Software Overview

PICSonPAGES photo book software is loaded with many features.  All the tools you need to create a beautiful, custom photo book are right here at your fingertips!

Book Monitor

Using the Book Monitor feature, you can see issues that arise in your photo book in real-time. By default, the Book Monitor is set to on. If the Book Monitor has been turned off, go to the View menu and click “Show Book Monitor."

A new bar will appear above the photo book pages scrollbar.  If everything is 100% fine within your book, the bar will be blank.  If however, there are issues with any page, color-coded boxes will appear for those pages with errors.

 

The color of the arrow at the left of the book monitor indicates the most serious of the problems within the book.  Placing the cursor over a color-coded error box will display a page’s problems, and allow you to go directly to the page to make changes.

 

Multiple problems on a single page with the same color-code will be represented by a single box of the pertinent color.

Pages Browser

You can click and drag a page in the "Pages Browser" to reorder the pages of your photo book.

To navigate the pages of your photo book, click the desired page in the pages browser.

You can also navigate using the navigation arrows located on the toolbar above the Pages Browser.

Go to front cover , go to previous page, go to next page, go to back cover.

Picture Toolbar

Use the Picture Toolbar to custom design your pages.

 

Text Toolbar

Use the Text/Captions Toolbar to customize your text boxes.

 

Image Browser

Use the Image Browser at the bottom of the workspace to load pictures to use for your photo book.

Click the Add Picture   or Add Folder (of pictures) icon at the left of the Image Browser. You can then drag & drop pictures directly from the image Browser onto your photo book pages. If you are using layouts or templates, you can use the Distribute Pictures command (under the Layout menu) to automatically distribute your pictures amongst the pages.

Toggle between the various design options seen as tabs on the Image Browser:

 

Book Pictures – pictures you load to use in your photo book

Page Layouts – preset layouts of frames. Drag and drop layout of your choice from the Image Browser onto your photo book pages. Once applied to a page, you can rearrange, resize, add or remove the layout elements if you wish.

 

Page Backgrounds – various colors, textures, and designs you can apply as your page backgrounds. You may also use any photo as a background or import your own designs.

 

Picture Borders – borders of various color and thickness you can apply to pictures.

 

Book Templates – templates that can be applied to your entire photo book. Once applied to a page, you can still rearrange the template elements any way you choose.

 

All of these items can be dragged & dropped directly onto a page (or frame, as the case may be).

Fast Track Wizard

1. From the welcome screen choose Fast Track
   
   


2. Select Landscape, Portrait or Square orientation
   
   


3. Choose a size
   
   


4. Make a cover choice: Custom Photo Softcover, Custom Photo Hardcover, Standard Hardcover (linen) or Custom Template (leather keyhole)
   
   


5. Choose from one of 8 themes
   
   


6. Select your pictures
   
   


7. Reorder or rotate pictures
   
   


8. Add a caption (or not)
   
   


9. Click finish and sit back while your photo book is created!
   
   


10. You can then click Send to PICSonPAGES to upload and place your order or you can make changes to your book as desired.