LumaPix :: FotoFusion
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FotoFusion allows you to use and create templates - pre-defined arrangements of frames that you can load and populate with your own images. Users with an internet connection can download templates for both pro and craft-type projects from the Marketplace.
A template can predefine:
| • | Canvas Size |
| • | Frame location (but not necessarily the frame contents) |
| • | Images effects for frames (e.g. a template frame can make any image dropped into it black & white) |
| • | Background texture and color |
| • | Shadow settings |
| • | Text frames |
| • | Graphic embellishments (e.g. backgrounds, decorations). |
You can find additional templates from several sources:
| • | Search for high-quality downloadable templates, created by LumaPix, members of the dotScrap Alliance, and other partners. dotScrap templates are useful for crafters and pro-photographers alike, and can be found using FotoFusion's Search feature (on the Create Screen or in the Organizer) or by clicking in the Start Zone's Marketplace area. You will be able to find basic templates and contact-sheet style layouts, as well as decorative layouts for wedding albums, portrait work, and other common layout tasks. |
Examples of downloadable templates
Some templates are included with your FotoFusion license. Click on the 
icon in the Start Zone to see what materials are included in your license. Others will need to be purchased with dotScrap credits.
| • | Select album companies have included a special limited-use edition of FotoFusion with their products, to allow the album users to print out selected templates included with the software. In this case, the templates are included with the product, via the Start Zone "Bundled Content" selection. Other users will not be able to access these materials. |
| • | Any page you have created can be saved as a template, to allow you to reuse the layout with new images. |
Once you have opened the template by clicking on the preview image, you can then add your own images, either by dropping them one at a time, or using the AutoPopulate feature.
Some templates, called Ready Made Pages, are locked, meaning all you can do is add images and change text. You will not be able to select or move these elements. Other templates allow you to move the elements on the page to create your own composition.
Saving Your Own Work as a Template
If you are particularly satisfied with a layout that you have created, or wish to create a series of empty-framed layouts to speed your work flow, you can easily save your work for use as a template.
If you are working with a single page project, choose 'Save as Template' from the 'File...' menu while the project is open.
If you have images included within the frames of your template, FotoFusion will ask you if you want to save the template with the images included.
If you select "no," all the images in frames will be removed, including any graphic embellishments you may have added.
The file will now be found among the templates folder in C:\My Documents\My Collages\My Templates.
Extreme users can save multi-page templates (saving them as a whole project or saving page by page), and then append pages to a new multi-page project.
Opening your templates
Open the Organizer tab, and click on the SEARCH tab. Under "Types", select SAVED WORK >> PROJECTS or PAGES or, if you would like to use dotScrap store templates, search using a keyword (e.g. "basic" to get the basic templates). Click on the template thumbnail to launch it.
Extreme users working on a multi-page templates can append pages multiple templates simultaneously. Select multiple templates, then right-mouse-down on the selection. Select DOWNLOAD AND OPEN (or DOWNLOAD AND APPEND to add to an existing project).
You can also find your saved templates under FILE >> Open under the Templates subdirectory.
Deleting and Renaming Templates
You can delete templates PERMANENTLY by:
| • | Searching for them in the organizer, then right-mouse-down on the item to send to the recycle bin OR |
| • | Searching on them from the Start Zone (as described above) then the right-mouse-down on the item, and selecting the "send to recycle bin" option. |
Using a Template with AutoDuplicate (Extreme only)
Extreme users can create a single template and set it to AutoDuplicate, to create a multi-page project spanning a series of images.
This is particularly useful for creating contact sheets. Click here to learn more.
