AlbumEasy Stamp Album Page Layout Software - Introduction and Tutorial

Using AlbumEasy to create custom stamp album pages. This tutorial will help you get started.
Other AlbumEasy tutorials:
* Using fonts - • AlbumEasy Stamp Album ...
* Adding images - • AlbumEasy Stamp Album ...
AlbumEasy is free open-source software. It can be downloaded from www.thestampweb...

[@watson946]

I like this Clive, I've not used it much but found it easy to create the first page of a GB Wildings album. Thanks for the software.

[@colinthomson6479]

Excellent, precisely what I have been looking for.

[@joseborregodiaz4836]

Great program and tutorials, ThnX so much

[@clivelevinson]

I am pleased that you like it, and thanks for the nice message :)

[@kegan1226]

Great instruction. Would be nice if it were possible to download a text outline of the complete video.

[@arunvikramn]

excellent tutorial

[@richardeade3766]

Thanks so much for this

[@silhat6809]

Excellent software. Just a quick suggestion (sorry if it’s already available and didn’t see it). It would be great to be able to add some text on the right or left side of the stamps (as on some of seven sea album pages). Anyway, it’s just a suggestion, it’s already great

[@clivelevinson]

Hello Silhat, I am pleased that you like AlbumEasy :) One way to add a paragraph of text to the right or left of a group of stamp boxes would be to use column mode. This can split part of a page vertically into two columns of different widths. A paragraph of text could be placed in one column and the stamp boxes in the other. If you need help setting this up, please contact me via www.thestampweb.com/contact and I can set up an example.

[@juanpabloraggioquintas7213]

Clevin: Thank you very much for the tutorials, they are fantastic. I want to make albums for Uruguayan stamps, but I can't download the Album Easy program. Would it be possible to make the program available to me? Thank you in advance for your attention. Greetings Pablo

[@clivelevinson]

Hello Juan, AlbumEasy is free, you can download it here www.thestampweb.com/albumeasy/download It is available for Windows, Mac or Linux. Please let me know if you have trouble downloading it.

[@peteowe]

Great software, thanks for sharing. Would you happen to have a build that can be used directly from the command line on Linux?

[@clivelevinson]

Hi Peter, you can run the existing version from the command line using the -c command line option. e.g for Linux ./AlbumEasy -c album.txt or if the required Qt libraries are not installed on your system use this instead ./AlbumEasy.sh -c album.txt readme-console.txt gives more information, this file can be found in the same directory as the AlbumEasy program

[@rafikouzrourou]

Greetings I've downloaded and used the albumeasy software and created two albums using sample albums found in your website. Great software and easy to use. My question if you allow me, I wonder if the arabic language is supported by the software? In case it is, how to proceed to use it and display text in Arabic? Many thanks.

[@clivelevinson]

Hello Rafik, if you have a keyboard that supports left to right Arabic text, and if you use a font that supports Arabic letters, for example, the Deja Sans font which is included with AlbumEasy you can display Arabic text e.g ALBUM_DEFINE_FONT(DEJAVU_SANS "DejaVu Sans") PAGE_TEXT (DEJAVU_SANS 14 "مرحبًا") For more details on using fonts, please see this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnqzg3aejamZqa8 oops, that should be a keyboard that supports RIGHT to LEFT Arabic text

[@rafikouzrourou]

@@clivelevinson thank you for your reply and useful insight

[@sentineltopnav7916]

Hello I was seeing in the file called new examples it generates errors in rows 71 ,82 ,92,102,PALI not found, what do you mean by this term? This information is taken from your most recent examples from the last previous version. It can be found on the seventh page. In your Newexamples there is no way to make four consecutive boxes and add text in the upper part, in the lower part of the box when adding text there is no way to justify it and make it well organised with respect to the stamp, nor can you place another type of margin, it is always predetermined by the designer of the programme.

[@clivelevinson]

Hello, PALI is defined as a Palatino Linotype Italic font. This is defined near the top of the NewExamples album file. If you remove this definition then it will generate an error. I guess that you must have edited the file and possibly removed the definition, because in the unedited file the PALI font is used on lines 274, 285, 195 and 305. Clive

[@kaywalker4433]

is it possible to have title page name lets say Canada outside and on top of the page border margin. thanks in advance

[@clivelevinson]

Hi, the PAGE_VSPACE command with a negative value will move the item that follows it up on the page. So for example you could have PAGE_VSPACE(-10.0) PAGE_TEXT_CENTRE (TN 12 "Canada" ) which will move Canada up 10mm. If you would like the text to overlap the page border, you would have to blank part of the border with a white image. For an example of how to do this, have a look at the Austria 1918 - 1938 album found here www.thestampweb.com/albums/free-downloads If it is still not clear, please message me via the contact form www.thestampweb.com/contact and I will be able to give you help you. Clive

[@kaywalker4433]

@@clivelevinson Thank you Clive, i will have a good try at this later on in the evening. will let you know how i get on through the addy you suggest.

[@sentineltopnav7916]

The person who designed this program should make a video tutorial explaining all the new features from version V4.3.0 (Jan 2022) to V4.5.0 (June 2023) because it is very complicated to understand, it is not easy to understand; the only one who understands it is the one who designed it, nobody else.

[@clivelevinson]

One of these days I will add an updated video, in the meantime, if you look in the examples folder that should have been installed with AlbumEasy, you will see a file called NewExamples.txt, this has examples of most of the new features.

[@rogerturner1881]

i understand it now and it goes through very well.The only thing is that if you want to use another alphabet like Greek for Greece stamps i don't know how you do this? Another issue is when adding stamps what do you add say the actual stamp is 25 x 35.I want to use Mounts..so you add 4mm to each ie 29 x 39.

[@clivelevinson]

@@rogerturner1881 Hi Roger, For mounts, I do increase the box sizes by 4mm, which allows a 2mm border all around. Instead of adjusting each stamp box, you could use the STAMP_BOXES_SIZE_ADJUST(4.0) command to increase the size of all boxes after it by 4mm. I have a video on using international character sets, such as Greek please see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnqzg3aejamZqa8si=nFONxy8Qc5tJihpR

[@studygroupenglishgrammar]

Im worried if this software contains a virus because most stuff on sourceforge contains viruses and when I tried to download it windows said that it was made by an unverified publisher Im not trying to blame you but some reconfirmation about the virus stuff would help. please tell me if it actually has a virus or not . Sorry for commenting this and I just want to say that this is an amazing initiative but I am very paranoid and would just like some reconfirmation as to why windows flags this .

[@clivelevinson]

As far as I am aware, my software is completely virus-free. To make sure, I scan it with multiple virus checkers before releasing it. The notion that most stuff on SourceForge contains viruses is likely a misconception. I have downloaded many applications from SourceForge and all have been virus free. Unfortunately, my software is flagged on both Windows and Mac as made by an unverified publisher. The only way around this is for me to purchase certificates. However, with two free software products, on two platforms, this would run me about $1000 a year. And, given that my website only brings in about $200 to $300 a year in advertising revenue, barely enough to cover hosting fees, this is not an option for me.

[@studygroupenglishgrammar]

@@clivelevinson Thanks this comment really helps I think I might have ocd or sth I just obsess over the littlest things for no reason.

[@studygroupenglishgrammar]

@@clivelevinson Btw I asked you the same question on the stamp bears forum feel free to ignore that.

[@clivelevinson]

@@studygroupenglishgrammar Speaking for myself, I think that there is a little OCD in most stamp collectors :)

[@studygroupenglishgrammar]

@@clivelevinson yup 😅