Once you locate your Grade bin folder in the file browser and display its contents in the expanded Grade bin, you can move grade files into the Grade bin storage containers. Grade files in the expanded Grade bin are pointers to the actual files on the file system. You can view information about the grade files in expanded Grade bin.

To load grade files from the expanded Grade bin to a Grade bin storage container:

1. Locate your grade files. Expand a folder by clicking the arrow to the left of the folder name, and then navigate to the appropriate folder.

   
   

   NoteYou can open all of a folder's sub-directories by Shift-clicking the arrow to the left of the folder.

   The available grade files appear in the expanded Grade bin with information about their contents.

   
   

2. Use the following expanded Grade bin buttons to switch between Grade bin view modes.

   Click:	To:
   Details	Display grade files as thumbnails with accompanying detail text.
   Proxies	Display grade files as proxy thumbnails.
   List	Display grade files in text format only.

   Details	Proxies	List

3. Do one of the following:
   • In the Proxies or Details view, click the grade file.
   • In the List view, click the Name column of the grade file.
     NoteTo copy a grade file from one destination to another, press Ctrl as you drag files from the source Grade bin.

   The cursor picks up the grade file.

   If you pick up the wrong grade files, click any unused grey area outside the expanded Grade bin to cancel your selection of grade files.

   Each time you click a grade file, the cursor picks it up. If you click more than one grade file, the cursor picks them all up.

   TipTo select all the grade files from a folder, click the Select All button.

   
   

4. Drag the selected grade files to the Grade bin storage container, and then click to release the files.
   TipYou can drag grade files directly from the expanded Grade bin to a shot in the Storyboard. See Applying Grade Files to Shots in a Cut.