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FEATURES AND BASICS
The SoHo Styler is an extremely powerful, simple to use, and exceptionally intuitive software designed by photographers for photographers with the objective of simplifying the demands of creating visually stunning layouts for your albums. The goal of this guide is to aid you in the functionality and exploration of the SoHo Styler software. It is recommended that you read through the entire guide to familiarize yourself with the capabilities and uses of all the different components the software has to offer, however, if you choose, you may simply begin using the program and refer to the guide on specific issues you may have.
This section will introduce you to the basic functions and features of the SoHo Styler. Some of the many advantages you will be able to utilize with this time-saving and creative tool are:

  • Designing beautiful custom digital albums quickly, easily and effectively.
  • A user friendly interface that allows you to simply click and drag your photographs into the layouts of your choice.
  • Uploading, organizing, and selling your images in a matter of minutes.
  • Selecting one of our award-winning albums or book types (the SoHo Book, the Fine Art Album, the Galleria Album) and tailoring them to fit the needs and specifications of your clients.
  • Having access to a wide variety of cover materials and options, paper finishes and textures.
  • The ability to leverage over a thousand templates, including full-page panoramic spreads.
  • Fully customizable dynamic templates which allow you to add images, text and designs.
  • Easily order additional duplicate albums.
  • Effortlessly send the designed album to be built through CD-ROM or FTP.
NEW FEATURES FOR SOHO STYLER 3.0

Templates

  • Hundreds of new templates including new horizontal layouts for a total of over 1,700 templates.

Functionality

  • Create, modify and delete image categories
  • Categorize images
  • Rotate pages or individual photographs
  • Move and edit layers with an added Layers tab
  • Copy and paste multiple objects
  • Move multiple objects with keys
  • Display opening sizes
  • Additional horizontal book sizes and templates
  • Additional fonts
  • New photograph borders (i.e. sloppy borders)
  • Instant preview option of image effects
  • Save all edited pages and covers as custom designed templates for later use
  • Change project folders
  • Import project
  • Zoom in and zoom out

Interface

  • Redesigned user interface
  • Maximized editing area with the ability to zoom in and zoom out
  • Sliding tabs on the workspace

Products

  • The Mercer Book
  • Additional cover materials and options

Engine

  • Rendering engine upgraded
  • Enhanced internal image processing speed
  • Larger and clearer preview images
  • Improved font handling
  • Cleaner publishing (only publishs those images actually used)
  • Added Intranet cooperation
 
BASIC PROJECT FLOW
The SoHo Styler follows a very simply flow, utilizing a few easy steps to create a custom digital album:

 
Product
   Version 3.0.03 (released on Jul. 13. 2007)
   Version 3.0.02 (released on Jul. 12. 2007)
   Version 3.0 (released on Jul. 09. 2007)
   Version 2.1.02 (released on Oct. 09. 2006)
   Version 2.1.01 (released on Oct. 05. 2006)
   Version 2.0.03 (released on Feb. 15. 2006)
   Version 2.0.02 (released on Feb. 08. 2006)
   Version 2.0.01 (released on Feb. 01. 2006)
   Version 1.2.02 (released on Jun. 16. 2005)
   Version 1.2.01 (released on May. 02. 2005)
   Version 1.1.05 (released on Jan. 24. 2005)
   Version 1.1.04 (released on Jan. 14. 2005)
   Version 1.1.03 (released on Jan. 13. 2005)
   Version 1.1.02 (released on Dec. 15. 2004)
   Version 1.1.01 (released on Dec. 10. 2004)
   Version 1.0.06 (released on Nov. 16. 2004)
   Version 1.0.05 (released on Nov. 02. 2004)
   Version 1.0.04 (released on Oct. 28. 2004)
   Version 1.0.03 (released on Oct. 22. 2004)
   Version 1.0.02 (released on Oct. 21. 2004)
   Version 1.0.01 (released on Oct. 20. 2004)
 
Mac and Windows operating systems
The SoHo Styler is compatible with both Macintosh ¢ç and Windows ¢ç operating systems. While functionally the same, the window boxes may have slight variations. The screen shots seen throughout this help documentation are Windows based.
 
MINIMUM System Requirements
  • Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
  • Macintosh OS X 10.2
  • 256 MB of RAM (512 MB Recommended)
  • 250 MB of Free Hard Drive Space
  • Internet Connection for activation
        (Optional: High-speed Internet access to take advantage of the FTP feature.)
 
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