Organize your images for uploading in Presentation Gold   

Before you spend valuable time resizing and sorting your images in any other programs, look at what we have created for you. We are also professional photographers, we know what needs to be done to display images on the web, and we created time saving tools to serve those needs.

1. Have all of the images from your event in ONE folder on your computer, not on a CD.
2. Open the images in Presentation Gold.
3. Open the "Organize Images" Toolbar.
4. Look in the upper right corner of the screen, you will see a dropdown list of Categories for your events. You can Add/Remove Categories as required.
5. Drag your images from the bottom row to the top row in each selected Category. Select the Category before dragging images into the Category.
6. Once your images are in the top row, you can drag them into any position in the row.
7. When you upload your Event, you will be able to list the Categories in any order you choose, not just in Alphabetical Order.
8. Your images will be resized for you, there is no need to spend time doing that yourself prior to uploading an Event.
9. You may want to add a Protective Watermark to you images. You can create a Watermark on the Screen on the right side of the Upload Utility.
10. You can Crop your images for viewing, and adjust the Color and Density. Your original images will NOT be effected by these actions. All changes to images is stored and carried out by storing data and acting upon it later.
11. If you use our partner labs to print your orders, you can use the crop data, or re-crop your images when your actual order arrives in your computer. Color Correction is up to you. You can use our Tools, Photoshop, or let your lab do it for you.
 

Order Prints in Presentation Gold

If you are using Photoshop to crop your images, you have to look at the images ordering and cropping system we have developed for professional photographers.  It is faster to use, and it is "Foolproof". You CANNOT accidentally crop an image that requires an 8x10, as an 11x14. This is an aspect ratio system. When you order prints, it records the sizes, when you begin the cropping process, it only allows you to crop your images with the correct aspect ration for the size ordered.

1- Click File/Open Images. Images must be on your computer, not on a CD.
2- Select an image in the thumbnail bar.
3- Select a size from the list on the right side. Click the size button to add quantities, or use the dropdown.
4- Click the "Order" button at the top of the size/quantities column.
5- The "Order Name" screen will appear. Enter a name for your order. The "Description" box is not a required field.
6- Go to the Crop Screen. Click the "Crop Squares" icon on the tool bar to go to the crop screen.
 
7- Crop your images. Hold the "Shift Key", and move your mouse to adjust the crop box. When you have it the way you like it, let go of the mouse button, click the "Space Bar" on your keyboard, or "Double Click" the image and it will crop. Click the Space Bar again or Double Click the image and the crop will go away.

You can't make any mistakes. The program will only allow you to crop the images in the correct aspect ratio as the size of the print ordered. You cannot crop an 11x14 with an 8x10 crop. FOOLPROOF

Order first, then crop

8- Click the "Process Orders and Images" icon.

9- Click the "Process Order" Button.

10- Click the FTP icon.

11- Your order will appear in the screen. Select the order, Click "Add the Selected Order"
12- When the connection is complete- click "Upload"

Your order is on it's way to your lab.

Note: Images can only be saved in sRGB format.

Your Labs Product Catalog will be installed automatically when you install the Toolbox. Due to firewall/security issues in individual computers, the program may not be able to retrieve the Product Catalog. If your Labs Catalog does not appear to be available, contact your lab.