Additional Layouts for DigitalPro

• Power editing layout: Docks the Projects & Filing Cabinet along the left side, allowing the Light Table to fill most of the window. The Preview window is floating. 
   
• Tabbed Layout: This layout combines the Projects & File Cabinet windows using tabs, and also tabs the Histogram window with the Preview window. Since tabs can be a little tricky, it is recommended for more advanced users. Also, note that when the histogram is available DP2 will draw it for every image, so if you use this layout your images will show a little more slowly. If you refer to the histogram frequently though, this gives you a nice way to do that without it taking up space.

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Creating Your Own Print Templates:

There are three basic steps to creating your own print template:

1. Identify a print template that is most similar to the one you wish to create and make a copy of it to work with
2. Edit the copied template until it meets your needs
3. Save the template

Let's examine each in turn:

Step 1, Make a copy: All the print templates are in the templates folder directly under the DigitalPro2 installation folder (most likely that means they are in \Program Files\Pro Shooters\DigitalPro\templates). Find the one that is closest to the template you wish to create and use Windows or DOS to make a copy. The only thing you need to be sure is that your copy has the suffix ".prt" so that DigitalPro2 will find it.

Step 2, Modify the template to meet your needs:

Each template is composed of simple lines of the format: Variable="Value"

You customize the template by providing new Values for the Variables. Variables and their meanings are:

ImagesAcross    Number of images across each row

ImagesDown    Number of images in each column

Name    --    Template name, displayed in the drop down box on the Print Dialog

Description    --    Description of the template, for your use

SpaceHorizontal    --    Horizontal spacing between images (in inches)

SpaceVertical    --    Vertical spacing between images (in inches)

SideMargin    --    (set automatically based on your printer & paper)

TopMargin    --    (set automatically based on your printer & paper)

BottomMargin --    (set automatically based on your printer & paper)

PortraitMode    --    "True" for portrait mode templates, "False" for landscape mode

PrintPageTitle    --    "True" to print the title on each page, "False" not to

FontName    --    Name of font to use for text

FontSize    --    Size of font to use for image name & footer text

TitleFontSize    --    Size of font to use for the Title of the page

PageTitle    --    Text printed at the top of each page

PageFooter    --    Text printed at the bottom of each page

For PageTitle and PageFooter you can use placeholders that DP2 will replace when you print:
You can use placeholders:

#USER#

Replaced with your registered name

#DATE#

Replaced by the current date

#TOTAL#

Replaced by the total number of images printed

#PAGE#

(Available in Preview 2) Replaced by the current page number

#PAGETOTAL#

(Available in Preview 2) Replace by the total number of pages being printed

Step 3, Change the Name & Description in the template and then save it:

You'll want to make sure you change the Name line in the template to something you will recognize. The value of the Name variable is what you'll see in the Print dialog for your template. If you accidentally forget to change it, your template will show up with the same name as the product template you copied. Then save your print template, fire up DP2 and give it a try!