Property Box

Edit Media Item Dialog

The Edit Media Item dialog box is used to edit details relating to a picture or other kind of Media record, which has been linked to a record, such as an Individual, Family or Source record. You can use it both to edit details about the picture/media record, and to edit aspects of the link.

The fields above the picture all relate to the picture/media item itself. These are Title, Date, Picture Note, and Keywords.

Immediately below the picture is a toolbar with buttons that allow you to zoom in or out in various ways. You can also reposition your view of the picture, if zoomed in, or opt to display it in the Media Window or in an external application.

The fields below the toolbar all relate to the link between the current person/record and the picture/media item. If, for example, the Media record is a picture being linked to an Individual, you can link the Individual to their specific face in the picture (see How to Link Individuals to their Faces in Pictures).

Fields

Title	Title of the picture/media item.
Date	It is a good idea to enter a date for a picture - even just to the year - if this is known. Family Historian can use this date to provide additional information in picture captions - such as how old a given person was at the time. You can open a Helper dialog for editing the date, either by double-clicking on the field, or by clicking on the 3-dot button that appears when you click on the field, or hover over it.
Picture Note	This should be a note about the picture/media item as a whole, and not just about the person/record whose details you are viewing in the current context. There is another unlabelled note field that can be used for that (see below).
Keywords	You can provide keywords for media items if you wish. Multiple keywords must be separated by commas. Alternatively, if you click on, or hover over, the Keywords field, a button with 3 dots will appear at the right end of the field. Click on this button to bring up a Helper dialog. You can use this dialog to select keywords from a list of other standard and previously-used keywords - and add new ones. You can use keywords as a useful way of organising and searching for media items, in the Media Window.
Link to Face	See How to Link Individuals to Their Faces in Pictures
Select Frame	The 'frame' is a box overlaying the picture, that indicates the person's face in the picture, if you have linked an Individual to their face. If you wish to move or resize the frame, click on this button to select it first. The frame will display with little white boxes in the corners and sides. Click-and-drag inside the frame to move it at this point, or click-and-drag on any of the little white boxes to resize it. If you press the Delete key when the frame is selected, it will be deleted.
Link Note	Use this note field to add a note (sometimes called an annotation) about the current person/record in relation to the picture/Media item. For example, the note might say something about what the person is doing in the picture, how they came to be in it, what they had been doing, and so on.
Exclude from Diagrams	Tick this option if you do not wish this picture to be used as a picture of the linked person/record in diagrams. It will also be excluded from use in the Focus Window.
Exclude from Reports	Tick this option if you do not wish this picture to be used as a picture of the linked person/record in reports. It will also be excluded from use in books, web-pages and family tree CDs or DVDs.
Use Note as Caption	By default, Family Historian will generate captions for pictures for you. But if you prefer, you can write your own caption using the Link Note field.