The media library is a directory of sorts, but it is not a file system folder. You use the media library to collect all your clips for a given project into a single collection, and to provide easy access directly in your project. Screen recording files are stored in a ScreenFlow-controlled location (the Media folder in the package contents of each ScreenFlow document). Other files you add (video and audio files and images) remain in the directory where you placed them, but are also auto-saved in the same location.
When you add (import) a file into ScreenFlow, ScreenFlow creates a media object for it, and displays its thumbnail image in the media library, which points to the original media file. When you adjust properties of a clip or image or add actions, these properties are stored with the media object—the original file is never altered. You can drag these media objects onto your canvas or timeline to add them to the project.
To display the media library (Figure 62), click the media library tab in the Properties pane.
You can view media with thumbnails, or you can view as a list of media. Click the thumbnail (or list) icon in the media library toolbar, as shown in the figure above. In thumbnail view, you can zoom in and out—and scroll the thumbnails (or list)—as necessary.
