The easiest way to assign labels to images is by using the Collection Explorer. No matter which explorer you use, IDimager will show the images as thumbnails in the Collection Viewer.
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Every thumbnail has an orange or green small boxed icon in the lower left corner (number 6 in the image on the left). This box has several colors which represent the image’s catalog state:
By clicking this box (no matter what color), you’ll open the Catalog Explorer in assignment mode. The keyboard shortcut for this is [F6].
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The Catalog Explorer has two modes: Browse mode and Assignment mode. In Browse mode you can select elements in the catalog structure and the corresponding images will be loaded in the Collection Viewer. In Assignment mode all catalog labels get an extra selection box that represents if the selected images have that catalog label assigned or not. You can easily recognize in what mode the Catalog Explorer is set. You can switch the Catalog Explorer mode by pressing [F6] or by clicking the check icon in the title bar of the Catalog Explorer.
Browse Mode |
Assignment Mode
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In browse mode, the title is captioned "Catalog Explorer" and there is no orange selection bar. Also, depending on your theme setting, the title bar will be colored blue. |
In assignment mode, the title is captioned "Catalog Assignments" and there is an orange selection bar directly below the mini-toolbars. Also, depending on your theme setting, the title bar will be colored bronze. |
Images can be cataloged one by one but you can also catalog for a series of images together. Just select the thumbnails that should be labeled and press [F6] (or click the catalog box icon on the thumb (6)). Select one or more thumbnails by clicking them while holding the [Ctrl] button pressed. You can also press [Ctrl]+[A] to select all images in the collection. Read chapter “Collection Viewer” for more selection options.
Now you have selected the images click the box icon on a selected thumbnail or press [F6] to open the Catalog Explorer in assignment mode.
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The Catalog Assignment is opened. Find the labels you want to assign to the selection of images by expanding the tree.
You can do this by:
1: Just type the name of the label while you are anywhere in the Catalog Assignment tree;
2: Use the search label feature by clicking the button:
3: Just browse through the label structure by expanding the labels.
Once you have found the correct label, click the selection box before the label to select it. It will be marked by a green selection mark.
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It is also possible that the catalog label you want to assign to the selected images is not yet created. In that case you can create it directly in the catalog structure. Find the category or parent catalog label you want to define a new sub label for and right click to open the context menu. Then select “New Item”. You can also press [Insert]. A new catalog label is created below the selected label and the detail dialog opens. Enter the details and click OK to save them. The details are described in the previous section. After creating the catalog label it becomes visible in the structure and can be assigned.
As soon as you click the assignment box before the catalog label’s name the label is assigned to it. No need for further confirmation.
You can leave the Catalog Assignment tree open and select a different set of thumbnails. If the Catalog Assignment tree is still open they will be loaded to it automatically. By this way you can assign catalog labels to different thumbnails very quickly.
“The Last Used Items” branch allows you to reselect one of the last used catalog labels. The number of items in this section can be changed in the options dialog by selecting “Tools -> Options -> Catalog -> Number of items in the “Last Used Items” section”.
