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      id="image-storage">
  <info>
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    <desc>Downloading and saving captured images from the camera</desc>
  </info>
  <title>Image storage</title>

  <p>
    Whenever the <app>Entangle</app> application is connected to a camera it is
    constantly watching for any new images that are captured. It does not matter
    whether the camera is triggered by physically pressing the shutter button,
    or by electronically pressing the shutter button in the user interface.
    Whenever an image is captured, it will be immediately downloaded from the
    camera and saved into the current session directory. The first time
    <app>Entangle</app> is launched after initial installation, it will create
    a new session directory called <file>Capture</file> below the XDG <file>Pictures</file>
    directory. This is usually mapped to the path <file>$HOME/Pictures/Capture</file>.
  </p>

  <p>
    At the left hand edge of the main toolbar there is a drop down directory chooser
    which allows an alternative session directory to be selected or created. This
    function is also available via the <guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui><gui>Select Session</gui></guiseq> menu option or the <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq> keyboard
    shortcut.
  </p>

  <p>
    <app>Entangle</app> will scan the session directory to identify which files are
    images. It will then generate thumbnails for each image and display then in the
    scrolling film strip along the bottom of the main window. New images which are
    captured will be added to the film strip as they are downloaded.
  </p>
</page>
