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Browsing media in LUNA is done by looking at pages of thumbnails, allowing you to quickly and easily page through media, with the option to narrow your search using the Narrow Search panel the Narrow Search panel located on the left side of the page.
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Minimize or Expand the Narrow Search panel on the left any time by clicking the small icon next to the “Narrow Search” tab.
The “Show More” icon will expand each Who, What, When, Where category to give you even more choices for narrowing your search. Use the “Show Less” feature to contract the list.
Once you have selected a value to narrow your search by, you can continue to filter your search by selecting additional values.
You can easily remove one of these values by clicking on it under the “Remove” header.
A link to the Advanced Search window the Advanced Search window is available at the bottom of the Narrow Search panel.
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Click once on a thumbnail to bring it into the Detail View.
Media Summary:
Roll over a thumbnail to see its Media Summary. The Media Summary offers users a brief summary of the associated media data. Full catalog data can be viewed in the Detail View and the LUNA Workspace.
Add to LUNA Workspace:
To add media to the LUNA Workspace, click the icon in the upper left corner of the thumbnail when in a rollover state. The media will have a brief flashing white border around it once it’s been added. The LUNA Workspace will appear in a separate browser window.
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Add to Active Media Group:
To add media to your Active Media Group, click the icon in the upper right corner of the thumbnail when in a rollover state. The media will have a brief flashing white border around it once it’s been added to your Active Media Group.
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By clicking on a thumbnail once you will bring it into the Detail View where you will be able to use the viewing tools, see full catalog data, and if logged in be able to add annotations and export images.
General Tools
Accompanying the larger sized image is the full catalog data, or Media Information, for that media.
To view more of the Media Information on your screen without using your scroll bar, you can expand the Media Information tab tab.
To completely hide the the Media Information tab simply click on the the Minimize icon.
From this Detail View you can add the image to the LUNA Workspace, and if you’re logged in you can also add it to a Media Group.
- If you have the proper permissions you can also export the media.
Data Panel Search
The Data Panel search feature essentially allows you to perform a quick search for a specific fielded term without having to type that value into the Keyword or Advanced Search.
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If you've brought an image into the Detail View from a search result or a Media Group the Quick View tool will appear in the upper right corner.
Simply click on an image from the Quick View to refresh the image in the Detail View. This will allow you to view several images in the Detail View without having to go back to the Thumbnail View.
Click on the Thumbnails link to go back to the original Thumbnail View.
Viewing Tools in Detail View
Display annotations: indicates how many annotations are on an image, click on it to hide or show the annotations. If there are no annotations to an image, you won't see this icon.
Add Annotation: when logged in you'll be able to add annotations to an image. Annotations can Annotations can be saved at a collection level for all to see (if given permission by administrator), privately so only you will see them when viewing the image in the Detail View or LUNA Workspace, or to a Media Group in order to share the annotation with others.
Show/Hide Thumbnail Panner: allows you to control which section of a zoomed-in image you see. Drag the grayed-out zoomed area around the thumbnail to see that zoomed section, or simply pan in the image itself.
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Maximize Image: maximizes the image to fit your screen.
Zooming: zooming in and out on an image can be done by clicking on the “+” or “-“symbol, using the scroll wheel on your mouse, or by dragging the zoom bar left or right.
The Full View will open the BookReader object with the pages of the book presented in a vertical thumbnail panel. The thumbnail panel lets you quickly jump to any page of the book, and add any page to your Active Media Group.
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Play and pause the automatic turning of pages.
Printing
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Click on the Printer Friendly icon to open a new window with the image and all Media Information in a printer friendly format.
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- If you've been granted permission to export an image from the Detail View, you'll see the Export icon. Depending on permission level you might also be able to select the resolution for export.
Adding to Active Media Group
If you're logged in you'll also be able to add the image in the Detail View to any of your Media Groups.
Use the pull down menu to select the Media Group you want to add the image to.
Browse Who, What, When, Where Category Facets
LUNA’s Browse Categories feature offers users a snap-shot of a collection. Instead of only searching for media using the simple keyword or advanced search, you can go to this Browse Categories page and see the exact values for each data field. These categories are divided into Who, What, When, and Where. From this page you can also search alphanumerically.
Values are listed in alphabetical order under each of the Who, What, When, Where categories. The number of results containing each value is represented within parentheses.
Navigate through the list of values using the right or left arrows, or by clicking on the page number, using the navigation buttons at the bottom of each Who, What, Where, When category box.
You can also search alphanumerically.
Click on a value to see the results in the Thumbnail View.
You can then continue to narrow your search adding or removing additional data values, using the Narrow Search option in the Thumbnail View.
LUNA Workspace
The LUNA Workspace is a dynamic space for working with media. Viewing tools are built into each image which allows you to seamlessly work with multiple images at the same time. While LUNA’s Detail View also provides you with embedded viewing tools in the image, the LUNA Workspace conveniently gives you the ability to work with multiple objects at the same time.
If you have selected an image to view in the workspace, you will see them displayed here. If you have not yet selected images to view in the Workspace, the page will be blank.
To add media to the Workspace:
While browsing LUNA simply roll over the media you would like to add and then and click on the Add the Image to the Workspace icon located in the upper left hand corner of the thumbnail.
While in the Detail View click on the Add to Workspace icon.
Use the Media Panel in the LUNA Workspace to drag and drop media from a Media Group.
To work with media in the Workspace:
Roll over image in the Workspace to reveal Viewing Tools icons in the top right corner of the image.
Zooming: zooming in and out on an image can be done by clicking on the “+” or “-” symbol, using the scroll wheel on your mouse, or by dragging the zoom bar left or right.
Move images around freely by dragging the gray frame around the image.
Directly access Presentations by opening the Slides Panel, located in the top left corner of the LUNA Workspace(must be logged in).
Directly access media from Media Groups by opening the Media Panel, located in the bottom left corner of the LUNAWorkspace (must be logged in).
Use the Share This and Embed This functions to create dynamic links to the LUNA Workspace.