Multimedia

Multimedia are electronic images which have been uploaded against an event.

Multimedia items are displayed as thumbnails for the currently selected event(s).

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Note

You can add multimedia by dragging image files from Windows Explorer onto the Multimedia pane.

Multimedia Toolbar

Multimedia File Formats

GIF, JPG, JPEG, TIF, BMP, PNG, PDF, DWG, CGM, DXF, SVG, WMF or EMF are all allowed Multimedia file types.

  • Add
    Launches the Add Multimedia dialog to allow you to attach an image to the currently selected event. Please note that if multiple events are selected, then the image being added will be attached to all events.

Note

You can also add multimedia by dragging image files from Windows Explorer onto the Multimedia pane.

Note

The Can Report property of the Multimedia item can be used to filter which images are output to the report. (This column is invisible by default, but is available under Customise ‣ Columns.)

  • Edit

    Launches the Edit Multimedia dialog. Properties of the Multimedia can be updated and saved.

  • Delete

    Delete will delete the currently selected multimedia record/s. If multiple Multimedia items have been selected, then the Question dialog will give notice of how many Multimedia items will be deleted and prompt you to confirm by clicking on the Delete button.

  • Launch

    Launches the currently selected Multimedia file into the default Windows viewer for the selected file type. (Note that if your image viewer supplies “Next” and “Previous” buttons, these will show you the next and previous files in the temp folder, which may not be the next and previous images in NEXUS.)

  • Preview

    Toggle display of preview. If this button is selected, then whichever image is focused in the grid will be shown in a “preview” window. If EXIF data is available for the image, it will be displayed.

  • Crop

    Crop the selected image. Within the Crop dialog, click the Crop button or Ctrl-X, then click and drag a rectangle on the image. To complete the crop, click the commit button, or Crop To Selection, or Ctrl-Shift-X.

    If you want to replace the existing image with the new cropped version, ensure Keep Original is not selected. If you want the new cropped image to be added to the event’s collection of images without overwriting the existing image, ensure Keep Original is selected.

  • Export

    See Export for full description of the Export menu item.

  • Customise

    See Customise for full description of the Customise menu item.