# Control On Selection Of Posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** photos-library, metadata, photos-app\ **Created:** [May 28, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420 "2025-05-28T14:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LeviDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@LeviDavis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/LeviDavis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420/1 "2025-05-28T14:59:27Z")
I have my three different libraries set up to contain a mix of Photos & Videos. This does NOT pertain just to Mac but to all Media Servers in general. Normally, I select one image to be placed at the beginning of each folder to represent easily what the folder will contain. When generating a new library and/or updating a folder, I am nor sure how posters are selected, but normally, they do not pick up on the first image in the folder. What I would like to see is a change to allow us to indicate which poster I would like the ‘Scan Library Files’ to choose without having to manually select them myself. This would save a LOT of time. I believe that could be done by adding these features. 1. Select #\_\_\_ image in each folder (you would enter a number in the field. example ‘ **Select #1 image in each folder** ’ would select the first image in each folder). 2. If a poster has already been select, don’t change it. 3. Reset all posters. Having these options available would GREATLY reduce time spent manually doing this, but still give you a chance to reset the posters at any time. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420/2 "2025-05-28T15:48:10Z")
Is this about a photo library (with photos and videos), or are you talking about a movie/tv library and refer to the poster files as „photos“? I was under the impression that Plex is already picking the 1st cover image if multiple local media assets are specified in a movie / show folder (e.g. `cover.jpg`, `cover-2.jpg`…), if you follow the naming schema for local media assets (not the 1st random image file). [https://support.plex.tv/articles/200220677-local-media-assets-movies/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200220677-local-media-assets-movies/) ---
**Author:** ![LeviDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@LeviDavis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/LeviDavis)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420/3 "2025-05-28T19:13:27Z")
Sorry, this is about Photos & Videos. Movies, TV & Music don’t need this. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420/4 "2025-05-28T20:50:24Z")
Just thought it’s worth mentioning there’s already two related (though, different) suggestions to improve the handling of key photos - [Conveniently choose photo album thumbail from album's own photos](https://forums.plex.tv/t/conveniently-choose-photo-album-thumbail-from-albums-own-photos/175562) → user interface to pick one photo as key photo - [Support for cover picture for folders in Photo library](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-for-cover-picture-for-folders-in-photo-library/654441) → support for local media assets as separate cover/poster pics stored alongside your photos (though, separate) ---
**Author:** ![LeviDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@LeviDavis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/LeviDavis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420/5 "2025-05-29T01:56:08Z")
Both of these articles do not make it any easier to preselect posters based on the parameters that I have suggested. Certainly, if I wanted to change the poster of a folder that used my suggested picks, I could still do that, but why require manual selection in the first place. In my three Plex Media server, I contain over ½ million photographs/videos with in hundreds of folders by year, month and day (and even several events in a single day) dating back to the 1920-30s. I would NOT like to have to select manually posters for any of the these folders like I am forced to do now. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/control-on-selection-of-posters/920420/6 "2025-05-29T07:30:12Z")
Understood. That’s why I wrote they’re somewhat related but different… and didn’t suggest to merge them. 😉