MixUp App 1.9+ Photo Template Editor

🎨 Template Editor in MixUp

📸 What is a Photo Template?

A photo template defines how the final photo card will look after the session. You can configure:

Photo size
Number and position of booth photos
Background image
Overlay graphics
Printing options

The built-in template editor allows you to fully customize the final result.

🧭 Main Template Menu

Go to the Photo menu
Here you’ll see your current template
Available actions:

Edit — edit the current template
New — create a new template
Import — load a template from file
Export — save your current template to file
Save Preview — save the final customized preview
Save Layout — save only the layout of photo zones

You can also:

Quickly replace Background or Overlay
Choose the Printer used for printing this layout (main, optional, or custom)

For advanced printer settings, refer to the Printing Guide.

✨ Creating a New Template

Click New
If prompted to save changes:

Click Yes if you’re ready to start fresh
Otherwise, use Export to back up your current template first

Choose one of the pre-built templates (sizes and photo counts vary)
Customize:

Add a Background
Add an Overlay if needed

Done! You can now use or edit the template.

🔧 Opening the Editor

To open the full template editor:

Go to the Photo menu
Click Edit

You will now enter the extended layout editor. Let’s explore the Layers tab and all available tools.

🧱 Layers Tab – Working with Template Elements

Each image, overlay, or booth photo is a separate layer that you can fully manage.

🛠 Layer Actions:

Add image:
Click Add → Image
Select any image — it will appear on the canvas
Add booth photo:
Click Add → Photo from booth
A session photo placeholder is added
You can duplicate it to show the same photo in multiple places
Adjust layer properties manually (right panel):
X and Y — position
W and H — size (width and height)
Rotation — angle in degrees
Transparency — opacity
Layer controls:
🔒 Lock — layer becomes unmovable
👁 Show/Hide
🗑 Delete
📄 Duplicate
Select multiple layers:
Use the Select button to choose multiple layers for alignment, movement, or batch edits

🔲 Resize and Rotate

Gray corner markers — scale the layer
Green top marker — rotate the layer
To disable proportions:
Uncheck the box Keep aspect ratio

📐 Aspect Ratio

Each layer can be set to a predefined aspect ratio:

1:1
3:2
4:3
Or stretch/fit to page

Select via buttons in the right properties panel.

📏 Alignment Tools

You can align one or multiple layers:

Select the layers
Click Alignment
Available options:

Align center (horizontal or vertical)
Align left / right / top / bottom
Even spacing horizontally or vertically

⚙️ Additional Editor Functions

🎨 Background Color

In the Background Color menu:

Pick any color using the color picker

📥 Background & Overlay

You can load these directly in the editor.

These layers have special internal tags:

When you click “Replace Background” outside the editor, only this tagged layer will be replaced.
Other images are treated as regular layers.

↩ Undo / Redo

Use the Undo / Redo buttons (top toolbar) to step forward and back through your edits.

History is quite deep — you can safely experiment.

📐 Template Tab

Template-level settings:

Units:
Pixels
Centimeters
Inches
DPI — print resolution
Page size:
You can enter custom values
Or use presets (4×6, 6×6, etc.)
Orientation:
Portrait or Landscape
Content will rotate automatically to fit

📁 File Tab

Contains basic file actions:

New — create new template
Import / Export — load or save a template
Save Preview — save the final result
Save Layout — save photo zones only