VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR AN EASY START OF YOUR COFFEE TABLE BOOK PROJECT
THE WIZARD
THE "DESIGN COFFEE TABLE BOOK" MODULE
AUTOFILL
VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR AN EASY START OF YOUR COFFEE TABLE BOOK PROJECT
There are several options to choose from when starting a Coffee Table Book project:
- The assistant, known as "the Wizard", takes care of the entire design and creates a layout suggestion based on the photos you select.
- The feature “Autofill“ fills image fields or layouts with the photos you have uploaded in advance. The images fields can be placed manually or by selecting predefined layouts in the "Design Coffee Table Book" module.
- A Coffee Table Book can also be designed purely manually, i.e. you start with blank pages. This can also be done in the “Design Coffee Table Book“ module.
In this process, it is important to consider that designs created via the Wizard or the ”Autofill” feature can always be adjusted manually at a later time. They can therefore be used as a starting point for further manual design in the ”Design Coffee Table Book” module. For example, you can have the Wizard distribute your travel photos throughout the Coffee Table Book and then fine-tune each page according to your preferences, adding text where needed. This can significantly reduce the time required.
Feel free to simply try the Wizard and see what it offers you.
Of course, texts will always have to be added manually, regardless of whether you use the Wizard or the “Autofill“ feature.
THE WIZARD
The Wizard can be used to automatically generate a layout suggestion for your Coffee Table Book from a selection of photos. Start by uploading all the photos you want to include in your Coffee Table Book in the "Upload Photos" module. In the bottom right corner of this module, you’ll find the button for the Wizard:
When all photos have been added, please click on this button and then click on “Yes, do the magic“:
Tip: the upload of your photos (you can see the progress in the top bar) does not have to be finished in order to start with the Wizard. The latter uses reduced versions of your photos for the layout. The upload of the complete image data continues in the background.
After having clicked the button, you will see a window in which you can make different pre-settings.
Everything is set to ”Auto“ by default and is consequently determined by the Wizard. However, you can also change individual or all options yourself. For this purpose, simply activate the tick box next to the respective option and click on the option so that the relevant setting possibilities appear on the right side. There you can also see visuals that indicate the effect of this option.
| Margin & photos gap | To define the distance of the entire layout to the lateral margin and how much space there should be between the individual photos. |
| Photo frames | To add a frame to all photos and define its width and color. |
| Number of pages | To determine the number of pages of your Coffee Table Book, provided that you wish to make this decision in advance. |
| Background | To set a background color for all pages. |
Subsequently click on “Run auto-creation“ to start the wizard. In case you have previously inserted contents in your Coffee Table Book, you will see a warning about this layout being lost.
You will see a progress bar while the Wizard creates your Coffee Table Book. Afterwards you will see the design suggestion in the “Design Coffee Table Book“ module.
Please note that the Wizard only designs the internal pages of your Coffee Table Book but not the cover.
THE "DESIGN COFFEE TABLE BOOK" MODULE
In this module you start with a completely empty Coffee Table Book, and you can design it yourself manually and with maximum freedom. You can find further information in section 05 – The “Design Coffee Table Book” module in detail.
AUTOFILL
This feature is useful when you wish to determine the layout of a book yourself but still look for an automated placement of the photos. Hence, the photos will only be positioned in the image boxes that already exist in the Coffee Table Book. Pages without image boxes will remain empty in this feature. You use this feature while you are in the “Design Coffee Table Book” module. Here you can place image boxes on the pages of your Coffee Table Book yourself via the option in the top bar:
Alternatively, you can choose from the predefined layouts on the right side:
For example, you wish to place exactly one squared image box on each page or always exactly three photos in an identical order.
When you have created or used the page layouts, please select “Project“ -> “Autofill“ in the upper menu. All image boxes will be filled. If you have uploaded fewer pictures than the number placed in the book, the excess image boxes will remain empty.