Manage Media Items
This option allows you to perform batch moves or deletes on media in an album. Select Manage Media from the admin dropdown menu while viewing an album. It also allows you to manually sort the media in the album and add a caption to each item in the album. You can also select which image will be used as the 'album cover' for the album. This is the image that shows in the album list.
You can also edit the attributes and perform basic image edits by clicking on the image from the Media Management screen. This allows you to change the capture time, rotate the image, and modify the title, description, category or keywords.
You can also zoom in on any media item by selecting its icon, and a full view will be opened in a pop up window for viewing.
The following functions can be performed in the Manage Media Screen:
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| Batch Rotate Images | Select the images you wish to rotate by checking the Select Box to the left of the thumbnail. Select the direction to rotate the images from the batch drop down menu and then click the batch button. |
| Move media to new album | Select the media items you wish to move by checking the Select Box to the left of the thumbnail. Choose the destination album from the album drop down list and click the move button. |
| Delete Media Items | Select the media items you wish to delete and then click the delete button. WARNING: Deletes are permanent, there is no method to recover the items. |
| Watermark Images | If you have enabled watermarking in the album attributes (and you have defined a watermark image to use), select the images you wish to have watermarked. Select Watermark from the batch drop down menu (Watermark will not appear if no watermark image has been defined for the album), and click the batch button. |
| Set Album Cover | By default, Media Gallery will use the newest image in the album as the album cover, but you can specify a specific image to use instead. Select the image you wish to use as the album cover by clicking the radio button to the right of the thumbnail (Cover Column). Be sure to press the save button to save your selection. |
| Reset Album Cover | If you had previously selected a specific image for the album cover but now want to return to using the Media Gallery default of showing the newest image, select the radio button labeled Reset Album Cover. Be sure to click the save button at the bottom to save your selection. |
| Sort Media Items | You can manually sort the order of the media items in your album. To the right of the thumbnail is a small entry box with a number in it. These numbers control the order the images are presented in the album. Larger numbers show first. You can change the sort order by changing the numbers in this box. Be sure to click the save button at the bottom to save your changes. |
| Include in slideshow autotag | Media Gallery's slideshow autotag is a very powerful feature, but it does have some limitations. If you mix portrait and landscape images in the slideshow autotag, it does not look as nice as having images of all the same size and orientation. You can select which images to include in the slideshow autotag by selecting the check box under the Include in SS column. NOTE: This does not affect the album Slide Show. |
| Edit media items title, description, keywords and category | You can edit the title, description, add keywords and modify the category for each of the items in the album. Note: The category drop down will not appear if there are no categories defined. |
You can also edit all the attributes of a media item by selecting the [Edit] link below each thumbnail.