What's Included in the 2024r1 Default Data

• Prints: Sample print and presentation option configurations from popular Suppliers such as WHCC, Millers, and Bay Photo.
• Gallery Wraps: Pre-configured Gallery Wrap options from ACI and WHCC.
• Composite Templates: A comprehensive collection of ready-to-use popular composite templates.
• Rooms: 30 calibrated and ready-to-use Library Rooms. 
• Book Designs: A sample of popular book designs (setup parameters) from WHCC, Bay Photo, Finao, and ACI.
• Stacked Album/Book Pages: Pre-configured template spreads for both square and vertical albums.
• Stacked Wall Groupings: 52 Wall Groupings using stacked sizes for use with most Suppliers.
• Frames: A selection of frame moldings available from popular Suppliers including GNP, WHCC, and ACI.
• Traditional Mats: A comprehensive selection of commonly used traditional mats from Suppliers including GNP, WHCC, and 3XM.

Quick Tip - Stacked Sizes

Stacked sizes are new for ProSelect 2024r1.  Many fixed-size product templates have multiple sizing options because they have been "stacked together."  Remember to use the drop-down arrows next to stacked templates to reveal all the sizing options.

As new resources become available, The "Install Default Resources" option allows you to retain your current ProSelect data (such as prices, templates, etc.) while adding new resources that come with the most recent version of the software.  This feature lets you choose multiple collections of elements to install.  For example, you can select and add only new rooms or other specific resources based on your needs.  There are some resources that may only be available from starting new or resetting your system to default.

1. On the top menu, go to File > ProSelect Data > Install 2024r1 Default Resources.
2. You will be directed to the Pro Studio Software website.
3. From here, click on a collection to download it.
4. The collection will download to your designated downloads folder.
5. In the downloads folder, double-click the file to unzip (if it did not automatically unzip).

Import Collection in ProSelect 

1. Navigate back to ProSelect.  On the top menu, go to Products > Import Collection.
2. Find the collection file (.ppc) on your computer and click "Open", or drag and drop the file into the Image List on the ProSelect main screen.
3. The Import Collection dialog will appear.
   
   
   
   
4. Use the checkboxes to select which items to import.  You can choose to "Check All" and import the entire collection, or "Check None" and select individual elements to import.
5. Once you have gone through the tabs and confirmed which items to import, click the Import button.

Import Options

Import options are accessed by clicking on the Options button.  These options are relevant to collections which include pricing and/or Photoshop files.  In most cases, you should not change these settings.

• Include Price List Items: By default, Price List Items will be included in the import as well as their prices.  Pricing is imported to ALL Price Lists in ProSelect.  Uncheck these boxes if you do not wish to import pricing.
• Reset Markup to 1.0x: If a markup has been utilized when pricing, you have the option of resetting all imported items to a markup of 1.0x.
• Include Photoshop Files: When importing a collection that includes items with associated high-resolution resource images (such as overlay images or mat images), these image files are automatically imported into the designated ProSelect Resources subfolder.
• Include Production Profiles: If any of the imported items have an assigned Production Profile, it will be imported as well.  Uncheck the box if you do not wish Production Profiles to be imported.
  
  

Important Info - Conflict Resolution

If the Collection includes items already present in your ProSelect setup, these will be indicated as 'Conflict' in the right-hand column of the import window. You can resolve these conflicts by clicking on the down arrow and choosing either to "Replace" or "Add" the item.  You can multi-select and apply either "Replace" or "Add" to more than one item at a time.

(a) Replace the existing items with those from the Collection.

(b) Add the Collection items as a new group, distinct from existing ones.

When adding a new group, ProSelect appends the current date (in YYYYMMDD format) to the name of the imported group. This helps differentiate it from any pre-existing groups and assists in managing multiple versions or variations of similar items.

ProSelect automatically saves a backup of your data file prior to importing a collection.  In addition to this automatic backup, you can manually create backups at any time.  This manual backup is always advised should there be a failure within the ProSelect configuration folders holding those backups.

1. Go to the top menu, File > ProSelect Data > Export Data to.
2. Save the data file (.xml) to your computer or external drive.

Quick Tip - Create a Backup Folder

Make a folder on your desktop “ProSelect Data Backups”.  Each time you make a backup file, add the date into the file name: 2023-08-31 ProSelect_Data.xml.  Save the backups to this folder.  Doing so will give you an ongoing history of backups should you ever need to step back.  These files require very little storage space.

If you have created a backup of your data file and wish to return to your previous setup:

1. On the top menu, go to File > ProSelect Data > Import Data from.
2. Find and select the data file (.xml) on your computer.
3. ProSelect will replace its current data file with the selected data file.

You can also restore from an auto backup should ProSelect fail to start or stall during the initialization process.  Click on Reset ProSelect for more information.