The Scrapbook window has a few icons at the top. You open the Scrapbook window by using the Windows->Scrapbook menu item. I created one layout folder for layouts with 1 photo, another layout folder for layouts with 2 photos, etc. Each separate scrapbook goes in a separate directory somewhere on you computer. Tip 2: Use the Scrapbook for your Page LayoutsĪfter you create all your page layouts, create scrapbooks for them. You can use the ClearMagenta script or something like it to remove all references to Magenta from your final photo album.ĭon't start doing this right away - read Tip 3 first! Otherwise, the edges of your photos may take on some of the tint from the Fill Color. If you do end up using a Fill Color in all your images to help you see the layouts, be sure to remove this before your do your final print. I organized it by putting all the layouts with 1 image first, then 2 images, then 3, and so on. Every time you need a new layout, just add it to your layouts document. However, it can be fun, and it will definitely be a big help if you plan on making many photo albums. If I don't want a caption, I'll delete it later.Īdmittedly, this step takes a good deal of time. I also added in text boxes for captions below most of the image frames. I made all the image frames empty with a Magenta Fill Color, so it would be easy to see the layouts in a thumbnail view like you see below. I did this by recreating layouts that I liked from various photo album programs that are freely available. However, I'm going to talk about tips you can use to make creating a photo album by hand easier.Īfter you figure out what size your pages need to be (the size will depend on where you're planning to print your album), a great thing to do is create page layouts for the kinds of pages you think you'll use. There are these articles about Automatic import of images from a directory using a script and Automatic import of images: Versions not requiring Tkinter. 2.6 Tip 6: Break Your Album into Multiple Documents.2.5 Tip 5: Image Wizard & Image Wizard Advanced.2.4 Tip 4: Custom Image Frame Techniques.2.2 Tip 2: Use the Scrapbook for your Page Layouts.
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