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RootsMagic lets you add unlimited media items (pictures, audio clips, video clips, or files) to your database.  When you add a media item, RootsMagic stores a link to that media item, but does not put the media item itself into the database.  You can then "tag" a picture or media item with the person, family, event, source, citation, or place the media item refers to.  A media item can have more than one tag, so you can, for example, tag a census image with the people and family mentioned in the image, the source or citation for the census, and the place the census image refers to.
 
RootsMagic lets you add unlimited media items (pictures, audio clips, video clips, or files) to your database.  When you add a media item, RootsMagic stores a link to that media item, but does not put the media item itself into the database.  You can then "tag" a picture or media item with the person, family, event, source, citation, or place the media item refers to.  A media item can have more than one tag, so you can, for example, tag a census image with the people and family mentioned in the image, the source or citation for the census, and the place the census image refers to.
  
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There are 2 screens where you can see the photos in your database:
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There are 2 screens where you can see the photos in your database, the main Media Page, and the Media slide-in for each fact.
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#The <u>[[RM8:Media_Page|Media Page]]</u> will display all the photos in the database. You can enter text into the Search field to have RootsMagic filter the displayed thumbnails to only show those whose caption or filename contain the text you are searching for.
 
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#;[[File:RM8_Media-Thumbnails.jpg|Media Thumbnails]]
 
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#The Media slide-in will show just the media which has been tagged for a single person, place, source, etc.  You can open a media slide-in by clicking the Media button on the edit screen for a person, source, place, etc.  As a shortcut, if you click the media box in the Edit Person fact list, RootsMagic will display the media for that fact.
 
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Both the media gallery and album display small "thumbnail" images on the left side, while the right side will show details about the highlighted media item, including the caption, description, filename, and the items which the media item has been tagged with.  You can click the "List" button to view the images in a list format (caption and filename) instead of thumbnails.  Clicking the same button will switch back to thumbnails.
 
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A search field is provided which will let you filter the images displayed to those which have captions or filenames which contain the text you search for.
 
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Add new media - Click this button to add a new item (a photo/image, file, sound clip, or video clip) to the media album through the Add Media Item dialog.  If you have a lot of images to add to a media album, you can also drag and drop those items into RootsMagic's media album all at once.  You can then select them one at a time in the album to add the caption or description, or to tag them to other records.
 
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Add from gallery – Click this button to add new media by selecting an items from the Media Gallery.
 
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View/Edit media – Click this button to open the highlighted media item in the Edit Media dialog.
 
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Properties - Opens the media properties dialog. This shows you the file name of the item, and lets you add or edit caption and description, as well as date and your own file reference number for the selected item.
 
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==Media Page==
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Remove media – Click this button to remove the highlighted media item from the database. You will be asked if you want to remove the selected item. Click "Remove media" to confirm you want to remove the item, or Cancel to close the dialog. If there are items tagged you will be told of this, and asked again if you are sure you want to delete it. If you click "Remove Media" again, the item will be deleted and the connections to people families or other items in the database will also be removed. Click Cancel to close the dialog
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The <u>[[RM8:Media_Page|Media Page]]</u> will display all the photos in the database. You can enter text into the Search field to have RootsMagic filter the displayed thumbnails to only show those whose caption or filename contain the text you are searching for.
  
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Note: If you just want to remove a media item from a person's media album, but leave it in other albums, just delete the tag.
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[[File:RM8_Media-Thumbnails-1.jpg|Media Thumbnails]]
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From the <u>[[RM8:Media_Page|Media Page]]</u> you can add, edit, or delete media items, see what records are using a media item, and otherwise manipulate your media.  
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Print – Click this button to print the highlighted image. In the Report Settings dialog:
 
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Print Captions (if available) – Tells RootsMagic to print the captions with the images if they are available
 
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*Remove selected media
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*Print media
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*<u>[[RM8:Fix_Broken_Media_Links|Fix broken media Links]]</u>
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*View selected media
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*Build thumbnails
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*<u>[[RootsMagic_8:Search_and_Replace|Search and replace]]</u>
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==Media Slide-In==
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  Choose Fonts and Layout to change the settings from the default values. (Click Reset of you want to return to the default settings.)
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The Media slide-in will show just the media which has been tagged for a single person, place, source, etc. You can open a media slide-in by clicking the Media button on the edit screen for a person, source, place, etc.   
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[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Slide-Media-1a.jpg|Slide in Media List]]
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As a shortcut, if you click the media box in the Edit Person fact list, RootsMagic will display the media for that fact.
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Tools - Several tools to manipulate items in the Album
 
  
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·Rearrange media items - Allows you to rearrange the order of photos in the media album. A list of the photos will appear on screen, where you can drag and drop the photo names into the desired order and click OK.
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[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Panel-MediaList-1.jpg|Media List Panel]]
  
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·Fix broken media links - Searches your computer to find media items and relink them to the correct person, family, event, etc.
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You can click the label "Media" in front of each item to display that item's information in the panel below.  Or you can click on the media item itself to open the slide in where you can edit the actual media item.
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Note: Since RootsMagic does not store the item in the database itself, if you move your RootsMagic files to a different computer, you also must copy your media items to the other computer. If you put them in the same directory on the second computer as you had them on the original computer, the links will continue to work. If you put them in a different folder, you can use the search and replace feature to update the links, or use the Fix broken media links option above.
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[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Panel-EditMedia-1.jpg|Edit Media]]
  
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Note: Since RootsMagic does not store the item in the database itself, if you move your RootsMagic files to a different computer, you also must copy your media items to the other computer. If you put them in the same directory on the second computer as you had them on the original computer, the links will continue to work. If you put them in a different folder, you can use the <u>[[RootsMagic_8:Search_and_Replace|search and replace]]</u> feature to update the links, or use the <u>[[RootsMagic_8:Fix_Broken_Media_Links|fix broken media links]]</u> option.
  
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* <u>[[RM8:Media_List|Media list]]</u>
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* <u>[[RM8:Adding Media_Items|Adding media items]]</u>
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*<u>[[RM8:Adding_Media_Items|Adding Media Items]]</u>
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* <u>[[RM8:Editing Media Items|Editing media items]]</u>
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*<u>[[RM8:Editing_Media_Items|Editing Media Items]]</u>
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* <u>[[RM8:Media_Options|Media options]]</u>
 

Latest revision as of 19:04, 29 June 2022

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RootsMagic lets you add unlimited media items (pictures, audio clips, video clips, or files) to your database. When you add a media item, RootsMagic stores a link to that media item, but does not put the media item itself into the database. You can then "tag" a picture or media item with the person, family, event, source, citation, or place the media item refers to. A media item can have more than one tag, so you can, for example, tag a census image with the people and family mentioned in the image, the source or citation for the census, and the place the census image refers to.

There are 2 screens where you can see the photos in your database, the main Media Page, and the Media slide-in for each fact.

Media Page

The Media Page will display all the photos in the database. You can enter text into the Search field to have RootsMagic filter the displayed thumbnails to only show those whose caption or filename contain the text you are searching for.

Media Thumbnails

From the Media Page you can add, edit, or delete media items, see what records are using a media item, and otherwise manipulate your media.

From the 3 dot options menu button you can additionally select:

Media Slide-In

The Media slide-in will show just the media which has been tagged for a single person, place, source, etc. You can open a media slide-in by clicking the Media button on the edit screen for a person, source, place, etc.

Slide in Media List

As a shortcut, if you click the media box in the Edit Person fact list, RootsMagic will display the media for that fact.

Media List Panel

You can click the label "Media" in front of each item to display that item's information in the panel below. Or you can click on the media item itself to open the slide in where you can edit the actual media item.

Edit Media

Note: Since RootsMagic does not store the item in the database itself, if you move your RootsMagic files to a different computer, you also must copy your media items to the other computer. If you put them in the same directory on the second computer as you had them on the original computer, the links will continue to work. If you put them in a different folder, you can use the search and replace feature to update the links, or use the fix broken media links option.

See Also

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