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<a name="cover-art"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="sect1 title"><span class="title">Cover art</span></h1></div>
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<p class="para block block-first">Cover art is a visual element of your gtkpod music collection. It changes the black and white database of artists and title names back into something related to the physical CDs and DVDs that have been imported.
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<span class="label">2.4.1. </span><a class="xref" href="cover-art.html#clarity" title="The Clarity Display Plugin">The Clarity Display Plugin</a>
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<span class="label">2.4.2. </span><a class="xref" href="cover-art.html#coverart-display" title="CoverArt Display">CoverArt Display</a>
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<span class="label">2.4.3. </span><a class="xref" href="cover-art.html#coverart-popup-menu" title="CoverArt Popup Menu">CoverArt Popup Menu</a>
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<a name="clarity"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><a name="clarity-title"></a><span class="label">2.4.1. </span>The Clarity Display Plugin</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">Should you have the capability of an opengl rendering graphics card and drivers then the clarity plugin provides a more stylish cover art display than the original coverart display plugin described here.
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<a name="coverart-display"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><a name="coverart-display-title"></a><span class="label">2.4.2. </span>CoverArt Display</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">The display consists of 9 covers displayed at any one time. The entire album collection can be cycled through from one end to another. The main image is slighly larger and lacking in "shine" for viewing clarity.
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<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Figure 2-4</span> </span>Cover art display</span></div>
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<li class="li-first">
                        <span class="para">Use the scrollbar to quickly slide back and forth over the album collection.
                        </span>
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<li>
                        <span class="para">Use the scrollbar buttons to more precisely step through each album.
                        </span>
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<li>
                        <span class="para">Click on the main album cover image (one at the front and in the centre) once to display just the album's tracks in the right pane of gtkpod
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<a name="coverart-popup-menu"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><a name="coverart-popup-menu-title"></a><span class="label">2.4.3. </span>CoverArt Popup Menu</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
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<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Figure 2-5</span> </span>Cover art popup menu</span></div>
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                        <div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/cover-popupmenu.png"></div>
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                        <p class="para block block-first">Right-click on the main album cover image to display the popup menu with 3 options:</p>
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<li class="li-first">
                                <span class="para">Select Cover From File
                                </span>
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<li>
                                <span class="para">View Full Size Artwork
                                </span>
                            </li>
<li>
                                <span class="para">Edit Track Details
                                </span>
                            </li>
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<span class="label">2.4.3.1. </span><a class="xref" href="cover-art.html#select-cover-from-file" title="Select Cover From File">Select Cover From File</a>
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<span class="label">2.4.3.2. </span><a class="xref" href="cover-art.html#view-full-size-artwork" title="View Full Size Artwork">View Full Size Artwork</a>
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<span class="label">2.4.3.3. </span><a class="xref" href="cover-art.html#edit-track-details-coverart" title="Edit Track Details">Edit Track Details</a>
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<a name="select-cover-from-file"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="sect3 title"><span class="title"><a name="select-cover-from-file-title"></a><span class="label">2.4.3.1. </span>Select Cover From File</span></h3></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
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<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Figure 2-6</span> </span>Select cover from file</span></div>
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                            <div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/cover-setfromfile.png"></div>
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                            <span class="para">Selecting this option displays a file chooser dialog. Select the preferred image file and click OK. The album cover changes to a scaled version of the new image, while all the tracks in the album have their artwork path modified to the path of the preferred image.
                            </span>
                        </li></ul></div>
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<a name="view-full-size-artwork"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="sect3 title"><span class="title"><a name="view-full-size-artwork-title"></a><span class="label">2.4.3.2. </span>View Full Size Artwork</span></h3></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
                        <div class=" block figure block-first block-indent">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Figure 2-7</span> </span>View full size artwork</span></div>
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                            <span class="para">Selecting this options opens a dialog displaying the cover image. The image is either its true size of the biggest size it can be while still fitting on the desktop. Its true resolution is displayed underneath in the format width x height.
                            </span>
                        </li>
<li>
                            <span class="para">The dialog is modal so must be closed before moving on. The OK button closes the dialog.
                            </span>
                        </li>
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<a name="edit-track-details-coverart"></a><div class="header"><h3 class="sect3 title"><span class="title"><span class="label">2.4.3.3. </span>Edit Track Details</span></h3></div>
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                            <span class="para">This provides a shortcut to the "Edit Track Details" dialog for editing the ID3 tag information for all tracks belonging to the album displayed.
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