1. Start a Project
  2. Collect Media
    • Ingest

  3. Organize Content
  4. Find Content
  5. Edit Projects
  6. Reviews
  7. Remote Collaboration
  8. Deliver Content
  9. Manage Digital Rights
  10. Using AI
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Getting Started with Zoom for Creators

Prerequisites

This guide helps you get started with Zoom apps on the desktop. As prerequisites to this guide, we assume:

  • Your administrator has completed the Zoom server deployment.
  • Your media manager has completed the Zoom repository configuration for your workflows.
  • You have login credentials to sign-in to Zoom.

Before you begin

About the various desktop applications

Zoom Desktop app

This is the desktop app most creatives will start working with. It is designed with a simple UX that covers most of the day-to-day creative workflows such as ingesting files, renaming or moving folders, previewing assets, checking-out versions, and collaborating using review and markup tools.

Adobe CC Plugins

Designed with each Adobe CC creative app in mind, Zoom’s plugins enable you to never leave the Adobe CC app and perform all the major functions from within the creative app itself. You can perform actions like syncing changes, creating new projects from templates, linking with assets, switching proxies, exporting finished projects, and review and commenting on projects.

Asset Browser

This is the advanced version of the Desktop app. Power users and media managers will use this application frequently. It facilitates many advanced operations including bulk metadata editing, search based report generation, digital right management, archive management.

Get started

Tour of Zoom app

Next Steps

Getting Started Guide For Creators

Learn how to install desktop browser, Adobe CC plugins & more »

Getting Started Guide For Media Managers

Learn how to manage content, metadata, users roles & much more »

Zoom for Business Owners

Learn how Zoom helps Business Owners track job approvals, generate reports »

External Collaboration

Collaborate with Clients, Review & Approvals

Internal Collaboration

Producer-Editor collaboration, repurpose finished content

Reports

Trends, Analytics in Real-time from your Content Repository

User Adoption & ROI

Zoom user adoption process, Return on investment

Zoom for Media Manager

Learn how Zoom helps Media Managers acquire, manage & administer their content »

Acquire Media

Migrate archives, Ingest New Media Every Day

Organize Content

Folders, Working Copies, Smart Links Change Thumbnail

Secure Content

Manage Users & Roles, Protect On-premises Storage

Manage Content

Transcoding, Digital Rights, Cleanup, Previews

Archive Content

Configure Cloud Archives, LTO, Auto Tiering Policies

Reports

KPI Trends, Periodic Reports, Export CSV

Automate

Zapier, REST API, Search & Execute Actions

Distribute Content

Download Media, Cloud to Cloud Transfers Links

Administer

Context Indexing, Configure, Logs, Monitor

Zoom for Creators

Learn how Zoom helps Content Creators, Editors & Artists speed up their workflows »

Start a Project

Create New Project, Clone Existing Project

Collect Media

Ingest & Link with Images, High-res Media, Graphics

Organize Content

Folders, Working Copies, Smart Links, Change Thumbnail

Find Content

Ingest & Link with Images, High-res Media, Graphics

Edit Projects

Check-out files, Lock, Sync Projects & links, Check-in Revisions

Review Content

Collaborate with Business Owners, Review & Approvals

Remote Collaboration

Work from home, Remote Ingest, Edit with Low-res Proxies

Deliver Content

Export Projects, Render, Final Conform to High-res media

Using AI

Search using AI, Automatically Create Video Sequences