Add Embellishment Element Build the Book (category) Embellishments are an easy way to add fun and colorful images and words to your yearbook pages.
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1. From the Menu, hover over Book Builder and select Ladder Diagram. o The Ladder Diagram screen displays all pages of the yearbook based on your contract and the background and border based on the theme you selected. o đ&#x;šŠ Shortcut: From the Dashboard, click Build Pages under the Quick Links.
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2. Click on the preview for the page spread you want to edit. o The Page Builder screen displays the Canvas for the page spread.
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The background/border menu will be updated once the 1.4 changes are in Production 3. Click the Embellishments link. o The Embellishments category menu options display. 4. Click on a category to expand the category. o All images in the category display. 5. Scroll to find the desired image. 6. Drag and drop the embellishments image to approximately where you would like it to appear on the Canvas. o The embellishments appears along with its Tool menu and the Trash icon. 7. Update the text box as necessary by clicking on the Tools menu icon . Options include: Pan and Zoom, Flip, Rotate, Transparency, Image Effects, Frame Options, Clear Contents, Delete and Edit.
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đ&#x;“šDefinitions: â–Ş Pan: Moves image right or left in the image box â–Ş ďƒŞ Warning: Any part of the image moved outside the image box will disappear. â–Ş Zoom: Makes image larger or smaller in the image box â–Ş ďƒŞ Warning: Any part of the image moved outside the image box will disappear. â–Ş Flip: Flips image horizontally or vertically â–Ş Rotate: Rotates image plus or minus 90° â–Ş Transparency: Fades image up to 100% (invisible) â–Ş Drop Shadow: Adds a colored shadow in any direction • Transparency slider: Drag the slider to determine the amount you can see through the shape • Position: Determines the direction of the shadow o ďƒŞ Warning: You must have a shadow position selected to use any of the Advanced Color Options • See below for the Advanced Color Options: Year Book Colors, Lifetouch Colors, Color Picker â–Ş Image Effects: Layers filters, brightness, contrast and tint on the image â–Ş Frame Options: Creates a border around the embellishments â–Ş For more information on adding a frame around a embellishments image, see Add a Frame Around an Image in the Image Element Options section of the Add a Singe Image Element Help topic. â–Ş See below for the Advanced Color Options: Year Book Colors, Lifetouch Colors, Color Picker â–Ş Clear Contents: Deletes the image but leaves the image box placeholder â–Ş Delete: Deletes the entire image box placeholder and its contents â–Ş Edit: Opens the image in an image editor â–Ş For more information on the image editor, see the Use the Image Editor topic in the Image Element Options section of the Add a Singe Image Element Help topic. 8. Click Save from the Page Builder menu. o The embellishments is saved to the page spread. Advanced Color Options Note: You must have a shadow position selected to use any of the Advanced Color Options
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Year Book Colors: 1. Click the Edit Colors slider to On (blue). 2. Click the color picker eyedropper. 3. Click any color within the Page Builder window with the eyedropper to select it. • The RGB color for your selection displays. 4. Click the icon to save the color for use. • The color square displays as a choice option. 5. Click on the color square of the saved color to apply that color. • To remove the color square option, click the trash can to its right. Lifetouch Colors: o Click on a predefined color square to apply that color.
Color Picker: o Click on a color along the color spectrum. Then click on a version of that color in the color window at the top. o Alternately, enter in a numerical color at the bottom. Numerical options include (rotate through using the arrows): HEX, RGB or HSL.
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