Adding your content to Collage is the first step toward everything the platform offers. You can use the standard upload flow or simply drag and drop files and folders.
Upload an asset
- Log into your account — you'll arrive on your Dashboard.
- Click the New Asset button to enter the upload flow. You can also use the + New button in the left-hand navigation (it shows just + when the nav is collapsed) and select New Asset.
- Decide whether to use auto-tagging for this upload. If auto-tagging is enabled in your Account Settings it shows as On by default; you can toggle it On or Off here.
- Drag and drop files and folders onto the page, or click browse to choose items from your computer.
- Watch the progress bar as each file uploads — a green checkmark appears as each completes. When everything is done, click Next.
- If you uploaded files (not folders), add tags and custom fields to each asset using the icons on the right of each row.
- Use the checkboxes to select multiple assets (or the top box to select all). Bulk-action icons appear so you can tag, add custom fields, and assign files to folders at once.
- Assign the files to the proper folders to start working with them.
- Return to the Dashboard. Your new files appear in the Recently Added section in the lower-right corner.
If you skip filing assets into folders
Assets you haven't filed into a folder stay on the Uploaded page — the same page the Uncategorized entry on your Folders list opens. Select items and use the floating bulk action bar to tag, add custom fields, or move them into folders, the same way you would anywhere else in Collage — see Acting on many assets at once with bulk actions. This page doesn't have the Display (view/sort/thumbnail-size) button that folder pages have.
Drag and drop files and folders
You can also drag content straight into the platform — a single file, multiple files, or an entire folder hierarchy — dropping onto the Dashboard or into an existing folder.
Drop into the Dashboard
- Dropping individual files onto the Dashboard uploads them to the Uncategorized folder. A notification appears directing you to the upload flow to adjust tags and assign a folder.
- Dropping a folder (or folder hierarchy) uploads all the content and recreates the folder structure in your account. The top-level folder becomes a parent folder in Collage.
Drop into a folder
- Dropping files onto a folder page uploads them straight into that folder.
- Dropping a folder or hierarchy onto a folder page adds it as a subfolder and uploads all its content.
If AI auto-tagging is toggled on in your Account Settings, applicable content is auto-tagged when you use drag and drop, too.