Al Escudero
posted this on November 24, 2011 05:45 pm
You've been asking for it, and we've delivered! Our PixPublisher photo book editor now supports the uploading of PNG files with transparency. This means you can now create your own stickers with which to embellish your photo books.
Have you ever had a need to a non-rectangular shape such as a business logo to a book? Or maybe a cutout of a person? Do you own decorative embellishments and designs you've wanted to use in your books, but the only way to use them was to build your pages in photoshop? Well, adding your own custom stickers is now as easy as adding any other photo.
At the import step where you upload your photos, just upload your transparent PNG files as you would any other photo. Once you're in the editor, go to the images tab and you'll see a new category at the bottom called Decorations. That's where your uploaded PNG files will be.

I hope you all enjoy this powerful and long awaited new feature - I know I will!
P.S. Uploaded PNGs are intended to be used as stickers/decorations, not as an alternate format for your photos. As a result, when you add them to your book they will be treated as stickers. i.e. you can't pan, them crop them, frame them, etc. but you can color fill them and stretch them.
Comments
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE that I can add my own pngs!! Yay! It works like a charm!
OK, now we need some more fonts. Or let me add mine? (that is probably too much to ask....)
and photo retouching as previously mentioned....... :)
Anyway, THANKS! the pngs possibility is very helpful. :)