Historian Tip: Get Media
This tip will cover three of the six ways to get media into Historian.: from your FOREVER account, from Files, and from Search Computer.
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Historian Tip: Auto Fix
Historian 6 has many tools for editing photographs. This tip will focus on the Auto fix tool.
Historian 6 Tip: Using the Find Section
There are many ways to find photos in Historian. This tip covers how to find them using the Find Section on the Home Ribbon to enable you to find pictures in Historian quickly and with ease.
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Historian 6 Tip: View Ribbon - Details
Use the View ribbon to choose what information is displayed beneath images in your Media Library.
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Video Tidbit: Rearranging Tags in Historian
Have you ever been tagging photos in Historian and realized that you have to keep scrolling down a long list of tags to find the tag you want? That’s when you might want to rearrange your tags temporarily.
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Historian 6 Tip: Stored Or Not Stored In Forever
Historian 6 has a quick and easy way to determine which photos have been stored in your FOREVER account.
Historian 6 Tip: Share Photos From H6 To Forever
Historian 6 makes it so easy to share a photo or photos to your Forever account.
Historian 6 Tip: Facial Recognition
Learn how to use Facial Recognition in FOREVER Historian 6.
Historian 6 Tip: Creating Albums in Album Planner
Album Planners have many uses, including preparing photos for use in an Artisan project. This tip will show you how to create an album in Album Planners in Historian 6.
Historian Tip: Negative to Positive
Learn how to run your negatives into positive images. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Tip: Using the Album Planner in Your Workflow (Public Post)
Choosing the photos that you will use in your Artisan books and projects is a big job! The more organized you are before starting to make pages, the more fun you will have creating. The Album Planner is a place that you can use to organize photos in ways beyond using tags and the Historian timeline. If you are a visual learner/thinker, this feature will be eye-opening for you, especially if you haven't used it before.
Historian Tip: The Cleanup Tool (Public Post)
Sometimes photos taken in low light or using a high ISO can be quite grainy. If the image is too grainy for your liking, Historian has tools to clean up the photo by reducing the graininess. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Tip: Exporting A Media Vault
It is easy to export all or part of a Historian Media Vault to a Windows folder, keeping all your categories, tags, editing and stories intact. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Tip: Recovering Deleted Photos
When you delete a photo from Historian, it goes into its own Recycle Bin. This is excellent, because it gives you a chance to change your mind and “undelete” the photo. Images will stay in the Historian Recycle Bin indefinitely and can be retrieved at any stage. However, the Recycle Bin can get rather large and will quickly fill up your hard drive, so it is a good idea to empty it regularly. Once the Recycle Bin has been emptied, the photos can’t be recovered. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Tip: Changing The Time On Multiple Images
How often have you taken photos and found that your camera was set to the wrong time and date? This can happen especially when you’re travelling overseas and are in a different time zone. Family members traveling with you might also have their camera set to a different date to yours. In either case, your photos don’t sit in the right part of the timeline when imported into Historian. Well, did you know you can change the date on several images at the same time? *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Tip: Merging Vaults Avoiding Duplicates (Public Post)
Historian has a built in Merge Vault function. It works really well and is easy to use. However, it does not automatically detect duplicates. If you have Media Vaults that include some of the same photos, merging those vaults will result in duplicate images. Below is a method for combining those Media Vaults in a way that identifies the duplicates before they are imported, allowing you to decide if you want to import them or not. This method is a little more manual than using the Merge button, but it is straightforward and effective. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Video Tidbit: Emptying the Historian Recycle Bin
When you delete a photo from Historian, it goes into its own recycle bin. This is excellent, because it gives you a chance to change your mind and retrieve the photo. However, it can get quite large, and like all recycle bins, needs to be emptied. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*
Historian Tip: Fixing Pet Eye
Historian has wonderful tools to fix “red eye” in flash photos. These tools don’t tend to work so well on pet eyes, because pet eyes are different. In dogs (and many other animals, but not people), the retina has a reflective layer behind it, which acts like a mirror, reflecting light at the back of the eyes. The reflective layer is what helps dogs see better at night. Light is reflected outward, giving the dog’s retina a second chance to absorb the rays. The best solution to avoiding so-called “pet eye” is to take photos of pets without the flash. Photos taken in natural light look much better. However, if you do have photos where the pet’s eyes are glaringly green or yellow, here are the steps to fix them in Historian.
Historian Tip: Sorting Images (Public Post)
Historian automatically sorts all the media in your memory vault in order. However, there are a number of different criteria it can sort by, and more than one place to choose how you are viewing your images. This may give the impression that Historian is sorting incorrectly, however, a good understanding of the various sort options will enable you to organize and locate images efficiently. *Note: What is referenced as a Vault in Historian 4 has had the terminology changed in Historian 6. In Historian 6, the Vault is now known as the Cabinet. The Vault in Historian 4 is the same as the Cabinet in Historian 6*