Preview: Product Image Management Tool

Magento’s next release will feature an updated image management tool. In this video, we go through the process of uploading multiple images at once. Below is a breakdown of the fields in the page:

• Small - Used in category listing / wishlist, etc.
• Thumbnail - Used in shopping cart and related items.
• Main - Large product image (zoomed in).
• Custom Image - Currently not used in the default interface but may be used in customizations and future interfaces.
• Exclude - Excludes the image from the slideshow / more views functionality.
• Remove - Deletes the image from the collection.
• Label - Alt value for the image tag.
• Sort Order - The order in which the images are displayed in the slideshow / more views functionality.
  

The image sizes will be based on values that are set in the template tags and additional image locations may be set through a configuration file (more info on that later). Image resizing will be automated through the use of GD library.

It is important to note that image type and data should be specified for each store view.

Hope you like it!