there is no way to override the photographer name or credit in Featured Media the way you can do it in in-line images. The only thing you can do in Featured Media is edit the photo data. It's confusing to the user to have to do it 2 different ways and also we would like to preserve the original data
Lynda Finley
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We shipped this with the original release of Composer 2.0 in 2024!
Wow this was two years ago and I just asked our rep about this possibility. I've heard of a workaround solution. It's not ideal, but we are thinking about doing the work to make it happen because of the production efficiency. For us, it's mainly if we spot errors or a missing source, it's most efficient to be ably to correct it while composing the story.
I've learned that other arc customers make backend logic that within Composer> composer tab, the first image selected inline is the lead article image, However, reader-facing that first inline image is suppressed so there are no duplicates (i.e. as the lead image and as the first inline image) allowing users to add and edit lead article meta data while composing the story. The basic image for promo blocks et al. still added to Featured Media tab.
any update on this?
the people putting images in a story are not photo editors and we do not want them to update the photo data in Photo Center - and it is clumsy to do that because you must edit the data, save the composer story and refresh to get the data loaded (which is not visible and is not an intuitive step)
Hi, any update on this feature?
any update on when this will be available?
We would definitely prefer an override to edit access. That's what bugs us now about featured media - it doesn't act the same as inline photos and you can't even see the credit field in featured media without editing the image. Which also makes you refresh if you were forced to edit the image in Photo Center or you don't see the change you just made. The people putting inline and featured media are not the photo staff - it is normal reporters and editors.
Hi Lynda - what type of users typically add featured media vs. inline media? Are they story editors?
The question here seems to be whether edit, or an override is better for your workflow.
I can potentially see the value of being able to one-click and redirect to Photo Center in order to edit photos (whether in featured media or in-line) IF the user inputting the featured media/inline media is a user who works in media. However, if an editor is the one adding the media, then perhaps we do not want them to edit the actual (original) media data. These are my assumptions. What are your thoughts?
Thanks!