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Installation Requirements

• Windows XP SP2, Vista, Windows 7 or MAC OS running Boot Camp
• 2 GB memory (4 GBs is recommended)
• 150 MB of hard drive space
• Internet connection to use the sharing features
• Screen resolution of at least 1024x768

Designing

• Real time designing on workable canvas at all times
• Drag and drop images onto canvas
• Automatic image resizing that keeps the image proportional
• Each object on the canvas has its own layer
• Layers are not lost after saving, exporting, sharing, or closing an album
• Auto-fit button
• Undo feature through a history window or keyboard shortcut
• Auto Select capabilities
• Eye Dropper to select any color on your screen
• Special effects – flexible controls:
• adjust saturation – make images black and white or apply any range of saturation to an image
• add any color toning – perfect for applying a sepia tone to any image
• change contrast and brightness
• reset button to bring image back to original state (non destructive editing)
• Mattes – inside sloppy borders
• Masks – Soft Edges, Shapes, etc...
• Borders – stroke lines
• Frames – outside sloppy borders
• Copy Effects
• Aligning objects, photos, shapes or text
• Transform an image within an image drop zone
• Move multiple objects together
• Move objects with arrows keys or drag to a new location
• Ruler
• Copy/Paste features through menu or keyboard shortcuts
• Delete objects through keyboard delete button
• Customize guides, margins, or gutters to identify safe zones on the canvas for designing purposes
• Guides
• Text tools
• Gradient fill on shapes and text
• Opacity on all objects
• Easy page navigation
• Right mouse click context menus on layers, templates, pages, all objects on canvas, and image list
• Delete objects or layers using the delete key on the keyboard
• Familiar keyboard shortcuts available
• Ability to edit images in any external application while in Album Spinner
• One click to make image the background

Templates

• ALL templates work on ANY album size
• Automatically adjusts templates to reflect the current album size
• Filter templates based on photo count, pages, or spreads
• Check for new templates area – it is updated frequently
• Customize your own templates
• Create template groups to help with personal organization

Importing

• Ability to import multiple folders and/or multiple files at the same time from various locations
• Automatic creation of photo groups based on the imported folder names, if desired
• Automatically refreshes photos in an album design on the re-import of those photos
• Formats available: JPG, BMP, TIF, PNG
• Bring in your own Masks (.png) or Backgrounds (.jpg, .tif, .png)

Exporting

• Upload to any lab
• Layers are not lost after exporting
• Export: Entire album, page range or just the cover page
• Formats available: JPG, BMP, TIF, PNG, PSD
• ICC profiles available
• 96 - 300 dpi range
• Use your own ICC color profile
• Export to Adobe Photoshop layers (PSD format)

On-line Sharing

• One button click to share designs with customers
• Web-based viewing with password protected security
• Up-to-the-minute history of comments capabilities
• Customized email communication
• Personal logo embedded into emails
• A variety of online Hosting Plans available
• Manage on-line shared albums from one location

Organizing Photos

• Programs keeps track of each time a photo is used in your design
• When a photo is used, the program automatically color codes it green
• Photo grouping capabilities to help with your individual work flow and designing methods
• Filter for all unused photos

Album Cover

• Customize dimensions, even if the dimensions are different than your album
• Automatically becomes part of your album design
• A separate area is created to help you stay organized
• Create a cover spread at any time during your design process
• Designate spine width to help identify cover safe zones