📝Editing media details

Media details

Media details such as date, country and notes can be included to enhance filtering options and provide more information about the media.

1. Name

   • The name of the media can be changed here. However, the file type cannot be changed.

2. Tags

   • Tags are Pinpoint's primary method of categorising media. See Tagging for more information!

3. Country/Region

   • Type and select the desired country/region from the drop-down list.

4. Date

   • The date of the media can be edited using the calendar on the date field.

5. Source URL

   • Reference links for the source of media if applicable.

6. Notes

   • Short descriptions can also be added to media, providing context and details.

How to edit metadata

1. Select media to edit.

   • For single media, select by pressing it.

   • For multiple media, press the "Select" button to enable multi-select. Then, after selecting media to edit, press the "Details" icon.

   

   To select multiple media, first press the "Select multiple" button to enable multi-select.

   

   After selecting media, press "Details".

   • Batch edits can also be done immediately after the upload as the newly uploaded files are automatically selected after a successful upload.

2. Navigate and make changes to desired fields.

   • If multiple media were selected, changes will be applied to all selected media.

     • The message "Editing for XX items..." above the media details indicates batch editing is active

   • For more information on tagging, see Tagging.

     
3. To complete, click "Save changes" on the bottom of the screen.

4. Once saved, a pop-up message reading "Changes to media saved" will appear.

Shared media details

When multiple media are selected, only the tags shared between all media will be shown for easy bulk addition and removal of tags.

For other media details, similar details shared between selected media would be displayed in their respective fields and differences would be displayed as:

• Multiple countries

• Multiple dates

• Multiple reference links

• Multiple notes

Two images with different countries/regions, capture dates and source URLs have been selected. Both share one tag