Image Layout Area

Layout Area

The layout area is the region on the left of the main window, next to the thumbnail area. This region shows the currently selected product & allows precise cropping of images. To add an image to the currently shown product, drag it from the thumbnail area, or from the local filesystem. You can also double click one or more images in the thumbnail area to place them in a product. The current product label is shown beneath the layout area.

To change the crop on an image, simply drag the image with the mouse. To change the scale or rotation of an image, controls are offered below the layout area. "Rotate Layout" will rotate the layout counterclockwise 90º, & "Rotate Image" rotates the image 90º counterclockwise. To change the direction of rotation, hold the <alt>/<option> key and click on a Rotate button. The triangle to the right of the "Rotate Image" button displays a slider which allows rotation of the image in 1º increments to ± 180º.

"Zoom" shows a zoom slider similar to the one in the thumbnail area, as well as a check box for crop or fit mode. Fit will scale the image so that the image bounds are entirely within the product bounds; this frequently introduces white space into the product, but is useful for proof sheets. Hold <alt>/<option> to set crop or fit mode on all nodes in a product.

Below this is another row of controls for selecting Print Size and Options. This area also contains the Quantity for the current product and the Add To Order button which adds the current product and crop to the order. Select the product, or print size, you want by selecting it in the hierarchical Print Sizes menu. At the bottom of the Print Sizes menu is an option to show the products as a hierarchical set of tabs in a separate palette, called the Print Sizes Palette:

Selecting a product in the Print Sizes menu or Print Sizes palette will show it in the layout area. Cropping is constrained so that white space isn't introduced into the print. This avoids common errors with differing aspect ratios, yet provides a high degree of control.

To select various lab options for the current print size, click on the Options button. This will bring up the Options Menu which contains a number of items that you can select. To select an option click on the checkbox to the left of the one you want.

To set the quantity of the print size added to an order, simply type the number in the "Quantity" field. When using the Standard tool layout, the small triangle to the left of "Quantity" shows a menu item which allows the quantity of an item to be preserved after adding an item to the order. With this preference deselected, the quantity will return to one after "Add to Order" is pressed.

When you have your image positioned and cropped as you would like and have selected any options you would like applied click on the Add To Order button. This will add the image with your selection to your order. After you click on Add To Order the text in the button will change momentarily to “ Added! ” to let you know that the item has been added.

If a product's nodes aren't filled with images, the "Add to Order" button will be disabled. To force a product to be added to the order even with empty nodes, such as with a partially filled proof product, hold the <alt>/<option> key and "Add to Order" will enable and change to "Add with Empty".

Pro Tool Layout

Some commonly used tools can be displayed between the image controls and the product and service controls. This is typically done after a photographer has used Bay Roes and is comfortable with the application, and wants more immediate access to commonly used features. Turning this on is described in the Preferences section:

These have the following functionality. The tooltips of each control summarize each. When the icon for the control is badged with a padlock or check box, it is enabled.

Hold Crop: holds the crop when a new product or image is selected. This is only possible when the image and product have the same aspect ratio as the ones currently in use. If the aspect ratios differ, a best approximation is used.

Hold Options: holds the options on a product after pressing "Add to Order". When this is unlocked, options on the working product will be removed after adding the item to the order.

Hold Quantity: holds the quantity on a product after pressing "Add to Order". When this is unlocked, the quantity on the working product will be revert to one after adding the item to the order.

Hold Image: holds the image in a node by ignoring drags and drops. This is useful to lock a photographer logo into a node while adding many images to an order. This tool is only enabled on multinode products.

Crop or Fit: changes the behavior of the node to crop the image or fit ir entirely, as described above.

Rotate Image: attempts to match aspect ratios on an image by applying a rotation when an image is dropped. If a node is square, the rounding error in calculating the larger axis may cause an image to be rotated or not.

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