Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Chocolatey integrates w/SCCM, Puppet, Chef, etc. Chocolatey is trusted by businesses to manage software deployments. There are primarily two categories of wedding album design software: 1) Generalized design tools such as Adobe Photoshop or Indesign or 2) Specialized album design software such as Fundy Album Builder, Pixellu Smart Albums, or LumaPix Fotofusion. We'll list the pro and cons of each software below.
Today I experimented for the very first time with AlbumStomp (for those of you guys already using BlogStomp this won’t be a tough transition at all). For years I’ve struggled with album design. While I’m a creative and love doing creative things, designing an actual album from scratch and doing layouts has never been something I’ve been interested in. And because of that, I’ve struggled to really excel at creating amazing looking albums. Istatistica 2 0 – advanced system monitor.
That stops here. My brides deserve to have gorgeous, amazingly laid out designs that look timeless and beautiful for years. I want the quality of my albums to match the quality of my work. Knowing this is a part of my business that I’ve fallen short in the past I decided that I would find ways to help make the process easier while still delivering an amazing product.
When I heard of AlbumStomp I was instantly intrigued and knew that it could potentially be exactly what I needed for my business. I started with the free trial and immediately opened up the software and felt like I already knew what to do. The first thing you do is set up your dimensions and then you get started. I thought there would be a bit of a learning curve but it’s actually quite simple (just like BlogStomp). All you do is drag and drop the images (one or many) that you want to use in a design to either the left/right or middle of the page (for a full spread). From there you just let AlbumStomp do it’s magic and it comes up with beautiful design layout for you sans ALL THE HARD WORK. If you don’t like the layout or how the images are arranged you can click “M ix It Up” or look at the right-hand generic name of synthroid sidebar for other designs available with your number of images.
Leech 2 2 2 download free. When you’re done you just click “Stomp it” to save your lower-res proofs to show your client (or photo friends for feedback). Do note that the images in the slideshow below have a watermark from AlbumStomp because I was still using the trial when I “stomped” them. Once you upgrade it won’t be there anymore.
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Trust me, it was SUPER easy (and fun!)!! I actually found myself smiling and having a good time while designing this album and it’s normally a very stressful process for me since I have struggled so much in the past.
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Did I have any hangups or see anything for improvement? Well, I did have a couple small issues when I would Stomp the entire album. But honestly I think the issue was the speed of my computer. I’ve been meaning to get more RAM on my computer and since I haven’t done that yet I think it contributed to the slow load times and issues I was having while trying to export the proofs. So no real worries there yet. The only other thing I noticed was that some of the layouts don’t center that well on their own unless you force center them. Once I actually make a test album I will know for sure if it makes a difference, but as a perfectionist I could see small white borders that were not quite perfect so I kept attempting to center them to make them better.
Overall, THUMBS UP! I actually am enjoying this part of my business again. So I know for sure I’ll be investing in this product and I can’t wait to see how they make it even better with time.
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PROS: Most photographers already own a copy and know how to use Adobe Photoshop. This is a big 'pro', because there is no need to invest more time and money into something new. You can edit and retouch images directly. Furthermore, your design style might require you to create complex cross-gradient fades and other special effects….again, you can do it all without interrupting your design workflow. Adobe Photoshop has advanced JPEG and RGB capabilities. Digital images are bitmaps, and Photoshop is a software built to handle bitmaps. Most album companies and labs require you to submit JPEG files for printing, and Photoshop has scores of options for generating JPEG images. CONS: Adobe Photoshop was not built to be an album layout tool. Many useful tools that one would expect to use during the design process are either missing or hard to use within Photoshop. Size an image down within Photoshop and the software will remove actual pixel information..thus, if you made a boo-boo and downsized an image during layout, you would need to drag in the original image again. Images are embedded into the files. When you place an image into a Photoshop canvas, it will actually place all the image data into that document. There are two side-effects to this: 1) The document size will be very large after you place a few images in. 2) If you decide to use another software (or another person/company) to modify the images, you would need to manually replace the old images with the new modified images Adobe Photoshop is probably the most powerful tool in creating an album if you have scripts to help you or have an intensive background using the program. It doesn't limit you when it comes to designing, which is great, but it's also the most technical one to use. If you're not used to designing albums and creating layouts, this software can be intimidating.