Multimedia objects

Images and other multimedia objects are supported, linked to individuals and families, and images can be scanned directly into the program. In conformance with the GEDCOM standard, multimedia files may either be incorporated into the GEDCOM file, or only referenced within it. In the latter case, for convenience they should all be kept in the same folder; and when the GEDCOM file is copied, the multimedia files must be copied with it, separately.

If a GEDCOM file contains embedded multimedia objects, these will be extracted and saved to disk where possible when the file is loaded. The corresponding binary data will be removed, and references to it will be converted to refer instead to the external files, before display - this is the preferred method under the Gedcom specification. When the file is saved, the binary data may optionally be embedded into the file once more (this option is selected via the Preferences dialog).