Project Images activity center

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Project Images Activity Center

Use this activity center to easily access and browse the image files that are used in the current Project Center project. Project Center automatically adds image.AVI, .BMP, .CAL, .EMF, .GIF, .ICO, .JPEG, .JPG, .MOV, .MPG, .PNG, .PSD, .TIF, .TIFF, .WMF, .WMV  files to this activity center from the Project Files activity center. When image files are added to the project, Project Center automatically adds them here.

From this activity center, you can open image files in the Newforma Viewer, send image files via email, transfer files via Info Exchange, locate the files in Windows Explorer, compare files, view images in a slideshow, and add the files as supporting documents to other Project center items.

Project Center uses Windows permissions to govern access to image files.

Drag and drop

You can drag-and-drop image files from your camera or Windows Explorer into this activity center. For example:

  • You can drag files into this activity center to quickly copy them from other locations such as your desktop, and email message, a camera, or another network location.

  • You can drag and drop files from this activity center to your desktop, a local drive, or into Microsoft Outlook as an email attachment.

Project Images

Create a Report

Click to open the Create Report dialog box to select the type of project images report to create.

Slideshow

Click to view the images in a separate slideshow window.

See File Tasks panel.

The following additional file task is available from this activity center:

Merge Image Tags with Keywords

If an image file you select has Exif tags (listed under the Tags column), click to add the tags as keywords for those images. The tags will be added to the Keywords column.

See Related Item Tasks panel.

Project Images

This section lists the image files in the current project. Click the button in the Project Center Toolbar to choose how to display the image files.

You can select multiple files and open them at the same time. Simply select the files the same way you would in Windows Explorer, then right-click on them and select Open. They will then open in their respective applications.

File type filter drop-down list

Use the filter drop-down list to select the image file types to display from the project. Normally, all image types are displayed. Select a filter to narrow down the list of files by selecting which type to display. For example, if you only want to list video files, select Video (.AVI,  .MOV, .MPG, .WMV) from the drop-down list.

Filter All Columns

You can filter by any text that appears in any of the Items columns. For example, if you know the name (or part of the name) of the file that you are searching for (or the size, type, etc.), enter at least part of the text in this field. The Items list updates automatically as you type. For example, if the file you are searching for has the number 30 somewhere in one of the columns, enter 30 in this field. The list will be narrowed down to only files that have the number 30 somewhere in one of the columns.

Click to toggle between showing and hiding the column filter fields.

Clear

Click to clear all filters.

Group by

Click to group by the any of the columns. For example, if you want to group the list of files by name, select Name from the drop-down list. The files will be grouped into separate sections alphabetically by name. See Column Sorting, Filtering, and Grouping for more information.

Columns

All columns are listed here. Right-click on any column header to list and de-list columns. Click the icons for more filtering options.

Name

The name of the image file.

Folder

The name of the folder in which the image is stored.

Date Taken

The date the picture was taken.

Camera Model

The model of the camera used to take the photo.

Dimensions

The dimensions of the image file in pixels.

Keywords

Any keywordsIn Project Center, keywords are words you can add to items to use for filtering. When you add keywords, they appear in the Keywords column of the corresponding Project Center activity centers. You can then filter the list of items using the keywords to quickly find the items you are looking for.  applied to the file.

Galleries

The Info Exchange image galleries (A, B, and/or C) that the image belongs to. Images are assigned to galleries by checking the Share in Image Gallery checkbox in the Create Document Set dialog box or the Modify Document Set dialog box.

Tags

Any Exif tags applied to the image.

Rating

The rating given to the image.

Title

The title of the image file.

Subject

The subject of the image file.

Author

The creator of the file.

Camera Manufacturer

The manufacturer of the camera used to take the photo.

Date

The date the file was created.

Path

The full path to the location of the file.

If the file has any related items, the icons appear here.

Filename

The name and extension of the file.

Size

The size of the file.

File Type

The file’s type.

Comment

Any comments about the image file.

The copyright owner.

Location

The location the image was taken.

Preview tab

This tab shows a preview of the selected image file.

This tab lists all related Project Center items for the selected file.

The Relation Type column  has two icons to indicate the relationship type:

The icon indicates that the relationship was created by a user and can be deleted (such as an action item related to an image file).

The icon indicates that the relationship was created by Project Center and cannot be deleted (such as a transmittal or record copy related to an image file).

 

To access this activity center

Click Project Images from the Activities list or from the Project Home activity center.

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