Candids Tab
Working with Candid Photos on the Candids Tab
The Candids tab contains all non-portrait photos to be used in your yearbook. These can include candid photos, sports and club photos, etc.
Candids are organized into folders. For each section that you created on the Yearbook page, a corresponding folder was automatically added on the Candids tab. You can add photos for each specific section to these folders, and you can also add your own folders.
Adding Photos for Use in Your Yearbook
In order to make photos available for use in your yearbook you will need to upload them into the software.
To upload photos from your PC, select the folder you want to upload your photos into, then click the Upload button at the top of the tab.
Next click Add Files, and locate the photos that you want to upload. Select the specific photos you want to upload, then click Open to start the upload process.
Progress indicators will provide status during the upload process, and you will be notified when it is complete.
Managing Your Candid Photos
Adding a New Folder
Click the New Folder button to add a new folder for organizing your photos. Enter a name for the folder when prompted, then click OK.
Renaming or Deleting a Folder
Click the Rename folder icon next to a folder to rename the folder. Enter a new name for the folder when prompted, then click OK.
Click the Delete folder icon next to a folder to delete the folder.
Previewing Photos, and Adding Captions and Index Entries
To Preview a photo in a larger window, change the Name or Caption, and add Index information, click the Preview/Info icon, at the top right of any photo thumbnail.
The Preview/Info dialog will appear
Click the Left and Right arrows to scroll through all of the photos in the current folder.
To change the name of a photo, type the new name into the Caption field.
To add names for the Index, start to type the names of people appearing in the photo into the Indexing fields. A list of student names will appear. Click to select the appropriate name to add it to the field.
Type a separate name into each field for each person in the photo. Click Add more… if you need to add more names. All names entered for a photo will be referenced in the Index, with the appropriate page number for the photo.
Photo Organization Using the Toolbar
You can select a photo by clicking it, or by clicking the checkbox below it. A checkmark will appear to indicate that the photo has been selected. Deselect a photo by clicking it, or the checkbox, again. You can also select multiple photos at a time.
Use the features on the toolbar to organize the photos in a folder.
Click Select All to select all of the photos in the current folder.
Click Select Used to select only the photos in the current folder that have been used in the book. These photos display a checkmark icon.
Click Select Unused to select only the photos in the current folder that have not been used in the book.
Click Deselect to deselect all photos in the current folder.
Click Copy to copy the currently selected photos to another folder. The Copy selected photos dialog will appear. Select a destination folder for the photos, then click OK.
Click Move to move the currently selected photos to another folder. The Move selected photos dialog will appear. Select a destination folder for the photos, then click OK.
Click Delete to delete the currently selected photos.
Click Edit to the edit a photo. You can only have one photo selected to use the editing feature.
Editing Your Photos
You can make corrections to a photo, and add fun and creative filters and effects.
To edit a photo, select it, and then click Edit. The photo will be opened into the Photo Editor.
On this page you can easily apply corrections or creative effects to your photos. There are three main categories of functionality:
The Essential Tools provide the most basic corrections for less than perfect photos; the Effects filters allow you to apply more creative and fun special effects; and the Edges are special edge treatments that you can apply to your photos.
Choose the appropriate editing category by clicking on the Essential Tools, Effects or Edges tab, then select an effect to apply it to your photo. For some of the controls you can adjust the amount of the effect by using the sliders that appear on the page.
Click Zoom In and Zoom Out if you want to see more or less detail in the preview.
Click Rotate, Flip and Mirror to change the orientation of the photo.
Click Undo and Redo, once or multiple times, to undo or redo any of your changes.
Click Revert to revert back to the original photo with no changes.
Click Save to save a duplicate of the photo with your changes, or click Cancel to leave the editor without saving any changes. You will be taken back to the Manage Photos page.
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