In this month’s blog, we spotlight MaxLab Layout Designer to highlight the creative possibilities it offers.
In the bulk image market, creating one-off, bespoke customer products is achievable, but the true challenge lies in scaling that process across hundreds of projects with thousands of images, all while maintaining speed, accuracy, quality, and profitability.
That’s where MaxLab Layout Designer comes in.
Layout Designer is designed to revolutionise the way you work, offering an efficient and streamlined solution to handle high-volume jobs without sacrificing the uniqueness of each product. Whether you're working on a large batch of personalised designs or custom layouts, Layout Designer automates the repetitive, time-consuming tasks, so you can focus on creativity, quality control, and customer service.
Why struggle with slow, manual processes when you can complete hundreds of jobs in a fraction of the time? With MaxLab Layout Designer, you can easily apply customised layouts and templates, across a wide range of images, ensuring consistency, precision, and speed for every project.
Not only does Layout Designer allow you to create bespoke products on demand, but it also ensures scalability and efficiency for businesses looking to meet the demands of high-volume production. The software empowers you to manage thousands of images seamlessly, reducing errors and cutting down production times—helping you deliver projects faster and more profitably.
Let Layout Designer shoulder the heavy lifting, so you can focus on innovation and delivering outstanding, personalised results at scale.
So, how does it all work?
Layout Designer is incredibly powerful, allowing you to create stunning designs like the one we’re about to show—let’s take, for example, a magazine front cover for each pupil in a school. Here’s how it all comes together.
Step 1: The Picture
It all starts with the picture—one you’ve taken using a green screen. You can easily remove the background and seamlessly insert your subject into the design.
Step 2: The Background
Next, choose the background. Whether it’s a custom graphic, a themed backdrop, or something more specific to the design, the background sets the tone of your image.
Step3: Add the Data
Finally, data comes into play. This could be the pupil's name, their sport, school house or any other personalised information. Layout Designer can easily pull this data from your database and apply it to the images.
Putting it all together
Now, these individual elements—the image, the background, and the data—can traditionally be compiled in Photoshop or other editing software which, as we all know, is slow and laborious. However, the real power of MaxLab Layout Designer lies in its speed and efficiency. Instead of manually creating one image at a time, Layout Designer allows you to automate the entire process. You can quickly produce hundreds of customised images with just a few clicks.
What does the layout look like?
Let's take a look at what a layout might look like for this magazine cover product.
At first glance, this may look complex. But don’t worry—the design process is a one-time setup. Thanks to Layout Designer’s intuitive tools, it’s easier than it looks. Once the layout is complete, you’re ready to create multiple unique images with different data.
For example, in our layout, elements like the name, sport, and magazine title are dynamically linked to the data stored with each image. This means the text will automatically change depending on the information available for each pupil. So, with the same layout, you can create endless variations simply by updating the data.
Multiple images, same layout
Here’s another set of images using the same layout.
As you can see, while the output looks different, the underlying layout remains unchanged. This is the magic of MaxLab Layout Designer: it automates customisation at scale, saving you time and effort while delivering high-quality, personalised products every single time.
Layout Designer doesn’t just handle complex and high-end projects— it’s equally effective for more straightforward tasks. Whether you're creating class composites, personalised panel prints, or staff ID cards, MaxLab Layout Designer has you covered.
Class Composites
Need to create a class composite for each group of students? MaxLab Layout Designer simplifies this process, allowing you to assemble individual student images into one polished, cohesive design quickly and effortlessly. With just a few clicks, you can produce multiple variations for different classes, saving time and ensuring consistency.
Personalised panel prints
Maybe you’re designing personalised panel prints? MaxLab Layout Designer makes it easy to create stunning, customised prints with names, images, and other details—all in a single setup. You can design the layout once and let the software handle the rest, automatically generating multiple unique panel prints from your data set.
Staff ID Cards
For tasks such as creating staff ID cards, MaxLab Layout Designer’s ability to work with one design across multiple images shines. With a standardised layout for the ID card, simply input the staff data and photos, and Layout Designer will generate individual cards for each person, all with the correct names, photos, and details.
By automating both the intricate and the everyday tasks, Layout Designer ensures that no matter what you’re working on, you can do it quickly, efficiently, and at scale. Whether creating one-off bespoke products or managing bulk projects with thousands of images, MaxLab Layout Designer is the solution for personalised image creation at any level.
We hope our latest blog has given you some insight into the creative capabilities and efficiencies of MaxLab Layout Designer, and how you can incorporate this powerful tool into your bulk photography studio to help you increase production without losing sight of high quality, and great customer service. If you’d like to discuss how MaxLab can help your business do more, contact our team to book a call.
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