Managing Portfolio Artworks
The Artworks tab is where you decide which artworks belong in the portfolio and how they should be presented.
Adding artworks
Section titled “Adding artworks”Use the search field at the top of the tab to add content to the portfolio.
You can search for:
- individual artworks
- categories
If you add a category, Artlope adds the artworks from that category that are not already in the portfolio.
This is useful when your portfolio should focus on one series, project, or theme.
Selected and available artworks
Section titled “Selected and available artworks”The tab is split into two main areas:
- artworks already
In portfolio - artworks that are still
Available
Use Add to include an artwork.
Use Remove to take it back out of the portfolio.
Ordering artworks
Section titled “Ordering artworks”The selected artworks appear in the order they will be used in the document.
You can change the order by dragging artworks into place.
This matters because the portfolio often reads as a sequence. You may want to start with a strong opening image, group similar works together, or lead the viewer through a project in a specific way.
Per-artwork portfolio settings
Section titled “Per-artwork portfolio settings”Click a selected artwork to open its portfolio information dialog.
There you can adjust how that artwork appears in the document.
Description
Section titled “Description”You can add a custom portfolio description for the artwork.
If the Description artwork field is enabled in the configuration, Artlope uses this text in the portfolio for that artwork.
This is useful when you want shorter or more context-specific text than the full artwork description.
Additional images
Section titled “Additional images”You can select extra images for an artwork, in addition to its primary image.
These can be useful for:
- detail views
- installation views
- alternate angles
- process images
You can choose up to 6 additional images per artwork.
The artwork’s primary image stays the main image. Additional images only appear if the Additional images field is enabled in the portfolio configuration.
Other artworks
Section titled “Other artworks”Instead of additional images, you can also link up to 2 other artworks to the selected artwork.
This is useful when one entry in the portfolio should point to related works rather than extra views of the same work.
For example, you might want to show:
- two companion works
- a diptych split across records
- a related piece from the same body of work
When other artworks are linked this way, additional image selection is disabled for that artwork.
Filtering while you work
Section titled “Filtering while you work”The search field also helps you narrow long artwork lists while you are assembling the portfolio.
If you are building a focused document for a submission, this makes it easier to compare only the relevant works before deciding what to include.