Album DS is an album design software for Photoshop and works like a toolbar for Photoshop CS or higher. Photoshop’s working area is used for designing the albums instead of any own area, meaning unlimited creativity because you have direct access to all Photoshop tools.
If you need a template it will open in Photoshop at the album size by just double clicking the template thumbnail, you don’t need to search for a predefined size template as any template will fit any size; and best of all: you may easily modify the document in Photoshop because it is a true PSD file.
Album DS automates the designing process by keeping track of used pictures, placing automatically the images, applying effects, allowing direct and easy access to templates, backgrounds, masks, cliparts, styles, frames, etc.
Each album will be saved in his own folder, you may change from one album to another by just selecting the folder and all sheets, pictures and controls of folders will be retrieved with the album. This even allows for easily creating a backup of your work, just backup the folder and all your files will be included.
You may even automate the creation of the whole album, just select the templates and pictures and Album DS will do the rest.
We have included a filtering process for the templates, you may search by number of pictures, horizontally placed pictures and vertically placed pictures; also a mouse over preview is included for all elements, fully resizable and dockable to the main Album DS window.
I would suggest you just to download the free demo and try it, it will not mark your pictures or sheets and a bunch of templates, backgrounds, masks, etc are included. During 30 days you may enjoy from this tool and design your first fast and creative albums.
With Album DS, you will create gorgeous digital photo albums fast and easy from within Adobe Photoshop a program you already use and love.
Album DS provides more than 600 templates, automatically resizable to any album size; just double click at the template and it will be opened in Photoshop ready to be used. Use square templates for vertical albums or vice versa with no squishing or skewing of your photos. Templates are also flipable along vertical and horizontal axis and may easily be and combined because they are true PSD files that open in Photoshop.
Album DS is the perfect design solution for magazine, coffee table, flush mount and even matted albums and is compatible with ANY album from ANY manufacturer. Album DS is so much more than an album design tool. It can easily be used for Signature Studio Prints, Collages, Stationary, Sports Trader Cards, Custom Studio Proof Prints and any other product where you wish to combine multiple images, masks, borders and frames.
Best of all there is no steep learning curve as Album DS is very intuitive and works from within Photoshop a tool you likely already use every day. Whether you are a Photoshop expert or brand new to Photoshop you will find that Album DS will help you create amazing works or your art. Album DS has many built in image and creative enhancements but of course your investment in other products like plug-ins and actions will still be available to you and there is no need to go back and forth between Photoshop and a limited stand alone application. You have access to all of your Photoshop filters, brushes, fonts, shapes, etc. and you may modify existing or add your own templates easily, create your own masks, frames and even add your pictures or drawings to be used as backgrounds or clipart.
You may rotate, resize and reposition your pictures while designing and change as you wish with no fear of image degradation due to interpolation. Album DS maintains a link with your images so final quality will not be compromised. You can even automatically change the aspect ratio of your designs after the fact for those times when you sell a main album of one aspect ration and want to repurpose for another.
Much more than just templates, Album DS is complete wedding album software for the innovative photographer.
More than 199 masks (sloppy border and edge effects) are provided to be easily added to your layers with only one double click, 560 frames fully configurable and editable, 115 backgrounds, plenty of clipart and of course you may add your own to Album DS. You may even share your designs and templates with other photographers; Album DS is the only design system fully expandable and configurable to suit any need.
Use the layout feature to create and order a preview of your images for the whole album and then import the pictures to templates, you may even let the software autodesign your album or choose to freehand design your layout and templates. Its all possible and its all easy.
You can easily keep track of used pictures and designed sheets and our template filtering system makes it a piece of cake to easily and quickly find the template you need for your design.
The wedding album design software the professional photographer was waiting for. Easy to use, fast and affordable. Plenty of digital wedding album templates ready to be used.
Fantastic photo retouch tools are included, and with just one button click you will turn your picture into a glamourous portrait, enhance contrast, whiten teeth, convert to sepia or our special black and white and even create hand tinted designs with no fuss and effects can be discarded or changed easily at any time.
If you love to create your unique designs in Photoshop, then you need a fast tool to help you and automate the process: Album DS, is the Photoshop Album Design Plugin to improve your designs and creativity.
Mac and Windows version available. Fully compatible with Photoshop CS, CS2,CS3 and CS4. Vista compatible.
Key Features
Templates
500 creative designs broken down into categories such as Double Page Spreads, Single Page Spreads, (grouped by styles such as Classic, Creative, Fancy, Modern, and Trendy) Baby, Collages, Cards (announcements, invites, etc), Photo Book/Album Covers, Fun (magazine covers), Photo Book/Album Dust Jackets, First & Last pages, Marketing (business cards, DVD labels, DVD cases, book marks, calendars) Seniors, Sports (trader cards etc), Storyboards. Click here to download a full PDF catalogue of My Designer Edition Templates ( about 5Mb file).
Backgrounds
45 Creative and artistic high resolution files made by MyDesigner Studio used in the creation of the designs are also included in separate files ready for you to create your own designs as well as use to modify existing designs.
Clipart
58 high resolution files used in the creative designs can also be used for further modification. Sports equipment images, baby footprints, 2008 bookmark calendar, torn paper frames, film strips, photo booth strips, fun dots, paint strokes and note tags name a few of the art files included.
Masks
25 additional masks that can be used to change masks used in the ready made designs or used to further customize and incorporate your personal touch to your clients designs.
Patterns
Fancy, fun, swirly patterns applied as a layer style on color fill layers in many of the MyDesigner Studio designs dress up a nice classy design into an extraordinary piece. Patterns can really enhance any of the designs inspiring the excitement your clients will feel when they see the finished results. Patterns are scalable when adjusting the sliders in the layers palette to provide the right look for the design size you are creating. Add impact and beauty with our patterns and take your designs to the next level.
Version 5.5.2
* Added an option to include complicated multilayered frames, this files must be in PSD format and end with _d.psd like myframe_d.psd. This frames are suitable to be used for shape layers and whole documents, will be resized to fit the target and some layers called Decor will mantain aspect ratio after resizing. Xmas frames of this type are included in the update.
* Corrected a small resizing issue in the PC version wich showed the horizontal bar at full window size.
* Corrected a problem with clipart in the Mac version, clipart layers were not correctly placed
* 59 Christmas backgrounds
* 14 special multilayered Christmas frames
* 237 Christmas clipart
Year: 2008-2009
Version: Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, CS4
Language: English
System requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, 3 GB of space
