Yes, I tried that. The trouble is that the image doesn't seem to be readable so I wasn't able to make that work. Thanks for the suggestion all the same.
Perhaps Logic Pro is not optimised for being a multimedia notebook. I mean, it already tackles a huge range of tasks as a DAW and that is the thing that it we should it expect it to do well.[1]
Is embedding the image in a Logic Pro project much more efficient than simply saving the image in the project’s folder (or its enclosing folder)?
Alternatively, save all photographs of the settings for each piece of hardware in the same place (folder or application, as you wish), and label the photograph with a unique identifier that you can include in the notes for the Logic Pro project. Then, if you wish to reuse a hardware setting in a subsequent project, you will know where to find it.
I had, in particular, Curio in mind here, since that is an application that I use. All the notes for the Logic Pro project, including “patch” photos, could be kept in a Curio project alongside the Logic Pro project. One might have a KM macro, for use within Logic Pro, that would open any corresponding Curio project (with the same name, or that is in a standard relative file path, perhaps).
I don’t think that’s what I would do (I think that I prefer the idea of keeping the “patch” photographs of any one piece of hardware in one pool), and I am just throwing in an example of how KM can, of course, be used to provide synergy between Logic Pro and other applications.
I save as projects, not project folders. I accept your point that Logic isn't designed as a photo archiving utility, but if I can view the image via the * Display System Clipboard* action, I think it's reasonable to think there might be other ways to access it. The workflow benefits of having the images right there on-screen in the project and being able to take them directly with my iPhone warrant at least a little investigation.
I have some ideas about another way of doing this, but 'route A to goal' would be to access the images I already have.
I've discovered I can paste the image into TextEdit and then zoom out. Maybe that'll do for now.
Being mindful of that possibility is why I mentioned “or its enclosing folder”.
“Multimedia notebook” was my point. That’s what that section of Logic Pro is trying to be, allowing a mix of images and text.
I wouldn’t say that it was under your nose—Apple made that menu invisible, the fools. It’s such a fiddly little target to click on, too, with no keyboard shortcut. That is appalling UI design, but, should it annoy you too, it’s just time for another KM macro, of course!
I mean, it already tackles a huge range of tasks as a DAW and that is the thing that it we should it expect it to do well.
