How to use the image plugin

This plugin can be used for inserting images from various sources or uploading images.

How it works: quick help

This is what the plugin looks like in edit mode:

This is what you can enter / choose:

URL: This is where the image address goes. Go on Select to pick an image from the OMA media library or upload one yourself, or copy and paste the URL of another website's image.

Copyright: It is important to make note of the author(s) and/or the source of the image. here.

Effect: Choose from the available image effects or clip your image.

Width: Define the width of your image box in relation to the width of the whole display.

How it works in detail

Pick an image from the media library or from Wikimedia (URL)

You can pick an image by clicking the blue Select button next to the URL input field.

After you've hit Select, you'll see the media browser. On the top left, choose between Media library (this is OMA's storage) and Wikimedia. In both, you can search using tags. There is the option to search for images only.

Upload an image to the public area (URL)

In order to upload a file, click the Select button next to the URL input field. If you're doing this while working on a public document, your file will automatically go to the public media library. Please only add images that have a creative commons licence or that you can attach such a licence to yourself.

In the uploading process, the following information will be asked from you:

• Short description (optional): Indicate what the image shows.
• Languages (optional): It may be useful to specify what languages are used if the image has writing in it.
• Licences: Specify the licence of the file. (CC0 is equal to the Public Domain. The licence for OMA documents is CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike.)
• Tags: Insert keywords that will allow users to find the image.

Upload an image to a privat room (URL)

In private rooms you can upload images to or choose one from the media library or link to images on other websites just like you can do in the public area. Additionally, you can upload files to a room that only room members will be able to see.
When clicking the Select button in you image plugin, you'll find a third tab: room media. This is where files that you upload will be stored.

Once you decide to transfer a document from a room to the public area ("duplicate document"), you'll have to upload files again to the public media library. This may seem cumbersome but will protect you from accidentally publishing images that are protected by copyright.

Copyright

Use this input field to provide metadata such as author, image title, source and licence.
To the bottom right you'll find the M↓ symbol that opens a quick help on formatting your text with Markdown.

Effect "hover"

The hover effect needs two images. The first will be showing until you move your cursor over it, at which point the other image will appear. To use the effect first select it, then you can choose a second image. The two images have seperate copyright inputs.

Effect "reveal"

The reveal effect needs two images. By moving a slider you'll be able to see portions of each image and compare them. To use the effect first select it, then you can choose a second image.

Effect "clip"

The clipping effect allows you to choose a detail from your image. Only the defined section will be shown. Once you've selected the effect, you'll be able to indicate the section: Move the corner points or draw up a rectangle by while holding down the left mouse key.
You will not actually clip the image, so you can always change the selected part.