Ax Template Converter User Manual 2.0

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1 Ax Template Converter User Manual 2.0 User Manual 2.0 Ax Template Converter lets you convert your PSD templates in Album Xpress supported format and use it. This lets you use your existing creations in Album Xpress without any extra efforts. Convert tons of your PSD templates with just defining layer types. Windows Installation 1) Download the Ax Template Converter utility from and double click on this downloaded utility Note: System requirements: Photoshop Album Xpress 2) Click on Yes on the User Account Control window, if you are sure you want to proceed with the installation; clicking on No will abort the process. 4) Select the installation path on your computer. The utility should be installed in the location folder of the Photoshop software. 5) Browse from the Browse button and give the path of the location folder of Photoshop. (Select and right click on the Photoshop icon to know the location.) Click on Next after making your choice. The utility will be installed in the Photoshop. Page 1 of 10

2 General features Ax Template Converter comes with several features, which are discussed in this section: User Manual 2.0 Free utility: Ax Template Converter is a free utility available on DgFlick's website The utility can be downloaded from website and easily installed in few steps. Multiple background layers: Define multiple layers as background and get them merged automatically to avoid cluttering of too many objects. Retains Image Quality: New version provides you better results in terms of quality of the background. This ensures quality album designing. Discard unwanted layers: Unwanted layers if not already turned off, can be discarded while conversion of templates. Preferences Before you convert the templates, you can set the parameters for the converted templates. The templates you convert using Ax Template Converter can be assigned with a volume name, theme of the template and saving path. This lets you easy finding at the time of finding the template in Album Xpress. Open the Photoshop. Go to File Script and select DgFlick Ax Template Converter Preferences option. DgFlick Ax Template Converter Preferences option A Preferences: DgFlick Album Xpress Template Converter window will appear. You get three options in Preferences window. Preferences window Page 2 of 10

3 Output Path: Define the converted templates saving path from the Browse button. The default path is My Documents. To Change the path, click on the Browse button. Once you click on the Browse button, you will be alerted that you are trying to change the path of the output. User Manual 2.0 Click on OK and change the output saving path from the browser. Select the desired folder and click on OK. As here wedding templates are getting converted, the folder named Wedding Seasons is selected. Once you define the saving path, you will be asked for the confirmation. Confirm path by clicking on OK. In Preferences window, you will see the output saving path is changed. In this window, you can also define theme of the template. The templates which are going to be converted are based on autumn wedding style; the theme is specified as Autumn. In the same way you can define theme of the template. While you sort templates in Album Xpress, you can see the defined theme option there under Theme option. All the templates you generate will be categorized under the theme defined by you. Define Volume of the template from Volume option. A folder with the volume name will be created in the saving path. You will be able to sort the templates according to the volume in the Album Xpress. Once you define all the preferences, save the settings with Close button. Your preferences will be saved. Open Photoshop software. Select File menu. Select Open option. Convert PSD templates to Ax templates Browse and open the PSD file of the template which you want to convert into Ax template. Page 3 of 10

4 Template opened in Photoshop Before starting actual conversion, the layers of the PSD files need to be studied to get the idea of layer types and their usefulness. Unwanted layers can be turned off either in Photoshop or they also can be discarded later. Go to the File menu again and choose Script option. Choose DgFlick Ax Template Converter option. DgFlick Ax Template Converter option in Photoshop A window will appear on your screen. Template will get converted layer wise and you will be asked for each layer to denote it with conversion type. You can see the preview of the layer behind window. You can also see the current layer here in layer panel. Script Prompt window You can see various parameters for various types of layers are given to guide you while you assign them. Define the different numbers for different types of objects. Number 0 is to discard unwanted layer. Number 1 is for photo layer with no masking effects. If a photo is placed without any masking effect, then it is treated as photo layer. Number 11 is for photo carrying clipping or layered mask. Whenever a photo is applied with clipping or layered mask, the mask is defined by number 11. Page 4 of 10

5 (a) (b) Type of mask layers (a) Clipping Mask (b) Layered Mask Number 2 is for clipart layer. The cliparts appearing on the templates are converted under this category. Number 3 is for frame layer. Save used frames with number 3. Number 4 is for background layer. All the layers used as background will be defined by number 4. Let s start converting the template. The very first layer of the used template file is background layer so it is defined with number 4. Converting background layer In the same way all the background layers are defined by number 4. Any type of mask layer whether clipping mask layer or layered mask layer, both are treated as photo with mask layer and defined by number 11. Converting Clipping mask layer Clipping mask related photo layer will become unwanted layer and will be discarded with number 0 i.e. discard option. Page 5 of 10

6 Discarding photo layer In the same way all the clipping mask layers are defined by number 11 and all the Clipping mask related photo layers are discarded with number 0. All the clipart layers are defined by number 2. Similarly convert remaining clipart layers with number 2. Converting clipart layer Layered mask layer is a photo with mask layer and hence it is defined with number 11. Effects applied on the photo in Photoshop won t get converted or saved but you will be able to add same effects in Album Xpress with given inbuilt templates. Photo without any effect is defined with number 1. Converting photo layer In the same way you can convert remaining photo layers with number 1. Once you define all the layers, PSD template gets converted into Ax template. Page 6 of 10

7 Now follow few more steps to bring the converted template into Album Xpress. Right click on the Album Xpress shortcut icon and open the file location. Open file location of Album Xpress Open products folder and then DgAlbum folder. Now open Theme folder. Also open the location folder of converted templates. Theme folder in Album Xpress file location Copy all the folders from converted template folder. Converted template location folder Page 7 of 10

8 Paste copied folders in the Album Xpress folder. Copy folders form converted template location folder Pasting folders in Album Xpress location folder The confirmation will be asked to merge the folders here. Computer will ask for confirmation to merge the folders. Check this checkbox to merge all the folders and press Yes. Folders will get merged. Confirming merging of folders Open Album Xpress software and go to Design Album window. Page 8 of 10

9 Design Album window. Template tab From template tab filter the templates theme wise and view the templates you just converted. Insert the template. Design Album window. Sorting templates Design Album window. Template inserted Also insert the photos from photo tab. You can give effects to the photo from Effects tab. Select the photo. Go to effects tab and select Glow option. Give Glow effect to photo. The effect you apply can be customized from Custom option. In this way the PSD template file can be converted and used in Album Xpress. Page 9 of 10

10 Support For additional technical support or clarification, please contact DgFlick offices/support via: DgFlick Solutions Pvt. Ltd., 203/204, Shreeji Arcade, M. G. Road, Borivali (E), Mumbai Telephone: India , US User Manual 2.0 Page 10 of 10