This page provides information on the workflow in Chaos Cloud Collaboration.
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Project
To start working in Chaos Cloud Collaboration, you first have to create a project.
Projects help you organize your files and folders.
Press the Create project button, choose a name for your project and you can start uploading files.
Upload Files and Create Folders
Another level of organization within a project is by creating folders. Use the Create folder button and give your folder a name.
You can upload files directly into the project or folder, or share renders from the V-Ray Frame Buffer (V-Ray only). The Upload button allows you to choose files from disk.
You can sort the files by date of creation, name or by the last date of modification.
File Versions
You can upload additional versions for the file.
Press the three dot menu on the image and select the Upload new version. Alternatively, use the plus button (
) in Present View and choose Version.
Once you upload the new version, you can still access the previous one(s).
Open the file in Present mode and at the center top find the drop down menu. You can see a list of all available versions for this file.
Press the Compare versions button to view the images side by side, or compared with an A/B slider.
You can delete each of the versions from the delete icon.
File Options
The three dot menu also gives you access to some other file options.
You can rename the image, move it to another folder or project, download the file or remove it.
You can also share the image with other collaborators.
File Info
Once you open the file in Present Mode, there is a separate three dot menu. From there, you can access the File info option, which opens the Information panel.
This panel contains information about the date of creation, size, format and creator of the file.
Panorama mode – When in this mode, panorama images are displayed like such. When switched off, the panorama image appears flat.
Premultiplied alpha – Marks the uploaded image as an image with premultiplied alpha and visualizes it as such.
Invite collaborators
You can share your images, folders or projects with others to collaborate. You can set the person as a Viewer or Editor.
The link access can have one of the following access levels:
Same as parent – The item inherits the same setting as the folder or project has.
Invited only – Only invited people are able to access the item.
Anyone can view – Anyone who has the link can view the item.
Anyone can comment – Anyone who has the link can view and comment the item.
The Lock comments option can be set to either lock or unlock the comments to collaborators for this item. This will prevent new comments from being added, but the comment section will still be seen. It can also be set to Same as parent, which is the same as the parent folder or project setting.
Sharing a file with multiple versions will allow all versions to be seen by the users it is shared with.
User Permissions
For a full list of permissions by role, see the expandable below.
| User Type | Owner | Editor | Viewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permissions | Owner | Can Edit | Can View |
| Project level | |||
| Open Project / View Project Info |  | | |
| Edit Project (Rename) | | |  |
| Delete Project | | | |
| Delete Project Permanently | | | |
| Restore Project | | | |
| Share/Edit Project Permissions | | | |
| Change Project Ownership | | | |
| Create Folder in Project | | | |
| Folder Level/Virtual Tours | |||
| Open Folder / Virtual Tour / View Folder Info | | | |
| Edit Folder / Virtual Tour (Rename) | | | |
| Move Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Delete Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Delete Folder / Virtual Tour Permanently | | | |
| Restore Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Share Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Edit Folder / Virtual Tour Permissions | | | |
| Add Comment to Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Reply to Comment in Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Resolve/Unresolve Comment in Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Remove Own Comment in Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| Create File in Folder / Virtual Tour | | | |
| File Level | |||
| Open File / View File Info | | | |
| Edit File (Rename) | | | |
| Move File | | | |
| Delete File | | | |
| Delete File Permanently | | | |
| Restore File | | | |
| Share File | | | |
| Edit File Permissions | | | |
| Add Comment to File | | | |
| Reply to Comment in File | | | |
| Resolve/Unresolve Comment in File | | | |
| Remove Own Comment in File | | | |
| See/Compare File Versions | | | |
| Upload New File Version | | | |
| Remove File Version | | | |
| Add/Edit Hotspot | | | |
| Add/Edit Highlight | | | |
| View Hotspot | | | |
| View Highlight | | |
Link Embedding
You can embed a Virtual Tour, single Image or Panorama, or a gallery of Images or Panoramas into an external web page. To do that::
- Get the item link from the Copy button from the Share dialog.
- Set the permissions of the item to Anyone can view for the embedding to work.
- Use the following code by inserting the copied link of the item:
<script defer type="text/javascript"
src="data:text/javascript,document.getElementById('collab-frame').addEventListener('mouseover',function(e){e.target.focus()});"
></script>
<iframe
id="collab-frame"
width="850" height="550" style="border: 0;" scrolling="no" loading="lazy"
src="<Your URL placed here>"
allow="fullscreen; xr-spatial-tracking;" referrerpolicy="strict-origin"
></iframe>
Get feedback
Collaborators can leave comments on folders and files.
For files, once opened in Present mode, find the comments icon. With the blue comment icon that appears upon hovering the image, you can select the specific spot where to leave the comment.
You can add a rectangle, arrow, line, or a free drawing with different color options to communicate visually over your files.
You can add one or more image attachments to your comments, which users can view in a large gallery while reading the comment section.
You can also add visual annotations to image files.
You can resolve comments by using the green check button (
).
Resolved comments have a separate tab, where you can find them, and if needed, Reopen them using the similar icon.
In folders, find the comments icon at the top right corner of the page.
