TABLE OF CONTENTS


What are Lumi Logs? 

Lumi Logs are live, multi-user logs that enable you to attach notes to a Card with automatic time codes (time of day). They are a key feature of Lumi designed to help the field team deliver through to post. 


Field producers can tag and log live as they shoot. Logs are exportable to Avid, they are colour codable, and every single word is searchable.

Your post team can instantly find what they are looking for in the Lumi library, by searching a key word, rather than having to wade through the rushes.

Enable Logs Feature

Logs are a feature that must first be enabled in Project Settings before they can be used. 


Go to Project Settings:

1. Click your avatar on the bottom-left to see the User menu.

2. Select "Project Settings".

3. Scroll down on the Project Settings page until you see the "Logs Feature". If it's not already enabled (blue), switch it to enabled.

4. Click "Save" on the top-right.

Create a Log

Now that you've enabled the Logs feature, you can create a Log. Logs are attached to Lumi Cards. 

1. Open the Card you wish to create a Log for, and click the three dotsin the top-right corner, then select "New Log".

Or, open the Logs tab, and then click "Add Log".

The "Add Log to Card" dialog will open. 

2. Enter the following details:

Name: Enter a relevant name for your Log. 

Date: Defaults to today. You can change the date by clicking the calendar icon on the right.

Timezone: Defaults to the Project's timezone (as per Project Settings). You can edit the Log timezone by clicking in the field and selecting the relevant timezone.

Shortcuts: You can create shortcuts which will display as buttons at the top of your Log. This allows you to simply click the buttons to quickly add a comment. It allows for consistency of comments so you can easily find what you are looking for. You can also filter your log by shortcuts.

Enter the name of your first Shortcut, and give it a colour (optional). 

Click "+" button to add additional Shortcuts.

Save as default Shortcuts: You have the option to only create the shortcuts for this Log, or to select "Save as default Shortcuts". Saving as default will save the shortcuts to the Project, so they will be at the top of every Log created for the Project. Default shortcuts can still be edited at any time.

Cameras: You can add cameras to your Log by clicking the downward arrow to expand the options, and selecting the relevant cameras.

You can choose to use either letters or numbers to represent your cameras.

Use Letters: Toggle on (blue) to use letters, or toggle off (grey) to use numbers.

3. Click "Add & Open" to start logging. 

Go to "Start Logging" below for more information about logging.


Create Default Shortcuts

Another way to create your default shortcuts is in Project Settings. 


1. Click your avatar on the bottom-left to see the User menu.

2. Select "Project Settings".

3. Scroll down on the Project Settings page until you see the "Logs Feature". If Logs are not already enabled, slide the toggle to "Enabled".

4. Click the downward arrow to expand the Logs Feature.

5. Enter the name of your first Shortcut, and give it a colour (optional). 

6. Click the "+" button to add additional Shortcuts.

7. Click "Save".

When you add a new Log it will have these shortcuts by default. 


You can edit your default shortcuts in Project Settings, and the changes will apply to all new Logs. To edit shortcuts on an existing Log, see "Edit Log Settings" below.


Start Logging

Once you've created a Log on a Card, you are ready to start logging!

1. Open the Card and select the Logs tab.

2. Click on the Log title to open it.

3. The log will open to "logging mode", which means you are ready to log! You can tell that you are in "logging mode" by the incrementing time count and the "Stop" button on the right. 

Create new entry - Click the plus "+ New Entry" button, or click "Enter" on your keyboard to add a record, and simply start typing. 

Save record - Click ENTER on your keyboard, or the tick (on the right) to enter that record and open the next record.

Close without saving - To close the record without saving it, click ESC on your keyboard, or X button (on the right). 

Add colour - You can add a colour for your entry, by clicking the colour selector on the left.

Using Shortcuts - If you have shortcuts, clicking a shortcut button is a quick and easy way to create a new record. You can add additional text to the shortcut text.

time code will be added to each record. The time code is synced to your computer's time and date. You can edit the time code of an entry if needed.

Note, you can have multiple users logging concurrently and the changes will be updated in real time.


Edit or Delete a Log Entry

If you are in "logging mode" you can simply click on an entries' text to edit it. 

If you are in filter/view mode, you will need to hover over the entry you want to edit, and then click the edit (pencil) icon.

From here, you can edit the text, time code, highlight, cameras (if there are cameras allocated in the Log settings), and the colour.

Adding Multiple Highlights to a single entry: You may want to add multiple relevant highlights to an entry. Enter edit mode, then click any highlight buttons you want to add to the entry. This not overwrite the existing text, but will add the new highlight's text. The entries' colour will be the last highlight you add.

Escape without saving changes: Click the "X" button, or the "esc" on your keyboard to close the entry without saving changes.

Delete Entry: Click the bin icon to the right of your entry to delete that record. 


Filter a Log

You can filter a Log by highlight, colour or text. 


To enter filter mode click the "Stop" button in the top-right corner.

The shortcuts will display as filter buttons along the top of the Log, along with any additional colours you've manually added to Log entries.

 

Click on the highlight or colour you want to filter by.

You can filter by text.

You can filter by both text and highlight/colour.


Change order of Log Entries

Log entries display with most recent entry at the top. When you are in filter/view mode, you can reverse the order by clicking the "Change display ordering" button.


Copy & Paste Log Entries

You can copy Log entries as text allowing you to paste them into a Card tab, or perhaps outside of Lumi (ie an email). 


Select the checkboxes next to the entries you want to copy, and then click the "Copy selected as text" button.

Then paste the entries in the desired location.



Export a Log

You can export a Log to Csv or Avid format. 


Note, if you export a single Log, the file will be saved with the Log's name. If you export multiple Logs at once, they will be saved with the Card's name.


1. To export a Log, tick the checkbox to the right of the Log you wish to export.

2. Click the download iconin the bulk actions menu. 

3. Then choose which format you wish to export in: Csv or Avid.

Selecting "Csv" will export your Log as a Csv spreadsheet with time codes and log entries in columns.

Selecting "Avid" will create markers in your Avid for every Log entry. Give your track a name and choose a colour for the markers.

4. Click "Export".

You can also export a Log from the Log view. 

1. Click the three dots in the top-right corner, and select "Download".

2. Select your export format (as explained above)

3. Click "Export".

Print a Log

You can print a copy of your Log.

Open the Log, then click the three dots in the top-right corner, and select "Print".

The print settings will open. 

You can either print a hard copy, or save it as a PDF.


Your print version will look like this. 


Access your Logs

To access a Log, open the Card and select the Logs tab. The Logs tab will display a number indicating how many Logs there are for this Card.

On the Logs tab, click the heading of the Log you want to open.

The Log will open.

From here, you can edit existing comments, add more comments, print or export the Log.

Search your Logs 

When your logs start to grow, it's easy to miss something. With every word searchable in Lumi, don't stress about remembering that gold moment. 

Simply head to your Project Library (click the bookcase iconon the sidebar), select the "Logs & Markers" tab, and search away.

Once you find what you're after, you can click on the entry to open the Log.

Edit Log Settings

To edit the settings (ie Name, Date, Cameras, Shortcuts) of a specific Log:

1. Open the Log, then click the three dots in the top-right corner, and select "Edit Log". 

2. From here you can edit the Log's Name, Date, select or deselect Cameras, and edit the Shortcuts. To edit Shortcuts or Cameras, click the downward arrow to expand the section, and edit as desired.

3. Click "Save".

Note, any shortcut changes made here will only impact this specific Log. If you want to edit the default shortcuts for all future Logs, go to Project Settings --> Logs Feature.


Edit Default Shortcuts

If you have shortcuts that have been saved as default for the Project, you can edit them in Project Settings. 

  1. In Project Settings, click the downward arrow to expand the Logs Feature.
  2. From here you can delete a shortcut, rename a shortcut, change the colour, or add additional shortcuts.
  3. Click "Save".

The changes will apply to any new Logs, but not to existing Logs.

Note, you can also edit shortcuts for a specific Log only. See "Edit Log Settings" above.