USER GUIDE FOR PHOTOBOOKS

Shakespeare Photobooks is a fun way to preserve and present your cherished photo memories in an elegant manner. Creating your very own customized photo books has never been easier! Shakespeare Photobooks offers a wide array of tools and features to design and enhance your project, including:

• Individual page layout
  
• Flexible placement of pictures or snap-to-grid
  
• Templates – applied to complete book
  
• Picture cropping, resizing, & rotation
  
• Picture borders
  
• Drag & drop placement of pictures
  
• Page backgrounds
  
• Fading control of pictures and backgrounds
  
• Resizable picture frames
  
• B&W and sepia filters
• One-Click photo enhancement
• Easy picture distribution
  
• Captions – anywhere
  
• Drag & drop placement of design elements

HOW TO CREATE A PHOTOBOOK

If this is the first time you are using photo book layout software we recommend you use our "Easy Book Wizard" to create your first photo book. "New book with Easy Book Wizard" can be found under the "FILE" menu.This approach is very quick and easy. More experienced users may proceed with the other options.

1. Double-click the Photo Books desktop shortcut.
2. A Welcome dialog will come up. Click Create New Book.
3. Now, choose a size for your photo book (eg 30x30cm, 20x20cm, 21x30cm etc)
4. You should now see the Photo Book workspace. Use the Image Browser at the bottom of the workspace to load pictures to use for your photo book. To do so:
   • Click the Add Picture or Add Folder (of pictures) icon at the left of the Image Browser. You can then drag & drop pictures directly from the Image Browser and onto your photo book pages.
   • If you are using layouts or templates, you can use the Distribute Pictures command (under the Layout menu) to automatically distribute your pictures amongst the pages.
5. Toggle between the various page display options seen as tabs on the Image Browser:
• Page Layouts – preset arrangements of picture-ready picture frames. Once applied to a page, you can still rearrange the layout elements any way you choose.
• Page Backgrounds – various colors, textures, and designs you can apply to your pages.
• Picture Borders – borders of various color and thickness you can apply to pictures.
• Templates – themes that can be applied to your entire photo book. Once applied to a page, you can still rearrange the template elements any way you choose.
  
  All of these items can be dragged & dropped directly onto a page (or frame, as the case may be).
  
  

6. To navigate the pages of your photo book, click the desired page in the Pages Browser. You can also navigate using the navigation arrows located on the toolbar.
7. When you’re done designing your photo book, click the Send To Shakespeare button to upload your project to our production facilities.

For more information on using Shakespeare Photobooks, see Tips & Tricks