UI window layouts

Silverstack offers several predefined UI layouts for the user interface to quickly switch the work scope. This enables you to quickly find all important features for a specific task like grading or audio sync.

The UI layouts in detail#

You can select the following configurations:

  1. Files
  2. Manage
  3. Quality control
  4. Color
  5. Transcoding presets (Silverstack Lab only)

To toggle a specific UI layout, simply click the identically named buttons in Silverstack’s top right toolbar or open them via Window > UI Window Layouts.

1. UI layouts with one display#

1.1 Files
This layout is configured for file handling tasks.

  • Left sidebar is enabled (library outline)
  • Center view is set to list view
  • Right sidebar is set to “Files and Hashes”
  • The “Audio and Color” panel is disabled

Silverstack’s files UI layout

Silverstack’s files UI layout

1.2 Manage
This layout is configured for data and metadata management tasks.

  • Left sidebar is enabled (library outline)
  • Center view is set to collection view
  • Right sidebar is set to “General Info”
  • The “Audio and Color” panel is disabled

Silverstack’s manage UI layout

Silverstack’s manage UI layout

1.3 Quality Control
This layout is configured for quality control tasks.

  • Left sidebar is disabled (library outline)
  • Center view is set to playback view
  • Right sidebar is set to “User Info”
  • The “Audio and Color” panel is set to color

Silverstack’s quality control UI layout

Silverstack’s quality control UI layout

1.4 Color
This layout is configured for color and grading tasks.

  • Left sidebar is disabled (library outline)
  • Center view is set to playback view
  • Right sidebar is set to “Look Library”
  • The “Audio and Color” panel is set to color

Silverstack’s color UI layout

Silverstack’s color UI layout

1.5 Transcoding Presets
This layout is configured for transcoding tasks.

  • Left sidebar is disabled (library outline)
  • Center view is set to “Transcoding Preview”
  • Right sidebar shows the presets
  • The “Audio and Color” panel is disabled

Silverstack’s transcoding preset UI layout

Silverstack’s transcoding preset UI layout

Note: The UI Layouts establish different configurations for the user interface when the second display is activated. Please refer to the article Two screen working environment with second display for more information about using a second display for Silverstack’s user interface.

Search Code: ST-UI1