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Anonymous
March 5, 2019
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Video Clip Sorting by Creation Date

  • March 5, 2019
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I'm using RUSH on my laptop.  In the New Project window when initially selecting clips I'm confused about how the video clips are being sorted.  I have about 200 clips in the folder that I'm trying to select from.  In the bottom left corner I have selected the sort button and chose "DATE CREATED" with the arrow pointing down as I want to view the oldest to the newest.  I expected that regardless of what I've renamed the clips, they should be sorted by the initial creation date but at this point I can't tell at all how they are being sorted.  I have toggled the arrow to point both UP and DOWN but neither properly sort the CREATION DATE of the clips.      

Would greatly appreciate some advice on what's happening here.

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Correct answer cmgap

Hi Tim - I was referring to the sort within Rush not at the operating system level. Do you use Bridge? If you've got Bridge installed you may want to take a look at the sorting and filtering capabilities. In Bridge you can add rating and implement your own sort criteria.

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cmgap
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cmgapCommunity Expert
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March 6, 2019

The only choices in the sort are by Name (alphabetically ascending/descending) and by media type... At this time there isn't any other way to sort assets. I've added feedback on the user voice page: sort and filter assets – Adobe video & audio apps

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Anonymous
March 7, 2019

Hi there, I need some further clarification on your response.  You mentioned that the two methods of sorting are Alphabetical and Media Type, however there doesn't appear to be a Media Type sort function.  The two methods are by NAME (alphabetical) and BY DATE.

I did some further investigating as to how exactly my files were being sorted when I click on BY DATE.  It seems they are being sorted by Windows idea of DATE CREATED opposed to DATE.   You can see the difference below, as the DATE is when I actually shot the video clips and DATE CREATED is when I transferred them to my computer.

I'm not sure why they transferred in a different order than they were created, may have been me going through them one at a time and deciding which to transfer, however it would be much better and make things so much easier if the sort function was based on Windows DATE metadata.

As a bandaid fix for this issue, I renamed all my clips with a preceding a1, a2, a3, a4, b1, b3, b4, etc to have them sorted correctly by NAME.

cmgap
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cmgapCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 7, 2019

Hi Tim - I was referring to the sort within Rush not at the operating system level. Do you use Bridge? If you've got Bridge installed you may want to take a look at the sorting and filtering capabilities. In Bridge you can add rating and implement your own sort criteria.

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