Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating and Uploading Galleries to Your Storefront Using Pro Studio Manager 5.0 for PC  

The first thing you should do is download Pro Studio Manager 5.0 (PSM) via this link: http://www.printroom.com/psm.asp
or from the link in the middle of your account page.

* Since PSM is cross platform, make sure that you download the correct version of PSM for your operating system
(Mac or PC) PSM 5.0 does not support onsite orders or PSM orders.

2. The program will first prompt you for your login name and password.  Be sure to use the one you used to create your Printroom account.  If you need to change it, the login area is under File/Accounts/Current Account Settings.  That is also where you can add a second account to upload photos to a different Printroom account.
 

 3. Click on the Options tab at the top left and click on Preferences. 


Click on EXPAND in the bottom, left hand corner. 


Under Thumbnails and Tiles, change your thumbnail size, if you wish.  We recommend 700x700 or greater, especially if you are using the slide show. You only have to do this once, unless you want to change thumbnail size for the next gallery.  Look carefully at the information on the other options before changing the defaults.




4. Usually PSM starts up in the Folder View. In the Folder View, you will see the word FOLDERS in the upper left-hand window of PSM. The Folder View operates very similarly to Windows Explorer.


5. In the Folder View, navigate to the folder containing the images that you want to add to a gallery   Always allow PSM to work with full sized Jpeg images.  Do not downsize them or create your own thumbnails.  PSM works with the files you will later print from.

6. Select the images you want to upload and click on the ADD TO GALLERY button (located above the thumbnails) and a new window will pop-up entitled ‘Copy Selected Images to Selected Gallery’

7. Leave the ‘Move Images (delete source files)’ box unchecked and click on the ‘Create new and copy’ button, causing a new window to pop-up entitled ‘Create New Gallery’.  If you are adding images to an existing gallery, click on the gallery and then on “Add to Existing Gallery”.

8. Enter the Gallery Name

9. Do not change the Gallery Root, it should read C:\My PSM Galleries\   Set the appropriate Event Date, if you wish. This is important if you are sorting galleries by event date (See Storefront Setup)

10. You can enter a description for the gallery in the Description field (generally not needed if the gallery name is descriptive, but useful for special instructions for the particular gallery)

11. Do not change the “Select Group”, it should point to Top

12. Check the Published box if you wish the galleries to be viewable from the customer view immediately.

13. Check the Show Caption box if you want the captions to show when the mouse crosses a thumbnail.

14. Select your watermark orientation by clicking on the gray boxes. A preview of your watermark will appear to the right and will change when you click on the different examples

15. Click OK to create the gallery

17. After clicking OK, the windows will close and you will be in the Galleries View. If in the Galleries View, you will see the word GALLERIES in the upper left-hand window of PSM.

18. You can create multiple galleries and upload them all at the same time by returning to FOLDER and repeating steps 6 on. 

19. At this point, your gallery only exists on your local computer. It is an exact copy of your original folder. To upload your gallery to your storefront, click on SYNCHRONIZE.

20  A new window will pop-up entitled ‘Upload Thumbnails (SYNC)’. Check the box to   the left of the galleries you want to upload (it will probably already be checked) and click START to begin uploading images to your storefront.  If you are creating multiple galleries at one time, make sure they are all checked

21. If done correctly, you will see a dialog box showing the status of your upload. When completed, you will see a message highlighted in light green that reads, ‘Synchronization has been completed’.

22. At this point, your gallery has been uploaded to your site. Click on the CLOSE button to close your ‘Upload Thumbnails (SYNC)’ window.

Congratulations, you have successfully uploaded your gallery. Now you can close PSM and log into your Printroom account via www.printroom.com to view your uploaded gallery.  If you don’t see the gallery, refresh the page.

 Problems: 

2. If you cannot create a gallery, your hard drive may be shared with another computer in your home or you may not be set up with administrative rights.  Call PSM help.