Data Pane
An overview of the Data pane and its contents.
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An overview of the Data pane and its contents.
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The Data pane is used to manage the Take files. This pane can be accessed under the in Motive or by clicking the icon on the main toolbar.
Session Folder Buttons
Right-click on any session folder to see the following options:
When a session folder is selected, associated Take files and their descriptions are listed in a table format on the right side of the Data pane. For each Take, general descriptions and basic information are shown in the columns of the respective row.
To view additional fields, click on the pane menu, select new to create a custom view, and all of the possible fields will be available to add to the new view. Right-click on the column header to select the columns to display. For each of the enabled columns, you can click on the arrow next to it to sort up/down the list of Takes depending on the category.
The following information about each take is available in the Data pane. To see all data, create a custom view that includes all fields.
The search bar is located at the bottom of the Data pane. You can search a selected session folder using any number of keywords and search filters. Motive will use the search text to list the matching Takes from the selected session folder. Unless otherwise specified, the search filter will scope to all of the data pane columns.
Search for exact phrase
Wrap your search text in quotation marks.
e.g., Search "shooting a gun" for searching a file named Shooting a Gun.tak.
Search specific fields
To limit the search to specific columns, type field:, plus the name of a column enclosed with quotation marks, and then the value or term you're searching for.
Multiple fields and/or values may be specified in any order.
e.g. field:"name" Lizzy, field:"notes" Static capture.
Search for true/false values
To search specific binary states from the Take list, type the name of the field followed by a colon (:), and then enter either true ([t], [true], [yes], [y]) or false ([f], [false], [no], [n]).
e.g. Best:[true], Solved:[false], Video:[T], Analog:[yes]
The table layout can be customized for the user's specific needs.
A list of take names is known as a shot list. Shot lists can be imported from either a CSV or XML file or by copying text that contains a take name on each line, separated by carriage returns. This feature allows you to plan, organize, and create a list of capture names ahead of actual recording. Once a shot list has been imported, a list of empty takes with the corresponding names will be listed for the selected session folder.
Copy From a Text File
Take lists can be imported by copying a list of take names and pasting them onto the Data pane. Each take name must be on its own line.
From a CSV File
Excel has several CSV file formats to choose from. Make sure to select CSV (Comma Delimited) when saving your file for import.
To display the Take Notes in the Data pane, create a custom layout that includes the Notes field.
To import multiple columns, the CSV file must contain a header row with column names that match the column headings in Motive, i.e., Name and Notes.
Shot Management Systems often include the ability to export data to an XML file, which can then be imported into Motive. The following XML fields can be imported:
<Name>
<Notes>
You can still import an XML file into Motive if it contains more fields than those allowed for import. If extra fields are detected, Motive will return the following error message:
Click OK to clear the message and continue importing the valid fields.
The context menu lists options used to perform post-processing pipelines on the selected Take(s). The menu contains essential pipelines such as reconstruction, auto-label, data export and many others. Available options are listed below.
Click the button in the top right corner of the pane to open the Pane Options menu.
The leftmost section of the Data pane is used to list the sessions that are loaded in Motive. Session folders in Motive group multiple associated Take files, and they can be imported simply by dragging-and-dropping or importing a folder into the data management pane. When a session folder is loaded, all of the Take files within the folder are loaded altogether.
In the list of session folders, the currently loaded session folder will be denoted with a flag symbol , and the selected session folder will be highlighted in white.
Add a new session folder. The new folder will be saved in the Motive's default location.
Collapse the session folder sidebar.
The star icon allows users to mark the best Takes. Simply click on the star icon and mark the successful Takes.
The health status column of the Takes indicates the user-selected status of each take:
: Excellent capture
: Okay capture
: Poor capture
Indicates whether exists on the corresponding Take.
Indicates whether reconstructed exists on the corresponding Take.
If 3D data does not exist on a Take, it can be derived from 2D data by performing the reconstruction pipeline. Please see the page for more details.
Indicates whether exist in the Take. Reference videos are recorded from cameras that are set to either MJPEG grayscale, raw grayscale, or Duplex modes.
Indicates whether any of the assets have baked into them.
Indicates whether synchronized audio data have been recorded with the Take. See: .
Indicates whether analog data recorded using a data acquisition device exists in the Take. Please see the page for more information on working NI-DAQ devices.
Timecode stamped to the starting frame of the Take. Available only if a signal was integrated to the system.
From the , select New or any of the previously customized layouts. Once you are in a customizable layout, right-click on the top header bar and add or remove categories from the table.
Take lists can be imported from a CSV file that contains take names on each row. To import, click on the top-right menu icon and select Import Shot List...
The Shot List export option provides data on each take in the session folder in either a CSV or XML format. The shot list includes the take Name and the Notes field as well as other information contained in the Data pane such as the or fields. It also includes a list of assets in the take, the duration, number of frames, and other information related to the take.
Note that the export contains fields that cannot be imported back into Motive, which allows only the Name and Notes fields to import. See the example in the section of this document.
Open the context menu for captured Takes by clicking the icon to the right of the Take name or by right-clicking on the selected Take(s).
Please note that if you have Assets that are unsolved and just wish to export reconstructed Marker data, you can toggle off Rigid Bodies and Bones (Skeletons) from the Export window (see image below). For more information please see our page.
Opens the Delete 2D Data pop-up where you can select to delete the 2D data, Audio data, or reference video data. Read more in .
