rightclick on the pictures. fill properties from filename. select directories [album]. this fills in the album tag with the name of the folder. now set the view to albumview.
Hi
gappie,
Thanks for your idea
I didn't understand exactly your process .., but I tried (and succeeded), to fill-in the album tag of some pictures with the name of their folder, following this :
- Images in List mode
- Order by sub-directory
- Select all the pictures inside one sub-directory
- Right Click on the block selected
- Tag
- Write the Directory name in The Album tag zone
- Return
After, I added the "Album" column to the list mode, so I can order the pictures, classified by Album name order
In Album Thumbnail mode, there is one thumbnail by album : Ok
BUT ... Problem :
By clicking on one album thumbnail, there are only playing diaporama, not displaying a new child page with one thumbnail by picture
But my problem is bigger, with this method of "Tagging" each picture :
-(1)- : It's a very Loooong time to tag the pictures because, on my Home server, there are in "Photos" directory :
320 directories (One by event)
16 975 Images
2,58 Go
-(2)- I have 4 PC with MC12 on each and one distant home server with data :
=> With this loooong tagging method, I must update 4 databases, one by PC ??
In French, we use to say, to critic some politics :
"Why making simple, if we can do it complicated"
I don't think there are French guys in J River staff, to make the things complicated ..
but why tagging each image to tell it where it is ?
(Put "directory name" as the "album tag" is exactly that !)
Simple things are the best :
Remember, some months ago, my request to automatically use as cover, the JPG file that have the same name as the Video file : JRiver staff made the tip and it's so nice now !
Can I suggest something simple to the J River MC12 staff ?To automatically LINK an IMAGE to an ALBUM, can you add this rule (which can be checked or unchecked) :
"The Album name is equal to the sub directory name where an image is stored"So: No more need to tag anything :
When we choose images album thumbnail mode, MC12 classify the images by album exactly like the images are stored on the hard disk(s) : one album = one subdirectory
=> Is this request totally impossible to solve ?
Thanks for all @ best regards