Additional Resources
The Studio Source Catalog
Access thousands of backgrounds and clipart for free! Search for particular styles, themes, and colors to create a stylish yearbook, with no fear of copyright or resolution issues.
HOW TO USE THE CATALOG
Important: The Catalog requires a login to the Studio Source Dashboard. If you are a student/volunteer, browse the collection with a yearbook advisor who has a Dashboard login.
You can browse the collection without a login, so if your advisor is not available, make a note of the product ID numbers to pass to your advisor so they may download the content from the Catalog.
In the Catalog, use the Search feature to look for content by keyword.
You may get several pages of results.
Use the Size/Type filter to narrow down search results. Focus on clipart, or a particular size of background.
Click Reset Search to clear all keywords and filters.
Use the Bundled Backgrounds option to find collections of coordinating backgrounds. The number of backgrounds in the collection is displayed on the preview thumbnail.
Use color filters to located backgrounds that match your school colors or book theme.
Explore the other Content Filters to discover items that fits the style and theme of your yearbook.
When you find an item to use in your yearbook, click on the Add to Cart button under its preview.
Continue to browse, adding items to your cart, until you are ready to Checkout.
You will be asked to login at this point with a Studio Source Dashboard account. If you do not have one, ask your advisor to assist.
Click on the Terms and Conditions checkbox, then click Place order. Don’t worry, there’s no charges that will be made to you personally or your yearbook account.
The download links for your ordered items will appear.
However, if you wait a few minutes, an email will arrive in the inbox of the person associated with the Dashboard account used to checkout. The items will be bundled into one or more larger zip files, so you won’t need to download each item separately.
Unzip the files on your computer before uploading them to a Memento Yearbook Photo Album.
Year-in-Review Pages
Studio Source offers all clients a selection of premade Year-in-Review pages which may be added as full page backgrounds to your yearbook. News, sports, entertainment and other topics are covered with copyright-cleared images.
The 2020-2021 collection is currently available. New pages will be published in winter 2022.
HOW TO ADD YEAR-IN-REVIEW PAGES TO YOUR BOOK
Create a new section on your book ladder, adding as many pages as you want to dedicate to the year-in-review pages. (The 2020-2021 collection includes an 8-page general events collection, a coordinating Covid-19 supplement, and a second 14-page general events collection.)
Open the first page of your new section in the Editor.
Under the Backgrounds tab, scroll to the bottom album to locate the Year in Review section. Double click to get into the album.
Click on any image in the folder to add the page to your yearbook. It will cover the entire page background. If you want to look at another page, double-click on it; the image will swap out on your canvas.
Move to the next page in the section to add another year-in-review page. Nothing more to do!
All About Me Pages
Add a page or two in your yearbook that may be personalized by the book’s owner. They can write in their name and interests to capture their year.
HOW TO ADD ALL-ABOUT-ME PAGES TO YOUR BOOK
1. Add one or two blank pages to your yearbook ladder. Open one of these page in the Editor.
2. Click on the Background tab, then access the About Me album. Click into it to see the page collection.
3. Click on any image in the folder to add the page to your yearbook. It will cover the entire page background. If you want to look at another page, double-click on it; the image will swap out on your canvas. All done!
Title/Word Art Tool
Create custom page titles, grade headers, and word art using Flamingtext.com.
HOW TO USE THE WORD ART GENERATOR
First, type in your text. Keep it short for best results.
Scroll through the results to select the style you prefer.
Click on Edit Logo. You may customize the styling many ways, but there are a few essential steps to follow to generate graphics in the correct format.
First, on the Text tab, adjust the Font Size to 200.
Second, on the Backgrounds tab, click the Transparent option.
When you have finished editing the text, click the Next button.
Click the Download button then choose the PNG file format. The file will appear in your Downloads folder.
To generate a new file using the exact same settings, click on the Edit text button to move back a step. Type in the new text, then repeat the download process.
Last, upload your png file(s) to a Yearbook Photo Album. You’ll be able to add the word art to your page as you would any other image file.
Crossword Puzzle & Word Search Generator
Create a 20-word crossword puzzle or a basic word search, which may be downloaded as a PNG file to use in your book.
HOW TO USE THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE GENERATOR
First, type in your text. Keep it short for best results.
Scroll through the results to select the style you prefer.
Click on Edit Logo. You may customize the styling many ways, but there are a few essential steps to follow to generate graphics in the correct format.
To generate a new file using the exact same settings, click on the Edit text button to move back a step. Type in the new text, then repeat the download process.
Last, upload your png file(s) to a Yearbook Photo Album. You’ll be able to add the word art to your page as you would any other image file.
Advanced Word Search
For a more creative puzzle, we can help! Click on the link below to access form where you can specify your words, puzzle shape, colors, and fonts.
Your puzzle will be emailed back as a PNG file to add to your book as if it were a piece of clipart.
QR-Code Generator
If you wish to link content posted on a website to your printed yearbook, generate a QR Code graphic to add to your yearbook. One free service we suggest is QR Code Monkey, since it allows for customization and creates a png file to upload to your yearbook.
HOW TO USE THE QR-CODE GENERATOR
On the QRCode Monkey page, type in the website address to link to the code.
Make any change to the color scheme that you like.
Change the style of pixels and the shape of other elements in the code, if you like.
Leave the quality slider to 1000×1000 – this should be sufficiently large for your yearbook.
Click first on Create QR Code to set your styling choices.
If you are happy with the results, click Download PNG file.
Do not click the Free Sign Up button – there’s no service to sign up for. The code will automatically download to your Downloads folder in a few seconds.
Last, upload your png file to a Yearbook Photo Album. You’ll be able to add the QR Code to your page as you would any other image file.