Media Browser and Graphics Library

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The Media Browser allows you to work with various images and resources for addition to your Mind Maps. To show the media browser, click on the MediaBrowserToolbarIcon Media Browser icon on the toolbar. The Media Browser will display:

 

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In the Photos section, you have access to all your photos stored in iPhoto, and also any pictures you have in your Pictures folder, your User pictures, your Desktop pictures, Screen saver pictures and iChat icons. All of these images can be dragged on to your Mind Map in exactly the same way as the images from the graphics library described below.

 

The links section includes all the hyperlinks you have in your Safari bookmarks. You can drag these hyperlinks on to branches or on to the hyperlinks palette to add them to your Mind Maps.

 

The Adornments section contains the adornments that are described in the Adornments section of the manual.

 

The graphics section includes all the graphics from your graphics library. The full graphics library comprises of over 1,400 images in a number of subject categories such as Arrows, Business, Computers, Education & Science, Food & Drink, News Media & Entertainment, Objects, People, Transport and more. Because of the large size of the library, only some images are distributed within the program, the rest are available by download off the NovaMind Downloads webpage and are free. Download the categories of interest and then follow the automatic installation prompts to install the files.

 

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The graphics are encrypted, and only available for use within NovaMind. When you install the graphics libraries, you need to restart NovaMind, and then the graphics will appear in the NovaMind graphics library.

 

You can use the graphics within your Mind Maps, and can publish Mind Maps with the graphics on them but you are not allowed to sell or distribute the images on their own.

 

To open the graphics library, click on "Window" in the NovaMind menu and then select "Graphics Library". You can choose specific categories to look at the images in those categories, and you can use the search field at the bottom of the window to type in a word to search for. The images include keyword information in them, so the search includes that information when searching, and not just the image name.

 

Upon finding an appropriate image:

 

You have the following options:

•Drag the image over an existing mind map branch and the graphic will be applied to the background of that branch.
•Drag the image into the branch image well to set it as the branch image for the selected branch.
•Press the Control key while dragging it over a branch and it will become a floating attached graphic.
•While a branch is selected, drag the image over the canvas and drop to attach it to the selected branch as a floating attached graphic.
•Click and drag it on to the canvas while holding down the Command key and it will add a new child branch attached to the selected branch at the position you dropped it with the image as the background.

 

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The same option keys apply if you are dragging an image on to the Mind Map from the Finder or other program like Safari etc.

 

Please note that the graphics in the graphics libraries have only been licensed for use creating Mind Maps in NovaMind, and are therefore encrypted and can only be used within NovaMind.