When searching for music or graphics if you see  "API request is invalid" or "No data returned from search" error messages when searching for PLUS music or graphics files within ProSelect, then you should update to ProSelect version 2018r1.7 (or newer).  This release, due out in late August 2018, includes changes to keep ProSelect compatible with updates made to the PLUS downloads server on August 13, 2018. If your PLUS is current, the...

When you download and install the current ProSelect software, it contains a few sample room view images. We do this to keep the download size to a minimum.  Below are your many options that you can do if you wish to test drive or use the Room View feature: Open the Sample Album.psa album included in the ProSelect download package. This contains three album room view images already setup/pre-calibrated. You will find the Sample Album locat...

If you are finding items displayed in Room View are not correct, then this can be due to: Your room calibration is not correct, or You are not displaying the size of image that you think you are. You/your client is standing too close or too far away from the wall when taking the photo You are cropping the image too tightly before calibrating it in ProSelect. Room Image Calibration In order to accurately calibrate a room image, it is imp...

If you have added an Album Room (a client-specific room) to one of your client albums and want to use it with other clients, then you need to transfer it to be a Library Room. To do this: Open the Album which has the room that you wish to transfer Open the Setup Rooms window (under Resources menu) Select the Album tab at the top of the list of rooms Select the Room to transfer Click the Export button and select a destination location (e.g. Des...

If you previously setup a Room View image(s) and it is now not displaying in ProSelect, then the following will assist with why this may be occurring and how to resolve it. If you Setup Rooms in the Library If you setup a Room image in the Library side of the "Setup Rooms" (under Resources Menu),  then it should still be listed when you open the "Setup Rooms" window. If not, then likely your Prices and Templates Data file has been changed since ...

When working with images, select Show Images View by clicking on the Eye button in the Tool Bar or by choosing Show Images (View Menu). In this view, from one to thirty images can be viewed in the Display Area. The images will be automatically arranged and sized to best fit within the space. Selecting images in the image list You can select images to View by: Select the images in Thumbnail View and switch to Show Images View. Select the images i...

If you wish to send a Room Design image to your client, then this can be done a couple of ways: Export a sample Room Design You can export low resolution copies of your room designs by first selecting the ones* that you wish to export in Thumbnail view ("Working with Rooms" mode). Then use the Export --> Selected Room Images command (under File menu). You can select size, which effects are added to the exported images and also if any applied ...

If you are seeing duplicartes of installed Room View images, then the following information will assist. This can happen if you installed your rooms more than once. You will need to go the Setup Rooms (under Resources menu in ProSelect) and delete the extra copies one at a time. Best to delete any with "_CX" after them because they are the extra copies. Hint: If you hold the Alt/Option key down when clicking the Delete button it...

While you can't change ProSelect's background color, you can use the Room View feature to display items on a plan colored background. Here are the steps for how to do this. In Photoshop, create a new image 2000 pixels wide by 1500 pixels hight (4:3 ratio). Fill the image with the color that you want. Use Save for Web & Devices (under File menu) and save it as a .jpg file (medium compression) to your Desktop with a name like &...

Throughout ProSelect the background is set to black. This is done so that attention is focused on the images and products being presented. At present you can't change the background color of the Display Area. However you can change the background color in a slideshow (Preferences -> Slideshow and Music-> Slideshow Settings -> Borders & backgrounds) or, in Working with Rooms by creating a room with a single color image (see below). ...

ProSelect 2011r2 and newer includes a new Working with Rooms module that allows you to design and show a Wall Gallery by adding any mix of images and layouts to a Room View background. These designs are saved with your ProSelect album so you can set them up ahead of time or review them later. In ProSelect (standard) you can create and save one Working with Rooms "design" per album. With ProSelect Pro you can create and save...

ProSelect 2011r2 and newer Working with Rooms is another "working with mode" that provides a powerful way for you to create bespoke wall gallery designs for your clients accurately scaled on a Room View background or at actual size on the wall (if you screen is large enough!) .  These designs can now include any mix of up to 30 prints or layouts each with or without a frame. And your wall gallery designs are saved in the album file so you can p...