Characters: Images
October 20, 2024 vers. 1.0
Overview
Images help you tell your story in ways that text can't.
- Add images to your Characters to help you visualize your Characters and to motivate you.
- Images bring us closer to our stories.
- Storyfyre allows you to either use an image link or to upload an image to your Storyfyre area and will use the image from either place.
- This allows you to choose and easily display your very own images from your own cloud directory or your own cloud storage, or from your Storyfyre area cloud storage.
- Adding images makes writing your stories better.
Using Storyfyre you can create any kind of story faster, better. And enjoy writing.
What this Tutorial Covers
Basics
When you are ready, add/edit images for your characters in the Character Edit Panel:
- Add images to your Characters and Characters View/Characters Bible.
- Edit existing images on your Characters and Characters View.
- Use images in your Characters and Characters Bible.
- Use Character images in your Story Mood board. (Available in a future version.)
- Use Character images in your Story.
Get Started
There are two ways to add/edit images for a character on the Characters.
- Click/Tap(mobile) on the default 'Add Image' image or on the current character image - Opens add/edit image area on the Character Edit Panel to add/edit the character image.
- Or Click/Tap Character Name - Opens Character Edit Panel. Scroll down to add/edit image area on the Character Edit Panel.
Both open the add/edit image area on the Character Edit Panel.
On the Edit Panel's add/edit image area there are two ways to add/edit your images for a character.
You can use the built in Storyfyre image selection upload for your image or add an image link, both explained in the areas below.
On the add/edit image area on the Character Edit Panel:
- You can use the built in Storyfyre image selection upload for your image.
- This allows you to select and upload from a local image on your device for your character.
- The images are hosted inside your Storyfyre software.
- This displays your character image on any of your devices using Storyfyre.
- An uploaded image file for a character will replace the current character image file that is there.
- An uploaded image must be less than 3mb. Storyfyre does not save the original image, so make sure to backup/save any original images locally to you.
- Or you can set an image link to display an image on your character.
- This allows you to choose and easily display an image from your own cloud directory or your own cloud storage.
- You can host images free online at Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and any other image hosting as well as your own cloud/online areas.
- This displays your character image on any of your devices using Storyfyre.
How To Use: Storyfyre Cloud Storage
Use the integrated automated Storyfyre cloud storage in your Storyfyre software.
- Click/tap the gray Upload Image area on the Character Edit Panel.
- Select the image you want for your character.
- Image automatically displays in your character.
Alternatively you can also drag and drop images from your device into the gray Upload Image area on the Character Edit Panel.
Image hosting is a part of the WriterStat Cloud Storage and Software Extras.
To delete an image select the remove button above the image area in the Upload Image area on the Character Edit Panel or if using an image link to display an image delete the image link.
An uploaded image will always take display precedence and be the default image displayed. To display images from Image links the uploaded image must be empty or have been removed.
An uploaded image for a character will replace the current character image that is there.
How To Use: Free Cloud Storage
Storyfyre gives you the choice to use your own personal online cloud areas and image storage areas for hosting your images to keep costs low for the software to you.
- Use an image link on the Character Edit Panel.
- Set the image link in the Add Image (Link/URL) input box for the image that you want for your character.
- Image automatically displays in your character.
- This allows you to choose and easily display your images from your own cloud directory or your own cloud storage.
- You can host images free online at Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and any other image hosting as well as your own cloud/online areas. Drop us a note, we can help.
- You can get the image link from the cloud storage or cloud image hosting that you use.
- The image link will be a direct link to your image from your cloud or image hosting. Which will allow display.
- Place the image link in the Add Image (Link/URL) text box. And you are done.
- You can have unlimited character image links.
- It's quick and easy and it allows you to keep all your images and backups together in your own storage.
- To remove an image link, remove the image link in the Add Image (Link/URL) input box on the Character Edit Panel.
Limits
Let us know of any limits within the Characters: Images, that you discover and we'll include them in the next update.
We'll be adding Story Mood Boards, Character Mood Boards, and Story Settings Mood Boards in the next version.
We'll be adding the ability to use Character images in your Story Mood Boards, Character Mood Boards, and Story Settings Mood Boards in the next version.
We are currently working on the remove button above the upload image area in the Upload Image area, it should be available shortly. Until it is, uploaded images can only be replaced by another uploaded image.
Storyfyre is growing daily, let us know what we can include. We appreciate your help.