# Cover art

- The gtkpod Manual
- iPod and content

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.

- 2.4.1.The Clarity Display Plugin
- 2.4.2.CoverArt Display
- 2.4.3.CoverArt Popup Menu

## 2.4.1.The Clarity Display Plugin

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.

## 2.4.2.CoverArt Display

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.

Figure 2-4 Cover art display

- Use the scrollbar to quickly slide back and forth over the album collection.
- Use the scrollbar buttons to more precisely step through each album.
- 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

## 2.4.3.CoverArt Popup Menu

Figure 2-5 Cover art popup menu

- Right-click on the main album cover image to display the popup menu with 3 options:

  - Select Cover From File
  - View Full Size Artwork
  - Edit Track Details

- 2.4.3.1.Select Cover From File
- 2.4.3.2.View Full Size Artwork
- 2.4.3.3.Edit Track Details

### 2.4.3.1.Select Cover From File

Figure 2-6 Select cover from file

- 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.

### 2.4.3.2.View Full Size Artwork

Figure 2-7 View full size artwork

- 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.
- The dialog is modal so must be closed before moving on. The OK button closes the dialog.

### 2.4.3.3.Edit Track Details

- This provides a shortcut to the "Edit Track Details" dialog for editing the ID3 tag information for all tracks belonging to the album displayed.