The Thumbnail View

Introduction to the Thumbnail View

By default Helium Music Manager displays your tracks as a detailed list of items within the track list just as in the Windows Explorer.

However Helium Music Manager can also let you browse the contents in the track list as individual albums in a thumbnail mode.
 
The thumbnails mode can be used from the following views in Helium Music Manager:

• The Music Library
• The Artist Browser
• The Album Browser
• The Playlist Browser
• The Search View

Using the Thumbnail View

Switch to the thumbnail mode by selecting either View | Thumbnails from the main menu or by selecting the Thumbnails tab located just below the Track List.

 

Any previously listed items in the Track List will now be shown as album thumbnails.

The albums' thumbnails are shown together with a release type icon, a rating, as well as a caption displaying the album's name and which artist has produced it. You can adjust the size of the thumbnails by rightclicking in the thumbnail view and select Thumbnail Size and one of the sizes from its submenu. The following thumbnails sizes are available:

• 128*128 pixels

• 96*96 pixels

• 64*64 pixels

The Thumbnail View context menu

By right clicking in the thumbnail view you can reach many useful functions. The context menu in the thumbnail view is listed below:
 

• Pictures
• Add/Update Picture
• Edit Original Picture
• Reload Picture
• Remove Picture
• View Original Picture
• Album Cover Manager
• Load Album Picture from Tags
• Save Album Picture to Tags
• Save Album Picture to Album Folder
• Tools
• Edit Tags (Spreadsheet Mode)
• Edit Tags
• Rename Files
• Burn Audio CD
• Analyze MP3 Files
• Edit Album Review
• Rename Album
• Set Rating
  • Awesome
  • Below Awesome
  • Very Good
  • Below Very Good
  • Good
  • Below Good
  • Poor
  • Below Poor
  • Bad
  • Terrible
• Set Release Type
  • Single/Maxi/EP
  • Album
  • Anthology
  • Bootleg
  • Sampler
  • Soundtrack
  • Live Performance
  • Compilation
  • Audio Book
  • Sound Effects
  • No Release Type
• Browse & Search
  • Browse in Music Library
  • Browse Artist In Music Library
  • Browse Album In Music Library
  • Browse Genre In Music Library
  • Browse Publisher In Music Library
  • Browse Release Year In Music Library
  • Browse Folder In Music Library
  • Browse Artist In Artist Browser
  • Browse Album In Album Browser
  • Browse in Music Information Browser
  • Browse Artist in Music Information Browser
  • Browse Album in Music Information Browser
  • Browse Genre in Music Information Browser
  • Browse Publisher in Music Information Browser
  • Browse Release Year in Music Information Browser
  • Explore Source Folder
• Grouping
• No Grouping
• Group By Artist
• Group By Album
• Group By Publisher
• Group By Total CDs
• Group By Rating
• Group By Release Type
• Group By Release Year
• Thumbnail Size
• 128*128 Pixels
• 96*96 Pixels
• 64*64 Pixels
• Download Album Information
• Enqueue and Play
• Enqueue Next
• Enqueue Last
• Details
• Thumbnails (Active and not selectable)

Grouping albums in the Thumbnail View

Helium Music Manager allows you to group the albums, shown in thumbnail mode, in several different ways.

Grouping is very useful when you need to browse/work with only a subset of the resulting albums, but still need to keep the entire contents visible.

Each group can be collapsed and expanded by simply clicking the (+) or (-) button to the left of the group caption.