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1. File example the school name or school s logo Text or graphic Text or graphic information that belongs to a sub group of the whole object Folder job For example a year grouping Year 7 or a school campus Junior School Folder graphic objects might include a Year s mascot or the photograph of the Senior School head teacher Text object Group Text or graphic information belonging to a group For example the group name Year 7A or the name and photo of the group s teacher In the following example you can see several placed objects both text and graphics Provident High School 2000 A File placed object Year 7A A Group placed text object Phillip jones Andrew Wilson Jam sa Wie Darin Guy Wiliama S ephin fells Andreas Gels e Ms Caroliee Wilson Philip als Lese Lucy Sdanton Andrea Lewis Caroline Chisolm mue Sophie Cann Susan Mackie Canine jones Mary DelalNinily Gabriele Dickson Doris Lees Angela Hewston Drrurza Asil Aliae Wiliams Cani Bares bm Teacher Mrs Sally Oriel Principal Mirs WL Hefner Principal s photograph A Group Teacher s name Logo image A File File placed graphic object A Folder placed text placed graphic object object NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview Page 32 The template that creates this image might appear like this amp File zLogo First Row First Name Second Name Third H
2. Opens the print setup dialog TENE print copies Choose the number of prints to make O Senior School sacl Group 0 f one only O Senior School Year 12 Group i as indicated Choose which groups to print O Year F Group 0 plus ati entra C Year 8 Group D a eapies Over ride the automatic print quantity if required O Year 8 Group Quick group selection keys Select All Select Hong Output to file options Fath EN mages Printed Browse Nest sequential number 24 Specify the output path if printing to a bitmap file OF Cancel Figure 44 The Print dialog Printing to a bitmap file Normally an application uses a standard Windows print driver to print a page However some of the newer photographic digital printers will only image bitmap files Most of these printers don t have Windows printer drivers available at all NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 98 If your printer is in this category it is possible to print to a bitmap file using printer drivers such as Zenographics SuperPrint M These are a set of Windows printer drivers that create bitmap files instead of printing to a physical printer These bitmaps can then be submitted to your printer Timestone Software has also developed a number of Windows printer drivers for some of these photographic digital printers Configuring a bitmap printer driver If you re using a bitmap style driver like SuperPrint to print to your printer y
3. Boni MX a z Setting the Font Font settings are available for both the Row list Labels and names Choose the font style and colour for both the label and names You can choose to use the same font and colour for both if desirable Fant Labels Times Mew Roman B E u Set the row Label font J Names Times New Roman B 4 u Set the Label font style and colour Iv Same typeface Same color v Set the Names font Choose to use the same font oe Pint font for Label and Names style and colour Choose to use the same colour for Label and Names Setting the maximum font size NeoGroup automatically scales text to ensure all the names are displayed regardless of each row s length You can define the maximum size a font will appear in the name row NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 89 list by setting a size in the Maximum size box You can also choose to scale only the names or both names and labels Size Maximum size ji 4 25 C Scale names only Scale names and labels Choose to scale names only or names and labels together Setting the Layout You can set many aspects of the name row list layout Take note of the sample text as you make adjustments Layout Control Labels alignment Names alignment Labels Names gap Row Row vertical extra gap Overall horizontal alignment Overall vertical alignment Labels alignment Let How Row vertical extra gap 20 Zi Names
4. PrincipalPic NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 46 Images mode Once imported Group images can be zoomed cropped and adjusted for colour density or image contrast Images are also dropped into groups for use in a group image These operations are carried out in Image mode Entering Image mode After starting the program create or open a NeoGroup file by choosing File gt New or File gt Images that you want to use with NeoGroup need to be imported to a job file This process creates a smaller version of the high resolution image that is used when creating the NeoGroup jobs There are several ways images can be used by NeoGroup Either create a link to loose images on a hard disk or import the images to a single image file Once the images have been imported to NeoGroup they can be cropped jogged the colour or density corrected and then added to a package queue Open Now choose Mode gt Image or press F5 on the keyboard The Image screen is divided into 3 major areas E LR l amp x W j M mL IH ex DTP du VW U WMV Image Preview Folders tree Corrections toolbar NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 47 Importing images Images you wish to use for group images need to be imported to the NeoGroup file you re working on There are a number of operations that can be applied to images as they are imported Adjusting the Image Preview quality When an image is im
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6. Folder fields are objects that are allocated to a particular folder or a parent folder of a sub folder Useful fields include the campus name for a school campus a group teacher s name or a year s mascot To add a default Folder field choose File gt Options then choose the Default tab Now click the Details Fields gt Edit button The Data Fields dialog is shown Choose the Folder Fields tab and choose Add A new line is added to the list of fields Enter the name of the new field you want to use then choose OK Subject Fields Subject fields are that details you want to define for each individual person in the group photographs Details such as the first and last names ID date of birth etc If you have data that includes information that you don t need to use in a group job it is still recommended that you import the data as it may be useful for other Neo jobs In this case you should define the extra fields such as Date of Birth ID Sport etc in addition to the NeoGroup essentials of First Name and Last Name When defining subject fields you can identify a field type by clicking the Special drop down and choosing from the types available The current selection includes Whole name The subject s entire name do discrimination of first last etc The first name Middle name The middle name Birthdate The date of birth Subject Fens Frokden Fini Fin Fook To add a default Subject field
7. Toend Inset Replace Unavailable Image options for an Image options available for a indexed file sequential file Bitmaps imported to a sequential file are numbered internally with a sequential number The images are imported in order according to the parameters set in the Import options panel dialog Once images are imported to a sequential file they will have numbers allocated from to however many images are in the file 1 2 3 4 There are various import options that available e Reverse order Imports images in reverse numeric order 999 first to 001 e Toend Appends all new images to the end of existing images If Reverse order is selected images are appended before the first image if it exists e Insert Inserts imported files from the currently selected image only available if images have already been imported e Replace Imported files overwrite existing images from the one currently selected only available if images have already been imported If Insert is selected as the import option images are inserted from the point of the image currently selected If you select a new image during the import the insertion position is retained If you want to specify a new insertion point for imported images pause the import by choosing Pause import the new insertion point then click Insert once again in the Import options panel The new insertion point is set Start the import Once all the various settings hav
8. by choosing File gt INE Edit View Images Ouel Close amp Compact This process takes a little time to Men Chiat perform and also requires some hard disk space at Em Cien least as much as the new file s size Once done the file Blase will only contain the essential image data and be as Close amp Compact small as possible It is recommended that a file is compacted after many images have been deleted or before being archived Allocating images and creating groups Once images have been imported they are allocated to the various groups and folders for use with the group images This is done by dragging and dropping un allocated images to the required group How you identify images to be allocated will depend on your circumstance In many cases the group images will have a board in the photograph aiding identification You may also have a shoot order that will serve as a key to the group By choosing Images gt Show Tags NeoGroup will display the Photo4 jpg original image filename that was imported making this match process easier NeoGroup Groups A Group in NeoGroup is a very important object As we have seen Folders can be created by importing name data or manually creating them A folder needs to have a group created within it in order to produce a El Tear group job You can think of the folder as the container that es Year A holds all the necessary components the names the group image
9. Options dialog Measurement units From the Options panel choose the General tab Select your preferred measurement units then choose OK View size When displaying a pack preview the display is relative to the size set here For example if a pack 1s 8 x 8 and the View size is set to a width and height of 20 the pack will appear quite small when previewed Conversely if a pack 1s 8 x 16 and the View size is set to 10 x 10 the pack will be clipped in the preview window NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 18 3 FE F E e SE qum x n P A j ed bs je M iF y E MI M i 2 a We ON a e LI Li E Fi PE wa 2 eu p gem om Pi ka LJ Pai LRE aimi A E gt E Figure 8 The same group with the View setting set to 20x20 right and 12x12 left Image Editor NeoGroup allows editing of images via an external image editor such as Adobe Photoshop In the dialog shown above specify the image editor to use by either entering the path including the program EXE in the EXE filename field or clicking the Browse button locating and choosing the Image editor s EXE file and click Open The Image Editor is chosen Tip Most program files are located in the Program Files folder For example the default location for Adobe Photoshop is C Program Files Adobe Photoshop Aspect ratios Aspect ratios in NeoGroup are particularly important Due to the nature of Traditional Group photog
10. height amount e Click the color swatch The color palette appears Choose the color you zz222z22 wish the aspect ratio line to appear in the image preview Doroni i e Click the On checkbox to display the aspect ratio in the cropping image preview If this is checked a line indicating this aspect ratio will appear in the image cropping window If this is not checked the aspect ratio will not appear ZA You can only use whole numbers to define a Width or Height If your print size is 6x8 5 multiply both values by 2 and enter 12 and 17 as the values Import existing Aspect Ratios Aspect Ratios can be imported from existing NeoGroup files Choose Import from File from the Default options tab A Open File dialog appears Locate the file that contains the NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 21 Aspect Ratios choose it and click Open The Aspect Ratios are imported as a program default Change the list order The order Aspect Ratios is listed can be changed using the 4 ordering arrows 3 Displaying an Aspect Ratio Once the default Aspect Ratios have been defined any files created will contain these settings To display the aspect ratio indicators choose Crop Image mode by choosing Images Select crop amp scale image tool or clicking the Crop Image Tool button on the toolbar Active aspect ratios are now overlayed on the images Figure 12 Image showing Aspect Ratio indicators U
11. text and barcode objects Place several objects Create a new template by choosing Mode gt Design then File gt New A new design is created Place and size the first image Click the Image Object tool in the toolbar Click and drag the object on the page It is not important to be accurate at this point Choose the object with the mouse and enter the print size and position in the Object Dimensions Click Apply NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 82 Place the second object A second object can be added by following the previous instructions You can also copy and paste an object by selecting it then choosing Edit gt Copy then Edit gt Paste The object is duplicated Choosing objects in other layers When several objects are placed within a template you can cycle between objects using a keyboard modifier with the mouse For example if you want to select the background page that is completely covered with objects perhaps to adjust its size click any object on in the template That object is hilighted Now hold the CTRL key on the keyboard Note that the mouse pointer changes to the Object Cycle tool Click the object again and note that the object in the next layer below it is hilighted Figure 36 Cycling between layer objects Changing the layer order Objects can be positioned in front or behind each other The order of the objects can be changed with the Object Order toolbar The layer order of an o
12. Code 33 Test to encode EN Characters inch i 4 Cancel Figure 42 The Edit Barcode dialog There are several different styles of barcode that are supported e Code 39 e Extended Code 39 e Code 128 The Characters per inch can also be set You will need to consult with the people who will be reading the barcodes as to how to set these values Enter the text you wish to appear in the barcode in the Text to encode field You can include fixed text by entering the text directly If you want to include variable text to encode add an code here For example 9 ID to code the ID data entered for an image Tagged graphic objects When you design your templates you can place a Tagged graphic object to simplify your production workflow When creating the template you might want the current job s logo to appear in the final image for each school you book Rather than re designing your templates to include each school s individual logo you can place a special box with a reference to the logo file When you are creating the work for a particular school you import the logo in Details mode When the job is run the logo is positioned in the design as specified by the template Creating and positioning a tagged object To place a tagged object open the template you wish to use then choose the Tagged object button in the toolbar isss Click and drag the mouse in the template where you want the object to appea
13. alignment Left Overall horizontally alignment Lett Labels N ames gap ji D x Overall vertical alignment Top Effect Changes the alignment of the label from left centre or right aligned Changes the alignment of the names from left centre or right aligned Changes the size of gap between the Label and Names lists Adjust the gap between rows Adjusts the alignment of the entire list of rows horizontally Adjusts the alignment of the entire list of rows vertically ZA If you want to create a group image without any names design a template that doesn t include a Name list object It is still possible to include codes to format the centre board A group that uses this template will print without any names Using barcode objects NeoGroup has powerful support for barcodes making it a very flexible and powerful tool Information to be encoded is included as you place the barcode as an code Any information entered for that particular code will be coded into the barcode For example you might place a barcode using ID The fields you have set up for the images you import would include ID Any information entered to the ID field will appear in the barcode NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 90 Placing a barcode object icon Click and drag the mouse over the area in the template where you want the barcode to appear The Edit Barcode dialog appears Edit Barcode Barcode type
14. applying a sharpening amount within NeoGroup Once all the settings have been made choose OK The dialog is dismissed Choose the files to import There are two ways to choose the images to import to a NeoGroup job file e Import images using a mask e Import selected images NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 50 Import images using a mask If you have a range of images to import NeoGroup can choose the images to import as well as identifying any important information embedded in the filename using the Import From Disk Masked dialog From the main Images from Disk dialog click Using mask The Import From Disk Masked dialog opens Choose the image directory Enter the path to the image files you want to import You can click the Browse button to open a Browse dialog Specify the file range to import NeoGroup can use a mask to select the files to import as well as identify important information embedded in a filename For example a set of files might be named Image 1 Image001 exp tif Image 2 Image002e xp tif Image 3 Image003exp tif Imagexxxexp tif These filenames consist of a prefix the unique number then a postfix e prefix img e number 001 xxx 3 digits long e postfix exp e extension tif The important information can be imported along with the image data by specifying the location of the data within the filename In this case you would enter e Image as the pre entry e 3 a
15. been imported e Replace Imported files overwrite existing images from the one currently selected only available if images have already been imported ZA If Insert is selected as the import option images are inserted from the point of the image currently selected If you select a new image during the import the insertion position is retained If you want to specify a new insertion point for imported images pause the import by choosing Pause import the new insertion point then click Insert once again in the Import options panel The new insertion point is set Other import sources NeoGroup also allows images to be imported from several other image sources The import panel can be hidden after starting the import by choosing Hide Any eligible images will continue to be imported until importing is paused or the source unchecked Setting up the import Choose Setup from the Images From Hot Source dialog The setup dialog is displayed Images can be rotated and flipped as with importing images from the specified source These settings are discussed earlier in this manual Images From Hot Source Setup After import Rotate 0 C gp C 190 C 270 Miror Yertical Horizontal Apply LUT Inene Cancel Specify a LUT NeoGroup allows image corrections to be applied as images are imported For example if you know that a particular source of images needs to be brightened the correction can be applied as it is imp
16. defined in Details mode The NeoGroup built in codes take the form e code Where code is the specified code as listed later Using File details File details are pieces of information that are common to every group in the current job A File detail is set by choosing Mode gt Details then clicking All in the tree view At the bottom of the Details screen the available fields are displayed Consult the Details mode chapter on information defining these fields In our example we created several fields e SchoolName the name of the school NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 86 e Principal the name of the principal e Year The year of photography p All l l Folders H E Senior School Junior School Principal Mrs Wilson SchoolMame Provident High School ear Figure 41 File details set in Details mode We want to create a template that will place the text SchoolName Year in the name board The details SchoolName and Year are global details and so are a File detail The codes you would enter to the template would be e File lt SchoolName gt File lt Year gt Edit Text rie schooum e File lt ear Cancel In the above example the printed job would contain the text Provident High School 2000 Using Folder details Folder details are pieces of information that are specific to a folder or sub folder in a
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18. first characters of each filename created Each file created for a particular job will start with whatever is entered here Identifier There are several options available that control the image identifier within the filename NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 99 Option Description Image No NeoGroup uses the image number either the sequential or indexed number to name the file If multiple packages are created a sequential number is appended for each pack with the same image number Original NeoGroup uses the special image tag if used when importing the images to image tag name the files If multiple packages are created a sequential number is appended for each pack with the same image number Sequential NeoGroup creates its own sequential number to name the files Different no packs from the same image are gathered together sequentially but will be named different one to the other Copies The chosen number of copies 1s automatically entered Extension The characters used as the file extension Using printer corrections NeoGroup allows printer corrections by applying a LUT to the image as it is printed This is especially useful if you have more than one printer in use and you switch between them It is also useful to calibrate your printer to the computer s monitor To choose a correction click the Apply LUT drop down box and choose from the available corrections See chapter 11 for more informat
19. in the orientation the bitmap driver is currently set For example if the packages have been designed in a landscape orientation but the printer driver is set to portrait NeoGroup will print the image in a portrait orientation to match the driver ZA This rotation can take a number of seconds to perform depending on the size of the final print To avoid this time make sure you design your packages in the correct orientation for the printer NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 96 Automatic paper size selection NeoGroup can automatically choose the most appropriate page size for an image being printed If you have different size group images within a single file choosing this option will cause the most suitable paper size be selected when printing the job You muse ensure that the correct paper size is available to work exactly When using standard Windows printer drivers the physical printer must of course be able to automatically change the paper size to use this feature In the main this feature is best used with Zenographics SuperPrint bitmap drivers to send to a photographic style digital printer that can automatically vary the paper size Using best paper sizes Choose File gt Print setup The Print setup dialog is shown Enable best paper size selection by choosing Pick best paper size from the Printer options section With this option enabled NeoGroup will check all the available paper sizes and chooses the closest
20. in the third and 5 in the front rows As each row is named the number of people in the row is entered and the necessary number of row positions 1s created ready to receive names Back Raw Second Row 8 Third Row Adding names automatic If the names are available from the database click in the position where the name is to appear Decide how to search for the name In this case we are using the last name as the search field As the last name is typed names matching the entered characters are displayed The more characters you enter the more accurate the names displayed are When you see the name you need choose it and press Enter The name is added to the list and you can go on to add the next name immediately Add rernm fict Figure 20 Adding names from the database Choosing the name from a list and the name added Adding names manual Entering names manually starts in the same manner as the automatic method Instead of choosing from the list of available names the name is directly typed in Forming Pages E With the name lists constructed it is possible now to create the final NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overvie n POP CIA RUDI IMS group image This is done in Form Pages mode Here a list of the available groups is displayed along with the templates Creating the group is a matter of choosing the group or groups then the required template All the necessary piece
21. is especially useful if your template designs include a school logo you can include a tagged object in the template that references the logo image which you place here NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 43 Creating a Tagged object field To include tagged graphics into a template you must first create a special Graphic field to contain the images It is best to set these fields as a program default Choose File gt Options then choose the Default tab and click Data fields gt Edit The Data Fields dialog is displayed Choose the tab you wish to use either Folder or File See the earlier discussion about the difference between these fields We will use the example of a School s logo for this example Creating a File graphic field Choose the File tab then click Add A new line is inserted to the list of fields Type the name of the graphic field In this example type SchoolLogo Now click the Type drop down and choose Graphic from the list Choose OK The graphic field is now available SchoolLaga integer na ate graphic Adding a graphic to a graphic field Once the graphic field has been set as a program default choose File New to create a new file with this field or add it to the file by entering Details mode then choosing Edit gt Fields and adding the graphic as before You will see the new field in the list of available fields when All is chosen e All l l Folders E Ju
22. name Ctrl l e Movearow up Shift Ctrl Left arrow Delete name position Ctrl D Empty name position Ctri E e Move a row down Shift Ctrl Right arrow Hare name Up Siteen Move name down Shift Chrl D own Move row up Shift Ctrl Lett hi d Shift Ctrl Riaht Inserting names aa et ty Names can be inserted to a row position by either typing the name manually or by selecting them from the database A single row list can contain manually typed names or those selected from the database This means it is possible to enter names to a list that don t appear in the database if necessary Manually entering names If you don t have access to a database of names you can enter them manually to a row position by clicking in the position then typing the name Names that have been entered manually are displayed as black text on a white background Names inserted from the database are displayed as black text on a grey background TS If possible you should use imported data or enter the names in Details mode This makes the names entered available to other Neo applications as well as for further use within NeoGroup Any names entered manually to a row position can only be used for that position If a particular individual appears in several different group images perhaps a sports picture as well as a class photograph the name must be typed in for each group Position lecia Bridged NeoGroup Chapter 10 Name
23. or similar Levels command to limit the maximum pixel value for these areas to say R 250 G 250 B 250 These areas will not be considered as transparent Areas that will be transparent in the design It is also important to carefully prepare the edges of the transparent areas in your design Many image editors use anti aliasing when placing selections Anti aliasing is a process that softens the edge of a selection making it blend well into the image However this anti aliasing means that the edges of your design can appear as a halo when used in NeoGroup Likewise a drop shadow effect that falls onto the transparent area will be seen as a halo In the below example a designer has created an attractive effect by placing a drop shadow under a logo This drop shadow results in a halo appearing around the logo in the finally formed page uum P omae VIRES Transparent areas in Vector graphics Vector graphics can contain areas that are a hole as a native part of their design NeoGroup will reflect the hole in the design allowing you to create transparent areas in a vector graphic as well as a bitmap How a hole is created in a vector depends on the drawing application you are using For example with CorelDraw draw two objects of different colour and place them one on top NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 77 of the other Choose Arrange gt Combine to combine the two objects One of the objects will form a hole in the
24. other Consult your applications user manual for more detailed information regarding combining objects for this effect The Object Dimensions toolbar Objects placed into a template can be positioned and sized exactly using the Objects Dimensions toolbar To set the size and position of an object select it then enter the desired values to the toolbar Once done click the Apply button to set the values The Offset values set the position of an object s top left corner Offset 7 oo f 000 Sie AY 6 00 go on Set the template Set the object Offset Set the object size measurement units Creating templates Once you have all the various components you can design a new template Start NeoGroup and choose Mode gt Design The template designer is displayed Now choose File gt New to create a new template Placing objects Once the new layout screen is displayed click on the background page Note that the page handles become active When designing a layout the actual final print size is being specified so it is important to enter the correct page size Note when the page is chosen the Size entry area becomes active First ensure that you have the correct units selected by clicking the units drop down Now enter the page size you wish to use then Apply The page size changes i NeoGroup File Edit Layers Mode Help eel Pee s a Offset 5 SPEI Size B 10 00 toy amp o0 Epp Figure 29 Selected backgr
25. selected colour Once the transparent area has been set you will see the transparent area indicated by the grid pattern Cancel Click on the bitmap to pick color for transparency mask Positioning and SIZING an object Heset Click the object Hold the CTRL key down if necessary if several objects have already been placed Either click and drag one of the handles or drag the object to scale and position of the object with the mouse If you need more accurate placement click the object then i gt enter an absolute origin and size in the Object Im Dimensions toolbar then choose Apply The object is positioned and sized exactly NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 79 Defining the Image Hole The area in your design where the images you import are to appear is called a hole As mentioned before this area is defined by colouring the areas of the graphica 1773 specific colour In this example the area has been defined by pixels that are R 255 G 255 and B 255 After the graphic has been placed and positioned click the Image Object button The mouse pointer changes the Place Object pointer Click and drag the mouse over the template where you want the image to appear It is not important to be accurate at this point When the object 1s placed it will be sitting over the top of the background Figure 31 The Image Object placed over a Graphic Object With the Image Object sele
26. single image e Choosing Multiple Images changes the image display to the image table Lock display Multiple images Number of images NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 60 to a i e be KAANAAN AA Figure 27 Image preview in single and multi image modes Changing the number of images displayed Clicking the Number of images button pops up a sizeable grid Moving the mouse increases or decreases the number of images displayed in the image table Editing Images Once images have been imported to NeoGroup they can be changed in various ways e Zoom e Jog x y movement e Color density and contrast corrections e Image editing via an external image editor There are many shortcuts available to achieve the various corrections as are there many different ways to change the size and number of images being displayed Selecting images It is fast and convenient to select and navigate through images in the image table First choose an image by clicking on it with the mouse honon Keyan O NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 61 Zoom and jogging images Images can be moved and re sized to create the best cropping for various aspect ratio prints When in cropping mode NeoGroup displays any enabled aspect ratios Images should be cropped so that each of the different aspect ratios will appear pleasingly cropped There are many different ways to zoom and crop images Zoom and crop values ultimat
27. template Now for an individual group we want the teacher s name to appear Choose the individual year group and enter the teacher s name When the job is run NeoGroup will place Senior School into the template for all the Senior School groups and the teacher s name for each individual group To enter the information click the folder and then the Value for the field you need Type the data NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 42 Folders E53 Folders E 3 Senior School Bl Senior School Ef ear 10 PET Junior School Field Teacher Teacher Ms Angela Campesid SchoolT ype senior 5 choal SchoolT ype Multi line Value entries Field values can contain a carriage return allowing a single value to be spread over several lines This is done by entering a special code in the Value field To enter a carriage return type the first line then either e Press Control Enter e Press the Numeric Keypad Enter key The carriage return symbol is placed into the text Field SchoelMame Provident Girls CallegeffPrineeton Campus FrincipalFic Elm 17301 ip Inserted Carriage return Provident Girls College Princeton Campus Senior School Year 10A 2000 Tagged graphic objects NeoGroup templates can include referenced images that are placed into the final design These referenced images are created in Design mode for either the entire file or individual folders This
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30. Images Mode Page 65 Names mode Construction of the name row lists is done in Name mode After groups have been created names can be allocated to a row Groups don t have to have images allocated to construct the rows nor do you need to have imported name data However you must have created a group in Images mode in order to create the row lists Creating the row lists is done by either manually entering each name in the row or by selection from the names entered in the database If you want to create group images without names you don t have to define any of the row lists To create no names groups check the next chapters Printing and Creating Templates The Names mode interface Enter Names mode by choosing Mode Names The names mode window is shown The window is divided into 4 areas Group image preview Row list Row names NeoGroup Chapter 10 Names Mode Page 66 Selecting the group The first step when creating the row lists is to choose the required group A Click the Select Group icon in the toolbar The Select Group dialog is displayed Click the group you wish to use and choose OK Select Grou List Image fear Year rA fear Year 7B i fear Year 0 E E Tt eo 9t Year 7 ear 7D NU d A amp v a i p r gt j X D rj LJ NESLNEL MEL EE Fa i L 1 T 3 E p Po m i i 5 sa ns es ee ates ld Creating the rows After selecting t
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32. accurately with the Object Dimensions entries on the toolbar Choose the object by clicking it Note it hilights by showing handles ip NeoPack File Edit Orientation Mode Help De e E fh en m Linch offset 0 45 oJ 031 see A 457 tol 2398 Ae Figure 33 A selected object NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 81 Sizing and positioning objects with the mouse To re size the object with the mouse click one of the handles and drag it in the desired direction To move the object click and drag inside the selected object The object moves as you drag the mouse Sizing and positioning objects with the toolbar Exact size and position for an object can be specified using the Object Dimensions toolbar Choose the object you wish to edit then click the value you want to adjust Pressing the Tab key switches to the next entry area Once all the required changes have been made click Apply Note that the measurement units can be changed by clicking the Units drop down Offset E J2 ail 1 22 Size Ail 7 35 ial 5 52 Apply Figure 34 The Object Dimensions toolbar ta HeoPack File Edt Onentation Mode Help Dga Ce hh a i oo m oa f 0 00 ta oo Sie GJ oa 500 Figure 35 An Image Object after re sizing Placing multiple objects in a Template Templates can contain multiple objects This means that products from simple packages to complex designs that include multiple graphic
33. add names to row lists e Form Packs mode form the finished pages e Design mode create the templates to be used for the pages NeoGroup Chapter 5 Understanding NeoGroup Page 13 Image Mode Images are imported cropped corrected then allocated to groups iF iy ul E B IOOC Figure 1 Image Mode Details Mode Folders are created and manipulated name data entered or imported gen montsoBaee ur Figure 2 Details mode NeoGroup Chapter 5 Understanding NeoGroup Page 14 Names Mode The row lists for each group are constructed Figure 3 Names Mode Design Mode Design templates for use with your group images Figure 4 Design Mode NeoGroup Chapter 5 Understanding NeoGroup Page 15 Form Pages mode Where the jobs are finally created ready to be printed Figure 5 Form Page mode Common interface elements Regardless of the mode currently selected there are several common elements you will see when using NeoGroup Using toolbars Each of the NeoGroup toolbars features tooltips and docking Tooltips You can get a brief description of a toolbar button by pointing the m mouse at a button for a second A tooltip will appear giving a brief m description of the button Queue Resizing pane windows The three main pane windows can be resized freely You can open a pane so it takes up the whole program space or close it completely to allow space fo
34. ame Fourth Name e Principal Second Row First Name Second Name Thid Hame Fourth Name Fifth Name Sixth Name Seventh Hame Eighth Hame Third Row First Name Second Name Third Name Fourth Name Fifth Name Surth Name Fourth Row First Hame Second Hame ESSE EE Benefits of using templates Using templates to form the Group images offers great speed and flexibility for your lab Design your templates at the beginning of the season create the row lists with the photography data then apply a template Importing Name data NeoGroup allows existing name data be imported and used to construct the lists If you don t have this data it is possible to enter the names manually However the task is much easier and quicker if the name data is available from some other data source Even if the data source is not completely up to date you should attempt to use such a source Data sources Most schools around the world have some name information available in digital format that you can use with NeoGroup It is possible to import name data from a text file either delimited or fixed length Typically the data file would contain the first and last name group and perhaps an ID number Importing the text file creates all the necessary folders and places the member names into those folders NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview Page 33 A portion of a typical file would look like Amy Batchelor Year 7 William B
35. and press the key The C value increases Decrease density Type lt Control gt lt C gt and press the V key The C value decreases More red Type lt Control gt lt R gt and press the key The R value increases More cyan Type Control R and press the W key The R value decreases More green Type lt Control gt lt G gt and press the key The Q value increases More magenta Type Control G and press the W key The G value decreases More blue Type lt Control gt lt B gt and press the key The B value increases More yellow Type Control B and press the V key The B value decreases Exporting images You can export images from NeoGroup and thus make them available to other applications or for other purposes for example you might need to supply the images to the printer who has been commissioned to publish a yearbook which features all the images in a particular job file NeoGroup gives you control over the following parameters of the export e Ifthe subjects in your job file are arranged into folders you can use these folder names to create directories for the export so that exported images are divided neatly into a directory structure Alternatively you can use the existing folder names in the filenames which are created during the export process e Subjects in a NeoGroup job file have fields associated with them names ID numbers etc and you can use any existing field
36. anel was also installed On each workstation that will use a Neo application license open the Windows Control Panel and start the License Server setup control panel Enter the computer name of the PC that is hosting the hardlock and press Test If the computer could be found over the network and its License Server was running correctly OK will be displayed in the Last Error area If an error is displayed ensure that e The license server PC is switched on and the License Server is configured and running e Itis connected to the network e The workstation you are configuring can browse the network and see the License server PC NeoGroup Chapter 4 License Server Page 10 Close the control panel The Neo application will now be able to launch as long as a valid license is found on the License Server Backing up your license server configuration If you want to back up your license server configuration there is a single file to archive This file is found in the License Server sub directory of the main installation directory Usually this will mean a directory path of C Program Files Timestone Software License Server Back up the file e IsLServer lct NeoGroup Chapter 4 License Server Page 11 Understanding NeoGroup NeoGroup is a highly automated creation tool for labs wanting to create traditional group images digitally It offers tight integration with other Neo applications sharing name and
37. arrants that the media on which the Software is recorded and the User Guide provided with it are free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of 90 days from the date of your original purchase Except for the limited warranty described above the Software is sold as is and you are assuming the entire risk as to its quality and performance It is your responsibility to verify the results obtained from the use of the Software Limitation of Remedies If during the 90 day limited warranty period you discover physical defects in the User Guide or in the Media on which the Software was recorded Timestone Software will replace them as no charge to you This is your sole remedy IN NO EVENT WILL TIMESTONE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES EVEN IF TIMESTONE SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Table of Contents L BeIore OU DOPIB oso re une UII ITE 1 SEE ANG TC NC NT TOTO l Pre installation reguiremeni S 5507 bo scg aceacneaamecsethateecseccuedaniasaoaaneennchnest oaecungneucannsnanecon eaneneoet etaueseesacdanneaameanpeoaceaediededsaeiaane l Leanne 177 6 777 este iea E EE E EE ES Getting help from Technical Support eesiiiiissssssssseeeeee enne eene nensne nnn rrr nnn nnne eese senses sss n nnn nnns 2 Z2 Vstem SCCQUIECDICHES o ede E E E E 3 PVG yA e Xe quie Dre HESGoosoiosideiuem a tuntes
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39. at you can design a standard set of templates at the beginning of your season and use them for all your production Using the template designer The template designer 1s a tool that allows you to place the various text and graphic objects into a design There are no built in graphic creation tools meaning you must create all the graphics you want to use in another application like Adobe Photoshop or CorelDraw The designer is integrated with NeoGroup To use it start the program then choose Mode Design The template designer is displayed Note that most of the available options are dimmed and un available Choose File New to create a new template design and gain access to the tools T Uo Um Y T TATE fa jd oe eum rua T E Z laf m oum Lam ogla m eh w fl l Ge The Dimensions and units toolbar The main toolbar The Design canvas area NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 73 The designer toolbars There are a number of toolbars that allow you to set various options when designing templates The File toolbar The file toolbar gives you quick access to the normal File menu options 5 co tel Save the currently open template Open an existing template file Create a new template The Place Object toolbar The Place Object toolbar allows you to place the various objects you wish to use in the template There are 4 objects that can be placed into a template Image Object Defi
40. below K the line are the rest of the names entered in the End f Penelope Thomas database Nicholas Thomas Leigh Ting For example if you are working on a Year 7 Alice Tavet group all the names above the line have been PANATER entered in the Details mode Year 7 Folder The Anneka Taborsky names below the line are all the other names As A S E you enter more characters of the name the more Rhiannon Templeton Alexander T hirm accurate the list of names displayed Inserting the name Once you have entered enough characters to find the correct name use the Up or Down arrow key to select the name and press Enter The name is inserted to the row position Note that nthe inserted name is displayed in a light grey background This indicates the name is from the database Add name list vs Find tH Penelope Thomas Nicholas Thomas Position Mame Penelope Thomas Alexander T hirm Aimee Thomas Continue entering names until all the positions for this row are filled Now choose the next row and continue adding names Duplicate names adding or deleting rows or inserted names If the same name is added to a group several times the fact is indicated by the PC beeping and the name is displayed in Red If you see a red name check your row list source and correct the problem by inserting the correct name NeoGroup Chapter 10 Names Mode Page 70 Position Mame Ainsleigh Skeels Jacq
41. bject can be changed by selecting the object then choosing a layer order tool in the toolbar Bring an object up 1 layer Send an object to the bottom layer Send an object down 1 layer Bring an object to the top layer Place two Image Objects on the page and make sure that they overlap each other NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 83 Figure 37 The selected object in the top layer Click the Send down 1 layer tool The selected object is sent down 1 layer and will now appear behind the other in the finished print Figure 38 The selected object 1 layer lower Using text objects Text objects in NeoGroup are a very powerful tool Fixed text can be entered and stylised with font style and colour appearing always the same in the final printed result Text can also contain variable codes allowing a template to pick data from the job file and automatically adding it to the printed job This means that you can design templates that can be used for all your jobs and have them customised automatically for each client For example a template might include a reference to the school s name principal name and even an individual group teacher s name When the job is run the data is fetched from the database and placed automatically into the printed job Fixed and variable text There are two types of text that can be placed in a template e Fixed The text appears the same in each job NeoGroup Chapter 11 D
42. choose File gt Options E then choose the Default tab Now click the Details Fields Edit button The Data Fields dialog is shown Choose the Subject Fields tab and choose Add A new line is added to the list of fields Enter the name of the new field you want to use then choose OK NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 38 Creating a folder structure If you are importing name data the folder structure will be created for you from this data It is possible to add move or delete folders once they have been created and you might do this to better mirror the structure of the school you re working on For example you might want to move all the junior school classes into a Junior School folder If you don t have data to import you can create folders and enter data manually Creating new folders When creating folders you should first consider the school you are working on If there are several campuses involved you might want to add these campuses to your folder structure and nest the classes under the campus folder This becomes especially important if you are attaching a specific logo or using the campus name in your templates To create a new folder click the parent folder and choose Edit gt Create new folder A new folder is created ready to be named Type the folder name and press Enter Moving deleting or renaming folders Folders can be moved renamed or deleted To move a folder click and drag it t
43. ct Fields Folder Fields File Fields Fields Nam Type jsp p nane F SchoolT ype nane As tags Cancel Apply Figure 15 The Folder Fields tab NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 24 The File Fields tab You can define default folder fields in this tab Data Fields Subject Fields Folder Fields File Fields Fields Add Remove Cancel pm Figure 16 The File Fields tab Once you have set the desired fields choose OK Monitor calibration NeoGroup allows your monitor to be standardised using the Monitor Calibration Wizard To enable and run the wizard choose the LUTs tab and ensure Enable monitor LUT is checked If this option is enabled the monitor calibration wizard must be run See Chapter 13 for more information regarding calibration Defining the High Resolution image and Design File locations Images can be imported with a reference to a high resolution image In order to print with the high resolution data NeoGroup must be told where to find these files The way you set up NeoGroup to find the files can be done in several ways It is recommended that you think how the image data will flow around your lab For example if you are a smaller lab you might keep all the image data on the same machine that you create and print the jobs from Alternately you might be a larger lab who has several workstations sharing both jobs and the high
44. cted the handles are visible click the Send down 1 layer button The Image Object is moved down 1 layer and 1s now behind the transparent area of the Graphic Object Note in the picture below that it is possible to see the full design along with the whole name board Figure 32 The Image Object placed behind the graphic object s transparent area Placing additional graphic objects As many graphic objects as you need can be placed into a template To add a further object repeat the above process NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 80 ZA If a graphic object that is placed over the top a hole has the transparent colour it will be merged is described above Be sure that for objects that you don t want to merge you choose Cancel at the Set Bitmap Mask dialog Controlling image scaling When placing image objects into a template you can control how the graphic is scaled within the object box This is useful if you need to ensure that an image is completely displayed and is not distorted There are three scaling options available e Clip the image to fill the box maintain aspect ratio e Fitthe whole image in the box maintain aspect ratio e Fill the image in the box distort the aspect ratio The options are set using the Scaling options toolbar Distort image to fill box Clip image to fill box Fit image to box Position and size the object All objects can be positioned and sized using the mouse or very
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46. d Ajax This server has a drive shared as Data and all images are stored in folders under the Images folder UNC naming allows this exact directory be specified from any workstation within the network without using drive letters This avoids configuration errors The UNC name for a shared directory is Server Share Path You may set your images up on this server as follows Images Job 1 Images Job2 Images Job3 Only the root folder is required In this case The root folder is Images So the UNC name for the path would be Ajax Data lmages Finally we need to specify the final search directory to find the source images Using the code NeoGroup adds the name of the TNJ file to the search path as the final part of the path statement In the above case each of the TNJ files would be named Job1 Job2 and Job3 So if the path is entered as Ajax Data Ilmages and the file currently open is called Job2 NeoGroup will search for the original source images in Ajax Data Ilmages Job2 Absolute path Enter a path statement that points directly to the images NeoGroup will look to this directory to find the images Not a recommended method as it is completely in flexible Adding a Design file location Templates can be stored in various places within your local area The location of the templates must be defined before NeoGroup will see them ready for you to use NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configurin
47. d international treaties Unauthorized reproduction ar distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law e Choose Next to proceed e Read the contents of the ReadMe screen It contains timely information that may be required for the installation Choose Next to proceed Cancel e Choose the location for the program files to be installed to Unless you have a particular reason for changing the default path setting we recommend you leave it as 1s Choose Next to proceed e Allow the program to create backup files for the installation Choose Next to proceed E Select Components In the options list below select the checkboxes for the options that vau would like to have installed The disk space fields reflect the requirements of the options you have selected e Choose the components to install If this machine is to house the hardlock v Neofaroup 1 0 3 17657 k License Server 213k component M Documentation 3056 k e Documentation and tutorial files are installed to the same directory as the program files Disk Space Required 24784 k Disk Space Remaining F4640006 k e Choose Next to proceed Cancel NeoGroup Chapter 3 Installation Page 5 e Select the name of the Program Manager group to add the icons to Choose Next to proceed e Once you re happy wit
48. d choose the d 0 oa ig ta text file that contains the data aiu Macr ehe bend Mach veh reges an etl The contents of the file being imported deal needs to be specified Choose Setup from the Text file to import details dialog the Setup subject details text file import dialog is shown Specify the import type Choose wether the file being imported is a Fixed or Pee Piss Delimited file If you are importing a delimited file eal specify the delimiter either choose by tab or by and enter the delimiter character Map the fields Specify which field matches your data You might have a file that looks similar to Amy Batchelor Year 7 15568 260172 The fields in this record are Record Field Field mse RN Enter the relevant field number for each available field Field map Folder Image id number tag Updating existing data If you have already imported some details it is possible to update the imported data in various ways In order to update existing information you need to specify a unique field that NeoGroup will use to identify the record to update You would want to use an absolutely unique field such as an ID number to match on First ame 1 Last ame 2 ID 4 Choose the unique field by choosing from the Unique field drop down Now choose how the data is to be updated from the list available When NeoGroup finds a record that it can update it can NeoGro
49. ds Folder Fields File Fields Fields Nam Type Speci O First ame first name last name As tags ces w Figure 13 The Subject Fields tab Adding a new field Click Add A new line appears Click the cursor in the Name entry area and type the field name ZA Fields are case sensitive If you define a field Name but place and code name in a template the text will not be correctly substituted NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 23 Assigning a special attribute Fields can be assigned a special attribute that identify it for special use within the program Attributes such as first last or whole name identify a particular field To assign a field attribute choose the field then cluck the Special drop down for that field A list of available attributes is displayed FirstH ame first name Lasth ame none whole name first name last name middle name birthdate unique field arder field Figure 14 Assigning a Field Attribute There are several special fields that are built in to NeoGroup that are always identified as a special field For the Subject Fields these special fields are Field Name Identified as FirstName Identified as a subject s first name LastName Identified as a subject s last name WholeName Identified as the subject s whole name The Folder Fields tab You can define default folder fields in this tab Data Fields x Subje
50. e In Details mode the basic structure of the name data is laid out and various special pieces of information relevant to the job are entered If you have name data to import or want to manually enter the data as a database the process is done in Details mode After starting the program create or open a NeoGroup file by choosing File gt New or File gt Open Now choose Mode gt Details or press F4 on the keyboard The Details screen is divided into 3 major sections Folders code data Name details gae ee Eae we RT 0M n Defining the fields The fields displayed in these panes are defined as a program default or for each individual file There are three different types of field groups Sud Fahir Ft Fn Fin Fui e File fields e Folder fields e Subject Fields File fields File fields are objects that are common to all the groups involved in the current job Things like the au ue NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 37 school name the Principal s name and the school logo are good examples of File fields To add a default File field choose File gt Options then choose the Default tab Now click the Details Fields gt Edit button The Data Fields dialog is shown Choose the File Fields tab and choose Add A new line is added to the list of fields Enter the name of the new field you want to use then choose OK Zuberi Fakir Fotie Fookets Fibs Face Folder fields
51. e PC s Parallel port e The parallel port is functioning correctly e Both the License Server and Support Files components have been installed If an error is still given contact Timestone Software or your distributor for support License Server Setup Server Computer Mame sies i Error OK DE Cancel NeoGroup Chapter 4 License Server Page 8 Enabling your licenses When you purchase the Neo applications you will purchase a number of user licenses Timestone Software will supply a number of enable codes that will add licenses to the license server These files are supplied either as an e mail to your system administrator or on a CD Rom The enable codes are shipped to you separate from the hardlock for security reasons Adding the licenses to the license server Ensure that the hardlock and server software has been installed and successfully configured From the Start menu choose Timestone Software gt License Manager The License Manager will open Pay particular attention to any errors displayed in the Last Error section Before any configuration has been carried out it may display Missing empty license code table file This error will disappear once valid licenses have been installed If the error reads Hardlock is invalid or missing review the installation of the hardlock and License Server If you need to open the License Server setup control panel click the Setup button at
52. e been made choose T NI Start The images are imported Choosing Stop during i le the import process will stop the import after the current file The import options dialog can be hidden by choosing Hide The images will continue to be ved qm imported until the last eligible file has been processed APRES DSTO naa or the import process is paused or cancelled PEO impet is Fim TofS Pausing the import If you wish to pause the images as they are imported check Pause import The image import is paused until the checkbox is unchecked kida NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 53 Using linked job files Once images have been link imported to the job file the original hi res images are not required until the jobs are printed or exported to the hard disk It is not possible to edit images with an image editor directly from NeoGroup when using linked files This means that the smaller TNJ file can be sent anywhere without the source images for image colour correction cropping and pack creation Missing image files If the original image files are not available when printing or exporting the images an error is shown Either fix the problem and choose Retry to retry the job or Abort to abort the current operation Fix the problem and try again NeoPack IN Cannot find bitmap image file film 1710 bmp Bety Ignore Specify the image import order Open the Import Options panel by choosing Image gt I
53. e can be defined as transparent in a template For example you might design the areas that are to be transparent to be white R 255 G 255 B 255 Any pixels in the design that have this value will become transparent When saving the background image you must use a file format that does not change this value relationship For example JPEG format will distort the white pixels close to a darker area in the image resulting in flecks through the merged image Use either PNG format for compressed images or un compressed TIFF or TARGA images for your backgrounds Do not use JPEG format for background images Merging images NeoGroup allows the images you import to be placed into a design by allowing transparency in the background images You design a colour that will be transparent in the NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 76 background image then define that colour when the background is imported You can use either bitmap or vector style graphics Both formats allow image merging Transparent areas in bitmap images The 1 bit transparency support means that you must carefully build in a colour that will appear as transparent in your background images First choose a colour that you will use to indicate transparency perhaps white or R 255 G 255 B 255 When designing the image make sure that only transparent areas use this colour For example select the areas that are not to be transparent and use the Photoshop
54. e started you will notice several things e Anew control panel License Server has been added to the Windows Control Panel e Anew service Timestone License Server has been added to the Services list e Anew program License Manager has been added to the Start gt Timestone Software menu Connect the hardlock to the License Server s parallel port Configuring and testing the license server The hardlock can be connected to any machine in the local area network This machine doesn t have to have a Neo application installed to act as a hardlock server Hardlock and License Server installation First make sure the hardlock is plugged into the hardlock server s parallel port Run the Neo application installer and make sure that the License Server and Support Files components are chosen It is not necessary to choose the Neo application component if this machine will not run the app Allow the installer to re start the PC as required License Server configuration Open the Windows Control Panel Locate the License Server icon and double click it The License Server control panel opens Enter the computer name for the hardlock server and press Test The License Server will then check to confirm the presence of the hardlock on the PC If the hardlock is correctly detected the control panel will report OK If an error is displayed confirm the following e Check you have entered the computer s name correctly e The hardlock is connected to th
55. e than one image to a group Pe iube you might like to switch between the images whilst you re adding the names For example you might have one image with the subjects holding up a name banner acting as the key for the name row lists NeoGroup Chapter 10 Names Mode Page 71 Switch between the images Choose the group you want to use then choose View gt Next group image Control lt Pg Down gt or Previous group image Control lt Pg Up gt ZA Regardless of the image selected here the final printed group uses the Primary image defined in Image mode NeoGroup Chapter 10 Names Mode Page 72 Design mode NeoGroup uses templates to create its jobs A template is a collection of graphic text and other objects that you place into a design When the template is chosen in the main application the design is recalled the group image placed into the design along with any other text and graphic objects that may be required by the template Many of the objects you can place into a NeoGroup template are referenced to various images and text for a particular job For example a template can contain a graphic object that 1s the school s logo the Princiipal s photograph as well as a text object that fetches the school campus name When the job is run the template fetches the school logo and Principal images then the campus name for this particular job All these elements are placed onto the page automatically The result is th
56. e to put that hardlock dongle we sent you Getting more help More help is available for NeoGroup from the following places Related documents such as our Color Management Guide and the Bitmap Compare Utility Guide Help pages from our WWW site http www timestone com au Technical support as noted at the end of this chapter Pre installation requirements You will need to following resources and information before you start installing NeoGroup e NeoGroup software installation CD ROM e NeoGroup software user s guide e Hardware protection device e Unlock code supplied by Timestone Software e Your computer complies with the hardware and software specifications as outlined in Chapter 3 Installing NeoGroup Learning NeoGroup Included on the NeoGroup CD ROM are contained the following resources NeoGroup Chapter 1 Before you Begin Page 1 e Installation files e NeoGroup user manual the document you are currently reading Getting help from Technical Support We offer many different methods of support However we strongly encourage you to use e mail as your primary support mechanism Telephone support rey Telephone support is available by calling Timestone Software during our business hours These hours are 9 00 AM 5 00 PM Australian Eastern time The telephone numbers are Voice 61 3 9570 9899 Fax support You can fax us with questions or queries Please address your fax queries to Tech
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58. ear 1 folder Upstream from the Year 1 folder we see the Junior School folder then the Provident School folder and finally the Groups folder Any information dropped into the Year 1 folder is available for use for groups in that folder Similarly and information dropped into the Junior School folder is also available to the Year thru 7 groups However any information dropped into the Junior School folder is not available for use by Senior School groups Using this folder structure it is possible to define data text or graphic objects that can be available for a specific group only to a major gathering of groups like the Junior School folder Likewise you can define global properties that belong to all groups being created by this file How to structure a job Generally you will structure your files in two ways depending how automated you want your production to become Page 30 Full automation If you want to use all the automation functionality NeoGroup offers you will need to set up a folder structure that exactly mirrors the structure of the groups you are photographing be ag Unallocated Br cJ Groups B gt Provident School E Ted Junior School Year 1 E9 Tear 2 F9 Year 3 Tear 4 71 Year 5 7 Year 6 F9 Year j isa E Year rA EEG E Senior School Figure 18 A tightly structured NeoGroup file Loose automation You will always need to
59. ed in Form Pages mode saving templates Once you have designed the template you must save it to the templates directory on the hard disk The templates directory is set as a program default Choose File gt Options and choose the Paths tab Now choose the Design files tab Enter the path to the directory that NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 92 will hold the templates you design You can define more than one location for the templates if required Any valid template files stored in this x directory will be available to use with group Image Files Design Files D Images Templates TS If you are designing new templates you must gt gning p b quit and re start the program before the new files are available to the program Mew Hemare Cancel ppp NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 93 Form Pages mode Creating and printing the final NeoGroup jobs is done in Form pages mode Here you can choose the groups to print apply templates and actually print the jobs Form Page interface The Form page user interface consists of three main panes e The groups available to print e The templates available for use e Apreview of the finished page 4 E j F E pa amp s a E a da f j i Eu heal LES z j La Ce NEN S Kaf A e Las iet POR AF Creating a page Creating a page is done by first choosing the group or groups then choosing the template re
60. ed to the Server or can be used on a workstation connected to the network e Several support files Understanding the License Server When a Neo application is licensed from Timestone Software we issue your site with a hardlock or dongle This hardlock contains a unique Key code that is specific to your installation Without the hardlock it 1s not possible to use the Neo application It is possible to purchase single or multi user licenses for Neo applications When the license is issued it is added to the license server You will then be able to use the number of applications you have licenses for When a Neo application is started it asks the License Server if there is a license available to use If there is the application will launch and use a license If there are no licenses available for that application an error message will be given and the program will quit You will not be able to launch the application until a license becomes available either by adding more licenses or by one of the users quits their running Neo application Installing the License Server When installing the Neo application choose the License Server component The License Server service will be installed It is not necessary to install the License Server on any machine other than the one that will host the hardlock NeoGroup Chapter 4 License Server Page 7 You will be required to re start the PC Do so Once the PC has been r
61. elected images If you want to import a number of selected image files you can choose the files to import using the selected dialog Click Selected The Import From Disk dialog opens Choose the files you want to import You can use the standard Windows modifier keys to select the various file ranges These modifiers are e lt Shift gt click first then last file in a range selects a block of files e lt CTRL gt click each file you wish to import selects the files to import individually Choose the range of files to and choose OK Import From Disk Look in Kids Dudes ipa GameBoy ipa Horse pg Teddy jpg Teddy jpg Tinni pg Files of type Bitmap files bmp png ipg tif Cancel specify the image import order Open the Import Options panel by choosing Image Import options panel Note the status of the Incoming images section of the Import Options If the file currently open is indexed the options will be unavailable If the file currently open is sequential the options will be available NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 52 Images Import Options Panel x Images Import Options Panel x Iv Pause importing I Follow imported images Iv Pause importing I Follow imported images Iheomna images fon les With sequentall numbered images Incoming images For Files with sequentially numbered images D Reverse oder oend Insert Henlece Reverse order
62. ely are displayed in the Image Corrections palette If the Image Corrections palette isn t currently open choose View gt Image Corrections Choose the image crop editing mode by choosing Images gt Select crop amp scale image tool Note that all images displayed in the image table now show the enabled aspect ratios Cropping images Choose an image The image can be cropped by Action Keyboard Mouse Image Correction palette Move an Hold the Control key Click and drag the Click inside the X value box image left and press the key mouse or Press lt Control gt lt X gt Decrease the value or press the W key Move an Hold the Control key Click and drag the Click inside the X value box image right and press the key mouse or Press lt Control gt lt X gt Increase the value or press the key Move an Hold the Control key Click and drag the Click inside the Y value box image up and press the key mouse or Press Control Y Decrease the value or press the v key Move an Hold the Control key Click and drag the Click inside the X value box image down and press the key mouse or Press Control Y Increase the value or press the key Zooming images Choose an image The image can be zoomed by Action Keyboard Mouse Image Correction palette Make the Hold the Control key Hold Control key Click inside the S value box image larger and press the Page and turn the scroll or Pr
63. epresents the school logo The logo bitmap is imported and identified as Logo for this particular job Once printed NeoGroup fetches all the necessary variable objects and places them automatically Name entry Row lists can be constructed using pre entered or imported name data for quick entry or manually typed If the name data is available entry is done by typing a few characters of either the first or last name or even an ID number The names that match the characters entered are displayed for quick entry in the row list If names have not been entered previously the row lists can be constructed manually by entering the names Job creation Jobs are finally created by choosing the group then applying a template from those available Groups can be created singly or as a group Using NeoGroups interface Once NeoGroup has been installed choose NeoGroup from the Start menu Program Files Timestone Software NeoGroup will start If you are asked for an unlock code or told that the software protection device is not present please review Chapter 3 Installing NeoGroup There are 5 distinct modes of operation for NeoGroup Depending on which mode you are in the screen contents will appear quite different Switch modes by choosing Mode then the desired mode The 5 modes are e Details mode import and edit job name and other details e Images mode import crop and color correct the portrait images e Names mode
64. es are available or if you have the name data as a text file However the job starts you will need to set up the file to reflect the structure of the groups being photographed A NeoGroup job consists of various folders that contain the group images matching name data if available and other variable objects such as the school name logo image etc NeoGroup presents these folders and groups in a similar manner to Windows Explorer In the example below we are working on a school Provident School This school has two major campuses Junior School and Senior School Years to 7 belong to the Junior School and share a common Head Teacher who has no relationship to the Senior School Years 8 to 12 belong to the Senior School and they have their own Head Teacher Both the Junior and Senior school share the same Principal School Colours and Logo NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview Page 29 NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview a All a Unallocated E 3 Groups El Provident School Eb lez Junior School Bj 3 Senior School Figure 17 An Image attached to a group Once a group has been created it can be dropped into a Year folder and associated with a particular folder Now that group inherits all the special attributes of that folder and those upstream from it For example in the above image we are viewing the Year 1B group Year 1B is a member of the Y
65. esign Mode Page 84 e Variable The text changes for each image according to information entered for the image Variable text is defined using an symbol at the beginning of the text placed into the template When NeoGroup sees the symbol it looks to see if it has the necessary information for that image and uses it if it does If no information is available for the image the code is ignored Placing text objects Create a new template either a Layout or a Design Choose the Text Object tool i from the toolbar Click and drag over the template where you want the text to appear The text entry dialog opens Enter the text you want to appear in the template Edit Text 4E Wr School Photography 2000 Cancel Figure 39 Text entry dialog box ew World School Photography 20th Figure 40 Text placed into a template Controlling text formatting Text wether fixed or variable can be stylised using font colour and style To apply some text styling choose the text you want to stylise then choose the Font size style colour or alignment from the Style Text toolbar bie z u NN Text colour Text alignment Font Style buttons Times New Romar Text size buttons NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 85 Variable text objects NeoGroup allows various data fields be defined for the various groups in your job For example there are some things that are common to a whole
66. ess Control S Down key wheel or hold the Decrease the value or press Shift key down and the V key move the mouse up Make the Hold the Control key Hold Control key Click inside the S value box image smaller and press the Page and turn the scroll or Press Control S Up key wheel or Increase the value or press Hold Shift key PIS down and move the mouse down NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 62 Moving images outside the image area It is possible to move the images outside the image area This might cause white borders in the finished packages If you move an image too far you will see indicators The indicators show where the image has been incorrectly moved N ptm Outof image area indicators od d Zooming and jogging in practice Adjusting the size and position of images for the various print sizes to be printed is a most important task If many images are to be adjusted it is important to perform the task as quickly and accurately as possible In practice some operators will prefer to use the keyboard to make these adjustments whilst others will prefer to use the mouse and keyboard Using the mouse and keyboard e Select the image to be corrected e Hold the Control key down and use the scroll wheel to zoom the image e Release the Control key click and drag the mouse to adjust the image position e Click the next image and repeat the operation e When you need to see t
67. g NeoGroup Page 27 Choose File gt Options then choose the Paths gt Design Files tab Now choose New A new line appears in the list box Enter the whole path for the location of the design files you want to use You can use UNC Zeus Vault or mapped drive letters as a valid path After entering a new path NeoGroup must be re started before it will recognise the new entries and so see any templates in the new location Image Files Design Files D lmages Templates Mew Remove coca m NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 28 Using NeoGroup Overview NeoGroup can be configured for use in several ways If your lab has access to name and other data to use to construct the row lists the construction process is very quick and easy You might like to configure it to use automated templates or design a template for each school Using NeoGroup all of NeoGroup s automation features means that you will need to spend a little more time setting up a particular job but overall the automation means that your production time and hassle levels will be lower If you don t want to use the automation features or don t have the row lists available as a data file NeoGroup still allows you to create your Traditional Group jobs quickly and effectively Understanding a NeoGroup job A NeoGroup job can start in several different places depending wether photography has been done and the scanned imag
68. h IRR x all the settings choose a Next to proceed or x E Current File choose Back to change any of your settings Copying file CAWINNT 4Sustems2 Mestk orp dll e The program files are installed All Files e Once all the files have Time Remaining 0 minutes 6 seconds been installed the Complete screen is shown Choose Finish to complete the installation Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader If you want to view the application documentation you will need to have Adobe Acrobat installed If you don t have the software on your system use the installer on the CD ZA Note If you ve installed over the top of a demo version you ll find that the documentation on the CD is likely to be a much larger file than the one you downloaded Although the manual is the same the version on the CD has images saved at a higher resolution You won t notice much difference viewing the manual on screen but you will certainly notice a difference if you print it NeoGroup Chapter 3 Installation Page 6 License Server Timestone Software s Neo applications are protected from unauthorised use by a license server The license server runs as a Windows NT service and is installed as a component of the installer It consists of several components e A hardlock or dongle that is connected to the Server PC s Parallel port e The License server installed only to the server PC e The License Manager which is install
69. hat support monitor calibration in some manner Typically manufacturers such as ATI or Video Seven have such products Hard disk If you are using NeoGroup on a single workstation you should realise that very quickly you will use 9Gb of data storage just with the images you scan to create your products If your requirements are low volume you could consider a single 9Gb hard and continually move images that are finished onto a CD Rom or DVD RAM disk However if you are producing just an average number of packages you will want to use a number of drives Fortunately hard disk drive costs are relatively low today NeoGroup Chapter 2 System Requirements Page 4 Installing NeoGroup Open the CD ROM in Windows Explorer or My Computer and double click the file Install NeoGroup The installer screen appears Welcome ta NeoGroup Setup program This program will install MeoGroup on your Computer The installation process may require a restart mid way through the process If the installer requests you to restart the PC please do so as the installation is not able to complete without the restart Most Important The installation process may regire the PC to be restarted Please ensure no other programe are running before beginning Click Cancel ta quit Setup and close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law an
70. he group the first step in creating the row list is to define the number of rows Then the number of people in each row is defined then the names inserted to the correct position Define a row Click the cursor inside the first entry in the Row pane Type the name for the row Now count the number of people in the row from the preview image and insert this number in the Count box The required number of positions is created ready to insert names Continue entering rows until they are completed T9 You don t have to enter the number of positions in a row As names are entered to a roe list the count will automatically increment However it serves as a good check when entering names that the correct number of names has been entered Back Raw Second Row 8 Third Row NeoGroup Chapter 10 Names Mode Page 67 Adding absentee or other special rows If you want to create an Absent or other special list create and name a row appropriately Whatever is entered for Row is the text that will appear as the Row label These special rows can be handled exactly as if they are a normal row Moving the row position After a row has been created you can change its position by moving it up or down in the list This can be important if you have created the rows in a mixed order To move a row select it then choose Edit gt Move row up or View Mode Help Move row down You can also use the short cut keys Heneri Insert position Far
71. he next screen of images turn the scroll wheel eS Note that the control panels associated with scrolling mice often allow the scroll wheel to move a certain number of lines per click You should set it to suit your needs If the scroll wheel is set to 1 line the image table is moved 1 row per click If it is set to 3 lines the image table is moved by 3 rows per click Using the keyboard e Select the first image by pressing the Home key NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 63 e Choose the image to be adjusted with the Arrow keys e Hold the Control key down and use the Arrow keys to move the image e Hold the Control key down and use the Page Up or Page Down keys to zoom the image e Use the Arrow keys to choose the next image to be edited e Use the Page Up or Page Down keys to see the next or previous page of images Adjusting the image colour density and contrast Image colour density and contrast can be changed using the image density controls The corrections can be applied across a group of images or individually If you find it cumbersome using the mouse in this situation there are a number of shortcut keys available Action Keyboard shortcut Increase brightness Type lt Control gt lt I gt and press the key The T value increases Decrease brightness Type lt Control gt lt I gt and press the key The I value decreases Increase contrast Type lt Control gt lt C gt
72. he way that they are created and also in the look of the final printed image A vector graphic is formed by drawing a series of lines then applying blocks of colour to the objects drawn The result 1s a graphic that is well suited to many logos and other design elements but that has a cartoonish appearance when drawing real life images On the other hand a bitmap image can create realistic images for use in a template The big difference between a vector and bitmap graphic is that a vector is very small and quick to print whilst a bitmap can be very large and slower to print Bitmap file size If you want to use a bitmap background you can optimise printing time by using the smallest background image possible If your background has a lot of very fine detail such as a fine texture you will need to use a larger file If the background has many abstract objects or if image clarity is not particularly important use a smaller file size In general you can use the following guide as a good starting point to determine your quality requirements These recommendations assume a maximum print size of 8x12 300dpi Background detail Use this file size Detail not important at all 2 4Mb Detail somewhat important 4 6Mb Detail important 6 8Mb Detail very important 10 20Mb requires testing Image file format NeoGroup offers 1 bit transparency support to blend images This means that a single colour in the bitmap imag
73. hes path of aach rage pucandtha paih and samci kx eran fora Alu meal Foe qp ari jer zn Mar Wera Hormonal apple LUT irora j F hugan pee 3 seh Set the import type Decide wether you want to import the preview only or the whole image data If you want to import the preview only make sure the Import preview only checkbox is checked Now choose from the two options to specify how NeoGroup will locate the original image files when printing or exporting images e Remember the actual path of each image NeoGroup remembers the original location of the high resolution images e Discard the path NeoGroup uses the image search path specified as a program option to locate the high resolution images For more information regarding these options refer earlier in this chapter v mpart preview only when printing or exporting access orginal tile Remember the actual path of each image Discard the path and search for images when required set the search path s for images in File Options Paths Images Set the image rotation flip If the images you are importing need to be rotated or flipped choose the rotation here ZA Note If you import images by preview only choosing an option here will cause longer print times as the image will be rotated or flipped at print time To ensure the shortest possible print times ensure the images are in the correct orientation before they are imported Ro
74. high resolution images in the same directory as the job file Best for smaller labs Sub directory from job file NeoGroup looks for the high resolution images in the named sub directory from that where the job file is in Good for small or large labs Image root directory NeoGroup looks for the high resolution in a sub directory named the same as the job file Best for large labs Absolute path NeoGroup looks for the files in the exact path as entered This is not a recommended method You should choose the method that best suits your lab s workflow It is possible to specify more than one path statement although it is recommended that you choose and use one method only Same directory as job file If the path statement is entered as i NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 26 NeoGroup will search for the source images in the same directory as the TNJ file Sub directory from job file Images can be stored in a sub directory of the folder that contains the job file For example the job file is stored in a folder Images Job1 and the images belonging to that job in ImagesVJob1 Source If the path statement is entered as Source NeoGroup will search for the source images in the Images Job1 Source subdirectory Image Root directory Using an image root directory allows all images belonging to a job be stored under a single directory in its own folder For example you might set up a single image server name
75. hool 2000 Senior Campus Year 10A Using Built in details There are a number if pre defined codes that are always available within NeoGroup In Image mode we created a number of named groups The name that is given a group here is the text that is used in the final job when using the name code Unallocales Greg Pradai 5 chonl m Junii Schon fn P i 7 Yea k M 2 E a T T r Pa Af Fe my Fears nt Si A P i A Feat H i A n e Teer B L i v ul hd hal a i LAAN Yew TA M MES SV Tam 7H Tea TC E LT wo bik LT Lr LT d LE Tii JLI NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 88 Available built in codes The following built in codes are available Code Description Name The name of a group entered in Image mode L Name list object Names are placed into the template with the name list object tool in the toolbar zz To place a name list object click the button in the toolbar then click and drag where you want the names to appear It is not important to be accurate at this point Release the mouse button and the Group Names Setup dialog is displayed At the bottom of the dialog note the sample text This text will reflect the changes you make and uses real data Lx E mjz z MNN m ssi Foes pete mem uma m temada i3 A T Eea ee ee T izm nmm ami laos L amp m gea fin keiss mm edge i 7 Fh 1 sat lt
76. in the filenames which are created during the export process NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 64 e You can apply an LUT to the whole batch of images you are exporting e You can apply sharpening to the whole batch of images you are exporting e You can resample each image in the whole batch to different size e and of course you can export in any of the most commonly used file formats JPG BMP PNG TIF TGA PCX or PCT To export images make sure you re in Image mode then choose Images Export The Export images dialog box appears all you can do here is specify a path and start the process Not much will happen however unless you first click the Setup button and specify how you want the images exported Images Export Setup EF Filename format pre no width post ext ee eo eg 3 pg Bitmap Format Type JPEG JPG Color 24 bit B bit Size Same size C To Size width height 100 x 100 pixels Apply LUT none bl Sharpen Kernel Strength Al Cancel Figure 28 Images Export Setup dialog Shown above are the default settings ZA Note If you change the file format from the default of jpg make sure you change the extension in the Filename format area of the dialog to match This doesn t happen automatically and if you don t change it you may end up with BMP files that all have jpg extensions NeoGroup Chapter 9
77. ion regarding using and constructing corrections for use Timestone print job files NeoGroup can print to a special file that contains only the instructions required to create the pack This means that print times for the operator creating the job 1s very short The print job files can then be sent across the network to another workstation where Timestone Software s PrintTime product is running is printer queuing software and can open these files directly Once open in PrintTime the packs can be colour corrected the final quantity adjusted and then printed This means that the time consuming task of rendering the packages can be off loaded to an un attended workstation whilst the operators continue to create packages Creating a Print Job file Open the printer setup dialog by choosing File print setup Choose Timestone print job as the target printer The file naming options discussed previously are still valid Please review the previous section for this information Once all the settings have been made choose Ok TS If an Index line or printer LUT corrections are chosen when creating the TIS file these settings will be applied when the file is finally printed from PrintTime The Index line can be overridden but not the LUT corrections For this reason be very careful when creating TIS files with LUT corrections NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 100 Create the Print job file Choose File gt Print The Print dialog o
78. items that can be included in the Index Line These options can be added to the current Index Line by clicking the Text options drop down A list of pre defined codes appears Choose NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 102 the desired code and it is added to the end of the current text selection It is also possible to enter text to the Index Line option Description OO NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 103 Calibration amp Color Management T Note Timestone Software s Neo family of products use the ICC color management system that Microsoft has built into Windows 2000 If you are using Windows 2000 you should use the ICM 2 color management system in preference to taking the steps described in previous versions of this manual ICC color management involves creating color profiles for every display or output device on your system and is considerably more sophisticated than the previous method However the calibration method of color management and the creation of LUTS Look Up Tables to achieve consistent color correction is still valid if you have not yet upgraded to Windows 2000 and both methods are now described in our separate Color Management Guide which should be available on the same CD ROM that this manual was on or you can download it from our website at http www timestone com au NeoGroup Chapter 13 Calibration Page 104 Index Color manasefne Nl cig sessecaen
79. job Sub folders of a main folder Year 8 12 folders of the Senior School campus for example inherit any fields defined in the parent folder For example you can define folder fields e SchoolType The campus name e Teacher A group s teacher In Details mode choose the Senior School folder and enter the name of the campus Now move all the Year 8 12 groups into the Senior School folder Each of the years 8 12 are now a part of the Senior School and so will inherit the information typed in for the Senior School folder NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 87 Folders 3 E EJ senior School Bl Senior School ERI Year 10 HP Junior School Ea Year 11 Fg Year 12 P YearB Ie Field Teacher Teacher Ms Angela Campesid SchoelTvpe Eei arate SchoolT ype So the group folder Year 10A has the following details e Teacher Ms Angela Campesie from the Year 10A folder e SchoolType Senior School from the Senior School folder In our previous example we placed the school name and year of photography into a template Now we want to add the campus and group name By adding the codes e File lt SchoolName gt File lt Year gt Folder lt SchoolType gt name Edit Text x File lt SchoolName gt File lt Y ear gt Folder lt SchoolType gt name coca In the above example the printed job would contain the text Provident High Sc
80. l The Images Options Panel is shown Note that the options Insert and Replace are available Images that are imported with Insert selected will be added from the selected image Images imported with the Replace option selected will overwrite existing images from the selected image Incoming images for sequentially numbered image files Reverse order Deleting images To delete images you must first choose All in the tree view After selecting All choose the image you wish to delete then press the Del key or choose Edit Delete A confirmation of the deletion is requested then the images are removed Choose OK the image is deleted Any groups that used deleted images will not be removed a g avi m oh via Wo ow IN er Wa LA 1 83 Groups NeoGroup ra amp 5 hk pe o6 ww o 7 000 nal Li N Are you sure You want te delete these images 0 ES Mo die nj le c came o o aes Closing and compacting files Close a file by choosing File Close or by clicking the File Close button in the toolbar The current file is closed Images are stored in NeoGroup s database type file As images are deleted in the program they are not physically removed from the file although they are no longer available One NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 57 result of this is that the file size will remain the same even if all the images are deleted from the file The deleted image space is freed up
81. l be available In this case it is not necessary to choose a paper size as this is controlled by NeoGroup This feature requires some configuration to function correctly See later in this manual Printing to a file If you wish to create a Windows prn file instead of printing to the printer choose Print to file A file will be created for the job instead of printed directly to the printer This file can be submitted to the printer at a later time See your Windows documentation for this procedure Printing to bitmaps The option Individual file for each page is used when printing to bitmaps instead of to a printer See the following pages for more information Automatic paper orientation When printing to a normal printer NeoGroup will automatically adjust the orientation of the printer s paper to match the package being printed Enable this option by choosing Automatically adjust orientation Automatic orientation of a bitmap printer As discussed previously NeoGroup allows you to print to many new digital photographic printers by printing its jobs to bitmap files These files are then submitted to the digital photographic printer by a server software These printers often require that the image be presented in a particular orientation portrait or landscape meaning that the orientation of the printed bitmap must be changed as required When printing to Zenographics SuperPrint drivers NeoGroup will print the file
82. lar you must not use images that have been JPEG compressed JPEG compression will introduce artefacts at the edges of your logo We recommend you use PNG compression instead Choosing the transparent area Once the graphic is displayed you can choose the area to be transparent In this example we want the background white area to appear as transparent Using the mouse pointer click the white area The transparency is indicated by the hashed area If you have previously set a colour to be transparent but then don t want to use a transparency mask click No mask ZA Make sure you design your logo graphics carefully Any area that is the same colour as you click will appear as transparent in your design In this example 1f the colour of the banner ribbon was also white it would appear transparent in the final job ect le 0 Mmagarc Termplater S macsi Const png Dick oni tha bimap to peck roir for kanzparmnzy mark 4 b NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 45 Once you are happy with the settings choose OK The dialog is dismissed and the graphic object now is named in the field value in Details mode tree view Allocate graphic objects in the same manner for Folders The graphic object is now available for use in a NeoGroup template Ef Folders EE Junior School 3 Year 3 H E Senior School Frincipal Mrs Caroline williams ScheolMame Provident High School Tear 2000 SchoolLogo ROT png
83. match for the page currently being printed This check is performed for each job meaning that a queue can contain different size prints the best paper size will be selected for each page being printed Use custom paper sizes only Most print sizes NeoGroup 1s required to create are not standard A4 Letter sizes Printer drivers that allow custom paper sizes to be created allow you to design sizes that are exactly correct for NeoPrint prints In this case it is not desirable to allow NeoPrint to automatically choose a standard paper size as it may not be exactly correct Choose Use custom paper sizes only NeoPrint will only consider custom paper sizes when automatically choosing the one to be used eS When using this feature with the Index line enabled be sure to allow enough room for the index line when defining the paper size dimensions If the paper size 1s too small to include the index line the next larger size will be chosen resulting in un predictable results Printer options v Automatically adjust orientation Print to file Individual file for each page Use custom paper sizes only Separate pages don t batch Using printer corrections NeoGroup allows printer corrections by applying a LUT to the image as it is printed This is especially useful if you have more than one printer in use and you switch between them It is also useful to calibrate your printer to the computer s monitor To choose a cor
84. mport options panel Note the status of the Incoming images section of the Import Options If the file currently open is indexed the options will be unavailable If the file currently open is sequential the options will be available Images Import Options Panel Ea Images Import Options Panel Ea Iv Pause importing W Follow imported images Iv Pause importing W Follow imported images lREOMIAG mages fon hes with sequentally numbered images Incoming images for Files with sequentially numbered images Reverse oder oend inset Henlece Reverse order Toend Insert Replace Unavailable Image options for an Image options available for a indexed file sequential file Bitmaps imported to a sequential file are numbered internally with a sequential number The images are imported in order according to the parameters set in the Import options panel dialog Once images are imported to a sequential file they will have numbers allocated from to however many images are in the file 1 2 3 4 There are various import options that available e Reverse order Imports images in reverse numeric order 999 first to 001 e Toend Appends all new images to the end of existing images If Reverse order is selected images are appended before the first image if it exists NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 54 e Insert Inserts imported files from the currently selected image only available if images have already
85. nes where the images you import in the main application will appear in the template Images appear behind on top of or inside other objects in a design Name List object Defines where the name list will appear Graphic Object Defines where various graphic elements will appear in the template Graphic objects created with this tool are static Graphic objects can be bitmap WMF or EMF type Text Object Defines where text will appear in the template Text can be static or contain a special variable codes Text automatically scales to fill the defined text box Barcode Object Defines where a barcode will appear in a Layout Note that the barcode object is not available when creating a Design template All objects with the exception of the Barcode Object can be used in either a Layout or a Design template To place an object click the desired button click inside the template canvas area and drag the mouse The object will be placed into the template ready to be accurately sized and positioned Place an image hole object Place a tagged graphic Place a Name List object Place a barcode object Place a graphic object Place a text object NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 74 The Object Layer toolbar Objects placed into a template can be positioned in layers making it possible to make the various objects appear behind or in front of each other To change the layer order of an object select it then choose the de
86. nical Support The fax number is Fax 61 3 9570 9855 E mail and WWW support There are support pages that include links to the newest versions of the software as well as user documentation and Frequently Asked Problems Our WWW and e mail contacts are WWW hitp www timestone com au E mail support timestone com au NeoGroup Chapter 1 Before you Begin Page 2 System Requirements Hardware requirements The following hardware requirements are required as a minimum configuration to run NeoGroup You should always attempt to exceed these requirements If you have a choice in areas that you can afford to exceed these requirements do this in the following order Memory CPU class Pentium II Pentium III CPU Speed Hard disk speed Ultra Ultra Wide RAID Other Minimum requirements Intel Pentium II processor at 350 Mhz 100 Mhz system motherboard Bx class 128 Mb RAM 4Mb Video card 1024 x 768 24 bit see note 9Gb Hard Disk see note 10 100 Ethernet card 33 6k Modem High quality Sony Apple 17 colour monitor Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 3 Mouse with mouse wheel Microsoft Logitec Optional Extras 6 x 9cm Graphics Tablet with pressure sensitive stylus Wacom CD R or DVD RAM drive for data backup NeoGroup Chapter 2 System Requirements Page 3 Notes Video Card It is most important to use a high quality video card In particular you should use video cards t
87. nior School Year 3 H Senior School Principal Mrs Caroline williams SchaeolMame Provident High School Year 2000 PrincipalPic Double click inside the Value for SchoolLogo The Open Graphic dialog is displayed Navigate through and find the graphic file you wish to import Set the import options As when you normally import images to use within NeoGroup you must import the tagged graphic objects in order to use them There are several options available to you when importing the objects that allow NeoGroup to find the high resolution images when they need to be printed For information about this please consult the following chapter Image mode NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 44 Choose the import option you wish to use then choose Open The file is read and the Graphic value dialog is displayed Dick an ee blan ba pack palor for drameparence nik 4 E F Fu binip faz open at a relevance only when pining acoect pipra file EX UNITATI VIRES he T Eensendiees due siud pathy of ihe Dile z Dk I nrand the palis and ceanch ior the fle shan requaed bi in rein pal d For fen in Fill O ptione Pathe il ima ZA If you wish to use a transparent background for your logo you will be able to specify a colour that will be transparent When designing your logo graphics you must be very careful how the image is prepared to avoid halos or other un wanted artefacts within the image In particu
88. o an individual file via Edit gt Aspect ratios are available only to that file Program default Aspect Ratios From the File menu choose Options The Options dialog is displayed Choose the Default tab These are the default values that are assigned to newly created files eu may edit them or import them fram an existing file Aspect ratios Edit Import from file Details Fields Edit Import fram File rea e Figure 10 The Options Default tab NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 20 Choose Aspect ratios gt Edit The Aspect ratio editor is displayed Any Aspect ratios defined here are available each time a new NeoGroup file is created Defining Aspect Ratios Choose Edit gt Aspect Ratios the Aspect Ratio definition dialog is displayed Aspect Ratios Preview guide on off Aspect preview colour Aspect ratio height Aspect ratio width Hew Remove Aspect ratio name Figure 11 The Aspect Ratio dialog You will notice that the first time you open this dialog there may be some aspect ratios already defined These are the program default aspect ratios discussed in the previous point Create a new Aspect Ratio e Choose New from the Aspect Ratio dialog A new Aspect Ratio is added to the list e Click inside the Description field and type the description of the Aspect you are defining e Click inside the Width field and enter the width then Height to enter the
89. o the place you wish to move To re name a folder click the folder and choose Edit gt Rename Type the new name To delete a folder choose the folder you want to delete then choose Edit gt Delete You are asked to confirm the deletion If you choose Yes the folder is deleted Pa If you delete a folder that contains names the names are not deleted but added to the Unallocated list Any folder details that have been attached to the deleted folder are lost Importing name data If you have name data to import the required folders will be automatically created by the import process The file to be imported should be a text file wither delimited or fixed length Ideally each record should contain e First Name e Last Name e Group e ID optionally A typical text file might contain records similar to this Amy Batchelor Year 7 Willriam Prownlee vYear 7 S II gin Gel V esq zw Amy Coad Year JM Janes rISLODSPOT J regere 7 Catherine Hodge Year 7 Mandy Hooper Year 7 NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 39 Prepare the import process Create a new file or open the file you wish exei mbci desb to import the data to Choose Details mode E EEEE by choosing Mode gt Details or pressing F4 on ETE pippe act a ns your keyboard Choose Subjects gt Import Nope Lares menting dealt text file The Text file to import details IA Pi sos eR EITM dialog is displayed Locate an
90. odo Et etie Dant vet ncces 104 Editing WI PES EE E E nosse aisi ues 19 Exporting images See Images exporting Filename format when exporting images esee 64 ICC color management enrarir 104 Images editing iibi iin aae araa ane aas 19 NeoGroup Index KON UMN cg csc nasa vest aE 64 WSC AAU Oxia tet oink etiim toe tem LUE La tase 5 Nleasurement Ulisse o o Ee PRESE 18 Names mode ueoesuee oet eter oie utu det ume Eoo eh uhttee datum 66 eara dee 18 Printing ere ao bs Deena iene eran rere tree i de IUS 98 Program detaultsosus c iac DN REA Uds 18 Units ot measurement lees 18 Page 105
91. op down then choosing from the available alignments Content amp Arrangement Align top left F Iw Index line on i Configuring the Index line Click the Configure button The Index Line setup dialog is displayed NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 101 Index Line Line height iz 12 pts height may reduce to fit Leave a gap of 25 3t of line height between image amp line Position right or left and align centered Text E amp D amp T Gn amp q Gp Cancel Figure 46 The Index Line options panel Setting the Index Line options Setting the Height Choose the height of the Image Line in Points The Image Line text will be automatically scaled to fit within the height Line height is 12 pts height may reduce to fit Specify the gap to the Index Line Specify the gap amount to leave between the Package print and Index Line This amount is specified as a percentage of the Index Line height Leave a gap of 100 AX af line height between image amp line Set the Index Line position Choose the position for the Index Line to appear Choosing Anywhere allows NeoGroup to automatically choose the most appropriate position for the Index Line right ar lett T below or above Set the text alignment Choose Left Centred or right alignment for the Index Line text centered left tight centered Choosing the Index Line content There are a number of
92. orted Choose the LUT that you need from the Apply LUT drop down For information in making a LUT please see Chapter 10 Calibration NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 55 Importing from the Windows clipboard If your have an application or scanner that can place the images into the Windows clipboard NeoGroup can import these images directly Choose Image gt Import from hot source The Import from hot source dialog opens Make sure Clipboard is checked and Pause importing is unchecked Any images that appear in the Windows clipboard will be inserted to the currently open file The images are inserted according to the options set in the Options panel as previously discussed Importing from Kinetic bitmap devices Some other imaging applications use this method as an image interchange If your device is compatible images will be inserted automatically according to the settings made in the Options panel If you re not sure if your device is compatible check with Timestone Software Images From Hot 5ource Source Lat Image Clipboard E T Ptr Kinetic bitmap devices Setup Pause importing Hide Figure 23 The Images from hot source panel nage Fiom Hot Souice joe Lai image Hoe The cunent e hyr indesed raged bnages vedi nos enor unde the teen porches ani i ru Era apog Hide Figure 24 Import panel with indexed images Editing images while impor
93. other data with these There are many different ways NeoGroup can be used to create the group jobs each method offering additional automation and labour saving When creating a group image name data is either imported or manually entered the groups created then the row lists are constructed When production is ready to be run the group is chosen then a template selected The template contains all the graphic elements required to create the final group as well as special replaceable codes This means that you can design a series of templates at the beginning of your season include special text codes in the name board as well as tagged graphic objects that represent the school logo or perhaps the principal s photograph When the template is selected the necessary data such as the school name class teacher the school logo graphic and other variable objects is placed into the design The result is a finished and attractive traditional group image created with a minimum of effort NeoGroups main features Image Handling Images imported to NeoGroup can be cropped zoomed and correct for colour density and contrast The aspect ratios involved in your production is previewed on screen by super imposing lines indicating the aspects Images can be corrected quickly using either the mouse or keyboard Name Data and Group structure Names can be either imported via a text file or manually entered Upon entry or import the name
94. ou need to understand how your printer needs to receive the final printed bitmap files This involves understanding the desired page size and the resolution dpi that the printer is set to SuperPrint also has some useful image enhancement features when imaging the resulting files to a photographic style printer Fore more information on configuring SuperPrint see chapter 11 Making general print settings Most of the settings required are identical to those already discussed However when printing to a bitmap file choose Individual file for each page in the Printer options section of the Print setup dialog With this option checked the Output filenames settings become available Setting the output filename options Choose the bitmap driver you wish to use and check the option Individual file for each page is enabled When printing with these settings each page is printed to an individual file There are various options available to control the filename allocated for each page m Output filenames Format prefi copies ext For use mage no prefix amp llnHigh ext lipo Original image tag Sequential na There are three options to choose from e A prefix characters always at the beginning of the filenames e An image identifier information that identifies each printed file e Number of copies the number of copies requested e File extension the image file extension Prefix The prefix is the
95. ound page with handles Placing an image Images can be placed anywhere in the template and in layers This allows you to place images behind and if front of one another allowing complex and attractive images to be created When an image is placed into the template you can define the transparent area as well as the size position and image scaling options applied to the image NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 78 Choose the Place graphic object button in the toolbar The cursor changes to the Place Object cursor Position the mouse over the area on the page where you want the hole to appear Click and drag a box over the page It is not important to be accurate at this point A File Open dialog is displayed Choose the file you wish to place and choose Open a lacera 2 nq Ajide preg ae Fore l re jan B ui eo png a Ebi doe peg qc f Eua Wei 7 bere or ol F Open az pac ond Figure 30 The file Open dialog to place a graphic object The file is read and the object appears in the template Now the Set Bitmap Mask dialog appears Click the colour you wish to appear as transparent In this case we will click the centre white area of the background If you Click an the bitmap to pick color for transparency mask don t want to set a transparent area for the Beset graphic press Cancel The graphic will still be placed but no transparent areas will be set If you make a mistake press Reset to reset the
96. pens Choose the range of packs to be printed as previously discussed Specify the output path for the script file This can be a network path Choose Ok The packages are printed Please consult the PrintTime manual for further information regarding finally creating the print from these script files When the TIS file is created a matching TIB file is also created in the same directory as the TIS files The TIB file contains batch information for the job being printed This file is used in hot folder operation and will automatically add files to a batch when it is seen completed in a hot folder Print Index Lines NeoGroup allows creating a page Index Line that can be positioned at a particular position on each page printed The Index Line can contain information such as the source file corrections image number and a number of other options DAlmages Rigel files Manual tn j D46 I 2 CO0 RO GO RO Figure 45 A page Index Line Printing Index Lines Enabling Index Line printing Choose File gt Print setup The Printer setup dialog is shown Enable Index lines by choosing Index line on in this dialog Image alignment Normally if the paper size chosen is bigger than required the alignment of the printed image on the page can vary according to how the printer driver handles the mismatch Using the Align setting the image can be aligned to a specific position on the page Choose the desired alignment by clicking the Align dr
97. ported to the NeoGroup file the high resolution image is sub sampled for display purposes If you want a higher quality preview image you can adjust the size of the preview image created With a file open choose File gt Properties Choose the Bitmap sizes tab and enter the desired preview size in the Stored size of bitmap used for previewing entry box ZA Adjusting this amount will not change preview images already created You must re import the images to see the changed setting Import the images Tr ET iy 3 155 armplan dria ra pr Once the various file options have been set you can age Sade aie po import images to the job file With the job file open RB C vegeta Tiri choose Images Images from disk The Images From Disk dialog is shown Configuring the import There are a number of options that are available to you when importing images e Choose the files to be imported e Specific a range of files to import e Rotate and flip images as they are imported e Apply a LUT correction e Apply image sharpening Set the import options From the Images from disk dialog click the Setup button The Setup dialog opens Click Setup The Images From Disk Setup dialog opens The dialog is divided into 4 main areas that control the various options available to you NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 48 Imerger Pec Orrk Sahu FF png pares onde aban prindiney gr sepas isnt pairs fae fr eraris then ac
98. quired The pages are automatically formed ready to be printed If you wan to select more than one group use the usual Windows key combinations of Shift and Ctrl to select blocks of groups NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 94 Printing the pages Once all the pages have been formed they can be printed Choose File gt Print Setup The Print Setup dialog opens NeoGroup uses standard Windows printer drivers to create the package bitmaps NeoGroup also allows the packages to be rendered on a different workstation to allow the operator to continue creating packages without having to wait for the longer rendering process When printing to a Timestone Software printer that supports long roll paper NeoGroup also automatically sets and configures the page size meaning effective automation of the production process Configuring printers Printer setup is done from the print setup dialog Open this dialog by choosing File gt Print setup eens ie e S Doc Pe One Pa oP file or standard Windows print driver Pint To Open Printer properties Timestone print job file dialog Choose the printer only available if Windows Windows printer P Name JFEG Z Bopeties File output options Automated print functions only available if cunter options supported by the print driver M Amtomatically adjust orientation Print to file M Pick best paper size T Individual file for each page Index line controls Use c
99. r It is not necessary to be accurate The Edit Attribute dialog is shown NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 91 Entering the code Depending on how you create the jobs you will have defined some default items in Details mode In the previous example we created graphic objects for the school logo and the group teacher s photographs The Code is decided by the fieldname entered here For example SchoolLogo references the School s logo and TeacherPic references a group s Teacher picture Tagged graphics use the same naming as discussed in the Variable text objects section earlier in this chapter Considering this naming procedure the correct code for both these objects would be Object Code SchoolLogo File lt SchoolLogo gt TeacherPic Folder lt TeacherPic gt Er Junior School j i PS Year 3 Hl Senior School Principal Mrs Caroline williams Schooldame Provident High School Year 2000 PrincipalPic Controlling Tagged graphic object scaling Images placed into a tagged graphic can be scaled exactly as for a normally placed graphic Choose the scaling you want to use by choosing the appropriate scaling from the toolbar Distort image to fill box Clip image to fill box Fit image to box Using the Tagged graphic Once the codes have been entered to your template and images associated to the relevant fields the graphic objects will be placed into the final job creat
100. r or group selected If you dropped the image onto a folder a new group is created ready to be named If you dropped the image onto an existing group perhaps created manually as discussed before the image is added to that group If you have more than one image of a particular group perhaps one with identifying name tags the other the actual group photpgraph drop all the images belonging to the single group onto the same group photograph You can choose which image you wish to use later Note that after the drag and drop operation the selected image is moved from the Unallocated group at the top of the tree view to the group you created Choosing Unallocated will show that the image is no longer available to be allocated Ej Groups Ema Senior Seer n ear 10 m Year 11 oof Year 12 i Year j 4 Year B E 4 Year Ef Groups Elfen Senior Scoal EF Year 10 j ae Figure 26 After the drag and drop name the group NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 59 Allocating multiple images You may have several images that belong to a single group Perhaps one image has each person holding up a name tag with the other the actual group shot You can allocate several images by dragging and dropping them into a folder or onto a group Allocating multiple images to a folder To allocate several images to a single new group select the images required then drag and drop them to the folder The images are allocated to a
101. r other operations Passing the mouse over the edge of the three panes will change the cursor to 4b the pane move cursor Click and drag the mouse the pane will resize as you drag NeoGroup Chapter 5 Understanding NeoGroup Page 16 Each of the panes has a minimum size If you drag the pane past its minimum size it will completely close and the other windows will expand to take its place Shortcut keys There are many shortcut keys that allow quick selection of program options These shortcuts are either indicated within a menu selection or within the palette being used For example if you wish to adjust the image contrast press and hold the Control key then the C key The value in the Contrast adjustment is hilighted ready for use X T Pts Palette shortcut indicated within the palette NeoGroup Chapter 5 Understanding NeoGroup Page 17 Configuring NeoGroup Setting the Program defaults There are a number of program defaults that need to be set to ensure NeoGroup is most useful to you Things such as the location of various files and default fields need to be set for your lab Open the Options dialog by choosing File Options SS x9 General Defaut LuTs Paths Units Miei size C Imperial inch Size when viewing pages is Metric mm width 273 height 27a Image editing application EXE filename C Program Files4dobe Photoshop 5 0 Photosh Figure 7
102. raphy a single job can involve a number of different print sizes even in a single roll of film This means that you will probably use several different print sizes when printing your Traditional Groups conventionally When using NeoGroup to create your work you need to allow for this possibility as well Often this means that you will have several different versions of the same template each one containing a different print size The aspect ratios you use within NeoGroup than should reflect exactly the print sizes involved in your group prints For example you might use the following print sizes to cover all possible prints in your production e 6x9 e 6x8 5 e 6x8 You would then define these aspects within NeoGroup NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 19 Determining the ideal crop Once defined the aspect ratios are displayed super imposed over the top of the group image 6 10 Aspect 6 9 Aspect 4 5 Aspect Figure 9 Cropping image showing 3 different aspect ratios As discussed later you can jog an image by zooming the image or moving it around Using these controls you can position and size the image so that it is cropped optimally for all the different aspect ratios Defining Aspect Ratios Aspect ratios can be stored as a program default or added to an image collection New files will automatically contain the default aspect ratios which can then be added to Any aspect ratios that you add t
103. rection click the Apply LUT drop down box and choose from the available corrections See chapter 11 for more information regarding using and constructing corrections for use NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 97 Print the pages Once all the various options have been set choose File gt Print The print dialog opens NeoGroup presents you with a list of available jobs that can be printed and options for the print quantity selected Choose the groups you want to print the quantity options then Print NeoGroup starts printing the job Setting the print quantity options NeoGroup automatically determines the number of prints to make based on the number of names entered for that group You can make standard adjustments of the quantity selected or you can enter your own quantity The options are Choosing Prints Copies The automatically determined quantity Type your own number here to manually over ride the selection One only Prints one only of the page As indicated When enabled the print quantity is the automatically determined number plus and additional number of prints that you enter here If printing to a file or a bitmap printer driver specify the output path for the file The next sequence number can be specified 1f desired by entering a number in the Next sequential number box Printer JPEG Setup Groups and copies to print Groupes select to print For each group
104. resolution images and templates NeoGroup can also use the original location of the image files as the source If the original files are moved to another location then original link is invalid NeoGroup will fall back to the path searching described next to try to locate the files eX Ifyou ask NeoGroup to use the original file location to locate the image files be sure that you still put the files in a predictable place We strongly recommend you keep the high resolution image files in an Images directory and each job s files NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 25 are stored in a folder named with some identifier perhaps the school name or booking reference Setting the file locations To set the default image file paths choose File gt Options and choose the Paths tab then the Image Files tab Choose New then enter the desired path It is recommended that you use UNC Universal Naming Convention to specify the path This avoids configuration errors when drive letters change un expectedly See a description of UNC naming later in this chapter Once all the desired paths have been entered choose OK Image Files Vases D arascTmages S auree coa Use c to substitute Men job tnj file name New Remove ea s Specifying a path There are several different ways a path can be filled in by NeoGroup They are Fab lite usse Same directory as job file NeoGroup will look for the
105. rownlee Year 7 Tom Carr Lear qM Amy OST Year Fas James uu IISULtOLSTPOT TYX5sary rU Catherine Hodge Year 7 Mandy Hooper Year 7 Ba Folders E Provident School Subjects After the names have been imported the following folder structure is created in FirstName Last ame Mitchell Barnett NeoGroup fg Year Amy Batchelor le Year 3 william Brownlee The names are now available for selection E Yeni Tom Carr i nm E m when constructing the row lists If you don t ion Year 6 LT 1 it 1 Do 407 Near have a data source for the row lists it is Mert Catherine Hodge possible to enter the names manually either in Mandy Hooper Brae Jessep the Details mode or in the Names mode Constructing the Row Lists Once the groups have been photographed and you have received the row lists it is possible to begin constructing the rows Constructing Row Lists from imported data If name data is available constructing the row lists is a quick operation After choosing Name mode the group you wish to work on is selected The group image is displayed along with the name entry panels game lcs ee eee ET Specify the rows The first task is to specify the number of rows involved in the group image and the number of people in each row In the above example there are 4 rows with 6 people in NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview Page 34 the back 8 in the second 8
106. s Mode Page 68 Inserting names from the database When names are available from the database they can be quickly located and inserted to a row position The insertion is done by starting to type the name into the Find box NeoGroup searches the list of available names and displays a filtered list of names that match the characters entered Choosing the name with the arrow keys then pressing Enter adds the name to the current position It is also possible to search using a unique ID number meaning you can use a bar code reader to create the lists This is useful for some third party applications that construct the row lists and can print a sheet in row order along with the barcoded ID number Setting the name display By default when the results of a name search is displayed all the fields defined in Details mode are shown If you have many fields defined this can mean un necessary detail is displayed You can control how the find results and row positions are displayed by editing the program defaults Choose Edit Options Default tab Edit Details Fields if you want to make a global setting or switch to Details mode then choose Edit Fields if you want to change the settings for this file only The Data fields dialog is displayed Choose As tags The Details tag text dialog is shown You can control exactly what details for each name are displayed in Names mode by entering the field and order in the box here Fields mu
107. s are automatically assembled and the image is ready to be printed Figure 21 A group image completed and ready to print The NeoGroup workflow Having seen broadly the pieces involved when using NeoGroup it is useful to understand how the workflow is structured Pre season Before you start the season design the templates you will want to use during the year If the templates are well thought out there should be no reason to change the templates over your whole season However it is possible that you will do some fine tuning of the templates as you proceed through the season Things such as customising the background colours to mirror a school s colours add another logo and such Pre production Get whatever name data you can from the school and import it This will construct the folder structure making image allocation easier Enter any of the variable data such as the school and principal s place any variable graphics such as the school logo Actual production After the images have been scanned or the digital camera files are available import them to a NeoGroup job file Allocate the images to and name each group Construct the row lists using the imported data or manual keyboard entry Crop and correct the group images then apply templates The jobs are ready to be proofed After proofing enter any corrections required and print the jobs NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview Page 36 Details mod
108. s are gathered into the relevant group lists for later use constructing the row lists The data and images are gathered together as Folders and Groups Folders can contain more folders allowing a natural data structure be created The Year 3 folder is a sub folder of the Junior School folder as well as the groups themselves Folders have special properties such as the School Name or Principal Name that allows the templates to gather the required data together for a particular group automatically NeoGroup Chapter 5 Understanding NeoGroup Page 12 Template based design NeoGroup uses a template to create the designs used for production The templates can contain both fixed and variable objects which are placed into layers in a template Layers can be positioned in front or behind one another PE henFark Prafessipnal CA 0iecmnents and Set Layers can contain bitmap or Vector WMF graphics Fis Ede Images Mode Heb as well as text objects e n Bass d NN CuxvScse E Hatch Fs Templates also support 1 bit image transparency wf mees e allowing images be placed into another image are m haa diui ond Variable objects NeoGroup templates allow special variable objects be placed into a design These variable objects can be either text or graphic types and allow a single template be designed and used for many different schools For example you might place an object into a design that r
109. s the no width entry exp as the post entry e tif as the ext entry With these settings made any files that don t conform to this filename mask will be ignored If the pre no width and post fields are left blank any eligible bitmap files found in the specified directory will be imported Specify a file range limit You can choose to import a range of images from the valid range For example if you want to import image 20 to 40 out of 100 valid image files you would enter 20 and 40 in the Limit from image no to image no boxes Image files 20 through 40 will be imported NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 51 Once you have made all the settings choose OK The Images From Disk Masked dialog is dismissed Note that in the main Images From Disk dialog you will now see a list of the files that will be imported according to the entries made Import From Disk Masked Path D lmages Samples Kids Browse Filename format pre no width post ext mx ME e eg mage3 pq Files to import setup D Images sS5 amples Kids Dudes jpg DSimages S amples Kids ameBoy jpg Dlmages S amples Eids Horse jpg D lmages S amples Eids T eddy jpg D Images S amples Kids Teddy jpg D Images S amples Kids4T inni jpa Mote Leave the no width field blank for filenames with no image numbers Limit from image no to image na rea Empty list selected Import s
110. school such as the school name principal and so on It is then possible to gather the school s groups into sub categories For example the school might have a senior and junior campus Years 1 7 belong to the junior school 8 12 to the senior school You can allocate a name to both the campuses and have the correct campus name inserted to the name board for each particular year group Detail types As discussed in the previous chapters Details mode and Image mode it is possible to define and allocate various data fields to the folders in a job There are three major details groupings e File details global information such as the school name principal name etc e Folder details information specific to a folder or sub folder such as the campus name group teacher name etc e Built in details built in information that are pre defined in NeoGroup These include the group name etc In order to place the correct code into a template It is important to understand how these codes are used Creating a variable code Variable codes are inserted to a template using a special 9 code The code is inserted as normal text including text style and colour but contains special characters that identify it as text to replace to NeoGroup The special code takes the form e Type lt Field gt Where Type is either File or Folder and Fields is any of the field names you have
111. senior and junior school groups After the import has been completed you can add edit or move the folders to suit your needs You can add rename or move folders by clicking dragging and dropping them as you normally do in Windows Explorer Subjects H Folders Subjects Aa GG Seri Schoo is a be E Par z be rz ear 7 7 i Adar Scarlett i 1 x Yea 17 darn ak Vead Claire A anki em Year 7 Enzinger L Year 12 Aaron Nelson Matk 7 Year B Alice Voyages E Year F Adam Jackson bees Year 8 Amelia Elliott Pe Tear 8 Adam Scarlett Angus Hewitt s Tear J Adam Phillips Anthony Hahn C1 Junior School Adele Beasley Bradley Knight Adele Mears D amien Oliver Aimee Thomas Daniel Lade Ainsleigh Skeels David Phillipson Alana Enzinger Figure 22 Folders after importing data then after editing the folder structure NeoGroup Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 41 Allocating File and Folder details As previously discussed it is possible to enter special details to the whole file or to individual folders in a file This data is used when the template is filled in when finishing jobs The details are entered by choosing the file or folder then typing the data into the field Adding File details File details are a global property Things such as the school s name the year of photography or perhaps the school s logo are File details To allocate File details choose All in the folder tree listing Note
112. sing the Aspect Ratio indicators The aspect ratio indicators show the edge of the various print sizes allowing the best crop for the various aspect ratios being prepared to be decided For information on zoom and crop operations see Chapter 9 Images mode Defining default Fields There are various information fields that are used in NeoGroup Certain fields are best set as program defaults Each time a new file is created it will inherit the default values You should review the later chapters in the manual regarding these fields before changing the settings here Once you re familiar with the usage of these fields you can set the program defaults Adding default fields Choose File gt Options then choose the Default tab NeoGroup Chapter 6 Configuring NeoGroup Page 22 a These are the default values that are assigned to newly created files You may edit them or import them fram an existing file Aspect ratios Edit Import from file Detaile Fields Edit Import from file re en Click the Details Fields gt Edit button The default Data Fields dialog is displayed Note there are three tabs Each of these tabs allows global major item and individual data fields to be set The Subject Fields tab The Subjects Field tab contains fields that pertain to each individual appearing as a name in a row list Please see Chapter 8 Details Mode for more information Data Fields Subject Fiel
113. single new group Type the group name and press Enter Allocating multiple images to an existing group To allocate several images to an existing group first make sure you can see the target group in the tree view Do this by clicking the icon next to the containing folder Now select the images required then drag and drop them to the folder The images are added to the existing group setting the default image When several images are allocated to a group you can set one image to be the default The default image will always appear first when viewing of the images and will always be printed When editing the images you would always choose the best image to be the default Choose the group that has several images Either double click the image you want to be the dafault or choose Images gt Make the selected image primary The selected image is moved to the first position in the list view Editing and displaying images After the group images have been imported you can edit them for zoom crop colour density and contrast You can also control how the images are displayed on screen for convenient image editing Changing the image display You can control the number of images displayed on screen using the image pane controls These are located at the bottom of the image preview pane Image set controls Choose the number of images you wish to display using the controls e Choosing Single Image changes the image display to a
114. sired layer order button Q Send the selected object to the back Brine the selected obiect to the front Send the selected object down 1 layer Bring the selected object up 1 layer The Graphic Scaling toolbar When placing image objects into a template you can control how the graphic is scaled within the object box This is useful if you need to ensure that an image is completely displayed and is not distorted There are three scaling options available e Clip the image to fill the box maintain aspect ratio e Fit the whole image in the box maintain aspect ratio e Fill the image in the box distort the aspect ratio The options are set using the Scaling options toolbar B Distort image to fill box Fit image to box Clip image to fill box Preparing and using graphic images There are several steps involved when creating and placing graphic objects e Designing the graphic object in an image editor e Placing the graphic into a NeoGroup template e Define any transparent areas in the graphic There are a number of important things you need to keep in mind when designing graphic images for use in a template Bitmap or Vector There are two quite distinct types of graphic images that can be used in a NeoGroup template NeoGroup Chapter 11 Design Mode Page 75 e Vector graphics from applications like CorelDraw e Bitmap images from applications like Adobe Photoshop The two types are completely different in both t
115. st be prefixed by the symbol For example a job file has the following fields available e FirstName e LastName e ID e DateOfBirth e Allergy Without a specific entry in the Details tag text dialog each name displayed will show all 5 data fields However this is too much detail and can be confusing to the operators when selecting the names By entering e FirstName LastName ID in the Details tag text asian i Via LastName box the display is vo onem settings choose OK Eind refined to contain only ens and return to Names Emily Rawlings 12445 these three fields Henry Renou 12778 mode if necessary Nicole Rowley 12997 After making the NeoGroup Chapter 10 Names Mode Page 69 ZA If you made these settings to the Edit gt Options dialog you will also need to change the same options for this file in Details mode gt Edit gt Fields Any new files created will inherit the settings from the Default dialog Finding a name When you are ready to insert a name from the database click the row required then the position Now choose which field you want to use to search with from the drop down box Click in the Find entry box Type the first character of the find field You will notice two lists of names are displayed those above a line and those below a line Those names above the line indicate names that Add name list belong to the current group folder Those
116. tate f gr C Sp 180 C 270 Minor Yertical Horizontal NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 49 Set the image LUT Images can be corrected using the built in LUT editor For information on using the LUT editor see later in this chapter Choose the LUT you want to use from those defined in the drop down list For information in making a LUT please see Chapter 10 Calibration Apply LUT Gamma 1 3 Set the image sharpening Images can be sharpened as they are imported The algorithm used is an un sharp mask algorithm allowing good quality sharpening v Sharpen Kernel Strength 100 The setting range is Kernel 3 5 or 7 Strength 10 600 Generally the larger the kernel size the stronger the sharpening effect Likewise the higher the strength the stronger the sharpness The higher the kernel value the longer it will take to apply the sharpening effect There is no correct sharpness value the values you will use depend on how sharp the original images are You should try importing a sample image with different sharpening settings to find the correct value for you Be aware that increasing the sharpness of an image too much can result in harsh and unpleasant images amp Whenever you apply a correction such as image sharpening you will increase the time taken to print an image If your scanner or scanning software supports image sharpening you should try to use these controls rather than
117. that the fields available in the Field Value section change to match those defined for this file Choose the field you wish to name and enter the data E Senior School ae Junior School Principal Mrs wilson SchoolMame Provident High School ear Adding Folder details Folder details can apply at several levels For example you might have a folder Senior School that contains all the senior groups You might want to use Senior School as a part of the final group image the board might read Provident High School Senior School Year 10A Rather than create a template that contains Senior School written as plain text you can include a special code that instructs NeoGroup to look for the text 1t should insert So your template could be used for the Junior School as well as the Senior School without changing it similarly a year group could include the teacher s name for inclusion in the final image NeoGroup uses a searching mechanism that allows you to specify information that belongs to a number of groups as well as information for an individual group In the below example Year 10A is a member of the Year 10 folder which is a member of the Senior School folder Clicking on the Senior School folder reveals that the fields Teacher and SchoolType are available In the case of the Senior School folder click in SchoolType and enter the name that will appear in the
118. that will finally form a group image Groups can be created by either manually creating a group or by dragging and dropping a group photograph onto a folder The group s name The name you give a group when it is created is most important The name typed here is the name that will appear in the centre board in the final NeoGroup job For example if you name a group Grade 7A this is what will appear in the centre board if called for Manual creation of groups If the image file to be used in a group is not yet available the film may be being used elsewhere you can create a group manually and fill out row lists z Unallocated r Groups Provident School Erg Junior School j E E3 Year 1 To create a group manually choose the folder that will contain the a group then choose Edit gt Create new group or click the New Group icon in the toolbar A new group is created Type the group s name then press Enter NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 58 Drag drop creation of groups After images have been imported they can be allocated to folders by drag and drop Click Unallocated in the tree view to see all the images that have yet to be allocated to a folder or group Choose the image you want to allocate to a particular folder or group click it and hold the mouse button down Now move the mouse to hilight the folder or group required and release the mouse button The image is dropped into the folde
119. the bottom of the License Manager The License Server setup control panel will open Ppa g gare a T ene Hingi Alscaled reda Lint Last Error Lai Ena er ierat cio code table i Hardlack is invalid or missing _ tae bx Setup Exit Choose the Codes tab If licenses have not yet been added this list will be empty Any previously entered license codes will be displayed in this list To add new licenses click the Add file button A File Open dialog is displayed Locate the license code files that have been supplied to you and choose it in the list then Open After a brief pause the new license appears in the list of added licenses and are available for use NeoGroup Chapter 4 License Server Page 9 Aud License 7 xj ints ave s l co TOF 30001 Heck 1 1 He Fils nane 100871 T0DOO eoP wet 1 Bc Fimpa ppa Cercle obere Leer Coder ce oF Cancel Each license in the list will note e The name of the licenses application e The version number licenses e The number of licensed users If you have more licenses to add do so until you are finished x Tomectenn Soltean Lecence Hange EB zz 10000 Hefin 1 udanibesd a3 10000 Me sch 1 ards Configuring workstations to run Once the license server is installed and licenses added each of the workstations of the LAN need to be configured When the Neo application was installed the License Server setup control p
120. ting It is possible to edit zoom crop and colour correct images whilst images are being imported During the import operation the editing operation is not as responsive as it would normally be and we recommend that you use the keyboard to perform the edits The image import can still be controlled even though you may have hidden the main image import dialog by choosing the Hide button Open the Import options panel by choosing Images Import options panel This small panel can be positioned on the screen so the image import can paused or restarted NeoGroup Chapter 9 Images Mode Page 56 Adding images Images can be added to a file or can over write existing images within a file Images are added by using the Images gt Import from Disk dialog The options available vary according to wether a file is indexed or sequentially numbered Add new files to the end of an existing file Choose Images gt Import options panel The Images Options Panel opens Choose To end as the Incoming images selection Specify the files to be imported as previously discussed Images will be appended to the end of the file Incoming images for sequentially numbered image files Reverse order Toend leet Heplace Insert or replace files within a file To add images somewhere in the middle of an existing file first choose the image where the new images are to be inserted or replaced then choose Images gt Import options pane
121. ueline Clingan enelope Thomas Miranda Friend Melanie Green Louise Helleren You can add clear or delete name positions by choosing the position and choosing the appropriate action To Then Add a position to the list Click where you want to add the position and choose Edit gt Insert position for name or type Control l or click the Insert Position icon on the toolbar Delete a position from Click the position you want to delete then choose Edit Delete the list name position or type Control D or click the Delete Position icon on the toolbar Clear a name entered in Click the name you want to clear and choose Edit gt Empty a position name position or type Control E or click the Empty Position icon in the toolbar mme Clear Position Moving the name position After a row has been created you can change its position by moving it up or down in the list This can be important if you have created the rows in a mixed order Insert Position Delete Position To move a row select it then choose Edit Move name up or Move name down You can also use the short cut keys View Mode Help Remove roy e Move a name down Shift Ctrl Down arrow ae cane REM Delete name position Ctrl D e Move a name up Shift Ctrl Up arrow Empty name position Ctrl E hare name Up Stee Choosing the image displayed a SHifueeus Move row up Shift Ctrl Left If you have allocated mor
122. up Chapter 8 Details Mode Page 40 Choice Leave existing details Always replace existing details Replace existing details only if blank Update existing details Description The record will not be updated with the new data in any way A matching record will be replaced completely with the new data If the new data contains a blank field for a record the old record s field will be replaced with the new blank field A matching record will be updated with the new data only if it is empty A matching record will be updated with the new data If the new data contains a blank field the old record s field will retain its current information Imparted exwisting subject details Find the same subject if it already exists using this field Unique field none don t search When importing details for subjects that already have details set C Leave existing details C Always replace existing details Replace existing details only if blank t Update existing details Import the name data Once you re happy with the settings choose OK to dismiss the Setup subject details text file import dialog then select the text file and choose Open The data is imported Editing the details and folders Often you will find that the data you import will not completely suit your needs for NeoGroup For example you might want to sort the folders created by the import into
123. use some automation features when using NeoGroup For example the group name printed in the final product is always taken from the group name However if you don t need automatically placed objects and don t need complex board name information you can place groups loose under the Groups main folder m m All E Lu Unallocated Br A Groups z s e L Ps H at BM 2 i m 1 E s L i E h giia Ein id FS F Fr 7 TR m vex EU Uu E Bm as T P Kat E dd i ad E P uw A ru E fe CU AME rV B Aat aee p L Lx MEI Figure 19 A loosely structured NeoGroup file However the automation features add so many possibilities you ll want to use them Using Templates NeoGroup jobs are formed by applying a template to a group A template contains all the graphic objects text and the various placed objects and so determines how the final job looks The various images and text objects are placed in the designer and saved as a file NeoGroup Chapter 7 Using NeoGroup Overview Page 31 When a group is ready to be printed the template is applied to the group image and any of the necessary objects are automatically gathered together and placed on the image Variable objects can be placed into a template allowing the automation functionality of NeoGroup The sorts of variable objects that can be placed include Text or graphic Text or graphic information that is common to all the groups For object
124. ustom paper sizes only Separate pages don t batch Coxtent amp Arrangement Align centered r M Index line on Configure Output file naming Eae Output file naming omat prefi i copies ext For use mage no options C y ns SIS si ps EJrfetimiei b Ts fe en tag Sequential ag Apply ty none gi Cancel Output LUT selection Figure 43 The Print setup dialog There are three main options that can be used when printing from NeoGroup e Printing to a standard Windows printer e Printing to a bitmap style printer such as Zenographics SuperPrint e Printing to a Timestone Print Job file Printing to a standard Windows printer driver When using a standard Windows print driver NeoGroup behaves in the standard way you would expect NeoGroup Chapter 12 Printing Page 95 Choosing the printer To choose the Windows printer driver choose Windows printer from the Print to section of the dialog Choose the desired printer by clicking the arrow in the Name drop down then choose the printer from the list Set the printer properties The Windows printer properties can be set by choosing Properties from the print setup dialog Once the printer properties dialog opens follow the manufacturer s instructions to set the necessary parameters In particular ensure that the page size is able to print the packages you have designed When using most printer drivers the option Pick best paper size wil
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