{"id":48,"date":"2008-08-13T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T22:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2008-08-13T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T22:04:29","slug":"rootsmagic-4-unwrapped-multimedia-is-made-to-be-shared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"RootsMagic 4 Unwrapped &#8211; Multimedia is made to be shared"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Media Album<\/h3>\n<p>An old adage says that a picture is worth a thousand words.  So here are 3000 words worth of pictures about RootsMagic 4&#8217;s new multimedia features.  As in previous versions of RootsMagic, you can add pictures or other media to people, families, sources, citations, events, or places.  Here&#8217;s what the new Media Album looks like (click the image if you want to see it without squinting):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rm4indivmedia1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52\" title=\"Indiv Media\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rm4indivmedia1.png\" alt=\"Indiv Media\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first thing long time RootsMagic users will notice is that you aren&#8217;t limited to viewing 6 pictures at a time for a person.  Not only can you scroll to view all the pictures for a person, you can also adjust the size of the thumbnails by simply (1) dragging the slider at the bottom of the album.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever added a family picture to each member of the family, and had to re-enter that nice detailed description over and over, you&#8217;ll love the new RootsMagic 4 Media Gallery.  Every time you add a picture to a person (or other item) RootsMagic 4 keeps track of the photo so that you can re-use the same picture along with its caption, description, and other information.   When adding a new picture to a person, just click &#8220;Add from gallery&#8221; (2) to re-use an existing media item.<\/p>\n<p>Selecting a media item will display its details (caption, description, file name, etc) in the (3) live edit panel.<\/p>\n<h3>Media Gallery<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to see all the pictures you have added, just bring up the master Media Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rm4mediagallery.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50\" title=\"Media Gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rm4mediagallery.png\" alt=\"Media Gallery\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only can you see all your media, but you can also click the &#8220;Show usage&#8221; button to get a list of every place in your file that the highlighted media is referenced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rm4mediausage.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-51\" title=\"Media Usage\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.rootsmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/rm4mediausage.png\" alt=\"Media Usage\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on my way to Indianapolis for my third conference in 3 weeks (which I will attempt to pass off as my excuse for not spilling the beans as quickly as I would like).  I will try to pick up the pace a bit.  We still have a ton of cool new features to cover.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, if you have a friend you&#8217;ve been trying to convert to RootsMagic, let them know about our blog.  We&#8217;ll help you out with that &lt;g&gt;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Album An old adage says that a picture is worth a thousand words. So here are 3000 words worth of pictures about RootsMagic 4&#8217;s new multimedia features. As in previous versions of RootsMagic, you can add pictures or other media to people, families, sources, citations, events, or places. 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