Know your software, General features – DgFlick AlbumXpress User Manual
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Know your Software
This section gives you a basic understanding of Album Xpress before you actually start working on the software.
Running through this section will enhance your understanding of the options available and will help you to make
finest use of the software.
General Features
Album Xpress comes with several features, which are discussed in this section:
Auto Album Creation: Album Xpress helps you to design and create the Album of your choice. It allows you to sort,
select and sequence templates and photos while planning your page layout. You can even edit the photos and view
them in the order they will appear in the Album. The photo selection is template based and easier with orientation
indicators for required photos.
Ready albums: Get ready albums in Album Xpress to design instant albums. Album Xpress comes with 3 ready
albums in which you just need to insert photos and the album is ready in no time. The ready albums consist of 40
designed pages with album jacket and cover. The photo selection is template based and easier with orientation
indicators for required photos.
Eco and Perfect Album creation: In Album Xpress, you can also create Perfect and Eco Album. Album Xpress tries
to make perfect Album by arranging the photos in the order they were taken while Eco album arranges all the
photos in same size.
Ready-to-Use Templates, Themes and Presets: Album Xpress has more than 2000 inbuilt templates. In addition,
new downloadable templates and themes are released by DgFlick on a regular basis. Existing templates and
themes can be altered as per your specifications and saved
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; you could also build
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templates and themes and
share
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them or sell them with other Album Xpress users worldwide. Moreover, more than 100 presets are also
available along with the Album Xpress which can be used for quick Album creation in instances where no major
customizations are required.
Online Cropping: The online photo crop feature allows you to trim out any part of the source photo that you don’t
need. You can crop the photo to give it the desired height and width before incorporating it in the Album.
Onboard layer masking
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: Work onboard and apply flexible masking effects with various types of brushes. Also
apply multiple brushes on one photo. Easy mask applying with desired opacity and brush flow.
In-built Standard Album Sizes: Album Xpress comes loaded with several in-built Album types predefined according
to the standard industry printing and binding specifications.
Page and Spread Base Designing: In Album Xpress you will get three different page styles i.e. Page, Spread and
Spread Split, select any of the desired style to design the Album.
Single click to change template: Easy template swapping. Get new template on every click. Save time of searching
right template. Just click and see which template looks best for the album you are designing.
Free Transform: In Album Xpress, borders and masks are freely transformable i.e. when you transform borders and
masks, it will transform the photo together.
Center zoom in: Album Xpress gives you advance feature of center zooming. This helps you to align photo properly.