{"id":222,"date":"2019-06-25T18:45:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2020-05-24T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T11:18:46","slug":"organize-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Organize Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Events are the entry point for how photos get into Phototheca. When you import images and videos, they are immediately arranged into groups and appear as Events in the Library. Phototheca can combine multiple images into a single Event in a few different ways. Have a look at the topic Events creation strategy<\/a> for details on how images from disks are composed into Events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s say we select the simplest import strategy: One folder on a drive equals\none Event in Phototheca. A lot of users try to keep photos in folders grouped\nby an occasion or common topic on a drive, so this can easily be reflected in\nPhototheca. After folders with photos are imported, we end up having dozens or\neven hundreds of Events in the \u201cEvents\u201d section of the Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on whether or not you organize your photos on disks into\nappropriate folders with meaningful names or not, we can have two situations:\neither all Events correctly reflect life moments and occasions, or we have a\nbunch of Events with freaky names like \u201cDSC001,\u201d \u201cNew folder,\u201d \u201cFolder (1),\u201d\nand so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you follow the first method and keep well-organized and structured\nfolders on your hard drive, you probably won\u2019t need to work more with Events\nand can proceed to the next topic of this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, let\u2019s see Phototheca\u2019s tools can help you organize images and\nEvents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basic approach to converting a mess of freaky Events into a beautiful\nphoto Library where everything is in place, easily accessible, and doesn\u2019t fall\ninto the cracks is to work through every single Event one by one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, there are four unwanted scenarios of how photos might be\narranged into Events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. An Event\ncontains the correct photos of a single, meaningful moment in life but just has\na freaky name.<\/li>
  2. An Event\ncontains photos of multiple life moments, not just a single moment.<\/li>
  3. An Event\ncontains only part of a life moment and other parts are scattered over a few\nother Events. <\/li>
  4. An Event\ncontains something that is totally not a life moment, but rather is a\ncollection of random images, a design project, graphic materials, or mood board\nimages<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Phototheca gives you tools to deal with each of these cases and to correct the issue. Let\u2019s tackle them one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1.      Rename Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    An Event contains the correct photos of a single, meaningful moment in life but just has a freaky name<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Here you only need to rename the Event. An Event can be renamed either with a mouse click on the title beneath the Event when you overview an Event, or by clicking on the title bar when you are inside the Event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2.      Split Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    An Event contains photos of multiple life moments, not just a single moment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    In this case, you need to use the Split tool to split an Event into two or\nmore granular Events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s imagine we have a few series of photos belonging to different life\nmoments and they show up one after another inside a single Event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Use the Split tool like this: First, select the first photo of the second series (second life moment) and click \u201cSplit.\u201d All the photos starting from the selected one and until the end of the Event will be broken apart and appear beneath the current Event as a separate Event with the same name. See the following figure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    At this point, we have two Events. The first life moment is isolated in the\noriginal Event, and all other photos are moved into another Event. If you had\ntwo life moments that were merged in the single Event, you\u2019ve now separated them\ninto two Events. Just rename the second Event to reflect the life moment and\nyou are done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Click the Event header to rename an Event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    If there are more than two moments inside the Event, just continue to split:\nSelect the first photo of another series and hit \u201cSplit\u201d again. Repeat this as\nmany times as necessary to separate all the series into single Events. Be sure\nto give meaningful names to each of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Congratulations, you\u2019ve completed your first split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3.      Merge Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    An Event contains only a part of a life moment and other parts are scattered over a few other Events <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    This case is opposite of the previous case. Here we have a single life\nmoment that is scattered over several Events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Merge tool will fix this issue. First, identify all Events containing\nparts of a life moment. Then, staying in the \u201cEvents\u201d section of the Library,\nselect all those Events by holding the Ctrl key and mouse-clicking on each of\nthem. A selected Event has a yellow border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When all necessary Events are selected, hit the \u201cMerge\u201d button. The content of multiple Events is immediately moved into the first Event and the other Events disappear. The life moment is now consolidated into a single Event, as it\u2019s supposed to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    There\u2019s another way to merge two Albums with a mouse: Just drag an Event and drop it on another one \u2013 the Events will be merged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    4.      Convert to Album<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    An Event contains something that is totally not a life moment, but rather is a collection of random images, a design project, graphic materials, or mood board images<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    If you have a folder with images that are not a life moment, then it\ndoesn\u2019t make sense to keep them inside an Event. Phototheca has another\norganizational unit for these images: the Album. It would be more logical to\nmove these photos from Event to Album and throw an empty Event away. In other\nwords, convert<\/em> the Event to an Album.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Phototheca has a tool to make this conversion. Select an Event, right-click with the mouse, and hit the \u201cConvert to Album\u201d menu item. Immediately, the Event disappears and a new Album appears under the \u201cAlbums\u201d section of the Library with all images inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The general rule: Keep images that are not life moments in Albums. Albums can be organized into sophisticated, hierarchical structures with Folders, allowing you to build your own hierarchy as you need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Find an Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    This feature lets you find an Event that contains any specific photo. Let\u2019s say you find a photo using the Search console or the Keywords panel, have a photo in front of you, and next you want to find the Event that contains this photo. It\u2019s like a reverse search. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    To find a needed Event, right-click with the mouse on the photo and hit the \u201cFind Events Containing Selected Photo\u201d menu item. Immediately, the view area is cleared and the needed Events appear there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Just a reminder \u2013 every photo can have one parent Event only, as was described here: Basic Concepts, Event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Events are the entry point for how photos get into Phototheca. When you import images and videos, they are immediately arranged into groups and appear as Events in the Library. Phototheca can combine multiple images into a single Event in a few different ways. Have a look at the topic Events creation strategy for details […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"xadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/author\/xadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Events are the entry point for how photos get into Phototheca. When you import images and videos, they are immediately arranged into groups and appear as Events in the Library. Phototheca can combine multiple images into a single Event in a few different ways. Have a look at the topic Events creation strategy for details…","yoast_head":"\nPhototheca: Organize photos with Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to organize life events photos with Phototheca\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phototheca: Organize photos with Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to organize life events photos with Phototheca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Phototheca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-24T11:18:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/06_Organize_01_Events_01.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"xadmin\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/\",\"name\":\"Phototheca\",\"description\":\"Phototheca User Guide\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/06_Organize_01_Events_01.png\",\"width\":691,\"height\":282},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/\",\"name\":\"Phototheca: Organize photos with Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-25T18:45:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-24T11:18:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn how to organize life events photos with Phototheca\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/organize-events\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lunarship.com\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}