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Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
Digital Image Library is a powerful tool that helps you organize, find, and view
your pictures and short videos. Digital Image Library does not store or make
a copy of your pictures and videos. Instead, it stores information about your
pictures and videos, including a thumbnail version of each picture, so you can
conveniently organize and find them on your computer.
Digital Image Library automatically tracks information about each picture and
video you add to the library, including the date the picture was taken, file size,
image size, and the folder where the picture is stored. You can add labels, such
as ratings, keywords, and captions, to pictures and videos. Tools like the Label
Painter and the Preview pane make it easy to add labels to an entire collection
of pictures at one time.
Using the information that you provide about each picture, Digital Image
Library helps you locate your pictures and videos by using powerful filtering
and grouping. Even if you have many pictures taken over several years, you can
locate pictures that share the same keywords, dates, ratings, and more.
Digital Image Library also allows you to make simple changes to multiple
pictures at the same time, such as batch editing in the Mini Lab, renaming,
converting file formats, and resizing.
Opening Digital Image Library
The Digital Image Library can be opened from the Windows Start menu or
from the Digital Image Startup Window or File menu.
Organizing and Viewing Pictures
in Digital Image Library
Digital Image
Library is just a
catalog
Remember that Digital
Image does not copy
your pictures elsewhere
on your computer;
it simply creates a
catalog of your pictures.
Don’t delete the
original pictures in the
My Pictures folder (or
elsewhere), thinking
that your pictures are
stored in Digital Image.
If you delete a picture
from its original location
on your computer, it will
be deleted from Digital
Image Library as well.