Start Screen

The first view you see in Elias is the start screen. From here you can chose to:

• Open locally stored Elias 4 project.
• Create a new Elias 4 project. You will be prompted to pick a location and save your project.
• Connect to a remote session. This enable live editing of a projected hosted by, for example, a game engine.

Elias studio overview

• The is a basic schema of elias panels and content areas
• On MacOS, Elias use the standard OS top navigation instead of the application menu 

Asset Browser

• Elias asset browser is used to create and open assets. This is also where audio samples are imported.
• You can import samples with Drag n Drop.
• Elias asset browser also monitors your harddrive. So If you add a sound file to your Elias Project via Windows File Explorer or MacOS finder, this will automatically be ingested and shown in the asset browser as an asset.

Context menu

Right-click in the browser area to access the context menu with the option to:

• Create a folder
• Create assets
• Cut, Copy, Paste, Rename or Delete assets or folders
• Preview sound files
• Create config files (after selecting a patch)

Footer

Footer has some additional buttons for:

• Create assets
• Refresh assets in asset browser (for example if you have added files outside Elias Studio)
• Goto folder in OS
• Open debug windows (feature will be implemented soon)

Editor windows

• If you double click on an asset it will open up in Elias Studios editor.
• The editor is used to add logic and content to an asset.
• Some assets can also be “simulated”. With simulation you can test asset behaviour with out the need to connect Elias to a game engine,

Toolbar

• All editors have a toolbar on top, with access to certain actions.

Inspector

• Select certain elements in the editor to inspect them
• The inspectior is located to the right om the main editor canvas.
• This is where you can change most settings and properties for elemets with in your asset

Menus

• Most elements in elias has a context menu, that is accessible with a right-button mouse click
• There is also an application menu in the top left (Windows) or reachable via standard application menus (MacOS)