"Peter" wrote in message
Can anyone please explain how I can add a format for a new picture package in Elements v4. I need 4 prints on A4 paper.
Peter
Adobe actually includes instructions for this in each version of Elements. In 4.0 you will find it in Adobe\shared_assets\layouts\readme.txt. Or here by the magic of copy and paste:
; This is the documentation for the Picture Packager layout files.
; Each layout file details the page size and image drop locations for one resulting document.
; The layout files can contain comments.
; A comment is any line that starts with a semi-colon ‘;’. ; The semi-colon must be the first character on the line. ; Blank lines are also allowed, and are ignored.
; There are 3 types of information that must be present in each layout file: ; 1) the units and page size
; 2) the description text that is displayed in the dialog ; 3) the layout specs
; As an example to work from, look at the file ‘FiveBySevens.txt’. The contents are here also:
; I 8 10
; (2)5×7
; 0.5 0 7 5
; 0.5 5 7 5
; 1) the units and page size ‘I 8 10’
; The 3 three fields on line 1 are: units, width and height ; You can enter inches, pixels or centimeters. All the numbers in a single file must be the same units.
; For inches, use i or I.
; For pixels, use p or P.
; For centimeters, use c or C.
; 2) the description text that is displayed in the dialog ‘(2) 5 x 7’ ; The 1 field on line 2 is the text description shown in the Layout: menu choice on the dialog.
; This can be any text you want, up to 75 characters long.
; 3) the layout specs ‘0.5 0 7 5’ and ‘0.5 5 7 5’
; Each line is one drop location for the image. You can have up to 50 drop locations per page.
; The 4 fields are x position, y position, width, and height. ; Remember, the units must match what you used for the page size in line 1.
; So, in summary, the example tells the plugin that all the numbers are entered in inches,
; the resulting document is to be 8 inches wide, 10 inches high, and will have 2 images on it.
; The first image will be located at 1/2 inch from the left edge, and at the very top of the document,
; and will be 7 inches wide, 5 inches high. The second image will be located 1/2 inch from the left edge
; 5 inces from the top edge, and will be 7 inches wide, 5 inches high.
Hope this helps,
Dan
