Diversity Collection
Images
To insert a new image click on the button. A window
will open where you can enter the path and file name of the image. Click
on the
button to search for a web address of an image as shown below.
The URL for images can not be changed in the main form. Instead you have to create an image with the new URL and delete the image based on the old URL.
To edit the URL, please use the TableEditor for the corresponding image table.
To use an image available as a local file click on the
button to search in your local directories. You can
upload this file via a webservice to the server of an institution
providing the DiversityMediaService. To use
this service you may rename your image either using a GUID or according
to the accession number including date and time. Use the
upload button to upload your image to the server.
To delete an image select it from the list and click on
the button.
To zoom a specific sector of an image simply drag the mouse over the
preferred area of the image. A red square will indicate the zoomed area.
To set the size of the image to its original resolution click on
the button. To adapt the size of the image to
the available space in the form click on the
button. To change the orientation of the image use the appropriate
buttons (
flip horizontal,
flip
vertical,
rotate
right,
rotate left).
To corrent the orientation of an image according to the rotation
documentend in the EXIF data, click on the
button
.
To view the image in a separate form click on the
button.
For images with a path containing escape signs (e.g. %2F) the translation of these sign can be suppressed using the %2F resp. / button.
If the image should not be published e.g. on the internet, enter any reason in the Withhold. reason - field. Next to images you can store other media.
For images where a high resolution version is available, a zoom button
will appear as shown below.
Click on the zoom button to open a window to see
details of the image as shown below (using krpano/
software).
For the description of a medium see the chapter Imagedescription.
Data is stored in the tables CollectionSpecimenImage, CollectionEventImage , CollectionEventSeriesImage and CollectionImage.