Adding Media Files

You can add sound, image (pictures, graphics, and so on), and movie files to media fields. Image files include images from the web or other applications such as iPhoto.

To add a media file:

1	Click in the media field.

2	Drag a media file from the Finder, iPhoto, or iTunes to the media field or click to choose a file.

Except for iTunes files, when you add a media file, Bento copies it into the bento.bentodb file. When you add an iTunes file to a media field, Bento creates an alias to the file.

If you don’t want to copy the media file into Bento, hold down the Option key after you start dragging the media file to the media field. An arrow appears on the thumbnail. Bento creates an alias that contains a path to a specific file in a specific location on your hard drive. If you use an alias for the media file, and then move or rename the original media file, the alias to it is broken.

3	In the Open dialog, select the image you want to add, then click Open.

 

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