Jostens Training videos

Portraits Page Creation

• upload photos to the image library first
• proofread to see that all names are correct, nobody is missing (name, grade)
• click "Go To" if you need to fix a name or grade, or other information; remember to click "Apply Changes"
• To choose a template for the portraits sections: (1) Select the starting page of the portrait section, for example, Faculty. (2) Click the "Designs" tab. (3) Drag and drop the template to the page and repeat the process.
• You CAN customize your portraits pages - ASIJ did this last year
• To Automatically insert all portraits from a section (ie) Grade 9, do the following: (1) Select the "Flow" tab. (2) Choose the grade or portrait section. (3) Choose how names should appear. (4) Click the "Flow" button. *You may have a box appear that tells you to click "Yes" to continue the flow to the next page. (5) Edit and customize. 
• Use the "Need Help" button if necessary.

Page Designer

• create menu → page designer

• Yearbook Avenue Toolbar: save work, preview page, spell check, create layout from scratch etc.
• two main features in toolbar:
• undo, up to 30 times
• spell check
• pre designed layouts are available and can also be edited
• click images to place on page
• can crop and resize photos once dragged and dropped into place
• background images can be found in the Clipart section

• to create a textbook, go to toolbar → advanced text

Image Library

• Organize an index of photos
• Rotate, Tag Photos, Upload, or completely delete the photo
• Red Exclamation Point = More information needed
• Face Matching → Automatically detect the person's face and automatically connects to a name.
• Use details tab to easily locate the picture later.
• Green Checkmark indicates that the picture was already used in the yearbook. This helps to prevent duplicate photos.
• You can use the coverage report to keep track of the number of times they appear in the yearbook.

Image Effects

• Make sure formatting is selected when you pick the picture you want to edit
• Stroke option, it will place a colored outline around your image
• Drop shadow option, it will place a shadow around your image
• Can change the transparency, tint, flip images, and the shape of the image
• Clicking on effects will allow you to use red eye removal, cutting the background, and selective color

Text Effects

• effects such as text wrapping, drop shadow, arc and circle texts can be added to text in pages.
• fonts have to chosen before working on a page, and only chosen fonts will appear in the font drop down menu.
• only advisers can add/delete fonts.