Cover Location (Browse)(Save)- When movie information is
imported from IMDb.com, the DVD cover image is also imported and stored in a central directory for all users to share. If
the cover image already exists in the central area, it does not get imported again.
Each user has their own directory for their personal images. If you wish to add your own cover image, browse to the
thumbnail image on your local hard drive. The image will be displayed as 96x140. Larger pictures will be squeezed and
smaller pictures will be expanded. The aspect ratio is not preserved. The maximum size of the picture is
10K. The smaller the size, the quicker it will display on the search screens. You can change the image
size of your photo in most any photo editor.
Irfanview is a very good free photo editor. To change the image size using Irfanview,
select Image -> Resize/Resample Image. Check 'Preserve aspect ratio' and select 'Set new size' using pixels as the unit. Set width to 96 and
press 'OK'. Select File -> Save As and give the picture a NEW file name. Select Save as type JPG. In the Save Options box, select
quality 50 and make sure all boxes are unchecked. Press Save. Check the file size to make sure it is under 10K. If not, edit the new saved
picture and go directly to File -> Save As but this time decrease the quality and Save. You can repeat this until the file size is small enough.
Once you have browsed to your image and selected it, you must press 'Save'
to upload your image to your personal directory on the server and update
the the movie database with the new cover. You will immediately see your
new cover image displayed on the Edit screen. Do not upload photos you
do not intend to use as it takes up unnecessary space. Periodically, unused
photos will be deleted from the server.
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