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Reviewing Identifications

Use filters and other tools to quickly review and validate the object identifications suggested by Wildlife Insights' AI model. 

Sorting images

By default, images are sorted by Date taken. You can also sort images by the Upload date or Last Modified (the latter is only available in the Catalogued tab).

To change the sort by ascending or descending date, click the green arrow next to the sort options text. 

Sort options in the Identify tab

Screenshot of the Identify tab of a Project page showing the filter options

Sort options in the Catalogued tab

Using filters

Filters make it easy to focus on a smaller subset of images, whether by deployment, species identification or blanks. You can filter images with these options:

 

Screenshot of the More filters options for the Identify tab of a Project page

Changing the size of the thumbnail image

By default, images are displayed in a small grid format. To increase the size of the thumbnail image, select the icon with four squares next to Grid size.

Change the number of images displayed per page

Select the number of images displayed on each page. Scroll to the bottom of the Identify or Catalogued page, and, on the left side of the screen, you'll find a drop-down menu with options to view 20, 50, 100, or 200 images per page.

Reviewing identifications

All images reviewed and assigned an object identification by artificial intelligence will have a gold marker in the top right-hand corner of the image. Blank images will have an X marker in the upper right corner. Images with an hourglass icon in the upper right corner indicate images still in the queue to be identified by the AI model.
 

Screenshot of the images uploaded in the Identify tab showing the markers for images reviewed and assigned an object identificat

To review an image, click on the thumbnail. A screen will open displaying a larger preview of the image. To the right of the image, you’ll see:

Screenshot of Identify Image window showing image identification details

Approving and editing identifications

 

Screenshot of the Identify Image accept, edit or mark blank options
Screenshot of the Identify Image edit options

Adjust the brightness, contrast or saturation of an image

If your images are too dark, too light, or anything in between, you can use the Edit Photo tools to get a clearer picture of what’s in an image. On the top of the identification panel, click the Edit Photo tab and adjust the sliders for brightness, contrast or saturation or choose one of the presets available.

Screenshot of the Edit Photo options to adjust brightness, contrast and saturation

Edit image timestamp

You can fix incorrect date/time stamps caused by camera failures or metadata issues. Navigate to the Metadata tab of any individual image and click Edit to change the date and time taken. You can apply the new date/time to the single image or update the date/time for all images within the same deployment. WARNING! For the latter, the timestamps of ALL OTHER IMAGES in the deployment will shift proportionally. 

Favorite, or Highlight an image

When you’re viewing an image in the large preview mode, you can easily flag it as a favorite so you can quickly access it later! In the identification panel, click on the star icon above the word Highlight.

Note: All highlighted images will be available publicly on the Explore page.

Screenshot of highlight favorite image button

Shortcut keys

You can use these shortcut keys to review images quickly:

Windows/Chrome OS/Linux

macOS

Action

Ctrl+E

Cmd+E

Edit identification

Ctrl+B

Cmd+B

Mark as blank

Ctrl+A

Cmd+A

Accept identification

Ctrl+F

Cmd+F

Apply the last saved identification

Ctrl+Y

Cmd+Y

Accept bounding boxes

Ctrl+S

Cmd+S

Save changes

Ctrl+H

Cmd+H

Highlight an image

Right arrow

Right arrow

Move to the next image or group

Left arrow

Left arrow

Move to the previous image or group

Ctrl+Right arrow

Cmd+Right arrow

Move to the next image within a burst

Ctrl+Left arrow

Cmd+Left arrow

Move to the previous image within a burst

Up arrow

Up arrow

Zoom in

Down arrow

Down arrow

Zoom out

Bulk actions

Quickly select multiple images in the thumbnail view by using these common shortcuts:

Windows/Chrome OS/Linux

macOS

Action

Ctrl+A

Cmd+A

Select all images on a page

Ctrl+click

Cmd+click

Add or remove from a selection

Click and drag over

Click and drag over

Select multiple images by drawing a selection box over multiple thumbnails

Shift+click

Shift+click

Select a range of images by shift+clicking on one thumbnail, then Shift+clicking on another to select all images in between them

Each image selected will display a white circle in the top left-hand corner of the thumbnail image. Once images are selected in thumbnail view, a green bar will appear at the bottom of the screen, where you can:

Using Bursts

In many instances, groups of images are taken within a short time frame from one another. These sets of images may include the same individual animals or objects. In this case, assigning the same identification to the entire set of images (called bursts in Wildlife Insights) at once can save a lot of time!

You can view images in Burst mode by entering a time interval in the Burst field. Enter any number of seconds from 0 to 600. The number of seconds refers to the time between an image and a subsequent image. For example, if a Burst selection of 30 seconds is entered, all images taken within 30 seconds of the subsequent image will be grouped together. 

The number of images within a burst will be displayed in a red circle in the top right-hand corner of an image. Click on a burst group to view the images within that burst.

Screenshot of the bursts option in the Identify tab of a Project page

Once the burst opens, you’ll see all of the images in the burst in a small thumbnail preview. Let’s review the major components of this interface: 

Screenshot of an image burst in thumbnail preview mode

Edit an existing identification in a burst

Screenshot of image burst showing the edit existing identification options

Bulk selections within a burst

Screenshot o an image burst showing the bulk select and edit options

Single image view within a burst

You can double-click on any image to view a large preview of the image. Within this screen, you can edit the image identification as needed. Note: if you save the identification in this single image preview, the image will be moved to the Catalogued page, and the rest of the burst will remain.

Reviewing progress in bursts