Vizor File System

Vizor File System

Assets

• projects
• graphs
• patches
• textures
• texture packs
• objects (+ textures & animations)
• audio
• video
• json blobs

Asset relationships

• Assets are referred to by graphs and patches.
• A project contains graphs and patches.
• A user can see all the assets in the projects, graphs, and patches she has been shared.
• An asset can have a binary file (named with its content hash), eg. the actual image blob.

Permissions

• NB: For public Graph, Project, and Patch shares, UserAssetGrant will have userId of * instead of having one for every user

Asset system features

• duplicate
• move
• rename
• preview
• share
• publish
• search
• upload
• delete
• read, stream, download
• write
• validate
• normalize

A note about sharing vs. publishing

• Share means share in the access control sense - eg. allow someone to edit. Sharing basically only applies to graphs and projects.
• Share goes to Editor
• Publish goes to Player

User Page (aka Project Browser)

• user avatar, username, general account settings
• shows all graphs and assets
• organised via project (ie folder)
• shows your own graphs & assets + shared graphs (you have edited)
• search across all graphs and assets
• files – open (graphs only), rename, move (to another project), preview (image or audio), publish, unpublish, delete
• create new project
• add tags & descriptions to assets ?

Full File Browser

• available in the editor
• access via "Open Graph" in File Menu or shortcut key
• open, save, search
• example below is the patch browser but file browser will be similar (not designed yet)

Patch UI Mini Browsers

• contextual – only give the user views of the particular file type related to the patch being used
• eg Image, Audio Player, Object Loader
• maybe also buttons to open the full file browser if you want to conduct deeper searches etc

Drag and Drop

• ability to drag & drop objects, images & audio files onto the canvas, auto-create a patch and auto-save it in the project the graph is currently contained in

Welcome Screen (who doesn't have an account yet )

• for new users, shown as dialogue modal on Editor startup
• create new graph
• sign up / log in
• view tutorials
• read documentation
• get help (live chat)

Template Chooser (who has an account )

• for signed-in users, allows choice of blank graph, plus 2 other types of graph
• allows naming of graph
• Create Graph button