User interface - P4 DAM

P4 DAM provides a central storage area for all of your shared assets. All of the assets on the P4 Server are version controlled and accessible by P4 Sync. P4 Sync lets you upload assets to and download assets from the P4 DAM. It always shows when new versions of assets are available.

P4 Sync menus, buttons, and lists:

P4 Sync menu

• About application: Click to view details about P4 Sync.
• Quit: Click to log out and close P4 Sync.

Edit menu

Not used.

Help menu

• Help: Click to view the P4 Sync help.
• REST API Help: Click to open P4 Sync REST API help.

• Logs: Click to open the folder where the P4 Sync logs are stored.

• Licenses: Click to view the software licenses used by P4 Sync.

• Release Notes: Click to view the P4 Sync release notes.

• Clear Stored Data: Click to log out and delete saved information from the Server and Username fields.

Profile menu

• Current connection: Shows user and connection details.

• Dark theme: Click to toggle dark theme on and off. New P4 Sync installations default to the dark theme. The current theme is maintained when P4 Sync is upgraded.

• Show welcome page: Click to display the Welcome page.

• Log out: Click to log out of P4 Sync and leave it open.

P4 Sync icon

The P4 Sync icon is displayed while P4 Sync is running, including when the window is closed or minimized:

• macOS: The P4 Sync icons are displayed in the dock, and in the system tray to the left of the status menu.

• Windows: To view the P4 Sync icon, go to the notification area at the far right of the Windows taskbar and click Show hidden icons .

When P4 Sync is running, you can use the P4 Sync icon to reopen or quit P4 Sync:

• macOS:

  • Reopen: To reopen P4 Sync, click either of the P4 Sync icons.

  • Quit : To quit P4 Sync, do one of the following:

    • From the dock, right-click the P4 Sync icon and select Quit P4 Sync. The standard macOS Quit option is not used.

    • From the system tray, right-click the P4 Sync icon and select Quit.

• Windows:

  • Reopen: To reopen P4 Sync, click the P4 Sync icon.

  • Quit : To quit P4 Sync, right-click the P4 Sync icon and select Quit.

My projects list

Shows the projects available for your login to P4 DAM.

My projects list button

 Refresh: Click to manually refresh the My projects list.

Collections list

Shows the collections available in the selected project.

Collections list buttons and icons

•  Refresh: Click to manually refresh the collections list.

• Watch collection (Only used for collections with an Allwrite workspace): Click the ellipsis (...) next to the collection, and select Watch collection to toggle the watch setting. By default, Watch collection is off.

  By default, collections do not have Allwrite workspaces.

• Collection watch status:

  Blue dot: Collection is being watched.

  Orange dot: Collection is not being watched.

Collection buttons and menus

•  Refresh all: Click to manually refresh the My changes, Changes by others, and All assets lists.

•  Show the collection in the file browser: Click to open the current collection in your file browser.

Asset lists

1. To view an asset list, click the asset list dropdown to the left of the Search field.

2. Select the list to view.

My changes list

Shows assets you have added, deleted, renamed, or changed in your collection. To share the changes with other users, upload them. See Upload changes.

Changes by others list

Shows assets that other users have added, deleted, renamed, or changed. To get these changes in your collection, download them. See Download changes.

All assets list

Shows the first 100 assets in your collection. If an asset is not in the list, use search to find it. See Search for assets

Each asset is labeled with its current version number, the date and time it changed, and any user-applied tags.

To download the latest version of an asset, click the Sync asset button next to the asset.