Photo Albums and Collections¶

Photo albums collect image and video entries under one timeline entry.

Timeline list with photo album cards and thumbnails — Albums appear in the timeline as entries with a row of image and video thumbnails.

Where Albums Appear¶

Albums appear:

As a timeline card with several thumbnails.
As a calendar entry on the album date.
In the overlay as a thumbnail grid.

Album items keep their own image or video previews, but the album itself has one title, date, caption, and set of tags.

Creating an Album¶

You can create albums in three ways:

Choose Photo album in the add entry overlay.
Use Import Image Collections from the add entry menu.
Add image/video files to an existing image or video entry and convert it into a collection.

Viewing Album Items¶

Open an album in the overlay and select a thumbnail to view that item.

Use the left and right overlay arrows to move within the album. Press Escape to return to the parent album.

Editing an Album¶

In edit mode, you can change album details, add or remove tags, remove individual items, reorder items, or add more image/video files. Save with Ok.

For the full editing workflow, see Photo Albums in Edit Mode.

Moving Entries Into Albums¶

Use Add To Collection from the overlay, or Move to Collection from the list context menu.

You can:

Create a new collection and move the current entry into it.
Choose an existing collection.

After the move, Lifebook opens the destination collection.

Moving an Album Into Another Album¶

When you move one album into another, Lifebook moves its items into the target album and removes the album that is now empty.

Removing Album Items¶

In album edit mode, use the remove button on an item.

If removing items leaves an album empty, Lifebook asks whether to remove the album.

Importing Image Collections¶

The add entry menu can look through folders and import subfolders that contain supported image or video files as albums.

An import is skipped when:

The folder has already been imported.
The folder has no supported image or video files.
Lifebook does not recognize the folder as an album folder.

Large collection imports show a confirmation message and progress in the status bar.