Short Cuts & Quick Tips
Who Am I?
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Julia Kelleher, M. Photog., Cr.,
CPP, AFP-O, AFP-W
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ProSelect Trainer/Educator
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Boutique Studio Owner, Bend
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What We’ll Cover Today
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Keyboard Cuts
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Book Tips
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Template Tips
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Visual Tips
Common Shortcuts
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• Use the 1,2 3 keys for “no, Maybe and Yes”
• Use the Alt/Opt key as the “make better” key….. • Use the Tab key to show and hide your sidebars
• Use the G key to show the grid in working with rooms.
• Use the Tab + shift keys to show/hide info bar, select size view or working with rooms. • Use the Q key to show the quick order fly out menu.
• Use Cmd + M to “mirror” your display.
• Use Opt + Drag to move an image in a layout • Use the Up & Down Arrow Keys to change size
• Cmd/Ctrl + T to open an original image in Photoshop
• Cmd/Ctrl + U to reload an edited image back into ProSelect. • C to see a crop. Opt + 0 to remove crop.
Book Tips
Quick Book Creation
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Highlight several images ad drag to a template to “auto-populate” a
book.
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Or Load your page layouts in the display area, then drag your images
Smart Filters
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Select the image to go into your template.
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Use the dropdown menu to select how you want
Designed a Book You Love?
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Templates > Save a Book to a New Group
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This will create a new template group for the book you have just
created, allowing you to use the same design at a future session.
Need to Join or Split Pages?
! !If you have a book where the lab needs the layouts
as spreads
rather than pages:
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Album>Join Book Pages.
If you have a book
where the lab needs
the layouts as pages
rather than spreads:
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Under HRP
Preferences>Split
Double Spread Book
Pages.
Templates Tips
Need to organize your templates?
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The template manager is your best friend!
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You can sort, group and categorize templates
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You can even go straight to the template editor from here.
•Templates>Manage Templates
Want to consistently apply a style or
frame to a template?
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Templates>Edit templates
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Click the style or frame icon in the lower right of the template
window.
Need to quickly edit a PSD overlay?
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Templates>Edit
Templates
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Click the yellow
magnifying glass
where the template
is in the Resources
Folder.
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Select “Edit In
Photoshop” icon.
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Your photoshop file
will open in
Photoshop and you
can adjust as needed.
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Save the file and
update it in
ProSelect.
Visual Shortcuts
Want to hide things from your client?
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Preferences>Display>Calibration & Options: you can hide
information about the images.
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Preferences>Pricing & Ordering> Settings: you can hide
Want to watermark your images?
Resources>SetUp Stamps &Watermarks
Add your watermark mask file
(black logo on white BG .jpg)
Can’t see your thumbnails?
Make them bigger!Need Proof Sheets?
File>Print ProofExporting Shortcuts
For Your Clients
Exporting For Your Clients
There are several ways to export, images,
slideshows, album layouts and proof sheets so they can be printed or emailed to a client.!
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1. Sample Images - AKA Low Res Files. Web
sized images for upload to an online gallery, FB or for emailing.!
File>Export>Sample Images>or Selected Sample Images!
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-make sure your Preferences settings are set to import that largest file possible. This makes
Exporting For Your Clients
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1. Current Display Area
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This will take a screenshot or snapshot of the current display area.
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2. Click the camera icon on the right tool bar.
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Exporting For Your Clients
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1. Slideshows!
You can export a QuickTime Slideshow movie of your
clients images in DVD,
Iphone, Ipad or PDA format for upsales or showings.!
File>Export>Slideshow Movie!
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-Use this to promote on FB or even sell as a product to your clients.
Exporting For Your Clients
! !1. File name List!
You can export file names of your clients images in their PS album.
Helpful for production employees who need a list of images your client is
considering or as a hard copy for your clients working file folder.!
File>Export>Filename List!
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Exporting Shortcuts
For Your Studio
Exporting For Your Studio
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Backing Up ProSelect!
Other than your Preferences settings, most of the configuration information that ProSelect uses is saved in two places:!
• ProSelect_Data.xml file - This contains your prices, templates, styles, frame setup, room setup etc. (There is no image data saved in this file.)!
• ProSelect Resources folder - This contains any images associated with the
above, such as overlay images on templates, room view images, frame segments, mat/background images etc.!
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File>ProSelect Data >Export Data To:!
Exporting For Your Studio
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Preferences> General
Settings>Sharing
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Locate your “Resources
Folder” and back it up to a
safe location.
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You can also save your
“Preferences Set-Up” to a
safe location and share it
across multiple computers
that use ProSelect.
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Exporting For Your Studio
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1. Client Order Data
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Create a paperless workflow by
exporting your clients invoice data to
your studio management software.
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Orders>Export Orders
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Software that currently supports
integration with ProSelect includes:
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Studio Cloud
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Studio Plus
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Tave
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ShootQ
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Pixifi
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Light Blue
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Successware
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Exporting For Your Studio
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1. Upload Images and Layouts to
Animoto
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Easy Animoto slideshow
creation!
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File>Animoto>Upload Images &
Layouts
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You must have TE’s Upload
Manage installed and set up to
use this feature.
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Lesser Known Tips
Inside ProSelect
Alt/Opt key
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*Use it to drag images inside a layout when in “view” (eyeball)
mode.
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No more having to switch to cropping mode to adjust images!
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* Use alt/opt in cropping mode to adjust your aspect ratio.
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Pressing it will free crop your image rather than snapping to
specific ratios.
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* Use C key to see a selected crop.
Use alt/opt + 0 (zero) to delete
Right Click
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Right click on any viewing mode
or tool that has an arrow on its
right side. A pop up menu will
appear of the features available
for this tool/view mode.
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Great for selecting specific
sizes when in “Select Size”
view.
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