Portraits & Prints 2.2.0 review
DownloadWith Portraits & Prints you can take any photo and print it any way you want.
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With Portraits & Prints you can take any photo and print it any way you want. Select your photos and they are automatically arranged onto templates and displayed on screen the exact same way they are printed. You don’t waste time arranging photos and you don’t waste paper since you see the printout beforehand.
A template is a page layout where the photo size and position are preset. In addition to all the basic photo layouts, you can easily add your photos to holiday, birthday, sports card templates and more. Choose from hundreds of free templates or create your own templates using the Pro version. Create templates for any size paper then layout any size and number of photos you want. You can even add text, graphics, shadows, frames, masks, and more. The possibilities are endless! Portraits & Prints truly does turn your Mac into your personal photo studio.
Template Manager.
The best part of Portraits & Prints is free. In addition to the templates that come with Portraits & Prints, you can download hundreds of free templates directly using the Template Manager. Simply click "Check for updates" and you can preview over 200 templates. When you find a template you want, just click “Install” to automatically add it to the program. With the Template Manager you can organize, create, preview and download Portraits & Prints templates - it’s like iTunes® for templates.
Download mask, collage, sports, anniversary, birthday, holiday, and many more kinds of templates! More templates are continuously being added to the Template Manager. Portraits & Prints does a lot more than print your photos, it brings them to life.
iPhoto Works Great with Portraits & Prints.
iPhoto is great at organizing your photos, but it only comes with a few printing options. If you want to take full advantage of your printer, then try using Portraits & Prints with iPhoto. With Portraits & Prints, your iPhoto images are just a click away. Click the "Add iPhotos..." toolbar button and select images or albums in iPhoto. Adding photos can also be accomplished by dragging them directly into Portraits & Prints. Templates can be created that automatically add iPhoto comments to the page. Click here to read the tip and see how well they work together.
Print Your Photos Anywhere.
With Portraits & Prints you can print and view your photos anywhere, not just your through printer output. The Print to Disk feature exports your template or any part of your template into any file format so you can then develop your photos at your local photo store or upload them on the internet. Not only is the photo itself exported, the graphics on the template are as well. The Print to Email feature automatically adds your images to email. All you have to do is add an address and click send. Print your photos at home, develop them at your local photo store, export and order prints online, upload them to a website, or email them to your friends. Share your creations anyway you want.
Let Your Photos Speak for Themselves.
A picture is worth a thousand words. True, but sometimes you still want to add text to your photos. Portraits & Prints offers several text options. With the Standard Edition you can add balloon captions and let your photos speak for themselves. Download holiday templates and type your own personal message. With the Pro Edition you can add any kind of text to any part of the template, including directly on the photos. You control the font, size, and color of the text. Set up your template to edit text with a click of a button and make changes on the fly. You can even automatically add image file names or EXIF data to your templates, including iPhoto comments.
We Made it Easy.
Every feature Portraits & Prints offers is designed to quickly, efficiently and professionally print and export digital photos. With Portraits & Prints, you collect groups of images in a catalog where the photos can then be manipulated, enhanced and arranged on templates in a variety of ways without ever modifying your original photos. Enhance one image, or multiple images at the same time, with brightness, contrast, sharpness, and saturation controls. Get rid of red-eye, crop or rotate any image. All enhancements are stored within the catalog and applied to each image when it is printed or exported. This allows you to print the same set of photos in a wide variety of ways without ever destroying the original photo's quality. When you are ready to print, just select your photos, select a template, and print. It’s as easy as 1,2,3!
Here are some key features of "Portraits Prints Template Maker":
Enhance photos with brightness, contrast, sharpness, and saturation controls.
Eliminate red eye by using the Red Eye Reduction tool.
Crop images to capture an exact area of a photo.
Rotate images to achieve the proper orientation.
Manage Templates
Download hundreds of free templates.
New templates are added frequently.
Photo cards are available for any holiday.
Add your child's sports photos and statistics to create fun sport cards.
Work Directly with iPhoto
Directly add photos from iPhoto using the iPhoto button.
Drag photos or albums from iPhoto into Portraits & Prints.
Print iPhoto comments on your templates or photos.
View iPhoto and Spotlight information on screen.
Add iPhoto comments, ratings, and titles to your templates.
Add Text
Add balloon captions to photos for comic effect.
Add text to any part of the template.
Automatically add image file and EXIF information to templates.
Go Pro!
Create custom templates.
Edit any of the free templates that are available through the Template Manager.
Create templates to print your photos any way imaginable.
Once a template is complete use it over and over again.
Create Templates
Create templates for any size paper.
Add any size and number of photos.
Layout photos anywhere on the page and rotate them too.
Automatically add masks and frames to your photos.
Add text, graphics, page numbers, and shapes to your templates.
More Than Just Printing
Save your entire page or any part of your page to separate image files.
Export photos, templates, or any part of your template.
Email photos with one click.
Catalog Photos
Images in a catalog are links to the original image.
Enhancements do not alter original images.
Save unlimited amount of catalogs for future use.
Advanced Printing
Precise control over printed resolution.
Full support for ColorSync profile matching.
Customize It
Drag photos to templates or automatically add photos to templates.
Customize the toolbar so commands are a click away.
Automatically modify images to your desired settings.
What's New:
Features:
Universal Binary. Runs native on Intel based Macs.
The Template Manager now designates the 'active' template in the main catalog window with a check mark.
The Template Selector Sheet now designates the currently active template with a check mark.
The Template Selector Sheet now responds to a double-click by accepting the selected template.
Implemented a contextual menu that is invoked by right-clicking on a placed photo in the Layout view.
Implemented a feature whereby crop constraints & presets applied to a photo are stored with that photo in the catalog.
If the user moves the Crop info panel, it will re-open where the user last placed it.
Added a key equivalent for the "Preferences" dialog.
Added a key equivalent for the "Template Manager" floating panel.
Added the GyazMail mail bridge.
Re-implemented object handles to be drawn using bezier paths.
Object handles are now always drawn at the same size, regardless of the current zoom level.
Implemented an implied grid of 72 dpi whenever the user has NOT specified "snap to grid".
When objects are copied to the pasteboard, a PDF representation is generated and added to the pasteboard.
You can now initiate a drag operation by holding the OPTION key down prior to clicking & dragging selected objects.
Brand new online help.
Tweaked the code that calculates masks for Photo Cell objects to inset the masks by 1%.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a problem where certain types of Finder/Spotlight comments could not be retrieved and/or stored.
Fixed a bug where invoking a crop constrain could, result in a crop rectangle that violates the constrain.
Fixed a bug where balloon captions could render in a slightly "shifted" position for the non-autocrop photo scaling modes.
Fixed a bug where some grouped objects didn't handle inversions correctly.
Fixed a bug where the current zoom level was being applied to the focus ring drawn around the the template view when receiving a drag.
Fixed a bug where dragging an image file into a zoomed template view would result in the incorrect placement of the image.
Fixed a problem where the vertical stagger of multiple imported images would progress upwards rather than downwards.
Fixed a problem where the zoom selection rectangle's stroke was affected by the current zoom level.
Fixed a bug which would cause a crash when retrieving/setting Finder/Spotlight comments for photos that don't locally exist, e.g. URL referenced photos.
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