Here is a list of some of the new features in Pictavo for the 2014-2015 school year:
SNIPPETS
• New collection of design elements
• Professionally designed mini-templates featuring items like sidebars, infographics, headlines, scoreboards, polls, quotes and more
• Simply drag and drop right onto your page
• Use as-is or as a starting place and edit to fit your needs
ENHANCED USER TRACKING
• Track additional details surrounding individual usage
• Get specific data for grading or a closer look at progress and edits
• Quickly pull a report showing all users
• Track things like: total time spent on each page, total time pages were accessed, total time book was accessed, total number of images uploaded and more
CUSTOM COLOR BACKGROUNDS & CLIP ART
• Select from a variety of grayscale backgrounds and clip art available for custom coloring
• Look for coloring icon next to the grayscale graphic to quickly find those available for customization
• Drag and drop onto your page and choose any color from the entire Pictavo palette to achieve the look you want
• Choose from more than 380 colors
LOCK PAGE ITEMS
• Lock items on a page to keep in place while working on other parts of the page
• Freely design without accidently selecting an item you’ve already placed and don’t want moved
• Lock candid photos, clip art, shapes, photo boxes and text boxes
IMPROVED SEARCH & FIND FEATURE FOR DESIGN ELEMENTS
• Search, find, filter and save favorite design elements for quicker access
• Type in what you’re looking for and Pictavo will filter the results that fit your description
• Search by item number (found in the Design Guide) or a descriptor
• Includes backgrounds, clip art, templates, Snippets and tagged Candids
• Save items into your ‘Favorites’ folder to quickly access them on any page
OTHER HELPFUL ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE:
• Index flows now update with changes to the Coverage Reporting/Indexing area.
• Saving changes to Portraits no longer requires a second save.
• The names of any folders you create can easily be changed as needed.
• Pictavo BuyTheYearbook orders can now be sorted by Student name and searched by Grade/Homeroom.
• Once you’ve shared a page with a user, their email is saved for easier retrieval in the future.
