File Not Found

Filename:

We recommend that you update the default path in project settings to the folder which contains this image.

A temporary fix is to use browser's file selector to manually locate and add this file. We do not recommend this approach because it requires you to repeat this process every time your load this project in the VIA application.

• To start annotation, select images (or, add images from URL or absolute path) and draw regions
• Use attribute editor to define attributes (e.g. name) and annotation editor to describe each region (e.g. cat) using these attributes.
• Remember to save your project before closing this application so that you can load it later to continue annotation.
• For help, see the Getting Started page and pre-loaded demo: image annotation and face annotation.

A more detailed user guide (with screenshots and descriptions) is available here.

1. Load Images: The first step is to load all the images that you wish to annotate. There are multiple ways to add images to a VIA project. Choose the method that suits your use case.
   • Method 1: Selecting local files using browser's file selector
     1. Click Project → Add local files
     2. Select desired images and click Open
   • Method 2: Adding files from URL or absolute path
     1. Click Project → Add files from URL
     2. Enter URL and click OK
   • Method 3: Adding files from list of url or absolute path stored in text file
     1. Create a text file containing URL and absolute path (one per line)
     2. Click Project → Add url or path from text file
     3. Select the text file and click Open
2. Draw Regions: Select a region shape (rectangle, circle, ellipse, polygon, point, polyline) from the left sidebar and draw regions as follows:
   • Rectangle, Circle and Ellipse
     • Press left mouse button, drag mouse cursor and release mouse button.
     • To define a point inside an existing region, click inside the region to select it (if not already selected), now press left mouse button, drag and release to draw region inside existing region.
     • To select, click inside the region. If the click point contains multiple regions, then clicking multiple times at that location shuffles selection through those regions.
   • Point
     • Click to define points.
     • To draw a region inside existing region, click inside the region to select it (if not already selected), now click again to define the point.
     • To select, click on (or near) the existing point.
   • Polygon and Polyline
     • Click to define vertices.
     • Press [Enter] to finish drawing the region or press [Esc] to cancel.
     • If the first vertex needs to be defined inside an existing region, click inside the region to select it (if not already selected), now click again to define the vertex.
     • To select, click inside the region. If the click point contains multiple regions, then clicking multiple times at that location shuffles selection through those regions.
3. Create Annotations: For a more detailed description of this step, see Creating Annotations : VIA User Guide. Click the View → Toggle attributes editor to show attributes editor panel in left sidebar and add the desired file or region attributes (e.g. name). Now click View → Toggle annotations editor to show the annotation editor panel in the bottom side. Update the annotations for each region.
4. Export Annotations: To export the annotations in json or csv format, click Annotation → Export annotations in top menubar.
5. Save Project: To save the project, click Project → Save in top menubar.

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