Extended Summary Dialog

The Extended Summary dialog allows you to edit all available summary information about an audio file.

To display this dialog, choose Properties from the File menu, select the Summary tab, and click the Advanced button.

What do you want to learn more about?

Including or excluding Extended Summary information

Select the check box to include an Extended Summary information field with your file.

Notes:

Editing Extended Summary information

  1. Select an item in the Fields box.

  2. Enter or edit information in the Comments box.

  3. Click the OK button to return to the Properties dialog.

Loading default information

  1. Click the Load button. Sound Forge will ask you to confirm that you want to load default values

  2. Click the Yes button to replace all summary information with the default values.

Entering information for a Scott Studios system

  1. Click the Scott Info button. The Scott Studios Information dialog is displayed.

  2. Use the Scott Studios Information dialog to enter information about your media file.

  3. Click the OK button.

For more information about Scott Studios data, please refer to your Scott Studios documentation.

Setting new default summary information

  1. Edit the fields in the Extended Summary dialog as desired.

  2. Click the Default button. Sound Forge will ask you to confirm that you want to change the default values

  3. Click the Yes button to replace the default summary information with the values on the Extended Summary dialog.

This information will be used for all new files or when you click the Load button on the Properties dialog's Summary tab.

Extended Summary fields

Item

Description

IARL Archival Location

Indicates where the subject of the file is archived.

IART Artist

The artist of the original subject of the file.

ICMS Commissioned

The name of the person or organization that commissioned the subject of the file.

ICMT Comments

General comments about the file or the subject of the file. If the comment is several sentences long, end each sentence with a period. Do not include new-line characters.

ICOP Copyright

Copyright information for the file. For example, © Copyright 1999 Sonic Foundry, Inc. If there are multiple copyrights, separate them by a semicolon followed by a space.

ICRD Creation Date

The date the subject of the file was created. List dates in year-month-day format, padding one-digit months and days with a zero on the left. For example, 1964-03-02 for March 2, 1964.

ICRP Cropped

Describes whether an image or sound has been cropped and, if so, how it was cropped. For example, Third movement, first through fourth bars.

IDIM Dimensions

The size of the original subject of the file. For example, 8.5 in h, 11 in w.

IDPI Dots Per Inch

The dots-per-inch setting of the digitizer used to produce the file.

IENG Engineer

The name of the engineer who worked on the file. If there are multiple engineers, separate the names by a semicolon and a blank: Sayre, Jack; Feith, John.

IGNR Genre

Describes the classification of the original work.

IKEY Keywords

Separate multiple keywords with a semicolon and a blank: Madison; aerial view; scenery.

ILGT Lightness

Describes the changes in lightness settings on the digitizer required to produce the file. The format of this information depends on hardware used.

IMED Medium

Describes the format of the original subject of the file.

INAM Name/Title

The title of the subject of the file, such as Madison From Above.

IPLT Palette Setting

The number of colors requested when digitizing an image.

IPRD Product

The name of the title the file was originally intended for, such as Encyclopedia of Midwest Geography.

ISBJ Subject

Describes the contents of the file, such as Aerial view of Madison.

ISFT Software

The name of the software package used to create the file.

ISHP Sharpness

Identifies the changes in sharpness for the digitizer required to produce the file. The format of this information depends on the hardware used.

ISRC Source

The name of the person or organization who supplied the original subject of the file.

ISRF Source Form

The original form of the material that was digitized, such as slide, paper, map, and so forth. This is not necessarily the same as IMED.

ITCH Technician

The technician who digitized the file.

DISP Sound Scheme Title

Sets the title that is displayed for Microsoft Sound Systems.