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1. Source School yy ee R Properties ZEE Ecole Beau Meadow Schoo 906500 k Add Student Revaldate School Ralink Image lt Undafined gt 7 Shwan skowosy ad fo ae I z Teacher Home Room M tata Raai KEA e Last Name rz z NASZE Rivi a First Mame RER Ruma sa ee Middle Marna Ka j p s w m voore Nare Yearbook 7 mel Browse for File Priory I Windows Groups 44 DVD Drive D R Gye Julie ICON SBS UserShares P Gs Data Store FILESTORAGE 1 I Ga Flow ICON ACTIVESTOR S RE HG Icon Storage FILESTORAGE 1 n EJ Ga Activestorage ICON ACTIVEST e Hy 2010 2011 Files Exehudz 2011 2012 Fies Yearbooks 2011 2012 2012 2013 Files F Commercial_2012_2013 Grad2012_2012 Image Switches Personal_Portrats2012_ 201 E Preschools 2012 2013 E Ka SAMPLESCHOOL Schook2012_ 2013 Sports Rec2017 2013 Yearbooks George P Nicolson Nei M Ross Parkallen Ubuld It Ecole Beau Meadow Admin Info Archive Candids Missing Images FINAL Proof i F Fiename Rizvi Rumaisa 00065 JPG To change the image for a student whom already has a picture in the pspa go to the organize tab Select their image click on the Relink Image button In the browser locate where you have saved the images on your computer select the image and click OK Go
2. e My Network Files of type PSPA Index Files TXT Find the file named INDEX TXT and open it This is the data file that contains the information required to associate the student portraits to data related to the student UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide rel r Na z 1 Year I i SE w Schoo Brossard Middle School z Delirniter C Ignore header line Duplicates Tab 16 ean tonne Replace School in Database Emmi Integrate with Existing Database MULS GASI sa A School Ecole Beau Meadow Elementaire 612252 Other E 0 Append to Existing Database mies es ae 5 EE ZELL nn 8 Tab 457 records found Replace School in Database Text Qualifier Attribute Set School Comma te coe ee other 0 Append to Existing Database L Volume Name Image Folder Image File Mame Grade Las Tetaualie Separator Attribute Set School Yearbook O01 DOO jpq 10 Bas Dan Nana SSB Eiet Alama EER Yearbook 001 0000 jpg 10 Bro prt z mae Yearbook on 00003 jpg 10 Coli f o Miej mes Yearbook 001 00004 jpa 10 Corr ed Yearbook 001 00005 jpg 10 Cov 0 Bokenfohr es Yearbook 001 00006 jpg 10 Gan 5 ha raia Yearbook O01 OOOO jpg 10 Hutu Bowes Period Yearbook 001 00008 jpg 10 Johi 0 Brady A m Yearbook 001 00009 jog 10 Lan 5 ale Title Yea
3. In this section you can change the look of the images by selecting the border the image or the drop shadow By selecting the border you are again provided with more options gt The border tab allows you to make changes to the image frame The gradient tab applied a gradient mask to the image You will not likely use this feature for the panels The matte tab allows you to change the shape of the image frame using a variety of mattes from the drop down menu The image setting section can be used to change the colour of the images in the panel There is no real need to use this If you have a concern about colour on an image let your Icon Yearbook rep know The last section is the frame shadow You can choose to enable or disable the shadow by clicking the check box to turn if on or off ICON EXPERIENCE PHOTOGRAPHY 176 Kaska Road Sherwood Park AB T8A 4G7 P 780 449 3558 f 780 449 5599 e Images iconexp com w www iconexp com
4. If you are concerned about the spelling in your text you should compose it first in a word processing software eg MS Word Word Perfect etc to check your work You can cut and paste it into FotoFusion s text editor after you have ensured it is correct UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 29 5 20 5 Layout Tab The appearance of text within text frames can be changed through the Text Editor Note you can multiple select text frames hold Ctrl on your keyboard and click on each text frame and all changes made in the Text Editor will be applied to the selected frames or use the Toolbar Selection Tool y and select the Image Text or Canvas Text options to select all items of this type on the S E A canvas Anal E The Text Editor displays any True Type Size Pts 69 ResizetoFit PostScript or Open Type Font available in me the C Windows Fonts folder on your system EOG FIG 5 20 5 1 Selecting a Font Type il WEJE 0 0 Allow Line Breaks Standard Ligatures le Click on the down arrow to see all available fonts then select one to apply to your text 5 20 5 2 Setting the Font Size There are two ways to change the size of the text in a text frame 1 By setting the font size directly the Font Editor includes a Size control measured in point size Simply drag or click this control to set a size for the text in the currently selected frame Note doing so will check the lock size option for that text box this beco
5. Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Avadable Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available backgrounds before or after adding an empty panel and you can change the look of the panel frames and text position before or after populating the panels with images At the top of the panel editor toolbar you will find three icons The first section allows you to configure the way your panel is populated more details on this in the section on populating and sorting your panel UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 15 The second section allows you to configure the way the is panels look overall the attributes The third section allows you to change the way the image frames look in the panel t 5 10 Panel Attributes The panel attributes are displayed in three options image grid header text and name labels To Configure the Page Header text ABCDEF First Last First Last First Last First Last First Last First Last To Configure the Name Labels To Configure the Image Grid Please note you may also hover over the shadow for the Page Header and Name Labels to adjust shadow settings You may adjust the shadow for the panels by hovering over the shadow in the third section frame attributes UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 16 5 11 Configuring the Image Grid Click on the grid of four frames The following toolbar will appear and is
6. Show All selected You will need to change the grouping information so that your images are sorted by the correct grade and home room The PSPAs are sorted by Homeroom select the dropdown menu in Group By and select homeroom homeroom Depending on how your PSPA is set up you would use grade or homeroom More information for populat Joe ing panels can be found in sections 5 15 5 16 and 5 17 b esa or you manual starting on page 22 LumaPixf FotoFusion Untitled Modified provided by The Icon n Exper ience The next section of the menu is the Panel attributes section This is where you determine how your pages will be laid out Information on the panel attributes is in your manual under section 5 10 page 15 This section is broken further down into three main elements Header Settings Image Grid Name Labels You select these elements one at a time by clicking on the corresponding symbol You will note for the Header and Name labels you can also select the shadow attributes by hovering the mouse slightly below the text If you look carefully atthe panel attribute section the icon will becom highlighted Click on the appropriate icon once you highlight the attribute you wish to change JIT NEREK zzz c The menu options will vary depending on which element you have selected In this example the image grid has b
7. 18 Customizing your Panel Pages You can now manipulate and customize each panel page to create a design that is pleasing to the eye As many classes are not of the same size suggest that you look at each page individually and size the panels accordingly In the examples below you will see how the sizes of the panel images are different in order to accommodate number of students and also to make the page look attractive In order to make changes that affect only the one page you need to apply the settings to only that one panel group At the top of the Panel Toolbar you will see two drop down Panel JE menus one that reads Select a Preset and another that gaa iaoa a reads Apply settings to All Panels These are the default iQ mea settings Sslecta Preset o 0 M Bog settngstoAlPones Panel To make changes to the Grade 3 panel only you would select zs w s the corresponding group from the drop down menu and then ESY mes change the panel configuration The rest of the groups will remain in their original configuration while the selected group w will appear differently Group 3H UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide Panel fe by Panel fol ae a ABCDEF m A ABCDEF m s BME A E BBE GA m EB i z J A med i Bo ERER O Lam za MASZ Select a Preset iv Group 3H iw W Panel Settings WE Frames Frames Width 1 333 Width 1 112 Columns 5 Fr e Columns
8. NoMatch ma m NoMatch pws 00000169 jpg ery vested in pri No Match 00000030 00000030 jpg ee 00000284 jpg yan 00000092 jpg ong 00000245 jpg yang 00000016 jpg OE of NoMatch PNG Photo yore 00000236 jpg aie 00000220 jpg 00000143 00000143 jpg i 00000064 jpg m Ca NoMatch m ae 00000058 jpg Photo b W PAPUG ANAN w Latarni luse File Size Minimum File Size Browse Browse for match match Clear Selection Selection Select all All Use Image Match 10 KB A 3 Match i Find image mismatches Copy to clipboard Use File Name Minimum Image Size 4 4 Apply matches matches luse Hash Value 200 by 200 6 Once you have all your missing images matched Click on Select All at the bottom right of the screen and click on Apply Matches 7 The system will apply all matches to your project and the Image Locator screen will return blank Click on X close button at the top right lf the Image Locator screen returns and still shows document pages in the top scroll bar you will need to repeat the process until all images are found and matched s LumaPixE FotoFusion Beaumeadow 2012 13 provided by The Icon Experience Page 4 of 32 4 32 How to relink replace an image in the pspa Fie Edit View Insert Selection Tools Help BH Start LEJ Create Organizm YEARBOOK PUBLISH Q
9. cover templates that you can either use as is or edit to your liking Designing a cover from scratch using student artwork or imagery is always a great option To insert a cover template 1 Have your project open and the first page visible in the Create screen 2 Click on the LP Art tab and click on the word Embellishments Choose Templates from the drop down menu and a series of cover templates will appear 3 Click on a cover template that you like and drag it onto your page Depending on the type mne seme same mman of template you are inserting the following pop 7 sek lt up menu may appear Open or Append Prompts to save any changes made ta Adds the pages of the item being Don t drop the item and leave it in the the currently open project then closes it dropped onto the canvas to the dropper and opens the item being dropped onto currently open project the canvas 4 Select Append and the cover will be dropped into your project It should appear after the first page but sometimes ends up at the end of the project You may have to delete blank pages 5 Inthe Pages hover menu select the page labeled Cover and press the up arrow to move it to the front Page 2 Page 3 Page di Page 5 Page 6 UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 35 To design your own cover 1 In the Pages hover menu click on the Add Pages button and select Cover Sheet Using the arrows move the Cover to the front of th
10. downloaded and on your machine start the software In the bar at the top type Host mail iconexp com Username yearbook Password iconexp Your file folders on the computer you are using will be listed on one side and the remote Icon site on the other side The Icon side will show all the folders that are on the remote Icon site 1 Double click the type of yearbook Standard U Build IT Custom 2 Double click on your school folder 3 Select the folders or files you wish to copy 4 Drag them into the folder on your computer The process may take a little while depending on the size of the files To transfer a folder from your computer to your school folder on the Icon site Your file folders on the computer you are using will be listed on one side and the remote Icon site on the other side The Icon side will show all the folders that are on the remote Icon site 1 Double click the type of yearbook Standard U Build IT Custom 2 Double click on your school folder 3 Select the folders or files on your computer 4 Drag them into the open school folder on the Icon site The process may take a little while depending on the size of the files If you have any questions regarding the ftp site or anything to do with yearbooks please do not hesitate to contact me at any time Julie Szachta Manager Yearbook Division The Icon Experience 780 449 3558 Ext 260 julie iconexp com HOW TO ARCHIVE RESTORE APPEND A P
11. ds you like the configuration Images can be moved 5 5 from one frame to another and you can apply design options to the frames as you like 20100211_0324 AAAA OPG E oa col Pa za Add a title to the page and you re done UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 5 23 Adding Clipart Papers and Other Embellishments Adding embellishments to your book makes the final product standout and provides interest LumaPix is packaged with a number of graphic embellishments and ICON has provided a number of clipart options as well content will be added over time so be sure to check often for additions To add clipart and other embellishments 1 Click on the LP Art hover next to the Papers and Frames hover on the Create screen The system defaults to show you clipart that is directly related to schools by searching with the keyword yearbook 36 New 2 Select a piece of clipart that you like and drag it onto your page All clipart can be resized by dragging the blue resizing bars 3 Even more content can be found by clicking on the Gallery button on the left side of your canvas Choose either the LumaPix Clipart folder or the folder labeled Clipart this is ICON s clipart to see subfolders of content Explore these folders to find clip art for your yearbook D m E Gallery LEJ ai SchoolDay Add Images w oe pen me were Bocioech all flumafu Det Na me i
12. found at the end of this manual in Appendix A Yearbook Fusion System Specs The software must be downloaded and activated on every computer that will be working on aproject Your licence covers activation for up to 40 machines Remember your licence is valid for one year from the date that you activate Before diving into the software and the whole yearbook process there are a few guidelines you should follow and terminology you may need to know 2 0 Create Screen Features The YearbookFusion screen works the same way as any windows program You can access commands by using the drop down menus quick icon buttons keyboard CTRL shortcuts and right click on the mouse A navigation of some of the features is detailed in the screen shot below a A ee Aube _ Selection Canvas Yearmesk Suppor KJCJE Se 8 B Gl RZE pa 9 i vo W Ou M Impart your PSPA hera i LJ UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 2 It is important that you take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the different features on this screen play a little and everything will make sense NOTE f you hover your mouse over any of the quick icon buttons a help bubble will tell you what the button does This screen is where all your work will happen and the pages of your project will be created 3 0 What is a Yearbook Yearbooks are usually composed of two kinds of pages panel pages and candid pages A panel page is the standard presentation st
13. off the Enable button They will disappear from the panel set To save space maybe you would like all the Grade 1s to run one after the other Select all the classes and turn off the Page Break button Now the 1 2 class will start on the same page as the last line of the 1 1 class and the 1 3 class will start following the 1 2 class UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 24 5 17 Sorting the Panel Set Sorting allows you to organize the panels internal to the grouping This is useful to first oe your images and second to enable certain people in the set to rise to the FP rouping PFEJ top of the panel group By default the options are set to Tl the following Priority Last Name First Name Priori Priority sorting allows you to create panels where the teacher will automatically be placed in front of the Last Name students or create a staff page where the principal will First Mame appear at the top followed by the vice principals teachers support staff etc This is dependant on values being assigned for the selected field in the Organizer To see the results of your work click on the hover at the bottom of the Create screen Hit Page Down on your keyboard or Page Up to move through the pages on your Create screen to see the entire set of pages Pages x Beate Hid Jo gmg 3562 adta a 5 A mnan REx mig gaga UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 25 5
14. that working off a shared network drive works best All users will save parts of the project to a common shared directory and find folders containing candid photos and other graphic sources in this same location 2 If your team is working from various locations home school library internet cafe etc without a network projects the pages assigned to you to work on will be saved to your local drive then transferred to the project manager by archiving them An archive creates a scrappackage file which contains all the source images and project recipe that can be sent to another user to be restored intact on a dvd or memory stick The project manager can restore the archives and insert the resulting projects into a master project For more information on archiving see Appendix B Archiving and Restoring Projects UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 5 3 lf your publisher has provided your school with Remote Storage you will be provided with the option to save projects to a LumaPix network server All users with a high speed internet connection regardless of where they are physically located can save their projects to this shared server storage space Remote storage will allow you to make and delete folders and rename and delete projects Futuris pen Prajeci A x 2 Please select where to look for projects You can look For projects From your local hard drive or For projects From the remote storage server gt Locally Lo
15. 00356 Photo f image set As such panel page creation is best done on one computer Motes UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 12 5 5 Adding Additional or New images to the PSPA Portraits that are not part of a PSPA can also be added 1 Click on the Organize tab and click on the Source tab top left Explore to where the image s that you wish to include in the database are stored select the image s then click on the Add Student button at the top of the Organizer The image s will be moved into Bucket 1 Click on this bucket Select the image s either one at a time or as a group then use the Custom Attributes area to the right to add the necessary data linked to these image s the student s name grade homeroom etc Some fields will have drop box while other information will be typed in manually NOTE Do not add the data before clicking Add Student the images need to be added to the database first The data will now be associated with the images Click on _Revalidate School button at the top of the Organizer to ensure that the images have been properly associated with the database and will be included in the panel pages Adding students can occur at any time during the panel creation process either before or after the panels have been set up and populated 5 6 Removing Images from the PSPA Occasionally you may need to exclude an image from the imported PSPA eg FOIP students duplicate
16. 6 ROWE 5 Fit Rows 6 Fit e I 0 258 o I DAT 0 Features 0 e Occlusion Layout Frames Center vt Last Row Left m Top 0 15 Bottom 0 35 Gutter 0 15 Edge 0 15 Lacks Labels Panel Position Labels Panel Position Frame Image Effects Frame Image Effects knockouts knockouts Settings for Settings for Class 2W Class 3H Features 0 e Occlusion Layout Frames Center wt Last Rom Left a Top 0 15 Bottom 0 35 Gutter 0 15 Edge 0 15 Locks 26 5 19 Adding Group Photos to your Panel Pages Many schools like to have the class group photos as part of the panel page This cannot be automated when creating the panel page and therefore needs to be added afterward To add a class photo in the same location on every panel page complete the following 1 4 In the create screen on the first panel page select Image Frame from the Create Empty Frame icon Resize the empty image frame by dragging on one of the blue corners until you have achieved the size of frame you would like most group photos fit nicely in sized frame Drop Photo Fl 4x3 Here 2 Place the frame in the desired location on the page if you have chosen Knockout as part of your panel attributes the frame will scatter the panel images to make room so you might have to resize your panel images to accommodate With the frame selected choose Copy from the edit menu CTRL C move to the next pag
17. Aveda a J w Features 1 Occlusion 133 H Width 0 8 LIIL e bi Avi e lable Avatabie e r Layout valable Available Not Available Frames lable Not Avatabie able A e Last Row Left M Not Aiti Not Avalabie Top 0 15 Bottom 0 35 SER LITTER CKS I C SEEPS 520113 7 Not Available Not Ava abie T LI EH E 5 i M zakk WEW Not Available Not Avatable Not Available Not Avatabie Locks Not Available Not Available Labels Panel Position a Frame Image Effects Not Available Not Available C knockouts Available Not Available able Avatable d able A e able v e Remove Knockouts Not Available Not Available i Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Avatable Not Available Not Avatabie Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Ava abie Not Available Not Avaiabie E EE EEEEEE eee R 2 UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 18 5 11 2 Layout The Layout section of the panel editor allows you to specify where your panel will fall on your page with respect to the margins and sides of the page To understand how this works first a little terminology The gutter is the side of the page that runs into the book s binding The edge is the side of the page that runs on the outside of the book Gutters and edges change from side to side ona album sides because the
18. CE This is where you type in what LETT J show Shadow you want to appear in your 7 Show Shadow Offset 0 06 Blur 0 25 header Offset 0 06 Bhor 0 25 Angla 45 Amount 5 By using tags you can have the Angle 45 Amount 255 Shadow Inside m grade and home room show up C Shadow Inside automatically rather than typing the title for each class he text I have highlighted here is the string that shows up when you select a tag User custom La LJ ID simple 8 Advanced Mode Auw Manual Locked __ Serena Melanson Melanson _ Armas yar Owe Gam GI Chraare Pa Pancha daumine ear Panel Simple 8 Advanced Mode a Auto 5 Manual Locked Border Gradient Matie General R Border width 0 08 R 6 oe 255 EM Opacity 255 lw Ftimage Shadow Inside W Draw Border Highlight lw Inset Width 0 06 FR 7 simple e Advanced Mode a Auto 7 Manual Locked Group 028 s v ADCOECF TE L z H nez GA a EE g Lee Co mes w Enable Linear v _ Invert 7 Sofiness 1 Midpoint 0 Angie 0 Panel 0 Simple e Advanced Mode Auto 0 Manual p 0 Locked aor vj IE Pas ie a E FEI i Alpha Plus RGB Soften Invert F The third section of the Panel menu is the Frames section
19. ROJECT FOR USE BY ANOTHER PERSON OR TO MOVE TO ANOTHER COMPUTER In order to use a project that has been created by another person or move your project from one computer to another you will need to Archive and then Restore the project To archive a project 1 Begin with your project open on the screen Select File Archive Restore Archive public sharing any online user Save the archived project where you will find it again 2 The software will run through a variety of steps and save it for you To restore an archived project 1 Start up Lumapix software and at the wheel choose new project Softcover Yearbook 2 At the main screen click on File Archive Restore Restore Explore to where the archived project is stored and click on it and select Open The system will restore the document for your use 3 Save the project to your drive To append projects 1 Open your main project Navigate to the page that you would like to insert the additional project pages will be inserted after 2 At the main screen click on File Append Project Explore to where the saved project is stored and click on itand select Open The project will be inserted If you want to move the pages click and hold then drag and drop into the correct place 3 Save the project with the newly inserted pages If you have any questions regarding templates or anything to do with yearbooks please do not hesitate to contact me at any time Ju
20. U Build It Yearoook User Guide Our kindergarten year has been fun and exciting he children showed ble progress and have remarka d their readiness for demonstrate Grade One arents and the p or such a Thank you 9 hildren f especially the c memorable year God Bless Best Wishes in Grade One aham Greene Mrs Gail Gr SC WAP 2 NE ECU C lord AMO FY b 4 SZ NA fox za EXPERIENC E PHOTOGRAPHY E LumePix Fotorusion Untitled provided by The kon Experience 1 u oil File Edit View Insert Selection Tools Help AB Start 4 Creste i Organize je Output e Admin GHome New Open Recent Projects Licensing amp Learning For Help select Help from the Help menu 1 395 65 Balance a Licensing and Learning is the box that you will need to click in order to activate your copy of Lumapix Select the learning section to peruse through tutorial videos review Frequently Asked Questions or type your query into the online help manual Still have questions about how to use the software Call Michelle 780 449 3558 to book an online training session For technical assistance with installing Lumapix please contact Fotofusion directly at 1 877 586 2749 System Requirements Questions regarding setting up your system Contact Lumapix directly at1 877 586 2749 Advanced users can visit the site for more detailed instuctions or trouble shooti
21. aced to ensure that the project will print with sufficient quality 3 Save this master yearbook project to your yearbook folder as SchoolName Final Yearbook 2010 6 1 Uploading your completed file to your publisher YearbookFusion will allow you to directly upload your projects to ICON s server You do not need to configure anything to send the files except to ensure that you have rights to upload to ftp sites the software provided to you will have all the variables preset to send your projects directly to our server 1 2 In the File menu choose the UPLOAD TO PUBLISHER option Select Upload as Flattened Images Faster lf you wish to give Icon access to the complete file in order to make corrections then choose Upload Complete Project Uploading can take quite a bit of time and is dependent on the speed of your internet connection your publisher s server and the size of your project Helpful Tips Accessing Icon s FTP Site Archive Restore Append a Project Sample write ups for biography pages Locating Missing Images in Lumapix Replace an Image in the PSPA Panel Menu Overview HOW TO RETRIEVE FILES FROM THE ICON FTP SITE AND COPY FOLDERS FROM YOUR COMPUTER ONTO THE ICON SITE To access the Icon ftp site to transfer files to your computer Download the free software below it is a file transfer software that will soeed up the process http filezilla project org download php type client Once it is
22. ant with their classes so they will appear on the class panel pages Click on each teacher and in their custom attributes use the down arrow and select the Homeroom they are associated with f you require the staff to be on both the class panel pages and a staff panel page you will have to associate them with both Homerooms For instance Mrs Kirby needs to be on the Siaff panel page and on the Class 1B panel page Click on her image and in the Homeroom box in the Custom Attributes area type in Staff 1B She will appear on both panel pages NOTE When you prioritize images they will appear that way on all panels they are associated with ie On the Staff page they will also appear in teacher then assistant order not alphabetically If you prefer staff to be in order by last name instead of rank you will need to disable the current staff page and populate a new staff panel page Please contact Icon if you need assistance You can prioritize or rank everyone in a panel Principal could be 1 Vice Principal 2 teachers 3 assistants 4 and students 5 or just leave them blank blanks are automatically assumed to be the lowest rank 5 8 Adding Titles to Staff Panels To have the staff title ie Educational Asst Principal Class 1B appear below their name on the panel page you will have to provide a title and then tag that attribute in the labels section when customizing your panels See Label Settings i
23. as 2 Rm11 or 1B that is how they will show up in the header Panel R O Simpe 6 Advanced Mode duto Manual Locked The Header Settings will default to Type Group a p Contd suggest choosing None after you k u E have populated and organized your class panels in the order you would like and then make your Type own page titles The header design options are L L L L i m ii TT limited and can only be used at the top of the page Cont Text Cont d Size 05 0 1 5 14 Adding a Background or Paper To add a great design element to your panel pages use a solid color or add a textured paper from the Paper hover as a canvas background To add a solid color Choose Tools Page Canvas Color Canvas Fill Properties Click on the Background Fill tab and choose a color You can play around with the Opacity etc in the General tab to get it just right To add a Paper Click on the Papers hover select a paper click and hold then drag the paper into the grey area and release this will automatically become the canvas background If you happen to drag the paper onto the panel page do not panic Simply right click on the paper and choose Set as Canvas Background Add a background color or Paper before populating your panels so the design element will carry across every page of the panel set If you want to make each page of the panel set different first popul
24. ate the panel and then custom tint or apply a different background paper to every page of your panel UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 22 Note f you are designing your own page style and wish to have a particular image or graphic appear on every panel page eg a logo be sure to assign the frame to the canvas background layer before populating the panels Select the frame s you wish to have repeated on each page then right click on your mouse and select Move to layer then assign the frame s to the canvas layer This will result in the duplication of these frames on all pages of the panel set 5 15 Populating and Sorting Your Panel Populating your panel refers to the process of adding the images to the empty panel grid Before the panel can be populated your PSPA database must be imported To access the Panel Population options click in the Panel Editor W Panel Population Lincoln Elementary 466629 The first section is the Panel Population editor which allows you to specify who O show Al show Only will appear in the panel everyone on the PSPA Hotes Grade Import or just one subsection Teacher a Home Roam A ee g Select Show All You can refine who actually ends up appearing in the panel later First Mame kd Middle Marne Select Apply wolume Hame FI Period Now you are going to group and sort the images so Track they appear in their classes Lepartrnent Rz Titl
25. binding edge of the page flips from page to page RIGHT SIDE LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE LEFT SIDE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE lt lt guiter edge gt gt lt lt edge gutter gt gt lt lt guiter edge gt gt lt lt edge gutter gt gt The top is the top margin inside of the safe green zone and bottom is the bottom margin inside of the safe green Zone Frames drop box options allow you to define which side your panel will be justified The default is Gutter which will cause the frames to be snug to the gutter binding side of the aloum page You can change this option to the edge of the page or RB always justify to the left or the right sides or the Frames GR centre of the page or the full width of the page Last Row Gutter kd Last Row drop box options allow you to choose the Top 0 15 Bottom 0 35 justification of your last row of panels The last row Gutter 0 15 Edge 0 45 of a panel will often not fill up all columns so you can choose how the panel will deal with the extra space either justifying it to the gutter or edge to the left of the right or centered 5 11 3 Knockouts You can create deliberate spaces within the grid ona per page basis where other image or text frames can KE be inserted eg logos or to create a new pattern To _ ae JE change the grid s shape click on the individual frames on the panel to turn them off If the panel is not populated with images the frame a af A LIL w
26. dently sized and positioned This is A useful for creating labels for individual pictures y te and contact sheets or other layouts Note that if you have multiple frames selected when you click the add text button all frames will receive a text frame 9 20 3 The Text Editor When a text frame on your canvas is selected the Text toolbox will appear The T icon allows you to launch the Text Editor to apply new attributes UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 28 and edit your text Drag on the T icon to dynamically change the frame size if your text is set to resize to fit your font size will grow or shrink accordingly Hold Ctrl on your keyboard and drag on this icon to dynamically change the outline width To dynamically change the shadow of your text drag on the shadow portion of this icon To learn more about shadow options consult the Shadow Editor section below The Arrange icon works in the same manner as the icon on the Frame toolbox Consult the Arrange and Distributing Frames Pg 120 section of the complete YearbookFusion Users Manual held on the ICON ftp site to learn more 5 20 4 Editing Text and Changing Text Appearance To edit text 1 Click on any text frame The Text Toolbox will appear click on the T icon to launch the Text Editor 2 Replace the Double Click to Change with any text you want It can be a few words or entire paragraphs Note There is no spell checker in FotoFusion
27. divided into four sections frames layout locks and remove knockouts Panel m CO simple Advanced Mode Auta O Manual Locked Apply settings to this set of Groups ABCOEF HBE SA a a m N Fea Lrm E Foret L rei ee lies Fem L ii Frames to change the size and spacing of the ae panel frames on the page Width 1 142 Columns ios Free ll Features knockouts d Automatic Remove Manual Knockouts Remove Manual Knoackouks Layout Frames sutter Last Rom utter Top 0 15 Bottom 0 35 Gutter 0 15 Edge 0 15 5 11 1 Frames The first section of the editor allows you to set the size and spacing of the panel frames You can do so by changing their width displayed in inches Increasing the width will make fewer larger frames and decreasing the width will add smaller frames to the panel NOTE You can make changes to the configuration by typing in numbers or by dragging the arrow back and forth this will change the size of the frames interactively UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 17 Alternatively you can define the maximum number of rows and columns in the panel and make the panel snap to that value There are three options when setting the columns and rows 1 Free will cause the frames width value to take precedent over the number of columns and rows ie the columns and rows will change as the width of the frames changes no limits 2 Fit will cause the panel t
28. dlines so the project can be submitted for printing according to the schedule determined by the publisher lf the yearbook is being created by a group each team member may have one or more sections assigned to them with an expected page count for each section ICON will set your agreed target page count as part of the software licence You will see this page count displayed in the bottom of the Create screen Page count does not include the cover Here is sample grid of how a yearbook project could be managed Design your own grid to suit your yearbook team and workflow low 0 0 Pam DiLincoln NetYBKCJass Artwork May 15 Principal Message 1 1 Jess D Lincoln Net Ybk Staff May 15 Panels 2 15 14 Pam PSPA cd Apr 30 PGM Sports 16 19 4 Nicole D Lincoln Net Ybk Candids Sports May 30 Grade Six Grad 26 27 D Lincoln NetYbkiCandidsiGr6 Grad wma 4 1 Naming Your Project Firstly my suggestion is that you create a folder on your system named Yearbook DATE All the relevant information pertaining to the yearbook should be kept in this folder After you have started a New Project See Page 6 and you are at the Create screen save the file and name the project by the school then the word yearbook and the year eg Campbelltown Yearbook 2010 to ensure that your project can be uploaded correctly and not overwrite a file already there UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 4 4 2 Storing Imagery for a Project It is important to r
29. e ke Priority a Groups iv Rz UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 23 5 16 Grouping the Panel Set lf you do not specify a grouping criteria and choose to show ALL of the panel set you would get one giant panel including every person in the school in alphabetical order not a very useful way of organizing your book Grouping and sorting options allow you to tell the panel how it will organize itself The Panel Set Grouping options use information that has already been associated with the PSPA dataset For all ICON PSPA datasets the information is grouped by Homeroom WW Panel Set Grouping 215 By default no grouping will be set In the Group by drop box choose Homeroom and the Sort by ik lead RCA The software will group and sort the panels alphabetically on the pages within the parameters you set when designing your panel f you would like the pages to be sorted in a different order click on one of the names in this list or hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select more than one and use the up and down arrow keys to move one or more groups to a different position in the panel set For instance in most cases you will want the Staff page to come first Select Staff and use the up arrow to advance them to the top lf there are any classes that you do not want as part of the yearbook panel eg Making a Grade Six Writeups page and using imagery that is not part of the PSPA set Select them and turn
30. e project Design away Pages Fa pe negec arra n affane ooo FF BF FE mu er album Side TR r kir aa BEG NADTO ROBES Album Two Page Spread mE EH Fore ry Cover Sheet Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 5 22 Designing and Adding Candid Pages to your Project A yearbook is just not a yearbook without those funny pictures that are taken throughout the year reminding us what school life really is about Provided below is a quick and easy way to make your candid pages however there are extensive design options and instructions in the complete YearbookFusion Users Manual held on the ICON ftp site To make a single album side candid page 1 Ensure that all the images that you would like on your candid page are in a folder within your main yearbook project folder Add a album side page to your project either using the Add Pages icon at the top of the Create screen or the Add Pages icon in the Pages hover at the bottom of the Create screen SE Images Explore to the folder containing your pictures Z Yearbooks 2009 201 0 Campbelltown Camaval x through the Images tab select the images you Sat a would like to place on the page or select all CTRL A and click the Autocollage button HE i E QJ a AG bd a AG w Lumapix will automatically create a candid page with all your images organized You can continue to click on the Autocollage button until
31. e and Paste CTRL V Continue pasting on every page You will notice that the empty frame is located in exactly the UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 27 same place on each page You may need to adjust your panel images as in 3 above 5 Locate your class group pictures through the Images tab and drag and drop the corresponding group onto each page 5 20 Adding Titles and Using the Text Tool Using the main Text Frame tool is similar to the text tool in the Panel toolbar You have all the same functions but you use the main tool instead of the text tool within the Panel toolbar 5 20 1 Adding Text to the Canvas Click on any empty area on or outside the canvas An Image toolbox will appear Click inside the T and the text editor will appear A new text frame will read Double Click to Change until you add your own text 5 20 2 Adding Text to a Frame You can add text attached to a specific frame on the canvas This means that if you move the frame the text moves with it Using text on frames also allows you to use information about the particular image as text Select the frame that will own the text frame The image toolbox will open Click the Text option just as above which will create a new text frame attached to ai otocra lie the image frame sat large er ne gt A gt ci A The text frame will move and rotate with the oat parent frame although it can be 5 ABS indepen
32. e label UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 5 12 1 Label Settings 20 The Style drop down menu allows you to specify where the student names will appear on the beside the panel or beside the image or under each image frame CEJ simple Advanced Mode Auto Manual Locked Apply settings to All Panels ABCDEF a Ee Fl H BSE BREE Style Labels Under Image w Follow Frame Size Width 1375 Height 0 135 Space 0 1 5 12 2 Font The Width and Height changes the amount of space that the label can occupy Increasing the width with the labels aligned to the side of the panel will make the text larger and might possibly reduce the number of frames per row Changing the height when the labels are aligned under the frames will reduce or increase the space between rows Changing the Space will move the label closer or further away from the panel image frames giving it more of a margin The font area works in a similar manner to all font menus You can change font type font attributes justification colour etc as well as being able to tag information to an image Font Window The software will default your labels to show the first and last name that is associated in the custom attributes area in the organize screen You can add other information or change the tag attributes Advanced Features i Page Matte j Project gt b b Arial y User gt Sp
33. ecial gt Size 0 114 DonotExceed w User custom tags Image aja ein iia Ez Common Attributes School gt Grade Teacher Home Room Last Name First Name Middle Name volume Name Period Track Department Title Priority Groups Notes Exclude To add a title underneath the names unlock the labels under Locks in Panel Settings place your cursor after the last and click until the information is no longer highlighted Press the enter key then click on Tags User custom tags School Title You will now see that there is another tag added DB AS UserCustom attributes school title On your populated panel page the label names will show the first and last name with the title underneath Remember the title field in the custom attributes area in the Organize screen must be filled in order for it to show up UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 21 To view all the options of the Text Editor please refer to the Adding Titles and Using the Text Tool Pg 27 section of this manual 5 13 Configuring the Header Text Click on the ABCDEF in the panel attributes toolbar This header is tagged to the grouping information that you use when populating the panel All of ICON s PSPA information is grouped by Homeroom therefore the homeroom or class information that was provided to us at picture time will be grouped in the same way For example if the data provided showed your classes listed
34. een selected For more information on the image grid options turn section 5 11 of your manual page 16 Image Grid Selected 5 Name Label Selected Header Selected m tny o For details turn to section For details turn to section 5 12 of 19 manual Page 16 of your manual page 19 5 13 of your manual Page 21 a Panel bk Panel G Simpl Advanced gt smpla 8 Advanced Mode oce Under the header settings you red decent se oS eee can change the font change the Apply setings to Al Panels wj Apply settings to All Panek ad colour and add an outline ABGORF s cw a The header location will always EH e a Es a FL ks e DB TE be at the top If you wish to be more adventurous with your titles you can choose to disable the heading and create your own If you prefer to have a simple and uniform heading through out the book then keep it enabled You can change the type of header to Group Group Cont d or None Group Cont d is used if you plan on speading a class over two pages he alignment will affect where the header is aligned to the left of teh page the right center along the gutter or the edge EDG AS LiserCustom attribut es school Firstname SDE A5 LUserCustom attnbut OE EJ mj on t text is text added to the BCE EE BIL title should you have the images a A Allow Line Breaks from one grade over flow onto a R Allow Line Breaks ZERATE w second page nad Lagat Y
35. emember that the software looks for the images every time a project is opened the imagery seen in the screen are thumbnails so it is best that the imagery is transferred to the same place that the project is being stored suggest that the imagery is also stored in your Yearbook DATE folder in a folder labeled Yearbook Images Example Imagery stored on flash drives You are designing the Halloween and Christmas pages The images for the Halloween page are stored on one flash drive and the Christmas images are stored on another You create your Halloween page using the images on flash drive 1 then remove that flash drive to access the images to make your Christmas page on flash drive 2 As you removed the flash drive that stored the Halloween images your project will now have lost the location of those images and there will be an error message written across all of them The message will tell you the path that the software was following to find where the image was stored To restore the location of the missing images you will need to follow specific instructions Please refer to Appendix C Locating Missing Images 4 3 Saving and Sharing Projects Depending on the working environment of the team projects can be saved and shared in several ways The project manager should begin a yearbook project and save the file in a folder labeled Yearbook DATE 1 If your team is working in a computer lab you may find
36. es Ecole Cangbelkown Ekmentare 642 fra m Autocalage add student nevakdate school Reini imaga lt undefined gt w MW Cust F Show al ja i w show Gnir Grade Home Room Staff iF Teacher x 2 2 at Last Name Partin Hara Roam Skaff s vE 2 j da F Frst Name Georgette Last Nemes w CORO bets ORO Phone GORE Phere Pas First Name Volume ECOLE 01 prs tent xj i Period Birthday Volume Name x Va Track x Period Lej o Bepuetment Fazuky w OOOO hate Tae beater xl Department fd Pri wity 3 a 1 Taie x Groups Prionty w SadiPagea SudertPage wine m StudentPages Nokes caf Notes Eselude w c ET Exclide Fa Las Properties Sorted or filtered by which homeroom or class they belong ta Sa Poin herb Mha UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 11 5 4 Organizing and Editing your Data The Organize feature is where the database and imagery for the panel pages is stored and manipulated The Organizer is divided into several sections On the left hand side you will find SOURCE SEARCH and SCHOOL tabs Click on the SCHOOL tab You can search or filter your images by class by a last name etc by choosing or typing criteria in the area provided on the left hand side of the screen under the School Search As you click on each image that images attributes will be listed o
37. gs ez gali Bl Can Stach Colouned Pencils I i we poner nd cody Coloured Pench I ajj saath tory Deets Dis Cm dumai luma Dacor a jaki Tk Je e pier Action Friendly ich a Geography dni 1 rae ma posed abu Coc urni umati Paper EJ p ae proce iwo Boni Got a Ides eas At lua Decora flurnafir Papas lumar Fi a 43 F LB QB agter COLE BOARD facs he 1 BG s kes la_iit_genres gif UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 37 5 23 1 Papers Click on the Papers hover over the canvas on the Create screen to view a list of over 200 FREE textures that can be used as backgrounds or graphic elements on your pages Included in your licence ICON has provided you with IEA ORT 47 s W Search Options 20 00 towards any Premium products that ad keyword you would like to USE p steeewewwycam items found MB abstract Frogs in Alexandria Paper All American Stars All American Stars mud LumaPi LumaPix Paper 1 LumaPix na 2 LumaPix Paper Mil All American us All American Stars l American Stars All American Stars 3 PoE jaj 4 LurnaPix Paper 5 LumaPix tle Sid 6 zat Rn Paper Cono CETIS Li TEBPA 5 23 2 Frames The Frames hover also located over the canvas area on the Create screen will display over 100 smart frames Drag and drop these onto your candid images to give them texture borders and effects Note smart fra
38. hem for you See Adding Additional or New Images to the imported PSPA set Pg 12 Customize each panel page if required adding titles groups clipart etc Add and design your cover and candid pages UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 6 5 0 Creating a Yearbook Project When you are ready to begin using the YearbookFusion software you will need to create a New project When you start the software you will be initially greeted with the following screen recommend that you turn off this _ screen by clicking off the check mark on Show this when Starting FotoFusion Turning this off allows you to be directed to the startup wheel whenever you open eevee con ram the software be a Pe bas paw fe 6 wee et gt e Po i i ri bA imn A LA n a an as aes a a w The startup screen is used to create a new project load a project you have saved look at the marketplace etc Calling al pro portnall photographers Were kokieg bed more l s To start a New Project Click on the New Project part of the window at the Start Here Screen choose Blank gt Preset Size gt 8 5x11 Softcover have designed the softcover book to work directly with my printing capabilities The safe gs and bleed zones have been set for you Anything placed within the green margins will be completely in the finished product Anything between the green margin and the
39. ill switch from grey bordered frames to translucent red frames If the panel is populated with images the JI image in the frame will be bumped to the next available frame and the remainder of the image set ae will flow over LIL LL UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide To turn a frame back on click on the empty frame again If you click on Automatic the frames will move automatically as you insert logos or candid imagery To remove all knockouts setting it back to a full grid click on the Remove Manual Knockouts button on the Panel Settings editor 5 12 Configuring the Name Labels Click on the First Last the text will turn red in the panel attributes toolbar The following toolbar will appear and is divided into three sections label settings and font and shadow Panel simple Advanced Mode s Auto Manual Locked Apply settings to All Panels w Style Labels Under Image v Label Settings to specify where the text will appear Alignment Follow Frame Size Width 1 373 Height 0 135 Space 0 1 Font to define the label font options and information that 9506145 UserCustom attribut es school Firstname e appears on the label DE A5 UserCustarn attribuk es school lastname 0B 145 UserCustom attribut es school title BOS GS U if J Allow Line Breaks Show shadow Offset 0 06 Blur 0 25 Angle 45 Amount 55 C Shadow Inside m Shadow to add a shadow to the nam
40. inks the portrait images to important information such the name of the person in the photo their grade or homeroom and other details YearbookFusion will import the data file and portrait photos directly into the software It will allow you to correct or add data linked to the images and create panel pages with the images Panel pages will display the portrait images and usually include the name of the person in the photo and are sorted according to homeroom grade teacher or other group affiliation lf more than one PSPA CD is provided YearbookFusion will allow the two data sets and images to be merged into a common database UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 8 5 3 Importing the PSPA Set In order to use the images and data you must import the information into YearbookFusion This action is only required once per computer 1 Insert the CD into your computer sm simple Advanced 2 Atthe Create screen click on the Add Yearbook Panel button on the Panel Toolbar ae Apply settings to this set of Groups 3 This will open a standard browse window Navigate to your CD drive or the location that you stored the downloaded information Laid estocki rei You will see something resembling this window Open Look in GLEN AGI kJ im glen alz Recent IE glen a03 ICQ glen an4 index L E readme Desktop My Documents My Computer
41. lie Szachta Manager Yearbook Division The Icon Experience 780 449 3558 Ext 260 julie iconexp com Sample Write ups Write ups should be typed in a word document with the question followed by a colon one space and then the answer Each question and answer needs to be on a separate line with no hard returns Some samples of questions are listed below but use whatever works for your school With limited space it is wise to keep it to 3 4 questions per student Nickname Memorable Moment Proudest Grade 6 Moment sport Hobby Activity Future Plans Favorite Subject Comments Favorite Color Favorite thing to do Ambition Favorite Saying A Superpower want Sample Setup Grade 6D student Name Nickname Proudest Grade 6 Moment Getting 100 three times in a row on book reports Sport Hobby Dancing Singing Crocheting Future Plans Dancer Pop Star Actress Student Name Nickname Proudest Grade 6 Moment Going skiing at Rabbit Hill Sport Hobby Soccer Future Plans Police Officer Student Name Nickname Chicken Legs Proudest Grade 6 Moment When was the camel and did the camel dance Sport Hobby Football Soccer Break Dancing Skateboarding Snowboarding Road Hockey Future Plans Pro Football Player or Pro Skateboarder LumaPix Yearbook Fusion How to Locate Missing Images select Tools gt Locate Missing Images The following screen will appear 1 in EE o LJ A b E TNA
42. ll related images in a shared network location The following is an example setup which can be used for schools or adapted for studios running FotoFusion Extreme Create an area on your network to store candid images imported PSPA photos and project files Create an Active Directory group for example Yearbook Users which have read write access to this folder Map this folder to a standard network drive Y Yearbook Using a batch script or otherwise set this drive to be mapped at logon for Yearbook Users Advise your Yearbook committee that all project files images and imported PSPA photos should be saved to this folder 5 0 Installing the Lumapix YearbookFusion Software Create Screen Features What is a Yearbook Managing Your Yearbook Project 4 1 Naming Your Project 4 2 Storing Imagery for a Project 4 3 Saving and Sharing Projects 4 4 Suggest Order for Creation of a Yearbook Project Creating a Yearbook Project 5 1 Creating Panel Pages 5 2 Importing and editing your PSPA data 5 2 1 What is a PSPA CD 5 3 Importing the PSPA Set 5 4 Organizing and Editing your Data 5 5 Adding Additional or New images to the PSPA 5 6 Removing Images from the PSPA 59 7 Ranking Individuals with a Panel 5 8 Adding Titles to Staff Panels 5 9 Creating your Panel Pages 5 10 Panel Attributes 5 11 Configuring the Image Grid 5 11 1 Frames 5 11 2 Layout 5 11 3 Knockouts 5 12 Configuring the Name Labels 5 12 1 Label Settings 5 12 2 Fo
43. mes cannot be added to panel images Edd keywords Damaged Canvas Damaged Frame Damaged Frame Inside shadow O02 LumaPix horizontal lu Grerticall LuraPi fLurnaPix rn a I E Inside Shadow Inside shadow Old Album Photo Old Photo LurnaPix white LurnaFi Grellow LumaPi LumaPix Sm Smart Frame a u Old Polaroid Rip 00015 LumaPix Rip 00023 LumaPix Rip 00026 LurnaPix fLurniaPix Sm Smart Frame Smart Frarne l Smart Frarnel UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 38 6 0 Completing and uploading your project Before submitting the project to ICON the yearbook project manager needs to compile all pages into one complete project Archived project pages that have been submitted by users not on a shared network space will need to be restored and saved locally lf the project pages have been saved to a shared network or remote storage then the yearbook project manager will append the pages from that project to the main project 1 Click on the 7s2 button to open the Pages hover and use the append pages option to find the component pages of the yearbook Reorder them accordingly up down arrows and ensure that page count has been respected 2 Check for resolution warnings when an image is of insufficient quality or over zoomed and for red frame numbers images that have become disconnected from the original files Files with red resolution warnings should be repl
44. mes important if you later want to resize the text by the second method namely manually resizing with the text frame handles You will need to UNLOCK it before the text will resize when you pull on the handles 2 By resizing the text frame interactively Ii the text is unlocked pulling on the frame handles will resize the text Changing the drop box options beside the font size will cause the font size to relate to the size of your text frame in different ways Resize to Fit Your text will grow or shrink to fit the frame Point size is Ignored Lock and Clip Your text will stay exactly at the point size selected lf your text frame is shrunk too small the text will be cut off This is the option to choose if you need an exact point size Do Not Exceed Your text will grow but only to the maximum font size This feature is particularly useful for creating templates where the text content may change based on exif tag data UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 30 5 20 5 3 Font Attributes Other font attributes include bold italic strikeout and underline The width of the strikeout and underline can be changed via the adjacent line size option 5 20 5 4 Within the text frame text can be positioned by sa the Text Alignment amp Spacing alignment in the text editor The following options appear in the text editor to adjust the position of your text relative to the text frame and to change the Spacing between parts of the
45. n Configuring Label Names Pg 21 1 Click on the Organizer tab and click on the School tab 2 Select the Staff Member and in the Title section in the Custom Attributes and type in their title UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 5 9 Creating your Panel Pages Return to the Create Screen The following default panel will appear election Canvas Yesrbook Support ry es TA Orc Main Auto S HBA X Paneli IB simple Advanced 4 ie Mode Auto O Manual O Locked Apply settings to this set of Groups w ABC s i Archbishop Jordan High School 6 show All O Show Only m M Z Z fe fT a E fT a E M X Z Z is gt m ree Jf Settings J Pages If you would like to use a pre defined panel set Click on Simple Pick the relevant style that you would like and then you can customize the panel s individually or as a whole To use the Simple option you must define your students and staff into groups first Advanced Panel Option There is no predefined order for applying attributes to your panel you can add Header Not Available Not Avadable jot Available Not Avadable Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available
46. n the right hand side of the screen under the Properties You can correct spelling of names move students to different classes exclude people who cannot be in the yearbook etc To add or correct data click on the image You Properties Sea oe aes Can select multiple images at once by holding the AR control key on your keyboard and selecting the images or by drawing a marquee over a selection of U images or by clicking Ctrl A to select all images in a ANIE REEWI set This will allow you to correct common missing Last Name Bakker information such as a new Homeroom First Marne Gerlof f one image is selected it will appear in preview and the Middle Name LAGE NE f information associated with the file will appear in the Custom Attributes area Multiple selected images will ee aan f display no preview but show common attributes assigned Track to the group Title To add the missing information simply type in the Pcie appropriate empty box or select from the drop down menu riorik y hal i i You do not need to hit Enter or Apply the information is FOLIE added immediately and will save in YearbookFusion s database i Please note the changes made in YearbookFusion s Organizer ONLY apply to the computer they were made R al 7 If on The information does not over write the PSPA CD IY image Properties f and is not transferred to other computers using the same g00
47. ng http site lumapix com business solutions yearbookfusion yearbook software customizing setting up schools Detailed Requirements All Internet access Online users have access to Display resolution Minimum 1024x768 A working e mail account for licensing Templates and other graphical content Disk Space information Email and web output Minimum 100MB free required Required for activation recommended Help file More recommened Downloaded for use Instructional videos content from the online marketplace Activation is easiest when online Updates and upgrades remote storage can consume a lot of although offline activation is available space Once activated the software can run offline High speed internet access is strongly recommended Network Configuration Firewall Configuration User Permissions FotoFusion communicates with lumapix com Complete read write permissions should be allowed to the amazonaws com and fotoscraps com following Port 80 For Marketplace Content Windows 7 C ProgramData LumaPix Port 21 For FTP upload to Publishers Windows Vista C ProgramData LumaPix Port 443 For Remote Storage Windows XP C Documents and Settings All Users Application Binary transfer should be enabled Data LumaPix Soap headers should not be filtered Network Administrators not using Remote Storage FotoFusion does not embed images in a project As such for collaborative working we advise storing project files and a
48. nt 5 13 Configuring the Header Text 5 14 Adding a Background or Paper 5 15 Populating and Sorting your Panel 5 16 Grouping the Panel Set 5 17 Sorting the Panel Set 5 18 Customizing your Panel Pages 5 19 Adding Group Photos to your Panel Pages 5 20 Adding Titles and Using the Text Tool 5 20 1 Adding text to the canvas 5 20 2 Adding Text to a Frame 5 20 3 The Text Editor 5 20 4 Editing Text and Changing Text Appearance 5 20 5 Layout Tab 5 20 5 1 Selecting a Font Type 5 20 5 2 Setting the Font Size 5 20 5 3 Font Attributes Index Page O NN NOJTARBOGO DN 5 20 5 4 Text Alignment and Spacing 5 20 6 Appearance Tab 5 20 6 1 Text Body 5 20 6 2 Text Outline 5 20 6 3 Matte Tab 5 20 6 4 Convert to Matte 5 20 6 5 To add Shadow to Text 5 21 Designing your Cover 5 22 Designing and Adding Candid Pages to Your Project 5 23 Adding Clipart Papers and Other Embellishments 5 23 1 Papers 5 23 2 Frames 6 0 Completing and Uploading your project 6 1 Uploading your completed file to your publisher Helpful Tips are located at the back UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 1 1 0 Installing the Lumapix YearbookFusion software A link to the software will be emailed to you with detailed instructions on how to download and activate your licence for use IMPORTANT Ensure that the computer s that you are installing YearbookFusion onto has the correct specifications to run the software properly A complete spec document can be
49. o snap exactly to the selected number of columns and rows regardless of the specified frame width or page size ie use this exact number of columns and rows 3 Max will not allow the panel to grow beyond the specified number of columns and rows ie no more than x columns or rows Il Column and Row spacing allows you to increase the inset distance between the panel frames Increase the column width to space the panel frames further apart increase the row spacing to create more room between the rows of frames Features allows you to feature the first or more image nodes this is handy if you would like the teacher to be highlighted Knockouts allows candid imagery text titles clipart etc to be placed on the image grid and the imagery will scatter to avoid the frame For further information see Designing and Adding Candid Images Pg 35 Here is an example where the columns and rows have been defined and the column and row spacing has been increased the first image has been featured poz y Not Available Not Avatabi Panel D0 shea foe i as x TY Not Awailable Not Avaliable a REZ e ate a RAZ La Not Available Not Avatable Not Available Not Avatable Select a Preset M ae ie Apply settings to All Panels e W Panel Settings ye Not Available Not Av e Frames Available able abie V e able vatable M ble Not Ava abie z mm w e Columns 6 Rows 2 e Av e tl _0 027 0 059 Not Avaliable Not
50. oMatch PNG Copy of NoMatch PNG Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo IMG_52 00000143 NoMatch PNG 00000064 NoMatch PNG be _0018 NoMatch PNG sec NoMatch PNG 00000236 NoMatch PNG kowej NoMatch PNG Photo Photo Scrap Photo p MCH wia IB wawa Ea No iach lig Mm 1 File Size Minimum File Size Browse for match Clear Selection Select all Use Image Matc 10 KB 3 Match i aia Find image mismatches Copy to clipboard Use File Name i Minimum Image Size ee aT ee Use Hash value 200 by 200 4 Click on Browse for sources and browse to the folder that the images are kept in select OK Browse For Folder Browse Archbishop Jordan Higt 2 Archbishop Jordan High 9 Ardrossan Elementary mi Beacon Hill QD Bey Facey 2010 Comp Bey Facey 2010 Comp Bishop Savaryn Blessed Kateri C blessed 1 9 blessed i Blessed Kateri School E 5 Once all the images have been found click on Select All at the bottom right of screen then Match Your screen will show all the matched imagery You may need to browse to several sources if your imagery is kept in different places or folders ill i Choose the madtod Clear Selection Selection Select all All Find Find Missing Show showEvery Find Mismatches Mismatches i 5 A gl Noman S F ry T 2 00000330 jpg yore 00000089 jpg yore 00000265 jpg Mrs Lirette
51. ok For projects saved on a local drive or an the local network Remote Storage Look For projects saved on a network location provided by your publisher gt Cancel Return to your work After choosing the Remote Storage option you will be prompted to create a nickname This is used to identify the individual who made the project and who currently has it opened If a project is marked with a lock then another person in the group is editing it Two users cannot work on the same project at the same time The lock can be overwritten by right mouse selecting the page thumbnail in case a user has kept the project open on their computer accidentally and has left for the day You will be able to see who has the project locked by trying to open it their nickname will appear 4 4 Suggested Order for Creation of a Yearbook Project have found the following order of operations to be the most efficient and logical way of designing your yearbook project however there is no right or wrong way PO g Create New Project using 8 5x11 Softcover Import PSPA cd Customize your panel grid Populate the panel sorting by homeroom Move your classes into the order you would like them displayed in your book Make corrections to student and staff information by cross referencing with class lists provided by the school Note missing students and staff These images can be taken by yourself or Icon will come out and take t
52. on to the next student and repeat the steps LumaPihe FotoFusion Untitled Modified provided by The Icon Experience Pape 3 of 3 E af co EOT DB create cre A SEE 8 See Po mua e W Once you have imported the PSPA and made your changes in the organize tab you can prepare the panel pages Click on the panel button to bring up the Panel menu Click on Add Yearbook Panel to get started More details on creating panel pages can be found in section 5 9 of your manual page 14 LumaP bets FotoFuston Untitled Modified provided by The Icon Experience Page 3 of 3 3 3 gt tp E dant A Sason Cats Mode mm Auto Manual Locked Apply settings to this set of Group W ABCORE 5 eee BNE e Group by NaGraupng Sart byr Fin No Name Empty You can further choose to sort by either grade or As soon as you click the button the menu and the blank page changes To be able to make global adjust ments to the panels later on you will want to make sure your panel is set to Advanced The menu is divided into three sections the first you see here is Populate panels This is the section where you determine what images you will use to populate the panel and how those images will be organized To be able to make global adjustments to all your classes rather than one page at a time it s best keep
53. rbook O01 00010 jpg 10 Mite Priority Yearbook O01 00011 jpq 10 Mite moej Yearbook O01 0001 2 jpg 10 OW i E 1m mauler Manage Custom Fields Take a moment to review the headings such as Last Name or Grade to make sure the information is correct If it appears that the last name is under Grade you can right click the heading to change to the appropriate title Your school name will appear automatically if your software is activated 4 Click IMPORT Note Duplicates Provides rules for subsequent PSPA CD imports If this is your first import or you are changing data sets leave it as replace school in database If you are merging a second PSPA CD to one already imported eg retakes or a 2nd set of images then select Integrate with existing database or append if the file numbers have been restarted 00001 in the 2nd CD YearbookFusion may offer a suggestion about your data import at this stage Continue with the import and choose to ignore the warning Once the import starts you will be prompted to provide a folder location where the images will be imported It is preferable to import and save them to your local C drive to avoid problems with interruptions of network connectivity or a USB drive which can be unplugged UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 10 At the end of the import YearbookFusion may show an error message The message relates to incomplete da
54. red margin will have some of the content in the finished product Leor Sung ON UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 7 5 1 Creating Panel Pages Panel pages can be created as a separate project or as part of a larger project including candid pages Panels are created in three steps 1 Importing a pspa cd to associate an image database with your project 2 adding an empty panel grid to your page and customizing it to suit your design tastes and needs 3 Populating the panel with images according to your grouping and sorting needs Panels can only be made on Album Side type pages not covers or double spreads If you need to change the page type click on the Pages hover right mouse select your page and ensure you have album side selected Panel pages can be changed in most respects at any point of the design process You can reconfigure the look of the panel after it has been populated re sort the panel after the images have been added and even change data and add students after the panel has been made 5 2 Importing and Editing your PSPA Data 5 2 1 What is a PSPA CD The PSPA CD is the standardized format to provide a set of portraits and important information associated with these images to schools or other organizations A PSPA CD contains the image files of the portraits taken by the photographer s assigned to your school or group and associates these to a text format data file The data file l
55. rop box Invert Soften O Use the Invert and Soften functions to change the direction of the matte and soften It To convert text into a texture matte 1 Type in your text and select the font type other font attributes can be applied eg bold blur while others will be ignored when the text Search Me py x is changed into a matte geese outline color Rating QOOOO Mattes w From a Database i LumaPix E E t ys Se selected Click on the Search tab The following menu will appear Select a matte that you like and drag it on the text The text concrete 01 concrete 2 e Lawa Cottage LumaPix Will NOW take on that LurnaPix Matte fLurmaPix Matte LurnaPix Matte Matte effect add keywords Matte Text with black hor UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 33 5 20 6 4 Convert to Matte You can also convert text into a matte that takes on the properties of an image or Paper Heavier bolder fonts will be more effective to display images than thin fonts To convert text into a matte that uses an image or a paper 3 Type in your text and select the font type other font attributes can be applied eg bold blur while others will be ignored when the text is changed into a matte outline color 4 Click on the Convert to Matte PRL PiasAare Button in the Matte tab The POOL I ME text will now turn into an image frame from the Papers tab and PODAL drag it onto the text The tex
56. s retakes or students who have left the school 1 Click on the Organize tab and click on the School tab Locate the image s that you do not wish to include in the yearbook panels use their last name or grade or homeroom to search for the image When you find the image s in the preview area select the thumbnail s The image and associated data will appear in the Custom attributes area Turn the Exclude option to Yes The image will not appear in any panel Images can also be excluded directly from a populated panel Right click any image within a panel to exclude it This will turn the Exclude attribute to yes in the Organize tab and the image will disappear from the panel UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 13 5 7 Ranking Individuals within a Panel If you would like to have your teachers on the student panel pages at the front of a panel in the correct order you will have to assign a Priority ranking to them 1 2 Click on the Organizer tab and click on the School tab Select the sort criteria in the Homeroom field to Staff Make into Select all CTRL A the images and select Teacher in the drop down menu This will give all the teachers a rank of 3 and place them at the front of their classes If you have student teachers and or assistants that you would like on the page too select them and give them a rank of 4 in the Priority box You will now have to associate every teacher and assist
57. t will now take on part of the image you can drag the crop tool to use different parts of the image and the text can be resized with the frame handles lf you need to edit the text you will need to UNDO Ctrl Z the matte application 5 Select a picture from the Images tab or a Paper 5 20 6 5 To add Shadow to Text The text shadow option is found by placing your mouse and hovering underneath the Text tool You will see a red shadow on the T When you click on the shadow the following toolbar appears Shadow OBEJ The shadow is always applied as a default e Show shadow Offset 0 06 Blur 0 25 1 To turn the shadow off click on the check CEEE RSET ma rk i Shadow Inside 2 Offset determines how far from the frame the shadow is displayed If you increase the value the shadow will appear farther away from the image 3 Blur makes the shadow harder or softer 4 Angle determines the apparent position of the light source producing the shadow of the frame 5 Amount determines the opacity of the shadow effect UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 34 6 Shadow Inside is used mainly for images Ju 7 iCk a 7 Click on the the color chip opens the color editor this allows you to pick a new color for the shadow In the example shown the shadows have been used to make the text appear to glow 5 21 Designing your Cover YearbookFusion is packaged with a set of
58. ta related to certain images YearbookFusion will prompt you to check the Organizer tab in the buckets to see which files have missing information Here is an example of a message received after importing FotoFusion has found a few problems in the import and organized the affected photos in the Organizer to allow you to manually fix the data Collape 365 records imported students were missing first or last names The images have been placed in bucket 1 1 students were missing grade information The image have been placed in bucket 3 Missing information must be Filled in for al images before panels can be populated Select the images in each bucket in the Organizer then fil any empty grade beacher last or first name fields The data that you will most likely be missing is Teacher as Icon does not organize the imagery that way Icon imagery is organized by Homeroom Once you click OK you will be taken directly to the Organize Screen LumaPix FotoF usion Campbelltown Yearbook 2010 provided by The Icon Experience Cower 1 25 i Fie Edk View inset Selection Toos Hol ess reale E organize Share aF Outs 34 Community dh Admin er The custom attributes of m the image selected Mrs Fortin will appear on both the Staff and Class 1F panel pages Source a Search Schoo mages diem real emo P EB School Seach Make into Properti
59. text 1 Flush Right Center Flush Left Click on the buttons to select your option 2 Justification with all characters Justification with spaces only Click on the buttons to select your option Justific ation with alte affected W affected Justification with between words 3 Align to top of frame Align to center of frame Align to bottom of frame Click on the buttons to select your option 4 Inter character spacing changes the space between letters R restores to default Click drag on the value to change Click on R to restore to the default value Flush left Center Flush right character 5 vords and spaces will all be ala AOR crn a amm Zk o EJ uk o R spacing Spaces only affected Text will have larger gaps Align to top of frame Align to center of frame Align to bottom of frame Character spacing 0 T character adobe bbe 0 2 ae 08 5 lnter line spacing increases the spacing between lines of text R restores to default Click drag on the value to change Click on R to restore to the default value Interline spacing 7s 0 This is the default setting Interline Spacing is 1 There is less Space between the lines Interline spacing 15 25 There is more space between the lines UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 31 5 20 6 Appearance Tab The appearance tab is where you would change font colour opacity and outline attributes of
60. the font 5 20 6 1 Text Body To make the text body more translucent Body Click on the Opacity control and change the Opacity 255 value to a lower number R 255 To change the color of the text G 255 Type in the R G B values or click on the color B 255 picker box to open the color editor Blur q Drag the Blur control to interactively set the blur on the text 5 20 6 2 Text Outline The outline for the text can have a unique color tin and transparency typically a black edge around Opacity 255 a text body R 0 To make the outline more translucent G op Click on the Opacity control and change the B 0 value to a lower number Size 0 To make the outline wider or narrower Dash 0 Drag the Size control A dashed outline is also available Click on Dash to set the size of the spacing Default text Text opacity Gown Examples O tlinesize up of Text Effects Outline color Outline opacity UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 32 5 20 6 3 Matte Tab Applying a matte to your text can add texture and flare Not all mattes are appropriate for text for instance a star shaped matte will only cut off part of your text However textured mattes like gradients will add a distressed look to your text Within the Matte tab you are given a set of standard emf mattes to choose from To add a standard matte to text Appearance Click the Enable check box v Enable Select your matte of choice from 3 black horiz gradient emt the d
61. yle for school portraits in yearbooks It consists of a grid of student photos with names next to or under the photos A candid page is more of a scrapbook or newsletter style page which contains custom text and olla portals angeng on fe i La cius de ine cual IP i z a Fe 1 AA J re d m s pom e p r j PA i i J f m E du i M s f Sample Panel Page Sample Candid Page E i a Te YearbookFusion allows you to automate the production of panel pages You can customize the panel changing the border style the number of images per page and the text appearance Candid pages can be created from scratch by dragging in an image at a time or by using the autocollage feature Auto Ze Se Sa A Covers can be designed by the user or a template can be inserted and manipulated as required UBuild IT Yearbook User Guide 3 4 0 Managing your Yearbook Project There is no one correct work flow for creating a yearbook project Some yearbooks are created by a single individual on one computer others are created by a group of people working on a shared computer or by a group of people working in various locations Regardless of the number of people working on the book one person should be appointed the Project Manager The Project Manager will usually assign particular tasks to members of the committee This person will also set dea
62. zai A m mA m EA m lt iii m EA 1 Choose the method Clear Selection Find Missing Show Every Find Mismatches Use Image Matc 10 KB 3 Match Use File Name KE PA A Find image mismatches Copy to clipboard 4 Apply matches C Use Hash Value SIE by on 2 Click on Find Missing The system will run through and place all the missing images in the box below 1 Choose the method Find Missing Show Every Find Mismatches lv oe 00000083 00000265 Photo Photo m 00000030 00000284 Photo Photo 00000330 Photo 00000163 IMG_1031 Photo Scrap Mrs Lirette vested in pri 00000016 Photo 00000245 Photo 00000032 Photo IMG_0018 Scrap Minimum File Size 10 KB 00000220 Photo 00000236 Photo 00000058 00000064 Photo Photo 00000143 Photo m w lt 3 Match 4 Apply matches icc mi til _ Use File Size C Use Image Match Use File Name Minimum Image Size E Use Hash Value nd ETER 200 by 200 3 Click Select All at the top right of the screen 1 Choose the method Find Missing Show showEvery Find Mismatches v 00000083 NoMatch PNG 00000265 Mrs Lirette 6 NoMatch PNG 00000330 NoMatch PNG Photo Photo Photo vested in pri nz 00000030 NoMatch PNG 00000254 NoMatch PNG prety NoMatch PNG 00000245 NoMatch PNG 00000016 N

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