PJ Retro is the original version of Photojunction. You may want to continue with Retro because you need features that have not yet been implemented in PJ Remix (eg the Portrait module), because you don't have  enough computer power to run Remix, or because you're still using Mac OS9. Our Help resources for PJ Retro can all be accessed from this page.

PJ Retro Guide

Click here to download the Photojunction v5.2 Guide as a single, indexed, zipped PDF (32MB; Windows XP and Mac OSX only; please email us if you're using Mac OS9). You will need Adobe Reader to open the file.

Click here to download a PDF outline of new features added in v6.2 (the final release of PJ Retro). The main new features are also covered in the classroom movies that follow.

PJ Retro classroom movies

These movies are designed for viewing on a screen set to 1024x768 pixels or greater. To view them you'll need the free QuickTime 7 player for Macintosh or Windows. The movies should be used in conjunction with the Photojunction Guide, which covers many topics in more detail.

save the movies to your hard disk for future reference

Depending on your browser settings, the movies will most likely play in a browser window, and will not be automatically saved to your hard disk. To save them permanently for future reference, right-click on the movie (Control-click if you’re using a Macintosh single-button mouse) and select Save as QuickTime movie from the pop-up contextual menu.

prefer to download everything?

Click here to download everything as one zipped archive (220.4MB, OSX and Windows only).

getting started with photojunction

Downloading and installation 5:59mins; 8.7MB

As this movie explains, you'll need to download pre-configured "resources" for at least one album supplier before you can use Photojunction.

Registration 6:21mins; 7.7MB

We recommend that you view this movie before registering Photojunction. It steps you through the registration process and explains about Prepayment codes, the terms of your subscription and how to renew, register extra seats etc.

organising the image resource

1_The New Order wizard 9:11mins; 14.8MB

Creating and opening Client Files and linking image folders using the New Order wizard; explains the roles of high-res and proxy files.

1b_Where to next? 7:31mins; 10.3MB

Before you start work on your first client file, take this tour of Photojunction features and where to find them.

2_Linking more images 4:24mins; 6.1MB

How to add more high-res and/or low-res (proxy) images to a Client File.

3_Re-linking images 4:27mins; 6.0MB

What to do when Photojunction “loses your images”: when and how to re-link image folders to a Photojunction Client File

4_Organising your images 8:26mins; 12.5MB

Preparing the images to show your clients; an introduction to the Group Sort – Studio screen (viewing options; selecting and dragging; the action buttons and what they do) plus comments on tailoring procedures to your studio.

interacting with your clients

5_Image selection 8:46mins; 13.1MB

Photojunction’s interactive review function, allowing your clients to quickly view, compare and select images for their albums and portraits.

6_About projectors 8:42mins; 10.5MB

How to project album and portrait layouts and the images themselves actual size on a digital projector.

album design

7_Specifying albums 8:02mins; 8.2MB

Creating and starting work on an album order; matted versus (un-matted) digital albums; how to specify an album from a supplier’s pre-defined resources.

8_Page design (introduction) 8:19mins; 13.9MB

Introducing the album-planning screen and fundamentals of designing album page layouts.

9_The alignment tools 5:19mins; 8.9MB

A detailed description of Photojunction’s alignment tools.

10_Special effects 14:33mins; 24.2MB

The “special effects” you can apply to your images using Photojunction; the differences in Photojunction’s treatment of matted versus digital (un-matted) albums; background colours and graphic elements in digital albums.

11_New album design tools in v6.2 6:51mins;14.1MB

An introduction to some of the new album design tools in Photojunction v6.2, including photo-safe and alignment guides, and the cover image design function.

12_Using templates 7:53mins; 8.7MB

This movie describes how to design albums in Photojunction using templates.

13_Modifying templates 5:39mins; 5.2MB

More about templates; how to modify them; how to scale templates designed for other album formats.

14_Organise_templates 6:22 mins; 8.6MB

Downloading, importing, exporting and organizing your template collections.

portrait design

15_Portrait_design 7:51mins; 9.9MB

This movie describes portrait design comprehensively. Because the portrait module shares so much with album planning, you should also check out the movies on album design; see also movies under “Interacting with your clients”.

16_Portrait_framing 10:29mins; 17.4MB

Once your clients have decided on an image and size, this movie explains how to preview the framed portrait to them.

high-res exports and sending your order

17_Check image files 4:18mins; 8.4MB

How to check for (and correct) potential problems with your image files before you create your high-res exports.

18_High-res_export wizard 10:45mins; 22.8MB

The new high-res export wizard produces the high-res print files you need automatically, while the lab settings control feature ensures that they conform to your lab's requirements.

19_Getting your order to your album supplier and lab 8:50mins; 18.7MB

Covers the new features in v6.2, including the supplier options screen, the various send-online and save-to-disk options, and when to use them.