Settings & preferences

Quality indicators flag photos that fall below the DPI your book is printed at.

Turn off auto switch template on image removal in settings if you'd rather choose the new layout yourself - or override it one photo at a time by right-clicking and using the various image removal options.

For page-by-page designers: when a template changes on one side, this leaves the opposite page using the same page template and placed images that were already in place.

This setting was retired in version 1.3.5 and there is nothing to configure. Every project now uses balanced placement, which weighs aspect ratio first and uses the order you selected in the photo library as the tiebreaker - what the recommended setting did anyway. The tutorial clip below still shows the old Settings panel.

The three-way choice between Prefer Order, balanced and Prefer Aspect Ratio was retired in version 1.3.5. Every project now uses balanced placement for initially placed layouts - aspect ratio first, with the order you selected as the tiebreaker - so there is nothing to set. The tutorial clip below still shows the old Settings panel.

By default, switching a template or swapping an image resets zoom and pan so you see the layout as designed. Uncheck those settings to keep the crops you set, but be aware that if a template change puts the image in a different aspect ratio placeholder, crops may not be exactly 1:1. Recommended to leave this toggled on for that reason.

If you'd rather the canvas stayed still while you browse the templates panel, switch the hover preview off in settings.

The previous and next drop overlays (aka super secret drop overlay) sit slightly off the canvas. If you never use them, hide them in settings.

Navigating right past the last spread adds a blank spread by default. Alternatively, turn this off in settings.

On by default: drop photos on a spread in the timeline and the canvas follows. Turn this off in settings to stay where you are.