Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 242)

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Photo books
Last updated 4/20/2015
Note: Caption fields also have a thin gray line to represent the perimeter of the field.
Photo Cells Photo cell guides appear as gray boxes with a cross hair in the middle. These indicate unfilled photo
cells.
Filler Text Placeholder text appears in empty page and photo caption fields.
Note: You must select the Fill Text Boxes With > Filler Text option in Book Preferences in order for filler text to appear.
Cell Drag the Padding slider to add space, in points, around an image or text in its cell. Using padding is an effective
way to customize the appearance of an image in its cell and therefore to customize individual page templates, as well.
By default, padding is applied uniformly to all sides. Click the triangle to the right of the Padding title to apply
different amounts of padding to each side of a cell. You can select multiple cells in the preview area and apply
padding to all of them at once.
Text Allows you to add text fields to individual photos and to entire pages. When you click a photo, a transparent
button Add Photo Text is displayed. Clicking the button lets you start adding text immediately. This tip applies to
photos and pages.
Photo Text The caption for the photo can be positioned above, below, or over the selected image cell or cells. You
can use the Title or text from the photo’s metadata, or enter a custom caption by typing directly into the text field.
Offset Adjusting the Offset amount moves the text above, below, or on the photo, relative to where you’ve anchored
it.
• Above: Positions the caption text between the top edge of the photo and the top edge of the page.
• Below: Positions the caption text between the bottom edge of the photo, and the bottom edge of the page.
• Over: By default, the position of the caption is on the photo, at the bottom edge. Increasing this value moves the
position of the caption towards the top edge of the photo.
Note : If the dimensions of the photo exceed the top and bottom page edges, the Offset is automatically set to Over.
Align With Photo Keeps the left edge of the caption in line with the left edge of the photo when zooming or padding
is applied to the photo.
Page Text The caption for the page can be positioned at the top or the bottom of the page. Enter the caption in the
page text field in the preview area.
Offset Adjusting the Offset amount moves the caption up or down on the page, relative to where you’ve anchored
it (Top or Bottom). For example, increasing the offset to a page caption at the top of the page moves the caption lower
down on the page. Increasing the offset to a photo caption positioned below the photo moves the caption lower on
the page, away from the photo.
Type Choose a font, style, color, point size, and opacity. Click the triangle to specify additional typographic options,
including tracking, baseline shift, leading, kerning, columns, and gutter. You can also specify horizontal and vertical
alignment.
Background You can apply a photographic, graphic, or colored background to the pages of your book. To add a
background, do one of the following:
1 Select one or more pages in the preview area of the Book module.
2 (Optional) Select Apply Background Globally to apply it to all of the pages of your book, except the covers, even
if they are not selected.
3 Do one of the following:
• Drag a photo from the Filmstrip onto the Drop Photo Here placeholder in the Background panel. Drag the
Opacity slider to adjust the degree of transparency.