2017-08-04T17:19:39+01:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464 AUGW info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ 2017-07-24T11:01:34+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6942 Rick Churchill info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ The iMovie cover image shown within the iMovie for each project seem randomly chosen and I haven't bothered to correct them to a meaningful image until now but with one of my videos the chosen frame is within a transition and it looks awful, I've trawled the internet for a solution without much success. (There is a solution to an earlier version of iMovie by moving the cursor across the image in the Sharing window) Also the image chosen for the file icon I would like to change. There is a posted answer to use Get Info and paste a new image into the Preview window but I have had no success trying to do this. Has anyone come up with a solution to what ought to be a menu option? I don't mind delving into the guts of the machine and substituting files if I knew where to look but I've been unable to find the relevant folder. 2017-07-24T23:34:57+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6943 Tony Still info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Hi Rick, Changing the file icon is a standard macOS function described here. It's similar in principle to what you described but that's either muddled or out-of-date. Note that it refers to the file icon at the top of the Info window. The iMovie one is interesting. I think you can set the Poster frame in Quicktime but that probably wouldn't affect what's inside iMovie. 2017-07-26T09:59:59+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6945 Rick Churchill info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I was trying to use the preview image to copy and paste rather than the icon. (The preview image shows a different image to the icon) Anyway have successfully copied an image. Now I have an generic PNG icon. I'll try closing all the windows and re-starting the computer. 2017-07-26T10:15:40+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6946 Rick Churchill info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ When I said above that the preview image shows a different image to the icon I meant the icon in the folder. The icons showing at the top of the information panels are generic icons. Re-starting the computer has had no effect, the icon showing in the folder is still a PNG generic icon. 2017-07-26T23:15:44+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6948 Tony Still info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Can't follow what you've done. To summarise: * To change the icon image for a file that is shown in the Finder * Get the new image onto the clipboard (e.g. you could use a screen grab) * Open the Get Info window for the file * Select the (generic) image at the top of the Get Info window * Paste your new image The image shown for the movie within iMovie - dunno yet. 2017-08-02T10:50:51+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6960 Rick Churchill info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Got it! I was copying and pasting the icon at the top left of the info panel when the one I was pasting from (the source) was shown as a generic icon (even though the icon on the desktop was showing what was inside the file). When I pasted it onto the destination file's info panel icon it replaced the existing image with a generic icon. When I opened the source image in preview and copied it onto the clipboard then, when I pasted it over the destination icon in the info panel it all worked well. Weird that the source file (a screenshot PNG file) shows a miniature image on the desktop but in the information file the icon at the top left is a generic image. Thanks. 2017-08-04T17:19:39+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/1464#6969 Tony Still info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I suspect that you had the Finder window set to "Show Icon Preview" that shows a preview of the file's contents instead of its icon. This setting is in Finder's View options (on the View menu or Cmd-J). That would explain why you got a generic icon to paste to replace a generic icon...