Album Approval

ApproveMyAlbum.com is a site where you can post your album design for approval by your client. The pages will be numbered so if changes are needed your client can easily reference these when communicating with you. There is a button your client can click to email you if there are changes and a button to move forward with the album approval. Events are managed from the Album Manager log in on the Black River Imaging web site. You may create pages via our Layout Creator software using our pre-designed templates or you may load in your own designs directly on the Album Manager site.

A brief outline of the procedures are listed below but there are more detailed directions on each step located on both The Learning Center and the Album Manager web page.

Creating and Sending in Your Album

   You may use Layout Creator software to design your pages and send them to the Album Manager.

     Using Layout Creator

1. Choose your layout
2. Drag and drop in the images into the layout, crop if you need to
3. Choose your options for that layout
4. Once the page is just how you want it click add to order
5. Continue until you are done working for that session
6. Click Review order and complete order, then send the pages to the lab
7. We will notify you when the images are posted on the Album Manager
8. Log in at www.BlackRiverImaging.com to access Album Manager and post

   You may also upload your pre-designed jpeg layout directly in Album Manager.

     Using Album Manager

1. Log in at www.BlackRiverImaging.com
2. Click on Album Manager in the menu on the right
3. Then choose Album Manager
4. Click Add an Event from the menu to the left
5. Fill in the Event Date, Event Name, Password (if no password is entered there will not be an option to approve the album online) and click Add
6. Your album will be listed on the Control Panel
7. Click Album Set Up beside the event
8. Then click Add Image
9. Choose from Add Images or Add Folder, (you may need to install Active X), load files and click Send when ready

Preparing your Album to Post

1. In Album Manager click "Album Set Up" beside the event
2. Give the Album an Event Date, Event Name and Password (if no password is entered they will not be able to approve it at www.ApproveMyAlbum.com) and click Update
3. Click Add Album Or Book
4. Select the options for the book(s) you would like to order
5. Click Post Event- fill out the required information. The software will walk you through the posting of the album

Notify your client to view the album

1. Notify your client that the album has been posted for review and approval. Send them to www.ApproveMyAlbum.com
2. Give them the Event Name and Password

Client Approval Process

1. If the album is OK they will click the "Next" button
2. This will bring them to another window in which they will need to verify the cover information and click the "Continue" button
3. The client will then be presented with a warning letting them know if they continue the album will be sent to production and no longer eligible for changes; they will click either "No, I will contact my photographer" or "Yes, Release My Album"
4. At this point we record the name they enter and the IP address from which they released the album. The album is now released and cannot be changed
5. Once the album is released you will get an email saying that it has been released along with a new order number for the production of the album

Change My Album

1. Should your client want to request a change they will click the "Change My Album" button. This will give them a window to email you the changes they would like

Making Changes to the Album

     In Layout Creator - Adding in new pages

1. Design your new layouts and add them to the order
2. Click Review order
3. In the order options you will see a box that says Add Pages to Existing Event Enter event order number here. Type in the order number for the original order number. If you do not know it you can find it at www.blackriverimaging.com under Album Manager
4. We'll email you when the new pages are ready for you to insert them

     Upload the new Pages directly in Album Manager

1. Log in at www.BlackRiverImaging.com
2. Click on Album Manager in the Menu on the right
3. Then choose Album Manager
4. Click Album Setup for the event you want to add pages to
5. Then click Add Image, choose Add Images or Add Folder to load your new pages and click Send

Inserting the New Pages from the Album Manager

1. Log in to the BRI web site and choose Album Manager
2. Click on Album Set Up
3. Click on View Images
4. Remove the bad page if you have one. To do this you will click the red arrow under the image. This will move it out of the album and to the left. (Any images displayed in the left column under "Additional Images" will not be printed)
5. The New pages will be on the left side of the window. Here you will click on the drop down choose the placement and click the insert button
6. When complete you are ready to post the event again

www.approvemyalbum.com