Artist Image

In this window you can optionally define and manage Artist Images.  Artist Images provide a means of segmenting your Artists into groups according to their demand.  Once you have created two or more Artist Images, you can apply them to Artist Blocks to manage where they will appear in your schedules.

How Artist Image works

Accessing the Artist Image window

Features in the Artist Image window

Working with Artist Image

See also the Clock Artist Block window. Artist Block Clock Positions are created to select songs by the Artist Image attributes defined in this window.

 

Accessing this window

Click the Setup tab, and then the Artist Image tab, to open a window similar to this illustration, which has been edited to better fit in the Help window.

Click any area in the image for help

Click any area in the image for help

 

Features in this window

Toolbar

Find (CTRL+F)

List Pane

 

Artist Image Toolbar

From the Toolbar, you can Add a new Artist Image Name, Edit an Existing Artist Image Name, Delete an Artist Image Name, Save or Cancel your changes, and move Image Names up and down in order of importance.

 

Find (CTRL+F)

Pressing the CTRL+F will open the Find option allowing the user to do a "Smart Filter" find.  The Finder will search for results as they are typed.  The Find option is available in the Artist Image List pane, select the pane and press CTRL+F to open the Find option.

CTRL+F - Invokes the Find Panel.

ESC - Clears the search box. If the search box is empty, pressing ESC closes the Find Panel.

DOWN ARROW - Moves focus from the Find Panel to the grid's data area.

 

Artist Image List Pane

All Artist Images are listed in this pane. As each Image is added, GSelector automatically assigns a percentage range to each Artist Image, dividing the total percentage range equally between all the Artist Image Names. In the above example the three Artist Image Names have equal percentage ranges of 33%. If a fourth Artist Image Name is added, the ranges would become 25% for each Artist Image Name.

This Artist Image Names are sorted by the Maximum Percentage Range figure, in ascending or descending order. To assign a different order to an Artist Image name, select the name and use the Change list buttons.

 

Working with Artist Image

How Artist Image works

Artist Image in Artist Block

Add an Artist Image Name

Edit and Artist Image Name

Delete an Artist Image Name

ReOrder Artist Image list Order

The Process Described

 

How Artist Image works

GSelector analyses Artist Demand, working across all Dayparts. All Artists are then ranked by Demand, and assigned a value in percentage terms. The Clocks used to assess Artist Demand are those currently assigned in the default Clock Assignment grid. The Artist with lowest Demand is given an Artist Image value of 0%, and the Artist with highest Demand a value of 100%. In between these two extremes, the user defines ranges to create Artist Image values. In this window, you define as many Images as you need from within this percentage range. A typical Artist Image range could be values like:

0 - 33: Tertiary

34 - 66: Secondary

67 - 100: Power

The artists assigned to these ranges are automatically updated as songs move between Categories, or Clocks are adjusted, so altering Category Demand.

NOTE: If you don't care about using Artist Image to define the Artists used for Artist Block scheduling, assign one overall Artist Image.

 

Artist Image in Artist Block

When you insert a Clock Artist Block Position, GSelector will call for a song or songs for the Artist Block by the specific Artist Image defined in this window. See the Artist Image notes in the Working with Artist Block topic for full details.

 

Add a new Artist Image Name

 Click the Add button in the Toolbar to open the Define Artist Name Dialog box and add a New Artist Image Name.

 

Edit an existing Artist Image Name

In the Setup section Artist Image window, select an existing Artist Name in the List Pane, and click the Edit button in the Toolbar, or simply double-click the selected Image name to open the Define Artist Name Dialog box and edit the selected Artist Image Name.

 

Define Artist Image Name Dialog box

This window is opened when Adding or Editing an Artist Image Name. Type the desired Artist Image Name in the name field, and click OK. The dialog box closes, and the new or edited Artist Image Name is displayed in the Artist Image List Pane.

 

Delete an Artist Image Name

 Select a name in the Artist Image window list pane and click the Delete button. The Percentage Ranges for the remaining Artist Image Names automatically adjust to account for the removal of this Artist Image name.

 

Save changes

When you make any changes in this window, the Save button is activated in the Toolbar. Click the button to save your changes.

 

Cancel Changes

Click the Cancel button to re-read the original settings and return to the window to its last saved state.

 

Change Artist Image List Order


Select an Artist Image Name and click the up/down buttons in the toolbar to move the Artist Image up and down in the list. Remember to click the Save button to make the change permanent.

 

Implementing Artist Image : The Process Described

  1. Decide how many Artist Image names to use.
  2. Enter all the Artist Images names using the Define Artist Image name box.
  3. Adjust the priority of Artist Image Names if needed.
  4. Click the Save button in the Toolbar.
  5. If using Artist Block Clock Positions, specify the Artist Image to use when defining the Artist Block Clock Position.