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5. Select the Tile Layout for how the border appears: once, tiled with the same photo, or tiled for use with different photos.
6. Select the Orientation: best fit, landscape, or portrait.
7. Select the Placement.
8. If you want to add or edit text, select Use default border text. Select Edit
Default Border Text to view and enter new text. A template must have text
included for this option to be available.
9. Select OK.
10. This template will always be automatically applied to this product.
Services: Select to add or remove existing services to a product. You must have
created services for options to be available.
Adding Digital Delivery Products
A Digital Delivery Product lets a photographer select an entire catalog or specific photos in a catalog and within just a few clicks, send the images to CD/DVD or file.
Preview thumbnails,
Watermarks, slideshows complete with music, and any additional files can be added to the digital media.
In order to sell your digital media, you need to set up a package to add to your package groups. This will allow you to easily add a Digital Media option to your shopping cart for a CD you will be creating locally. The Digital Delivery Product can be assigned as its own package or added as an additional item to an existing package.
To add as a Package:
1. Select Add Product.
2. Assign the package a unique name and price.
3. Select OK to save.
4. Select the new package and select [Add Item].
5. Select Digital Delivery Products from the Print Group dropdown list.
6. To customize this product, select [Edit Item] to change any of the components
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There are four components for creating a digital delivery product: General, Slideshow,
Extra Files and Summary. ―General‖ is the general options settings for the digital output, such as where the media will be sent, the media format, and media size. The
―Slideshow‖ component allows you to export an interactive slideshow with the media, complete with music and promotional logos/images. The ―Extra Files‖ component allows you to export any additional files to the media, such as music or text files.
―Summary‖ is a quick list of all the features available, and allows you to remove or change options.
General
The first page within the Digital Delivery Wizard is the General component. The Format page contains all the vital information necessary for exporting your digital media. There are four options on the Format page: ―Destination Information,‖ ―Photo Format,‖
―Image Size,‖ and ―Advanced Options.‖
Destination Information: Destination Information is where you set the location for the exported media. Click the drop-down box to select a destination. Selecting
―<Browse Folder>‖ will let you search your computer for a folder or drive. You can choose a folder on your computer or network, a storage device, or choose to copy the files to a CD or DVD. If you choose a CD or DVD, make sure you have a disc in the drive before attempting to burn the media.
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Photo Format: Photo Format is where you set how the images will be copied.
There are three options: Permanently apply attributes, Copy the images, or
Convert the images to another format while copying. o Permanently apply attributes will save all of your current changes in the
Photo Workshop, but will combine all the layers and copy the images as one single image layer. o Copying the images will keep all layers intact, and copy the files exactly as they are in Studio Solution. o Converting the images to another format while copying will only convert the format of the images on the new media, the originals will remain in their current format, unchanged. If you choose ―Convert the images to another format while copying‖ you will be able to click the drop-down box and select an image format. If you do not select an option from the list, the images will be copied as .JPG files. The other available formats are: Windows Bitmap (.BMP), ZSoft (.PCX), Photoshop (.PSD), Portable Net
Graphics (.PNG), Targa (.TGA), Tagged Image File (.TIF).
Photo Size: Photo Size determines the dimensions in pixels of the copied photos.
There are four size options: Preview Size (smallest size, approx: 640x480 pixels),
Medium Size (approx 1280x800 pixels), Full Size (largest size, full resolution), and
Custom Size. To enter a size, click on the drop-down menu under “Choose the
size of images you would like to save for the customer” and select one of the options.‖
If you choose a custom size, the ―Width‖ and ―Height‖ boxes will become available. Use the arrow keys to increase each dimension by 1 pixel, or click the text field and type in a number. Custom sizes will not automatically keep an aspect ratio. If you enter a width or height that does not keep the current aspect ratio of the images, Studio Solution will fit the larger dimension to the picture and crop out any parts of the shorter side that are beyond the specified dimensions.
Advanced Options: Advanced Options will allow you to add a watermark to the copied images. Watermarks are semi-transparent graphics, repeated over the picture to deter image theft and unauthorized copies of the original picture. To add a watermark to the copied images, check the box next to “Would you like to add a
watermark to these images?” Uncheck the box to disable this option.
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Slideshow
The second page in the Digital Delivery Wizard is the Slideshow component. It is possible to export a slideshow of all the photos along with the photos themselves. You can also add music and promotional images to the slideshow.
To enable a slideshow for the digital media, click the ―Slideshow‖ tab at the top of the
Digital Delivery Wizard window, and check the box next to ―Would you like to add a slideshow to the digital media?‖ Un-checking this box will disable the slideshow option.
The Slideshow page has four options after enabling the slideshow:
To enter the number of seconds for each photo to be shown before switching to the next, click the number and type in the desired number of seconds, or use the arrow keys to increase or decrease seconds by one.
To enable smooth fades between photos, check the box next to “Do you want a
smooth fade in/out transition in the slideshow?” If the option is enabled, each photo will slowly fade to black, and the next will fade in from black. If the option is disabled, the slideshow will instantly jump from photo to photo when the time has elapsed.
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To add a music file to the slideshow, click the “Browse” button under “Select the
music file you would like played for the slideshow.” Select the file on your computer, network, or drive that you would like in the slideshow, and click ―OK.‖
Leaving this field blank means no music will be played during the slideshow.
To add promotional images to the slideshow, click the “Browse” button under “If you would like to add promotional images to the slideshow select the directory
that contains the promotional and stock photos.” Select the directory or folder on your computer, network, or drive that contains your stock or promotional images, and click ―OK.‖ Now when a slideshow is viewed, the promotional images you selected will be shown in the slideshow in between transitions from photos.
Leaving this field blank means no promotional or stock images will be shown during the slideshow.
Extra Files
The third page of the Digital Delivery Wizard is the Extra Files step. This step allows you to add any additional files to the digital media. For instance, you could attach stock
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To add extra files to your digital media, click the box next to “Would you like to add
additional files to the digital media?” The second option will now become available.
First, place all of the desired files into one folder. Everything in this folder will be added as an extra file. You do not need to include the photo files in this folder, they will be exported separately. Once you have moved all of your desired files into one folder, type the folder location into the empty field or click the browse button to locate it, and click ―OK.‖
Summary
The fourth and final page of the Digital Delivery Wizard is the Summary step. This step shows a list of all the options you chose in the first three steps and gives you the opportunity to check and change them.
The Summary page is made up of links. There are four headings, one for each section of the Digital Delivery Wizard: General, Slideshow, Extra Files, and Summary. Clicking on one of these headings, or any of the links under it, will take you back to that page of the wizard and allow you to change every option on the page.
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Notice that the links below each heading include each specific option you have already selected. You can quickly scan the choices you have made without returning to every page of the wizard to check them.
The Digital Delivery Wizard saves these settings for all future digital media. Whenever you start the Digital Delivery Wizard, the Summary page will always contain the options used for burning the last digital media. This allows you to quickly start the wizard, click on the Summary page, and burn the media immediately if you want the same options selected as last time. If you need to change the location, a watermark, or the music, just click the appropriate link, change it, and return to the Summary page to burn the media. This will save you a lot of time, since you do not need to complete the entire wizard every time you need to create digital media.
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