Tags

Tags are labels you attach to clips for categorisation. A clip can have any number of tags, and a tag can be applied to any number of clips.

Creating Tags

There are several ways to create a tag:

• From the library — select one or more clips, press T, type a name, and press Enter
• On import — type into the tag input before starting an import
• From the tag autocomplete — if your search doesn't match an existing tag, a "Create new" option appears

Tag names are case-insensitive and must be unique.

Renaming and Deleting

Manage tags from the Tags page or the tag management UI:

• Rename — updates the tag everywhere it's used
• Delete — removes the tag from all clips

Tag Colors

Available colors: blue, green, yellow, red, purple, pink, orange, and teal.

For most tags the colour comes from the tag group the tag belongs to — every tag in a group inherits the group's colour, so your library stays consistent without per-tag colour wrangling. Ungrouped (free-form) tags can still have their own explicit colour.

Priority order for colour resolution:

1. Group colour — if the tag belongs to a group, the group's colour wins.
2. Explicit tag colour — only used for ungrouped tags.
3. Default theme colour — fallback.

Organising with Groups

Use tag groups to segment tags into parent categories like place, scene, or shot. Groups give you colour-coding, optional required-tag tracking, and grouped suggestions everywhere tags appear.

A quick shortcut: type group:tag (e.g. place:backyard) in any tag input and Clipthesis auto-creates the group and the tag in one keystroke. See Tag Groups for the full guide.

Batch Tagging

Select multiple clips in the library grid (⌘A for all, or ⌘-click / Shift-click) then press T to open the tag input. Any tag you apply is added to all selected clips at once.

The Remove tag dropdown in the same bar only lists tags that the currently selected clips actually carry — no scrolling past hundreds of unrelated tags. Entries are organised under their tag group headers, and each row shows how many of the selected clips have that tag (e.g. 3/5) so you can tell at a glance whether a removal will affect every clip or just some.

You can also batch-tag during import — see Importing.

Lightbox Tagging — Sweep Your Backlog

When you have a backlog of untagged or partially-tagged clips, the detail modal turns into a focused tagging cockpit:

• Open any clip (double-click or Enter) to enter the modal.
• Use ← / → (or the chevron buttons on the modal edges) to step through clips in the current grid order — filters, sorts, and the Missing required tags toggle all apply.
• Press T to focus the tag input. Type a tag and press Enter to add it; the input stays focused so you can chain multiple tags.
• Press Esc to blur the input. A second Esc closes the modal. While the input is blurred, the arrow keys resume navigation.
• When you close the modal, the grid is scrolled and selected on the clip you last viewed, so you can pick up where you left off.

Pair this with the Missing required tags filter (Tag Groups) to power through everything that still needs categorising.

Tag Counts

In the filter sidebar and Tags page, each tag shows a count of how many clips it's applied to. This helps you identify your most-used categories at a glance.

Tags in Filters

Tags are one of the primary filter dimensions. You can:

• Include tags — show only clips that have the selected tags (AND logic: all selected tags must be present)
• Exclude tags — hide clips that have certain tags

See Search & Filters for the full filtering guide.