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There are two methods of
getting an asset into Amplience.

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One way is to upload files to an SFTP
location using any standard client.

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Connect this to Amplience via our upload
connectors, as we showed in the last chapter,

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and set up a bulk upload.

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This bulk upload is usually set to run every
hour and will ingest those assets straight

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into Amplience.

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The other method of ingesting assets
is manually using the content hub UI.

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You can ingest assets by clicking the Upload
button and dragging files into the upload area

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in the dialog or choosing a
file from your file system.

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You can also upload files via URL or via one
of the file upload services, including Google

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Drive, Dropbox, and Box.

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In the top right of the content hub window is
an area where you can choose how to view and

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sort your assets.

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For each asset, you'll see an icon in the
top left that shows what type of media it is.

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So you'll see a different icon
for images and video, for example.

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You'll also see a P icon.

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This is shown if the asset is published, and
if the asset is not published, then the P icon

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is not displayed.
When you click on the properties icon in the

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area underneath an asset, it will open up
the properties pane on the right-hand side.

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You'll see that a published
asset has a dynamic URL.

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This indicates that it's published to the CDN
and available to be consumed from this URL and

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manipulated using dynamic media.

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For an unpublished asset, no URL will be shown.

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You can preview an asset using the eye icon.

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This will display the asset in a pane on the
right-hand side from where you can make the

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image larger and zoom in and
zoom out on a particular area.

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Preview is only available for particular asset
types, including a- images, video, sets, PDFs,

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and animated GIFs.
For assets where a preview is not available,

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that eye icon will not be shown.

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The up arrow next to the properties
icon is used to publish an asset.

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So if we click this asset for an asset that's
not been published, the asset will then be

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published, and a URL will be generated for it.

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we also use this if we want to republish, an
asset after we've updated it, for example.

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In the properties pane, you'll also see asset
name, publish status, and the file size, width,

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and height of an asset.
At the top, you'll see a tab called metadata.

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This is where all the generic metadata is
displayed for an asset, together with any

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custom metadata you might have
added, such as product information.

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The contextual menu, available by clicking on
the cog menu or by right-clicking an asset,

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includes a set of actions that
you can perform on an asset.

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This includes preview, publish, create
media set, and edit with point of interest.

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It also allows you to set workflow status.

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Now, if you have multiple assets selected,
the items shown in the contextual menu will

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reflect your selection.

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So for example, it is easy to select
multiple images and create a media set.

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For each asset, you can set a workflow status
by selecting the Set Workflow Status item from

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the menu.
From the workflow status window, you can

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select whether an asset is in draft, archived,
in review, or approved, or assign the asset to

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another user within the account.

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When you change the workflow status, this will
be reflected in the asset properties pane.