is not available for preview, click Download to download it.
- If the asset file is too large to display, click Download to download it or Load anyway to load it, which might take several minutes.
When an asset is archived in P4 Server, you cannot perform any actions on it. Archived assets are marked as Archived in the P4 DAM asset Version list. See Archived assets.
Actions available when viewing an asset from a project
| To: | Do this: | More information |
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| View information about a specific version of the asset you are viewing. | Select the version number in the version list. | View asset versions |
| Download a specific version of the asset you are viewing. | Next to the version to be downloaded, click Download version  . |
Download an asset |
| Rename the asset. | Click the vertical ellipsis button  and click Rename. |
Rename an asset |
| Copy the asset to a collection or folder. | Click the vertical ellipsis button and click Copy. |
Copy an asset when viewing it from a collection |
| Copy the asset URL to the clipboard. | Click the vertical ellipsis button and click Share. |
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| View a list of asset reviewers and manage them. Only available when an asset review is in progress for the asset. | Click the vertical ellipsis button and click Manage review. |
View asset and bundle reviewers and Manage asset and bundle reviews |
| Add a new preview image or change the existing preview image. | Click the vertical ellipsis button and click Upload preview image. |
Upload an asset preview |
| Regenerate the automatically generated asset preview image. | Click the vertical ellipsis button and click Regenerate preview image. |
Regenerate an asset preview |
| Delete the asset. | Click the vertical ellipsis button and click Delete. |
Delete an asset when viewing it |
| Add a state and asset reviewers to the most recent version of an asset. | Click Create review. | Create asset reviews |
| Delete the state and asset reviewers from an asset. | Click the vertical ellipsis button  next to the most recent version of the asset and click Delete review. |
Delete reviews |
| Change the asset state. Only available when an asset review is in progress for the asset. | From the version list, click the current state of the latest file version and select the new state. | Change the state on an asset review |
| Zoom in or out on the asset. | Click + or - in the toolbar. For 3D model animations, use your keyboard or mouse wheel. | -- |
| Hide the right pane. Only available when the right pane is visible. | Click the Hide right pane button at the bottom of the pane. |
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| Show the right pane. Only available when the right pane is hidden. | Click the Show right pane button  at the bottom of the pane. |
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| View, add, or reply to comments on the asset. | Click Comments. | Comments |
| View, add, edit, copy, or delete related links for the asset. | Click Links. | Links |
| View referenced assets. | Click Links. | Auto-identification of referenced assets |
| Add or remove tags on the asset. | Click Asset details, click Manage tags  or Add tags next to the tags. |
Add tags to assets and Remove tags from assets. |
| View additional information about the asset including the file name, URL, depot path, author, tags, and metadata. | Click Asset details. | View asset details and metadata |
Actions available when viewing an asset from a search or when browsing assets
Image assets
When you view an image asset, use the canvas toolbar to control what is displayed on the asset, and zoom in and out.
| Button | Name | Description |
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Show/hide comments on image. | Show or hide all comments added to specific areas on the image. |
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Show/hide sketches on image. | Show or hide all sketches on the image. If a blue dot is shown on the button, it indicates that all sketches are shown, but some individual sketches are hidden on the Comments or Review comments tab. To learn more, see Hide and show sketches. |
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Zoom out. | Zoom out on the image. |
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Zoom in. | Zoom in on the image. |
Audio and video assets
When you view an audio or video asset, use the toolbar to control playback and perform other actions.
| Button or information | Name | Description | Shortcuts |
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Rewind one second | Rewind the video by one second (video only). | Press Shift+Left arrow |
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Rewind one frame | Step back one frame (video only). | Press left arrow |
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Play | Play the audio or video. | Press Spacebar |
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Pause | Pause the audio or video. | Press Spacebar |
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Forward one frame | Step forward one frame (video only). | Press right arrow |
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Forward one second | Advance the video by one second (video only). | Press Shift+Right arrow |
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Volume | Adjust or mute the volume. | -- |
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Timestamp | View the elapsed and total time. When constant frame rate video is played, the frame number is shown in the timestamp. In variable frame rate videos, the frame number is not included in the timestamp. | -- |
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Frame rate | View the playback frame rate. Frame rate is not shown for variable frame rate videos (video only). | -- |
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Playback speed | Change the playback speed (video only). | -- |
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Copy to clipboard | Copy a link to the asset to the clipboard. | -- |
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Fullscreen | Open the asset fullscreen (video only). | -- |
Actions available when viewing 3D model assets
| To: | Do this: | More information |
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| Create a new preview image to replace the existing one. | Click the Create preview button  . |
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| Set the background color. | Click Viewer settings. | Set the 3D model background color |
| View each animation, step through each animation by keyframe, and control animation playback. | Use the animation toolbar. | View 3D model animations |
| View the skeleton (rigging). | Click Viewer settings. | View 3D model skeleton (rigging) |
| View the wireframe. | Click Viewer settings. | View 3D model wireframes |
| View vertex coloring. | Click Viewer settings. | View 3D model vertex coloring |
| View the grid (ground plane). | Click Viewer settings. | View 3D model grid (ground plane) |
| View a comment with a locked view of the asset to help you understand the comment. | Click the Go to button in the comment to view the locked asset view. | -- |
Actions available when viewing comments
The button's appearance and action depends on the type of asset you are viewing.
| Button | Name | Description |
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Go to viewer settings | Click to see the model view in the comment |
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Go to time stamp | Animated 3D models only: Click to see the model view at the time stamp in the comment |
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Go to viewer settings and time stamp | Animated 3D models only: Click to see the model view and time stamp in the comment |
Converted original asset to GLB
If you see a message titled 'Converted original asset to GLB' in an asset preview, the model is a preview.
This means the quality might be lower than the original, and the 3D model file type is not directly supported by P4 DAM. The file is converted to GLB format so that P4 DAM can display it without the need to open it in your editor.