Introduction

Vmedia stores one file on disk and lets many galleries and models reference it.

Concept	Meaning
Media item	Logical asset (image, video, file) + metadata
Folder	Container in the gallery tree
Album	Holds media; can be public / default upload target
Attachment	Morph link from your Eloquent model into the vault
Plugin vault root	Reserved folder tree for a companion package

PHP GD with JPEG support is required for thumb conversions.