Upload and Organize Assets
Add your own pictures to Assets and file them in folders, so the right one is easy to find from any canvas.
Before you start
- Open the Assets page: in the sidebar of your canvas library, click Assets.
- Only image files are uploaded. Anything else you pick or drop is skipped.
The whole flow
Watch it once from upload to a filled folder, or click a step under the replay to jump to it.
4 stepsUpload pictures and file them in a folder
Upload pictures
Click the Upload tile at the start of the grid, or Upload at the top of the page, and pick one or more pictures. You can also drag image files from your computer onto the grid; it shows Drop images to upload.
New pictures arrive first in the grid, and Gavana confirms with a message such as Saved 2 images to Assets.
Create a folder
On the Recent tab, the Folders row sits above the grid. Click New folder, type a name, and click Create.
You can also start a folder from the ⋯ menu at the end of the toolbar (New folder), or from the Collections menu.
Pick what goes in
A bar appears at the bottom saying Select assets to add to, followed by the folder name. Click each picture you want in it. Select visible picks everything on the page.
Add them to the folder
Click Add to followed by the folder name in the bar. Gavana confirms with a message such as 2 assets moved to Beach shoot, and the folder card shows its new count.
Click a folder card to open the folder. All assets takes you back.
More you can do
Move assets between folders
- Drag: drag a tile onto a folder card in the Folders row, or onto a folder in the Collections menu. If the tile is selected, every selected asset moves with it.
- One asset: open its ⋯ menu, choose Move to folder, then a folder. No folder takes it out; New folder… makes a folder and moves it there at once.
- Several: tick them, then click Move to folder in the bar.
An asset sits in one folder at a time. Elements don’t go in folders; put them in collections instead.
Group assets in collections
Collections cut across folders. An item can be in up to 24 collections, and a collection can hold images, prompts and Elements.
- Create one: click Collections at the end of the tabs, then the + next to the Collections heading (Create collection). Type a name and click Create. Gavana opens the new, empty collection.
- Add to one: open an asset’s ⋯ menu, point at Collections and click a collection. A tick shows the asset is in it; click again to take it out. New collection… in the same list makes a new one.
- Open, rename or delete: in the Collections menu, click a collection’s name to open it. Hover it for the pencil (rename) and the bin (delete).
CollectionsPut a picture in a collection
Deleting a collection only removes the grouping: Gavana asks Delete collection? and confirms that its images, prompts and Elements remain in Assets.
Mark favorites
Hover a picture and click the heart, or choose Add to favorites from its ⋯ menu. The Favorites tab shows only these. Elements can’t be marked as favorites.
Add tags
Open an asset’s ⋯ menu and choose Edit tags. Type a tag and press Enter or a comma, add as many as you like, then click Save. Search finds assets by their tags.
Rename or delete an asset
- Rename: choose Rename from the ⋯ menu, type the new name and click Rename.
- Delete: choose Delete from the ⋯ menu, then Delete in Delete asset?. To delete several, tick them and click the bin in the bar.
Deleting removes the asset from your library only. Pictures already placed on canvases, and the stored image files, are kept.
Save a prompt
Open the Prompts tab and click Save prompt. Write or paste the prompt and click Save prompt. Gavana confirms with Prompt saved to Assets, and the prompt is ready to copy or add to any canvas.
To keep a whole prompt list as a pack, select the prompt list on a canvas, open Assets, go to Prompts and click Save current list as Pack.
Bring in pictures from Google Drive
In the Assets panel on a canvas, open the ⋯ menu at the end of the toolbar and choose Google Drive. If needed, Gavana first asks you to connect your Google account. Pick pictures from your Drive, and Gavana saves them to Assets.