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Album Xpress PRO Software from DgFlick is a stand-alone photo-editing and album creation program delivered on a USB dongle. It provides an intuitive user interface and access to 1700 built-in and over 300 free downloadable templates, with an advanced template search. You can also create and share your own template. Enjoy a wide selection of décor, including backgrounds, frames, masks, shapes, clip art, titles and presets. You can easily perform Auto Resize on albums to make them any size. Also take advantage of the Auto Collage feature and online photo cropping. Additionally, the Auto Insert Images feature allows images to be automatically selected from a folder that's selected, and then inserted in the desired location.
As far as editing is concerned, Xpress PRO's tools let you perform basic color correction, in addition to more advanced fixes and enhancements via the following effects: Lasso, Chroma, Touch-up, Highlighter, Eraser and Filters. Enjoy 200 filter effects. Benefit from third-party plug-in support, as well. The software also has an auto album save and recovery feature, in case of system malfunctioning. Your project can be exported to JPEG, PDF, Layered PDF or Low Resolution PDF. Enjoy a lifetime of free upgrades. The Album Xpress Pro software is multi-lingual and compatible with Windows and Mac operating systems.
Album Configuration
Predefined Standard Album Sizes
Software offers most of the standard types and sizes of albums available, to account for photographic and digital offset printing and various binding styles
Define Your Album Cover
You can define the digital cover or ready cover and cover size, as well as the area for the spine and margins
Define Your Album
Benefit from the flexibility to define your album as you like, including pages and page styles, page start points and print style. Choose from Individual, Spread or Spread Split for your print style
Album Creation
Add and Delete Pages
Add or delete extra pages from an album, either before, during or after the design stage
Auto Album Creation
The software simplifies and expedites album creation. Simply select the album type, template and photos, and drag-and-drop the photos. Arrange the selected images sequentially by time, size or name, or just manually drag-and-drop, and your album is designed in just a few minutes. Templates, too, can be dragged and dropped
Perfect Album
Album Xpress will try to create a perfect Album for you by automatically placing photos on the pages in the order in which they were clicked
Eco Album
When you select this mode, your photos will be arranged in a particular size on all the pages. Choose from small and medium sizes
Manual Album
Offers full control over designing. You can give personal touches to your Album by adding your clip art, background, shapes and decor
Resize Designed Album to Any Other Size
To reprint a predesigned album in a different size, simply select the designed file, click on the resize button, and change the size and type you want. The album will be resized and ready to print
Reuse Album Design for Another Album
Albums designed via Album Xpress can also be opened as templates. So, just by adding photos, you can create another album that will be ready in minutes
Photo Sorting
Three Types of Sorting
You can choose Guided sorting for auto album designing (with page numbers on top of photos), or one-click sorting by name, selection, size, time or other attribute. The Drag & Drop option lets you sort photos manually by dragging and dropping them onto the required page in the required position
Page Composition
Used Photo and Décor Indication
Provides an indication of photos and décor used in an album. These elements will have a tag when used once; if used multiple times, then the "1" tag will be replaced by a tag bearing the number of uses
Quality Indicator
Shows you whether the photo quality is printable or not. The indication appears over the photo as a red or yellow alert, but does not show up in the printed version
Rotate and Flip - Mask and Border on Object
You have access to more creative options with the ability to rotate and flip masks and borders with a single click. Simply select the photo and click on it to rotate and flip. This provides new formations and designs for your albums
Swap Photo
Arrangements of photos can be altered in order to give your album a better look. Just choose the photos to be swapped and click the "swap" button to rearrange your pictures in seconds
Lock and Unlock Photo
Simply by clicking on the lock of a photo, you can lock or unlock it to zoom in or out on, rotate or adjust the photo as needed
Copy, Paste and Clear Effects
To apply similar effects on different photos, just copy the effects from one and paste them onto the others. The effects can be removed just by selecting the "clear effect" tool
Online Cropping
Easily crop pictures just by selecting them and making the adjustments with your mouse. Restore the photos to their original states with a single click
On-Board Rotation
You can rotate photos 360° while in page composition just by selecting and moving them in various directions with the mouse. The same can be done with Border and within Border
Rotation - X/Y/Z
Give your photos a 3D effect. Rotate them in various angles. Select the photo, click on rotation and change the perspective by turning the picture along the X, Y and Z axes
On-Board Zooming and Panning
Photos can be zoomed or panned by scrolling the mouse
Advanced Page Composition
Change Layout
With every click, Album Xpress will automatically generate a new layout for your page with existing photos
Ruler and Gridlines
Help you position images or elements precisely across the width or length of an image. Guides appear as lines that float over the entire image and do not get printed. You can move or remove a guide to avoid accidentally moving it
Object and Page Base Alignment
The Auto-Align Layers command can automatically align different layers based on similar content, such as corners and edges. You may assign one layer as a reference layer, or let the software automatically choose the reference layer
Arrange Objects
To help give the designed page the look you want, the Arrange Object feature assists you in arranging objects such as photos, clip arts, and shapes
Group / Ungroup
Group shapes together to move them all at once, and then ungroup the shapes to move them independently. You can do anything to a group of shapes that you can do to a single one: resize it, rotate it and align it with other shapes, and so on
Equal Spacing
All gaps between photos are equal. Just move the first photo to the preferred gap measurement and the rest of the photos will automatically be snapped into place for you--with exactly the same measurement
Auto Collage
Photos can be arranged in-page automatically, without a template, as a collage. This collage can be arranged on single click. Choose the number of photos and click on the "create collage" button. Make your collage more creative by adding text and borders
Full Screen Mode
You can view the designed album in full screen mode. If you open a designed page to view it, full screen view optimizes the viewing experience. It hides all toolbars. Pages that are represented in full screen view are designed to fit well on your screen for a better look
Same Width, Same Height and Same Size
Simply by clicking on this option, you can make all photos on a given page the same width, size and height
Photo as Background in a Single Click
You can set a photo as your background in just one click of the "set as background" icon. This can be done for all pages
Edit Page Design
Edit and design the pages of your album. Select backgrounds, frames, masks, effects, clip art and text, and set their location on the page
Flip Page
The designed page composition can be flipped horizontally or vertically, independently of the photo
Guidelines
These are handy tools for lining up objects on a page layout in an album. Guidelines enable you to quickly and easily see if your objects are lined up--without having to use rulers or grids or create ruler guides
Photo Editing
Brightness, Contrast and Gamma Settings
Take an underexposed RGB image and improve its look by adjusting brightness, contrast and gamma settings. Make colors look richer and more saturated to bring out fine details
Batch Color Correction
Use the Color Balance tool to adjust the colors of a picture in Batch Mode. Set the colors and brightness and contrast of an entire picture folder to match those of a particular picture. There are Automate options that can be used in Batch mode, as well. By clicking on buttons like Auto Color, you can apply the same settings to all pictures in a selected folder
RGB Color Correction
Specifically adjust the red, green and blue color tones in an image
Curve
This flexible control can brighten or darken parts of a layer based on the layer's luminosity. You can use it to edit photos, masks, graphics and hues
Level
This tool is used to adjust brightness, contrast and tonal range by specifying the location of complete black, complete white and mid tones in a histogram
Advanced Photo Editing
Lasso Cutting
The lasso tool creates a custom, free-hand selection. Use it to cut out or select specific sections of a photo. This tool enables you to draw a path consisting of Bezier curves around your image
Chroma Tool
Used to remove a green screen background behind an image and replace it with a more interesting background
Touch-Up
Easily touch up your pictures. Remove blemishes, wrinkles, spots, and marks from the face or any other region of the skin, either automatically or manually
Highlighter
Highlights the selected part of your photo. Use this tool to draw attention to specific subjects in an image, such as a couple in a group photo, bridal jewelry, or flowers
Ready-to-Use Artistic Filters
Control different creative effects to add artistry to your photos. Produce interesting variations with ease
Import Advance Filters (Plug-in)
Third party plug-ins used in any other software can be imported into Album Xpress PRO, giving you access to a greater number of filters for your images. This option is available exclusively for Windows
Blending Mode
Adjust the layers in your image, and even mix the colors in one layer with those in the layer below. An overall brightness change can be done on one layer, a contrast enhancement on another, and a saturation increase on yet another. The use of selections and masks can further increase the power of layers
Templates and Decor
2000+ Templates
A broad range of templates in a variety of categories--including cover, portrait, panoramic and more--makes your album designing fast and interesting. Benefit from over 1700 built-in templates and more than 300 others that you can download for free from DgFlick's website. Among these are 1000 + layout templates.
Open Project as Template
To use the predesigned album to design a new one, simply go to "open project as template" and select the designed album. Place the photos in the vacant area and your album is ready
Create and Save Your Own Templates
Save yourself some time down the road by saving your favorite templates for use in future projects. You can also share your templates with other Album Xpress users
Advanced Search Option for Template Selection
You can make each page of your album look creative and different in a matter of a few minutes via the advanced template search. Choose templates by searching them manually or filtering them by size, style, number of photos, orientation and color
Download Template Collection
To download new templates, just click on "Get More" to be taken to DgFlick's collection
Huge Collection of Background Borders, Masks and Clip Art
Choose from hundreds of borders, masking effects, gorgeous backgrounds, clip art and more. Change your backgrounds with 18 prepared tones. Rotate clip art and masks with your mouse. Enjoy access to 500 masks, 220 backgrounds, 200 frames and 160 objects
Ready-to-Use Shapes
Various shapes are built into the software to help you design your album
Ready-to-Use Presets
Available presets help expedite and simplify the process of designing your album
Effects
Use various effects for making photos more attractive, including outline, shadow, colorize, feather, blur, opacity, rotation and glow
Multiple Ready-to-Use Tones for Backgrounds
Choose from hundreds of backgrounds and 18 tones to apply to them. You can also import your own backgrounds, clip art, borders and masks
Convert Your PSD Templates to Album Xpress Templates
DgFlick provides free utility software for converting your PSD templates into Album Xpress ones, so you can use them within the program
Text and Title
Insert Multi-Line Rich Text
Add multi-line rich text to create comments on the moments captured in your photo albums
Define Font, Font Size, Alignment and Color
Font, font size, alignment and color can be altered according to your designs, giving a new look to your album
Fill Title with Color Chosen from Page
Using the Color Picker tool, you can select a color and apply it to your title
Output
Export to JPEG and PDF
Designed pages can be exported together or separately to the photo lab-friendly JPEG format, or the digital offset-friendly PDF format. The exporting profile can be embedded in pages. This helps you print your designed album at any print lab
Export to Layered PDF
This option enables you to perform color correction before printing
Export PDF for Approval
With this feature, the designed album can be sent to your clients for approval via email
Color Profile Support
You can amend the printer's color profile to match as closely as possible the colors of the file to be printed
General Features
Multi-Lingual Support
Supports a number of languages, including Unicode; the list is continually supplemented with additional languages. Plus, you can add your language to DgFlick's dictionary for your own use. French/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish and 12 other languages are available.
Easy-to-Use Interface
Intuitive interface enables you to use the software without help. Tools are placed in logical locations, where you would normally expect them, in order to simplify and streamline your workflow
Training
Benefit from training videos to help you make the most of your software. Training is provided on the following topics:
- Installation
- Registration
- Introduction To Album Xpress
- Preference & Help
- Know Ready Categories & Sizes
- Create, Edit & Delete Category & Size
- Manage Your Photos
- Create Perfect Album With Custom Size
- Creating an Eco Album
- Auto Album Creation
- Manual Album Creation
- Edit Photos
- Create Collage
- Save Album With Backup
- Save, Build, Share & Delete Template
- Get More & Import
- Open Project & Resize Project
- Open Project as Template
- Export To Print
Free Upgrades for Life
DgFlick offers a lifetime of free upgrades for the software, background and clip art