RootsMagic 8:Adding Media Items

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There are two ways to add new media to an album. First, drag and drop media items directly into the album. And second, click the Add Media button on the album. The first method simply adds the media item(s) to the album, while the second brings up the Add Media Item dialog to select what media you want to add.

In the Add Media Item dialog:

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Media Type - Choose the type of item you will be adding – a photo/image, file, sound clip, or video clip. This controls whether scanning is an option, as well as the file types when selecting the various files. If your file type is not shown, select All files as the file type.

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Media Location - Click the appropriate button to tell RootsMagic how to find the media item:

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Disk - Opens a file dialog to select the item. If you are adding a photo, the file dialog has a preview window.

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After the image is added, the item is displayed in the Media Properties dialog where you can add a caption, description, date, file number and indicate if the item is the Primary item or if it is to be included in the scrapbook.

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Select scanner – Click the "Select scanner" button to tell RootsMagic which scanner on you computer you want to use as the source for the scanned image.

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In the "Select Source" dialog, highlight the scanner you want to use, and click Select. Click Cancel to close the dialog and use the scanner that appeared at the top of the scanner list.

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Scan - Runs your scanner software to scan in a photo or document image. After scanning, you will see a preview of the scanned image in the "Save as" dialog. You can change folders if you want to store the image to a different location than shown. Enter a filename for the new image and click Save, or click Cancel to exit without saving the scanned image.

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After the image is added, the item is displayed in the Media Properties dialog where you can add a caption, description, date, file number and indicate if the item is the Primary item or if it is to be included in the scrapbook.

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Click Cancel to close the dialog without adding an item.

Add image from a gallery

To add an image from the gallery:

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In the Media Album, click the Add from gallery button

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In the Select media item dialog

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Highlight the image you wish to add, and click Select to add the image to the Media Album and close the dialog. Click Cancel to exit without making a selection.