Your album tells a story from beginning to end. A Storyline in the album design software is a way for you to utilize the autofill tool while keeping a consistent order to your images.
On this Page:
- Uploading your Photos
- Create Your Storyline
- What Are Chapters?
- Setting up Chapters
- Storyline Autofill
Uploading your Photos
In the album design software, you will start with your blank album. On the left, there is a tab that says Photos, where by clicking the black button underneath that says Add Photos, you will upload your photos. For best results, it is recommended that you upload all of your photos at this time.
Create Your Storyline
Once your photos are uploaded, you can select that button on the bottom left of the screen that says Edit Storyline. This will take you to the Storyline Screen
Once in the Storyline Screen, you will see that your photos are again on the left, and the right will be a section where you can drag your photos to make an order of your choosing.
Note: You can still add photos on this screen, as you can see, but you may find it easier to upload before getting here.
What are Chapters?
Chapters are a way to break your story down into parts that have a structured timeline. The Autofill feature by itself will automatically determine the order of your images, but when you section your photos into chapters, you have more control over this order of your images.
For example, if these are photos for a wedding, we might prefer the getting ready photos to be at the beginning rather than right after cake cutting photos. This way, your photos in Chapter 1: Getting Ready will be batched in pages that are in front of Chapter 2: The Ceremony.
Setting up Chapters
To set up your chapter, drag your photos from the left into the chapter sections. The chapter names are customizable.
To add another chapter, click the button in the top right that says Add Chapter, and you can edit it the same way as you did the one before.
After adding a chapter, you can also click and drag the chapter sections by using the little plus arrows on the left of the chapter section.
Autofill Storyline
Once your chapters are set up and you have the order you like, you can select Autofill Storyline at the bottom right.
The screen that comes up will have you set how many photos you would like per spread. You will select a range of your choice and then hit the Done button.
Clicking Done will start the Autofill process to design spreads based on your chapters and specifications. When your album is ready, it will take you to your Arrange Pages section where you can make adjustments to your liking.
You have successfully used the Storyline feature!
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