creating basic templates & then doing photoshop magic...
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Creating Basic Templates & Then Doing Photoshop Magic Inside ProSelect
Who Am I?
Julia Kelleher, Cr. Photog., CPP
ProSelect Trainer/Educator
Oregon CPP Liaison.
Boutique Studio Owner, Bend OR
Newborns, Maternity, Families
Why Use Templates?
• Templates are the source of product design in ProSelect. Storyboards,Cards, Books, Collages etc.
• Always used in the Layout Module or Books Module.
• Templates must be used for ordering most Collections and structuringspecific studio pricing.
3 Types of Templates
1. Traditional Matted Templates• Templates where ProSelect will only create (in HRP) the images within the
template holes as jpgs
2. Composite Templates• Templates where ProSelect will create (in HRP) the entire template as one
jpg.
2a. Overlay Templates (A type of Composite using .psd files)• Composite templates that make use of an imported Photoshop file that you
import into ProSelect.
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Creating a Basic ProSelect Template
• Composite Type: The template will always becreated as the entire unit in Hi-Rez Production.
• Wall Grouping: Check this box if the templateyou are creating will be used as a series ofimages for use in Room View. (new to version4.1)
• Fixed Size: Check this box when the templateyou are creating will ALWAYS be that size only.For example the GNP wall folios that only comein specified sizes and you don’t want to scaleup or down. (new to version 4.1)
• Wrap Size: Determine A Gwrap canvas size.• Double Spread: Check this box when creating
a Book template that will be a double spread.• Overlay Image: Check this box to open the
ProSelect Resources Import window. This iswhere you import modified .psd files intoProSelect to create Overlay Templates
Templates>Edit Templates• Can be set as a matted template or a composite
Creating an Overlay TemplateAKA Importing a Photoshop File
Step One: In Photoshop (Create the transparent background .psd file)--Demo of template alteration in CS4—
Creating an Overlay TemplateAKA Importing a Photoshop File
Step Two: In ProSelect (Import the transparent .psd file into the Template Editor)--Demo of template creation/import in ProSelect—
Spreadsheet GuideIncluded in your .ZIP file
Applying Styles
Any standard template (Not an Overlay) can be altered in front of the client using Styles. Styles are colors, bevels, spaces and keylines that you can add to templates.
Templates>Edit Styles
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Things to remember:1.The top-listed style is your default style. All templates will automatically get
this style when you open the template.2.2. Styles are copied to the template. So if you change the style you need to
apply the old one if you want to change it back.