Follow the step-by-step instructions below to learn how to use RDC's features, including advanced searching, downloading, and using galleries and slideshows.
Download Media
Find the image or video you are looking to download
Click "item" view by clicking on the image or video
This will display the full metadata in the left panel
Click the "Download" button in the upper left action bar at the top of the screen
The browser will download the image to your default download location, typically your downloads folder
To download one or all items in a gallery, navigate to the section "Using Gallery Features" section and follow the instructions for "Downloading a Gallery."
Using Gallery Features
To access your workspace, hover over your username in the top right menu navigation bar and click "My Workspace"
In the left panel, you'll find your galleries or folders of saved images
To view a specific gallery older, click on it and the active folder will become bolded
You can save images by selecting the "star" icon, but before you save an image, you need to select an active gallery
Select or create a new gallery by clicking "My Workspace" located in the menu navigation bar
After your gallery is selected, then you can click the "star" icon to save an image to the active gallery
Note the "star" icon will be green once it's been saved to your gallery
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If you clicked on the item and are in the full record, locate the star in the menu navigation bar
Click the "star" icon to add the item to your gallery
To copy an item in the gallery, hover over the image you want to copy
Click on the duplicate icon in the upper right of the thumbnail
A duplicate item will appear next to the original
When you're viewing a gallery you can choose to download the entire gallery or single images in the gallery
To download the entire gallery, click the "Download" button in the upper right action bar at the top of the gallery
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To download a single image in your gallery, hover over the image and click the check box in the top left corner of the image thumbnail
Then click the ‘Download’ button in the upper right action bar at the top of the gallery
You'll be presented with a pop-up window that asks you to make a selection for image size preference
Select “Original” to get the largest size file
Select “Presentation” for images that are 1280 pixels
Once you make your selection, the browser will download the image to your default download location, typically your downloads folder
The “Download” button will change into a “Preparing Download” button and then will change
Use the "Item Actions" drop-down and click on "Copy or Move to a Gallery"
An alert box with the selected image(s) will appear in the browser
Select a gallery destination from the dropdown menu for your selected item(s)
Click the "Copy" or "Move" button
Custom sort images in your gallery by hovering over the image you want to reorder
Click and hold the image, and drag the image to a new position
Select the gallery you wish to move or copy items from
Select images by clicking the checkbox that appears when you hover an image thumbnail.
Click the "Item Actions" button in the upper right action bar at the top of the gallery
Select "Remove from Gallery" to remove the image selected
Select the gallery you'd like to share, then from the default view click the hyperlink icon
An alert box with the gallery link will appear in the browser
Copy the link, then click ok. The link to the gallery will be on your computer's clipboard and can be pasted into another application or program such as your syllabus, website, email, etc.
Note: the link itself will direct a user to your gallery in Lightbox view
Open the gallery you wish to delete
Click the "Gallery Actions" dropdown underneath the gallery name and select "Delete Gallery"
A pop-up prompt will appear, click "OK" to delete that gallery permanently
Using Slideshow Features
Navigate to your gallery
Click the "Play" button to start the slideshow view
This will begin with displaying the first image in your gallery
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Hover and click over the image where you would like the slideshow to start
The slideshow view will open starting with the image you selected
From the lightbox view click on the thumbnail of the image you’d like to view or hit the "Play" button located in the bottom slideshow menu bar
This will take you to a slideshow view of the images
You can use the directional arrow keys to navigate through the images
To view basic image metadata, click on the icon of a circle with the letter "i" (info)
This will open the metadata panel at the bottom of the screen
To close the panel, click the icon of a circle with the letter "i" (info)
To return to view all of the image thumbnails, click the grid icon located in the bottom slideshow menu bar
To compare two images at a time in slideshow view, click the 2-column button ("split view") at the bottom of the screen
Each side of the screen will display an image view that can be operated independently
At the bottom of the slideshow menu bar, click the left arrow icon to return to "My Workspace."