USER MANUAL 5.0 DgFlick Solutions Pvt. Ltd., 203/204, Shreeji Arcade, M. G. Road, Borivali (E), Mumbai – 400066 Telephone: India +91 22 2968 68 68, US +1-732-543-7676. www.dgflick.com support@dgflick.
User Manual-5.0 USER MANUAL 5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 System Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 3 Opening the Tool Box – Getting Started ...................................................................................................
User Manual-5.0 HELLO Calendar Xpress allows you to create not only table-top Calendars but through this software you can also create Wall mount Calendar, poster Calendar and Planner too and that too of multiple sizes. You can create Calendar in your own language. There are 17 languages available for Calendar creation. DgFlick provides you various photo editing tools in Calendar Xpress. You can add birthdays of your Facebook Friends to the Calendar in single click.
User Manual-5.0 Save and Build *................................................................................................................................................................ 59 Share* ............................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Delete* ..........................................................................................................................
User Manual-5.0 Enter your details in the relevant fields. These are Name, Address, City, Country, State, Zip/Pin, Email and Phone or Mobile number. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory and cannot be left incomplete. In the last field- Serial Number (XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX) will be automatically generated in the serial number text box. You will also find the serial number inside the software box pack.
User Manual-5.0 Offline Registration Next, a registration key is required to complete the process. There are three ways of obtaining this key: o Telephone: Call +91 22 2968 68 68 and the support executive will provide you with the registration key corresponding to your DgKey. o Email: Email us at support@dgflick.com to receive your registration key via Email. o Web: Log on to www.dgflick.com to receive the key.
User Manual-5.0 Online Cropping: The online photo crop feature allows you to trim out any part of the source photo that you don’t need. You can crop the photo to give it the desired height and width before incorporating it in the Calendar. In-built Standard Calendar Sizes: Calendar Xpress comes loaded with several in-built Calendar types predefined according to the standard industry printing specifications.
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User Manual-5.0 Select the units in which you want to work in canvas area from the dropdown list of ‘Units’. Select the color in which you want your software to be displayed from ‘Theme’ tab, click on ‘Get More’ to get more themes from Dgflick website. The history which was generated at the time of importing photos and events from Facebook will be deleted by clicking on the checkbox from Facebook option.
User Manual-5.0 Planner: Make personalized Monthly Planner Calendar without cover. Sizes Available (Inch) are 8 x 12, 12 x 8, 12 x 18 and 18 x 12. Poster: Make personalized Yearly Poster Calendar without cover. Sizes Available (Inch) are 12 x 18 and 18 x 12. Defining and Modifying Categories and Sizes * Calendar Xpress has a wide variety of predefined categories and sizes for Calendar creation.
User Manual-5.0 o ‘Ref. Image’: The image you want for your Category, clicking on the ‘Browse’ icon you choose the reference image from the path in which you saved it. o ‘Description’: Click on ‘Save’ icon to the right of this field lets Give a description of the category you are creating. , on the lower right-hand corner to save the category you created. ! Leaving either the ‘Name’ or the ‘Ref. Image’ field blank will not allow you to save the Category.
User Manual-5.0 The ‘Create Calendar’ window Fill in the parameters under ‘Page’ tab. These are: Width and Height. Margins (Left, Right, Top and Bottom). You could add your comments by clicking on the ‘Comment’ button Click on ‘Save’ icon . on the lower right-hand corner to save the size you created. The new Calendar size is created and can be viewed along with the other Calendar sizes. Note: Features marked with * marks are only for PRO version users.
User Manual-5.0 After selecting the category you wish to modify Click on ‘Edit’ button window. to edit a category on the ‘Select Category’ On the next ‘Edit Category’ window, You can add your edits to the, o ‘Name’: o ‘Ref. Image’: Change the image you want for your Category, clicking on the ‘Browse’ icon field lets you choose the reference image from the path in which you saved it. o ‘Description’: Edit the name as per your choice.
User Manual-5.0 On the next window: ‘Edit Calendar’ window, You can make changes to the, o ‘Name’: o ‘Ref. Image’: Change the image you want for your Size, clicking on the ‘Browse’ icon you choose the reference image from the path in which you saved it. Edit the name as per your choice. You could edit the parameters under the ‘Calendar’ tab These are: Binding Type, Calendar type, Cover, Back, Units and DPI. to the right of this field lets .
User Manual-5.0 After selecting the category you wish to delete on the ‘Select Category’ window, click on ‘Delete’ button it permanently. to delete A dialog box asking if you are sure you want to delete it appears on the screen. The ‘Select Category’ window with ‘Add’, ‘Edit’ and ‘Delete’ option Clicking on ‘Yes’ deletes the category permanently; clicking on ‘No’ aborts the operation. Deleting a Calendar Size To view the available sizes under a category, double click on the category.
User Manual-5.0 Creating the Calendar Once you have modified or customized categories according to your requirements, it is time to move on to the actual process of Calendar creation. Calendar Xpress gives you the option of designing the Calendar in few clicks. You could also go in for advanced page composition i.e. full personalize calendar for a wider array of options while creating the Calendar. A company calendar can also be created in Calendar Xpress.
User Manual-5.0 The category that you have selected is seen on the top, right-hand corner. You can view a drop down list of various Calendar sizes, available under the category by keeping your mouse pointer on ‘I’ icon . Double click on the category or select the category and click on ‘Next’ button select the category. on the lower, right-hand corner to On the ‘Select Calendar’ window, select the desired size for the Calendar.
User Manual-5.0 Select the day of the week to start from ‘Week Starts From’ drop down menu. Select the weekly holiday for the Calendar from ‘Weekly Holiday’ drop down menus. You can specify upto two weekly holidays from here. Select all the desired fields and click on ‘Next’ button to go to ‘Select Events’ window. Select Events Select the events to be added from Events Collection tab . ‘Select Events’ window Click on ‘Add’ icon Click on ‘Delete’ icon to create your own event collection.
User Manual-5.0 Style: Clicking on the style drop list gives you the styles available for the Calendar. Choose the style by clicking on ‘Style’ drop down menu. o Color: Choose the color you want to style the Calendar in by clicking on ‘Color’ drop down menu. ‘Select Theme’ window …. Template selected Select the template you want by clicking on it. The selected one has a green tick symbol on the top left-hand corner. Also the selected template can be seen on the bottom, right hand corner.
User Manual-5.0 ‘Selected Photos’ shows the number of photos selected. You can see no of photos required for the Calendar from ‘Required Photos’ Once you select the required number of photos, click on ‘Next’ button . to go to the ‘Design Calendar’ window. Design Calendar The Calendar is now ready with the selected photos and can be viewed in the ‘Design Calendar’ window. Event Click on ‘Events’ tab on the left panel to insert events to the Calendar.
User Manual-5.0 ‘Design Calendar’ window …. ‘Background’ tab …. Background with its ready tone Uncheck the ‘Fit to size’ check box on the left to expand the background on the page. To fill the canvas with one single solid color, click on ‘Color Picker’ and place it on the color you wish to use as background for the Calendar. The whole page now gets a background of that color. Click on the ‘Ready Tone’ button background.
User Manual-5.0 Orange Red The photo quality is poor and will not yield good results on printing. The photo is unsuitable for printing. Here the instant Calendar is ready and now can be saved and exported. Personalize Calendar with Calendar Xpress You can edit your already created Calendar in a very easy way with the help of following process. In this section we will edit the Calendar which we created in previous section. The Process Open the calendar from the ‘Open’ button on the ‘Home’ window.
User Manual-5.0 ‘Design Calendar’ window … Photo changed To insert a photo, either double click on it or drag and drop it on the canvas. Rotating Photos Rotating photos in the Calendar keeping the creation in mind adds to the overall presentation of it. Calendar Xpress gives you the option of either rotating the photo within the frame or rotating the whole picture along with the frame. To rotate the photo within the frame: keep your cursor on the rotate icon that is seen when you select a photo.
User Manual-5.0 Panning Panning lets you view specific areas of the photo by moving the photo up or down and sideways in the document window. This gives access to the areas that would otherwise remain obscure given the size of the photo. How to: Place the cursor over , which then changes to or the ‘hand symbol’. Now use your mouse to take hold of the photo and move it around to get to the area you wish to work on. Swapping Photos Many times you need to swap photos as you go along to.
User Manual-5.0 o ‘Flip Vertical’ o : To flip the border vertical. ‘Flip Horizontal’ : To flip the border horizontally. Calendar tab Click on ‘Calendar’ tab on the left panel to change the presets, format and style of the Calendar. Click on ‘Preset ‘button to view the available presets in Calendar Preset. ‘Design Calendar’ window …. Calendar tab Select the Calendar preset on the canvas area and double click on the desired preset from the Presets button to be applied.
User Manual-5.0 Define the Outline width Pick any color from the entire screen with the help of Color Picker or select color from color Palette for outline. Fill color in the text by checking ‘Fill Text’ checkbox Choose color from Color Picker or select color from color Palette. Fill Backcground color by checking ‘Fill Background’ . checkbox . Choose color from Color Picker or select color from color Palette. Calendar tab ….
User Manual-5.0 o Colorize: Click on the photo to be modified and then click on the colorize preset to apply the effect to the photo. To manually make changes or customize, click on ‘Custom’ button and change the color, opacity and level using given sliders. You can reset all the given effects with a single click from ‘Reset all’ button. (a) (b) Applying the ‘Colorize’ effect (a) Before (b) After o Blur : You could give a blurred appearance to the photo to make the page more visually appealing.
User Manual-5.0 o Presets : This option gives you certain in-built effects that you could use on the photo. Click on the photo and then on the desired preset to apply it. You can reset all the given effects with a single click from ‘Reset all’ button. o Blend : There are 13 blending modes that help you achieve the desired effect for the photo. Click on the photo and then select the blend option of your choice to apply.
User Manual-5.0 Shows/hides the gridlines on the page. For zooming the page in. For zooming the page out. Adjusts the page size such that the page fits the screen. Shows the actual size of the page. The Process Select Category On the ‘Select Category’ window, select the Category you would like to use for the Calendar: Table-Top, Wallmount, Planner and Poster.
User Manual-5.0 Click on ‘Next’ button on the lower, right-hand corner to go to ‘Select Period’ window. ! At any point during the process, you could click on the ‘Back’ button to go back to the previous page. You could also click on ‘Home’ icon to go back to the home page. Select Period In ‘Select Period’ window, specify the period of the Calendar from various options starts from, weekly holidays, etc. i.e.
User Manual-5.0 You can also assign an excel sheet and can add events in the calendar from the ‘Import’ button . ‘Select Events’ window Click on ‘Add’ button to add the event . Click on ‘Edit’ button to edit the event . To delete the event click on ‘Delete’ button . After setting the period and event, click on ‘Next’ button to go to ‘Select Theme’ window. Select Theme On the ‘Select Theme’ window, you can see the various templates for the Calendar.
User Manual-5.0 You have the option of selecting the photos from the various available options Hard disk CD/DVD USB . Bluetooth Facebook You can make changes to the photos using the options listed at the bottom of the page. (for details refer Section Manage the photos) The ‘Select Photos’ window ‘Selected Photos’ shows the number of photos selected.
User Manual-5.0 ‘Design Calendar’ window Here we can hide the margins, by clicking on the top option bar. You can resize and move the photo to add effects to the overall Calendar. ‘Design Calendar’ window…… Photo resized and moved Clipart Click on the ‘Clipart’ tab on the option bar for a listing on the available cliparts. Double click on the clipart of your choice or drag and drop it onto the canvas to use it on the page.
User Manual-5.0 You could even use your own cliparts by accessing them using ‘Browse’ button are available. , where the last 15 paths accessed Click on ‘Ready Tone’ button to access the ready tones for the cliparts. There are 18 ready tones available for each clipart and you could use the color of your choice depending on your page setup by double clicking on the ready tone. (a) (b) (a) Clipart (b) Ready Tone of Clipart Title Click on the ‘Title’ tab to add a title in the Calendar.
User Manual-5.0 You can transform these masks freely on the page. Mask tab ! Additional Icons on ‘Mask’ tab o ‘Reset’ o ‘Rotate CW90’ o ‘Rotate CW180’ : To reset the changes. : To rotate the border 90 degrees. : To rotate the border 180 degrees. o ‘Rotate CW270’ o ‘Flip Vertical’ o ‘Flip Horizontal’ Your own Calendar creation is ready in a smart way. Calendar is created Page 37 of 65 : To rotate the border 270 degrees. : To flip the border vertical. : To flip the border horizontally.
User Manual-5.0 Create Company Calendars in Calendar Xpress With Calendar Xpress, you can also design Company Calendars. In Company Calendars you also get option to add logo, name, etc. Select category and size for the calendar. In ‘Select Period’ window, select the period and other details of the calendar. In ‘Select Events’ window, select the events you want to add to the calendar. In ‘Select Theme’ window, select any corporate theme by sorting themes from various sort options.
User Manual-5.0 Event Click on ‘Events’ tab on the left panel to insert events to the Calendar. Select the desired event collection from ‘Event Collection’ drop down menu. Select the event collection and click on ‘Apply’ button to overwrite the existing events. Select another event collection and click on ‘Update’ button to add one more event to the Calendar. You can add, edit and delete event from ‘Add’, ‘Edit’ and ‘Delete’ button.
User Manual-5.0 When the calendar is not created with corporate theme and you want to add same logo on all the pages of the calendar, then go to the next page simply press ‘Add’ button selected page. to add the same logo on You can also add name on the calendar pages. Type in the field provided below ‘Name’ option and click on ‘Update’ button on the page. . You will see the name added The advance functionality of the software automatically updates the name on all the pages of the calendar.
User Manual-5.0 From ‘Year’ option, you can add ready preset of the year which is currently displayed on the page. For example, if your current calendar page is bi- monthly and showing December 2013 and January 2014, then in the ‘Year’ option, you will get ready preset of 2013 and 2014. When you go to the next calendar page from the navigator, you will get the preset of 2014 as both the months i.e. January and February lie in 2014. You can insert these presets by clicking on the required preset.
User Manual-5.0 As you change the months by months, you will see the respective events at the left side of the window. You will see a checkbox beside every event. If you don’t want to add any event in the Calendar, just uncheck the checkbox. The event will be removed from the calendar. Click on ‘Add’ icon collection. to create your own event Give name to your event category and click on ‘OK’. You can see the created event category in the Events Collection list.
User Manual-5.0 You get some additional controls on the photos here too. You can pan and zoom the photos with mouse wheel. ‘Select Layout’ window You can also swap the photos with each other and create a design. The empty space in the layout in which you have not placed any photo will remain blank. Select the desired layout and move on to the next provess with the ‘Next’ button. You will see the preview of the date block in the ‘Preview’ box.
User Manual-5.0 Adding Event You will see the event added to the event category. ‘Select Events’ window …. Event added In the same way you can add more events to the events collection. Click on ‘Edit’ button to edit the event . To delete the event click on ‘Delete’ button . You can add birthdays of your Facebook Friends to the Calendar as a event. To add Birthdays to your calender, click on ‘Facebook’ icon .
User Manual-5.0 The friends who have not specified their birthdays or kept the visibility of the birthday limited to friends will be shown as unassigned birthdays. The list of unassigned birthdays will be displayed at the bottom of the events in every monh. You can specify the birthdates of unassigned people by editing the event. ‘Select Events’ window …. Birthdates imported Calendar Xpress always allows you to add events as per your comfort.
User Manual-5.0 ‘Select Photos’ window …. Batch Edit – Enhance option* Note: Functions marked with * marks are only for PRO version users. The top option bar helps you to view the photos in different ways o Thumbnail style. o To get a full view of the photo. o Filmstrip view. o Get the photos list wise. o Starts the slide show o Navigate the photos from ‘Batch Edit’ button and . at the lower option bar helps you to edit multiple photos at a time.
User Manual-5.0 ‘Edit Photo’ Window Click on ‘Save’ to save all the changes made. Select ‘Resize’ option to change the size of the photos. Check the green checkbox of the photos to be resized and select the desired percentage from ‘Percentage’ if you want to resize the photos percentage wise. tab ‘Resize’ window From the ‘Original’ and ‘New’ tab you can see the changes applied. The ‘Quality’ tab indicates the quality of the photo.
User Manual-5.0 Clicking on ‘Save as’ will save the changes done on the photo with a different name. Select the ‘Rename’ option to rename the photos. Manually change the photo name format from format OR From ‘Starts From’ option option. you can change the count of the photos. ‘Rename’ window Click on ‘Save’ to save the changes made. From ‘Edit’ button you can rotate, resize, rename and enhance the individual photos.
User Manual-5.0 Select individual, multiple or all photos or deselect selected photos with this ‘Select’ button Send the edited photos to the Facebook account or any hard disk folder from ‘Send to’ option . . Select the required photos; the selected ones have the green tick mark on the top left corner of the photo.
User Manual-5.0 Find Photo/Décor After you are done with a Calendar, if you need to return to it re-edit later on, you can find the source photographs, borders and mask by simply right clicking on the photo on the Calendar. Moreover, all the photos appearing on a Calendar can be identified by the blue tab on them, as described earlier.
User Manual-5.0 Resize Photo Within border: In the ‘locked’ condition, a photo can be enlarged within its frame, by zooming it and adjusting it in the frame. It can even be panned within the frame. With border: Once the photo is ‘unlocked’ by clicking on the icon, the photo can be resized according to your size requirements by moving the nodes. Ensure that the photo stays within ‘printable’ limits while increasing the size of the photo.
User Manual-5.0 Grids: On the top, right-hand corner of the Calendar, click on to activate the gridlines on the Calendar you are working on. The grids on the page allow you to align the photos and other elements on the page accurately. Click on the same icon again to deactivate the grids on the page. Gridlines activated on the page Page-Based Alignment This option allows you to align photos and other elements on the page with respect to the page. There are multiple options for this sort of alignment.
User Manual-5.0 Arrange objects Calendar Xpress allows you the option of changing the position of an object on the Calendar i.e. send it backward or forward or to the back or front. Select the photo you wish to move backward or forward and click on to access the options under this function. Alternatively, use the right click button and on the drop list click on ‘Arrange’ to access the sub-options.
User Manual-5.0 Alternatively, you could enter the values for the parameters in the value boxes above the respective sliders. Clicking on the ‘Auto Contrast’ button at the top will adjust the contrasts automatically The changes can be reset by clicking on ‘Reset’ . RGB (Red, Green and Blue) Color Correction To adjust the color tones of the photos, you could use the ‘RGB’ color correction option. Modify the color tone by altering the degree of ‘Red’, ‘Green’ and ‘Blue’ on the color sliders.
User Manual-5.0 Blur To give the photo a blurred effect; click on‘Blur’ button on the options bar of the ‘Edit Photo’ window. Adjust the blur level from silder forward and backward to achieve the desired degree of blurring. The changes can be reset by clicking on ‘Reset’ The ‘Blur’ option . Colorize To give a colour-film effect to the photo, click on ‘Colorize’ option on the option bar under ‘Basic Filters’. Select the color from ‘Color Picker’ or ‘Color Palette’ .
User Manual-5.0 Adjust the opacity by moving the slider forward and backward or by inserting the value in the value box. The changes can be reset by clicking on ‘Reset’ . Applying ‘Opacity’ to the photo Crop To crop the photo to the desired dimensions and orientation, click on ‘Crop’ Photo’ window. button on the ‘Edit Change the aspect ratio by clicking on the ‘Aspect Ratio’ box and select the required value.
User Manual-5.0 Rotate Select the ‘Rotate’ option on the options bar and then rotate the photo to the desired angle using the slider . The changes can be reset by clicking on ‘Reset’ . The ‘Rotate’ option You also have the option of using grid lines on the photo to help align it better while rotating. You could activate the grid lines by checking the ‘Show Grid’ checkbox . Uncheck the ‘Show Grid’ box to remove the grid lines.
User Manual-5.0 Saving the Changes There are two ‘Save’ icons on the lower right-hand corner of the ‘Edit Photo’ window. ‘Save’ : Clicking on this icon causes the old file to be rewritten and the new copy now exists for your reference. ‘Save as’ : Clicking on this icon will allow you to save a copy of your work. A text box allowing you to name the copy appears and clicking on ‘Ok’ after entering the name creates a new copy of your work.
User Manual-5.0 The versatility of Calendar Xpress lies in the fact that it gives you a wide range of ready-to-use templates to choose from besides letting you create or modify templates according to your choice. Moreover, templates can be imported from other locations and built and shared* with other Calendar Xpress users worldwide ! Save, Build, Share and Delete options are available in the PRO version. Get More and Import Get More DgFlick adds new template collection on the website on regular basis.
User Manual-5.0 In the textbox that appears; enter the template information pertaining to the parameters (except the parameter according to which the template has been filtered). These include: No. of Photos, Orientation, Color, Theme, Style, Type and Custom. Depending on the orientation and no. of photos used in the template, here the orientation and no. of photos get detected automatically. You can also enter a name for your template in the relevant box.
User Manual-5.0 Share* Templates that have been created can be shared with other users by means of the ‘Share’ option available with Calendar Xpress. This option is available only to the users of the Calendar Xpress PRO version. Click on ‘Share’ in ‘Template’ tab in ‘Design Calendar’ window to share the template that you have created. Select the templates you wish to share and then click on the ‘Share’ Template. The templates are shared on DgFlick’s website. ‘Share’ window ….
User Manual-5.0 To delete a template, select the template that you wish to delete. Click on ‘Delete’ at the bottom of the Template tab. A textbox asking for confirmation for deletion appears. Click on ‘Yes’ to proceed with the deletion, else click on ‘No’ to abort the process. ‘Design Calendar’ window …. Deleting Template Note: Some features are available only for the Calendar Xpress PRO version users.
User Manual-5.0 You can see the output by clicking on ‘Open’ button or you can directly share it on the Facebook account by clicking on ’Facebook’ option. Output Exported as JPG …. Final Output window Exporting in PDF Format To save the project in a PDF format, click on lower right-hand corner. the Exporting in PDF format The default path for saving the PDF file appears in the textbox that is now visible on screen. The path is ‘My Documents\My Exported Calendar’.
User Manual-5.0 Open Project Calendar Xpress gives you the great advantage of opening and editing the saved projects as many times as you want. It also lets you use the saved project as a template where you just need to insert the photos. This saves your time as well as your energy. Open Saved Project To open a project that has been saved and exported, click on the Home icon of Calendar Xpress. You will be redirected to Home page where you can see ‘Open’ option at left bottom side.
User Manual-5.0 What if I misplaced the dongle? Ans: In that case you have to inform us about the same by sending an E-mail to support@dgflick.com and we will provide you the new dongle. For that new dongle, you have to bare some cost which include dongle cost+ shipment +courier charges if any. Can I get my Facebook photos directly in Calendar Xpress? Ans: Yes, Calendar Xpress allows you direct access to the Facebook account; from where you can import the photos easily.
User Manual-5.0 Table of Index B G BCG ........................................ 46, 52, 53 Blend............................................ 28, 29 Blur .............................................. 28, 54 Glow ............................................ 28, 29 C Calendar . 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 Colorize .....
