with Ron Nichols

All about Albums and

Books

with Ron Nichols

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Why ProSelect for Album Building?

• Building is quick with just drag and drop

• Templates can have styles applied to change theme

• Templates can be scaled for many sizes

• Albums can duplicated

• Special effects can be added and removed

• Duplicate image warning

• Automated final production

• Systematic workflow

• Proofs and Slideshows from albums - w - w/o watermarks

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Elements of a Book/ Album

• Book Design (size parameters for output)

• Page Templates (placeholders for images)

• Styles and/or Photoshop overlays

• Cover (Layout)

• Output files

Composite vs Traditional Matted

• Composite - The whole page (images and graphic) are rendered as a single element

• Traditional Matted - Just the image is rendered to be slipped into a mat or physically mounted on a page

Book Design Templates > Edit Book Designs

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Book Design Templates > Edit Book Designs

Photographic Album

Note: Requires output as double page spreads

Joining and Splitting Pages

Joining Single-Page SpreadsSplitting Double-Page Spreads

Templates

• Create your own

• TimeExposure has template collections available for purchase

• Album companies and labs may offer

• Third-party designers (ProSelect Resources Pg)

Template Properties Templates > Edit Templates

• Templates are completely scaleable (without overlay)

• Can be created as Composite or TML

• Elements of a template

• Image Openings

• Graphic Blocks

• Overlays (can contain text that can be changed)

• Openings and GB can have varied opacities

Styles Templates > Edit Styles

• Styles are resolution independent until an image is added.

• Scale Photoshop Images for the largest template (usually about 3000px 3000px)

• Styles can be applied to any template

Styles

• Turned off on Graphic Blocks by default

• You can turn off styles on image openings

• Usually if the image bleeds to outside edge

• Borders, Spaces and Mats are absolute in size

Photoshop Overlay vs ProSelect Style

• Styles can be applied to any template

• Overlay (psd file) is linked to the template

• An Overlay (PSD or PNG) can contain transparency and have a Style applied underneath

Build a Template

Auto-Create Single-Image Per-Page Album

• Create an Image Set containing images for album

• Go to Working with Books Mode

• Choose Book Design (size parameters)

• Select Template Group

• Set Smart filtering to “One Image” Auto Rotate enabled (square albums)

• Select all Images, drag to template

• Choose Styles

• Production > Send Book to Production > Selected Book

• Run High - Res production

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Creating a Duplicate Book of another size and style

• Create another Book design with the dimensions of your smaller/larger book (under Templates menu) . This can be the same page shape or different

• While Working with Books, change to Thumbnail View and select an empty Book from the Thumbnail bar (one without a check mark in it)

• Assign your smaller/larger book's design to this book Select the Book to be copied from in the Thumbnail bar.

• Select all the pages in that book using Control-A (on PC) or Cmd-A (on Mac).

• Drag all the pages and drop them onto the icon for the new book while holding the Alt/Option key down. The page sizes (page layouts) will be adjusted to the new book's size*. (Holding the Alt/Option key down tells ProSelect to make a duplicate of all the pages rather than just moving them to the other book.)

• Select the second book again and check all pages are correct. If the second Book's pages are a different shape some cropping adjustment might be required if the openings have been stretched to fit - do this is cropping view.

• Change Styles if desired.

• Send Book to Production > Selected Book”

• Production > Produce High-Res Images Knowledge Base Article

Create Multi-Image Album• Create an Image Set containing images for album

• Go to Working with Books Mode, thumbnail view

• Choose Book Design (size parameters)

• Select Template Group

• Set Smart filtering to “No. of Openings and Orientation” Auto Rotate enabled (square albums)

• Expand Image list

• Set Auto-Hide, Selected book

• Select images from Image List for page, drag and drop on template

• Double-click page to open

Create Multi-Image Album Continued

• Move images in openings, crop, apply custom effects

• Continue building pages

• Rearrange order if needed

• Choose Styles

• Join double page spreads if necessary

• Production > Send Book to Production > Selected Book

• Run High - Res production

Build Album/ Book

Changing a Book Design after the Album is built

http://www.timeexposure.com/support_center_kb.php?action=article&id=337&relid=22

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Additional Help

•ProSelect Reference Manual •Training area at TimeExposure.com •Knowledge Base