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Creating and managing albums
There are four ways to create an album:
1. In Manage Mode, click “Add Album” on the menu bar and select “Create an Album”..
2. Switch to the folder view in Manage Mode, right click a folder, and select "Create New Album" to
turn that folder into an albumel.
3. Drag and drop photos or videos onto "Album" on the left panel.
4. Right-click "Album" on the left panel and select “Create an Album".
When you create an album, you have to specify its name and configure its privilege settings, and there
are three options:
Only me: Only you can browse and edit this album.
Public: Allow everyone, including guests, to view the content of this album. You can also choose to
show the photos in this album on the QTS log-in page.
NAS users: Share this album with other NAS users and allow them to browse its content. By default,
only the administrator and the creator of this album can edit it. To make changes to this setting, click
“Custom Permissions” and specify the permissions you want to give to individual users, user groups,
and domain users.
When you share an album, you can also decide a valid period for this sharing. You can either make it
always valid or specify a definite period.
To manage albums, right click on an album and choose to download, remove, rename, share, stream,
play as a slideshow, open, or configure its settings.
Creating and managing smart albums
There are two ways to create smart albums:
1. In Manage Mode, click “Add Album” on the menu bar and select “Create a smart album”.
2. Switch to the folder view in Manage Mode, right click a folder, and you will see two smart album
options. Select "Create a Smart Album" to turn that folder into a collective smart album. Select
"Convert subfolder to Smart Album" and all the subfolders in that selected folder will become
individual smart albums listed under "Smart Album" on the left panel.
When you create a smart album, you have to specify its search criteria. You can choose to include
photos taken on a certain day, in a certain period, with a certain tag, or simply select photos
randomly.
To manage smart albums, right click on an album under "Smart Album" in the left panel and choose to
download, remove, rename, share, stream, play in a slideshow, open, or configure its settings.