Image Annotation

1. Image Annotation A presentation by Kelly Marie Blanchat

2. What it Does • Image annotation allows users to choose a section of an image to ‘highlight’ and associate with text. • Think: Facebook& Flickr • I am using it to translate hard-to-read text in letters, to help the user get the visual information from the scanned image, while also enabling content.

3. Who can use it • Anyone! You can set up Image Annotation for just the administrator, give access to certain users, or everybody. • Pros of Image Annotation: • INTUITIVE • Easy to use (intuitive!) • Makes you look like an expert web-designer Questions: Will it work with LIGHTBOX? We’ll see…

4. How To #1: • Make sure there is a folder within your chosen theme called ‘ items’ • If not, simply create an ‘items’ folder before moving to step 2. • If you are undecided on your theme, simply copy the items folder into every theme so that you won’t have to back-track later.

5. How to #2: • In WinSCP / Fetch / etc. follow the path of application  views  scripts  items • Copy the "show.php" file found in and move it to the items folder that you just created.

6. How to #3: • Choose the ‘edit’ option for ‘show.php’ • Paste in the following function: <?php echo image_annotation_display_annotated_image_gallery_for_item();?>

7. How to #4: • Save, Save, Save • The file path should be: themename items  show.php

8. Issues • Don’t write too much! All the annotation text boxes are placed below the selected (‘highlighted’) area – if you select an area near the bottom of the image a scroll bar will pop up and make it impossible to read the text. • I somehow lost my administrator view in Omeka. The Plug-in still works, it’s just annoying. (I probably tried to change something else in the ‘show.php’ file – don’t be a nerd and keep it how it is!