Empty photo placeholder
Maintain frame size
The original photo is cropped by the photo placeholder
Change photo placeholder
The photo place holder assumes the aspect ratio of the original image
In “Settings” on the main menu bar, there are some basic settings for the Bob Designer software where you can make changes.
If you are not an experienced computer user and everything is working the way it should, it is a good idea to leave the settings as they are. Some options are only available if specific products are available.
If one of the options described here is not listed in your software, the corresponding photo product is therefore not available.
The left side of the option window is subdivided into various sections.
User interface: In 5 different shades of grey, you can set the background of the workplace here.
Specifies whether or not you want to be given the option to create a photobook using the Wizard tool.
If you prefer to always create your photobooks manually, you can permanently turn off the Wizard here.
Here you can define the so-called home directory, a directory where the file browser should start looking for photos.
The default is "My Pictures" (the path may look different).
Click on the "Browse" button to open a directory map, where you can select a different directory.
Define what cloud services you are shown in the photo Explorer that you have stored online photo collections.
"Show file names" - Here you can set the option if the photos are displayed with their file names in Photo Explorer. By default this is switched off.
Set which position the Storyboard window is displayed.
"Automatic" determines the storyboard to the position that you remain the ultimate space for your workspace in the editor.
This is to set the behaviour of an inserted picture if it is too close to the margin.
Usually if a photo is too near to the edge, it may cause issues in production so we advise to leave enough space
To set the behaviour of a text field, if it is too close to the margin.
To set the behaviour of the clipart when the page gets a different page layout.
To set the behaviour of the generated maps, when the page gets a different page layout.
When you have too many elements in your photo book, so-called "tool tips" appear when you leave your mouse inactive for a while. These tooltips can be switched on and off here.
If this option is turned on, a special tool tip displaying position and size information of a selected placeholder appears when moving or resizing a photo.
When changing to a different side of your photo product offers the choice of site layouts only the layout that corresponds to the current number of photos or photo placeholders on the respective page.
This sets whether the current layout selection made is retained.
If this checkbox is active, then you will be warned when you delete a QR code that the corresponding video will not be uploaded.
Here you can enable and disable the display of the auxiliary grid.
To set the distance of the grid lines.
To set a better visibility of the grid lines.
Turn on or off the "Snap" function.
If this is turned on, then snaps element vertically and horizontally in line with other elements in a moving or resizing.
With switched auxiliary grid element snaps at his crossing points.
Use the slider to set how close an object when you move to the edges of the other elements or the grid has to come so that it clicks into place.
Switch automatic spell check on or off.
Here you can set up "Red-eye Correction" for images that need retouching. You can also choose to toggle this individually per image. When a photo is taken with flash on, the program recognizes the EXIF data, which in turn will prompt the "Red-eye Correction" tool by default.
You can use the "Automatic image optimization" or turn it off completely.
Especially for images that have been processed by an image editing program (read from the metadata of the photo), you can set whether this prompt will appear for each image, no image or all images.
Whether the "red-eye correction" will once again performed in the laboratory, can be switched on and off here.
Here we provide for various photo products options to affect the behaviour of the photo placeholder if the aspect ratios of photo place holder and an inserted picture do not match.
You can set the behaviour for multiple products separately.
Sets the image centred in the photo place holder, without changing the aspect ratio of the frame (see picture below middle). Protruding parts of the photo are no longer visible. You can move the photo inside the photo placeholder to bring important image content in the visible range.
Fits the photo placeholder aspect ratios of the photo (see below right). The longest side of the photo is optimally scaled in the frame.
Examples:
Empty photo placeholder
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Maintain frame size
The original photo is cropped by the photo placeholder |
Change photo placeholder
The photo place holder assumes the aspect ratio of the original image |
This option uses automatic face recognition.
If this function detects a face or several faces in the photo, it will attempt to move the photo within the photo placeholder so that all faces are kept visible.
Includes photo spatial data to automatically offer you a suitable map for your photo book.
In 3D / stereo photos in JPS format (JPEG Stereo) there is no standard which photo is responsible for which eye.
Therefore there is a dialog window where, using appropriate goggles, you can check the depth and adjust the assignment.
Enable or disable the general application of colour frames around the images and sets the thickness and colour.
In order to present your images with a drop shadow you will need to turn this option on.
The distance of the shadow determines how far the shadow will spread behind the image.
The intensity is the opacity of the shadow. You can choose whether it should be lighter or darker.
With the help of the sun symbol, you can move the mouse to define the direction of the shadow.
The blur makes the shadows softer (at 0%, the shadow has a hard edge).
The size determines the size of the shadow. At 100%, the shadow is the same size as the shadow-casting photo.
In the preview the effects of the shadow attributes are displayed graphically.
This is a global setting for all the photos that are newly added |
Here you can define the so-called working directory in which the program stores its temporary data required for the project.
Click on the "Browse" button opens a directory browser where you can select a different directory.
Many cameras and image processing programs save a small preview (thumbnail) in the EXIF data of digital photos.
With this option, the software uses the preview photo data from the EXIF data of the photo and therefore does not have to generate its own preview thumbnail.
This displays the images slightly faster, but depending on the quality of the EXIF thumbnails, the display can be worse.
By setting the "size of the cache for Photos", you can influence the processing speed of the Bob Designer Software.
The cache is the amount of RAM that a program is reserved from the memory of the computer.
The larger the cache, the faster the program since it can hold more data (photos) in memory and it does not have to reload from the slower hard disk. But if less memory is available then other currently running programs will work slower.
Export deleted files from the hard disk.
Here, the access of the program is configured to the Internet.
A proxy is an intermediary between different networks.
Select "No proxy" if you do not need a proxy for this program.
If you have a reliable Internet access to your computer, then you can turn the proxy settings off, as the program will then automatically use the existing settings of your computer on the Internet connection.
Select the "use own proxy" setting if you intend to use the software within a larger network with its own proxy or a firewall. Check with your system admin for the correct settings if you are unsure.
When you click the "Start" button, a number of connection attempts are started.
If there are problems, you can look in the "Details" tab at the results.
For support requests these details can be saved in a file to send as an attachment.
Information on this program, for example: version number, creation date, program name, and various copyright details.
The customer service contact information, such as a contact email address or telephone number.
You can also set up how a debug output is generated and stored in case of issues.
Using this debug output in case of any problems with the software can determine when and possibly where the error may have occurred.
Privacy and legal information, detailing what information is collected and how we will handle your data.