Can I save a book custom template - Lightroom 5

Can I save a complete book design (not just custom pages) to re-use over and over again on different projects. I want to save it as a SET style and design? Thanks

Yes, I've made copies of the Book design but I wanted to save the whole Book as a template, so that all I would have to do is click on it and hey presto a blank book appears for me to just add my photo's and text.
Also how do I assign a copied book to a group of pictures?Thanks.

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Pamela 2 wrote:
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A method to create completely customized photo book page templates from scratch in Lightroom 5

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Enjoy, and please share any clarifications, corrections, or enhancements to my process.

peter at knowhowpro wrote:
DHWachs wrote:
This post was great! Thank you so much. But I am hoping you know one more thing related to this. In the "transform" section of the definition (where the x/y coordinates are set along with height and width) there is an option called "angle". I was hoping that changing this value would allow me to offset the angle of the picture. However, if I put any value there other than 0 the template becomes unusable.
Do you happen to know what this option does?
I haven't looked into the files, so this is just a guess based on how some graphic applications work. It's common to think of rotating a shape as pivoting around a center point, but It's possible that the file sets a value for the rotation point not at the center. In some graphics applications, you can set a shape's pivot at any corner or in the middle of any side, of the rectangle that contains the whole shape.
So, your value may be rotating the shape around a pivot that moves the shape into some area that upsets the behavior of other shapes. Just a thought.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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Save PDF to iPhoto 300 DPI.workflow.zip
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