To adjust the wire images thumbnails or preview resolution, do the following:

When import is performed via Back4 queue

1.Check first which data template is used by your import queue (look at the Template field on the queue dialog box).

2.Then, locate the template in your configuration folders (see DataSrcTemplates Reference for the possible paths and names).

3.Open the template in the appropriate editor (e.g. Visual Studio Express), and then locate this part in it.

 <!-- parsing options: how to create thumbnails and xmp document -->

           <Parse.Options>

             <common:ParseOptions

              ThumbnailSize="100"

              ThumbnailQuality="85"

              PreviewSize="300"

              PreviewQuality="85"

              XmpRoot="false"

              UseAttributes="false" />

           </Parse.Options>

4.Modify the value of the ThumbnailSize or PreviewSize to something else.

5.Save the file and then reimport it in the database as explained in Importing configuration from a file.

6.New wire images will have the specified resolution. If you want the new resolution also for the existing wire images, you need to reprocess them all.

When import is performed directly in Ted or Fred by drag and drop

When you upload by drag and drop, the Uploading external files dialog box is shown. By searching in entire configuration for the Uploading external files string, you will find the workflow that contains it. In the newer configurations, it is wf_UploadFirst.xml. By the command importSelectedFilesAct.WorkflowName = "ImportActivityData", it makes a call to another workflow, wf_ImportActivityData.xml. However, that workflow, by the command executeAct.WorkflowName = "createPreview", calls another workflow, wf_createPreview.xml. That workflow, by the command <common:ParseOptions ThumbnailSize="0" PreviewSize="400" PreviewQuality="80" UseAttributes="false" NoClipPreview="false" />, sets the preview size to 400px. Increase it there, and then reload the workflow in the database.

When import is performed directly in Ted or Fred by Upload menu commands

When you upload by the Upload menu commands, and select the command Upload images / Convert to editorial image, the UploadImg script runs and calls the wf_uploadimg.xml workflow.  That workflow, by the command <common:ParseOptions ThumbnailSize="0" PreviewSize="400" PreviewQuality="80" UseAttributes="false" NoClipPreview="false" />, sets the preview size to 400px. Increase it there, and then reload the workflow in the database.

You can also create a new variant of the wf_uploadimg.xml workflow.

Note

To get to know which is the preview size of the existing objects, use the procedure explained in Exporting Content from Database and Importing it.