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Curator for Adobe 3.4

Updated on December 8th, 2022

Required Prerequisites
  • Please check the compatible versions of Adobe Creative Cloud.
  • When using the Curator for Adobe panel with Mac OS on M1 /ARM architecture, Rosetta must be used. Please see this article for further information.

Install IPV Curator for Adobe

Curator for Adobe includes the Curator panel for Adobe Creative Cloud Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Curator for Adobe should also be installed on servers running Adobe Media Encoder. Running this as administrator will automatically install the components. Run the "IPV Curator For Adobe" installer:  

Note: Curator for Adobe 3.1 onwards is compatible with Adobe Cloud 2021 onwards. For Remote Export you must install the same matched version of the IPV product and 2021 or newer  Adobe CC product on both ends.

Accept Licence Agreement

Click Install

Complete Installation

Install IPV Importer and Exporter Open the IPV Curator for Adobe application as an administrator. If the installer was run as Administrator in the previous step, the plugin icon will be blue. Check that each plugin is blue by selecting from the dropdown list.

Plug symbols are red the applications are not installed. Please note that the Install All/Remove All will only apply to the plugins shown in the dropdown Plugin: list. Select each item from the Plugin: drop down list and press Install All to install the components sequentially. Complete this for:

  • IPV Importer
  • IPV Exporter
  • IPV Curator Extension
  • IPV AME Extension - The IPV AME Extension is only required on remote AME server.

Note: If you're attempting to use Adobe 2021 and experiencing login issues, you may need to move the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin"   HTTP Response header from the IIS Default Website to your virtual proxy directory. If the virtual proxy directory does not exist or is hosted in AWS, remove the HTTP Response Header and re-attempt login. 

Open Specific Adobe Product
 Once installation is complete, you will need to load the Curator for Adobe extension in the Adobe product you are using. This can be accessed from the Adobe app via Windows > Extension > Curator for Adobe. Once the panel has loaded, it will open and error as the Curator Gateway Endpoint will be default and needs configuring:

Open Configuration Click the cog in the top right and select Preferences:

Set Curator Host In the dialog window that appears, change localhost to the FQDN/IP Address of the server hosting Curator Gateway:
Click Save when finished.

Log in After saving, if the connection is successful the Waiting for a login page will appear:
In your default browser, a page or a tab will open requesting login details:Enter details and select Log In. You will see confirmation in the browser, e.g.: "You have successfully logged in and can return to Curator for Adobe - Premiere Pro." and Curator for Adobe will load.

Adobe application-specific settings for 
importing / placing
 The steps below are optional as a default will be given in each of the Adobe applications that Curator for Adobe works with. 
These options set:
  • how PSD compositions are imported into After Effects,
  • which Curator metadata are imported to the Premiere Pro project along with the asset,
  • the default source of the images for the Place Embedded function (Hi-Res, other high-resolution storage) in Illustrator and Photoshop,
  • the default type of media Import (Hi-Res, Proxy) In Premiere Pro and After Effects,
  • the location of temporary files that should be periodically emptied.

Set After Effects Importing options
 In After Effects you can set the default behavior for the Import button including the setting for how the composition PSD file will be imported as well as the local path for the temporary storage of the files fetched from Curator. After Effects can import Photoshop compositions (PSD assets) in three ways which impact the ability to manipulate the PSD layers once in After Effects. IPV exposes After Effect's provided options globally as a setting to Curator for Adobe rather than when importing an individual asset. 

Open Preferences as in the step above and select Importing on the left.
  • Select the option for the Default import type that applies to media importing. Usually, the selection is between Proxy and Hi-Res. Selected here will be executed when clicking on Import directly. The other option will still be available from the dropdown selection available to the side of the Import button.
  • Select the option for the Import as that applies to importing Photoshop compositions.

Select from:
-  Footage - (default) results in PSD imported as a single flattened image.
-  Composition - will import a composition with images in layers, where images are trimmed to the overall size of the composition.
-  Composition - Retain layers Sizes - will import a composition with the original size and placement of images in layers.
  • Select the desired Download path for the temporary files, this location should be regularly emptied once the projects these files were used in have been checked-in back to Curator.

Set Premiere Pro Importing options
 In Premiere Pro you can set the default behavior for the Import button for Media, what metadata are imported with the asset, and the local path into which the temporary copies of fetched files will be downloaded.

Open Preferences as in the step above and select Importing on the left.
  • Select the option for the Default import type that applies to media importing. Usually, the selection is between Proxy and Hi-Res. Selected here will be executed when clicking on Import directly. The other option will still be available from the dropdown selection available to the side of the Import button.
  • Select the desired Download path for the temporary files, this location should be regularly emptied once the projects these files were used in have been checked-in back to Curator.
  • Select the metadata you wish to import to Premiere Pro when importing assets from Curator. Under Metadata import. On the right is the current selection and on the left is list of all available metadata to select from, you can filter what metadata you see. Remove the set metadata by selecting x and add by ticking the desired metadata. Once you have imported the assets you can select metadata to be displayed using the Project / Metadata Display menu of Premiere Pro. Curator metadata will be found within Premiere Pro Project Metadata with "- Curator" appended to the metadata name:

Set Photoshop or Illustrator Placing options
 In Photoshop / Illustrator you can set up the default placement type for the Place Embedded button in Curator for Adobe. Where there is more than one source of high-resolution images available, directly clicking on Place Embedded will execute the fetches from the default storage configured here and the dropdown menu allows the selection of any alternatives.

Open Preferences as in the step above and select Placing on the left.

You will be provided with the starting value for the Default place type as set by your Administrator (usually Hi-Res). 
If there is more than one source of high-resolution materials, you will be presented with a dropdown menu of the sources to select from. It is down to the Curator's administrator to inform users which high-resolution sources they should be using for which work.

Select the required source to set for the Default place type e.g.:
The type selected here will be executed when clicking on Place Embedded directly. The other option(s) will still be available from the dropdown selection available to the side of the Place Embedded button.
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