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Series and Blueprint Browser

From the left-hand navigation menu, new Series and Blueprints can be manually added and imported to TitleCardMaker. When on the home page, the Add New sub-menu will appear. This can also be accessed from the search bar (top-left corner, or hitting the S key) and clicking the bottom Search for ... result.

This page is separated into two sections, the Series browser - where new Series can be search for and added; and the Blueprints browser - where all Blueprint submissions can be viewed, filtered, and imported.

Adding Multiple Series

If you are adding multiple Series (especially with the same Title Card configuration, or first a first-time setup) it is recommended to set up a Sync, as this automates the process.

Browse Series

After typing the name of the Series you're looking to add, select the applicable Connection to search. The default is to search your global Episode Data Source, but it is largely irrelevant which Connection you browse (as TCM uses them all). Click Search.

Browsing Series Browsing Series

Unclickable Results

Results which have already been imported will not be clickable, and will appear greyed out. See the first result above.

After the results have been populated, you are able to select any number of libraries or Templates. Of course these can also be changed later by going to the Series page itself. After making your selections, clicking any result will add that Series to TitleCardMaker.

Browse Blueprints

Blueprints

Blueprints are described in much greater detail here.

Below the Series browser is the Blueprints browser. From here, you can view the Blueprint submissions for all Series. These can be sorted by (Blueprint) release date and Series name. There are also two filter options which adjust which Blueprints are displayed:

  • Only show Blueprints for Series which you have already added to TCM
  • Display Blueprints which you have already imported

The Blueprint themselves can be interacted with in various ways:

  • If the Blueprint has more than one example Card, these can be cycled through by clicking the image.
  • Click the Blueprint Name to search your TitleCardMaker server for that Series.
  • Click the creator's name to show all Blueprints by that creator (or those creators)
  • If there are multiple Blueprints for that Series, a small number icon will appear - clicking this will filter the Blueprint browser by that Series' name.
  • Click the icon to add the Blueprint to TCM
  • Click the icon to remove the Blueprint from this list. However, this Blueprint will still be visible if browsing Blueprints by Series.
  • Some Blueprints may be a part of a Set. This is described here.

Refreshing Blueprints

For performance reasons, TitleCardMaker caches the Blueprints database and only re-downloads it every few hours. However, if you want to force a reload of the database, you can right click the Browse Blueprints button.