Classifications

In the “Classifications” view, images can be quickly assigned keywords or ratings and then organized by those classifications or marked for specific uses.

Assigning Keywords

Open the Image Archive to a particular album or subfolder. Use the “Classifications” selector button to switch the Image Archive pane to “Classifications” view.

To assign, click a keyword, hold the mouse button and drag it to a desired picture in the work space. To assign a keyword to multiple images, select the images in the workspace and then drag the keyword to any one of the selected images, or drag the images to the keyword.

Any keywords you assign will be appended to the IPTC “Keywords” descriptor. This allows you to review all keywords that have been assigned to an image by opening the image descriptors.

You can associate keywords with different image descriptor fields. Click the right mouse button on the keyword and choose “Set Target Descriptor” from the context menu. In the panel “Choose Target Descriptor” you can pick a suitable descriptor field that the current keyword would be added to.

To add a keyword to a specific descriptor, open the “Descriptors” panel and drag the keyword to the descriptor of choice.

When a keyword is first used, an icon of the image will be used to visually represent the keyword going forward. To change the icon, simply drag a different image to the keyword in the Image Archive pane.

Images with keywords will display with the following object status icon.

Creating Keywords

Click the “Create Keyword” button.

The new keyword is added to the current keyword list. Replace the text “New Keyword” with the keyword label. Keyword labels are not strictly limited to single words. However, phrases or terms of more than a few words should be entered as descriptions, not keywords.

Organizing Keywords

Keywords can be grouped into hierarchical lists – equivalent to folders and subfolders. To open or close a keyword group, click it with the mouse. A new keyword group is created with the “New Group” button.

To move keywords to a group, drag the keyword to the icon for the desired group. To rearrange the order of keywords in a group, simply drag it to its new position.

If you have an extensive list of keywords, it may be advantageous to switch to smaller icons. Click the button “Switch View” to toggle displays.

View Images by Keyword

To view all images assigned to a keyword, click the check-box in front of the keyword.

The workspace will show all images that were assigned this keyword, regardless of which albums or subfolders they normally reside in.

To include images with other keywords, click the checkboxes of those additional keywords. Now, images that were assigned any of the selected keywords will be displayed together (“or” condition).

To display only images that were assigned all selected keywords, click the "All Keywords" checkbox at the bottom of the classifications view (“and” condition).

Un-assigning Keywords

To remove a keyword from an image, click the appropriate object status icon below the image and choose the keyword that is to be un-assigned.

In the alternative, click the image and drag the keyword from the keyword list in classification view to the recycle bin. You may also click the right mouse button on the keyword and choose “Remove Keyword” from the context menu.

To remove a keyword from all images, click the check-box in front of the keyword to locate all images that were assigned that particular keyword. Then click “Select All” on the toolbar (or press “Ctrl+A”) and drag the keyword from the keyword list to the recycle bin.

Deleting Keywords

To delete a keyword from the keyword list, click the keyword, and then click the “Delete Keyword” button.

Note: Deleting a keyword will not remove the keyword from the IPTC descriptor “Keywords” or any alternate target descriptor in the pictures. If you want to delete the keyword label from all associated pictures, then first “un-assign” the keyword (as discussed earlier in this chapter) before deleting it.

Changing Keywords

To change a keyword (e.g., “Holidays” to “Vacations”), click the keyword with the right mouse button and choose “Rename Keyword” from the context menu. Type a new label over the old one.

Note: Renaming a keyword will not update the IPTC descriptor “Keywords” or any alternate target descriptor in the pictures. If you want to replace the keyword label in all associated pictures, then first “un-assign” the keyword (as discussed earlier in this chapter), then rename the picture and finally assign the “new” keyword to the appropriate images.

Exporting Keywords

You may need to exchange your keyword or category list with other users or applications. StudioLine can export keywords and categories in XML format, and import either XML or plain-text format.

To export or import a list, open the classifications view and click the right mouse button on the "Keywords" or "Categories" node. Choose the desired action from the "Import and Export" submenu. If you right-click any of the nodes below "Keywords" or "Categories", then your action will be limited to that particular node and its child-nodes.