You can take orders for packages in ProSelect in a number of ways.
If all the items are the same size then create a price list item of the package and divide the price by the number of items in the package. Then order each image in the package with that price item. The total will be the package price. (ProSelect allows you to select all the images that go in the package together in the Place Order window and order them with one click of the "Quick Add" button)
- Assuming you have two or more image sizes in your package, you could have a price list item called "Package A - First" at the package price and another called "Package A - Others" at $0. Add the first image to the first item and the rest to the second.
- Or, if you don't need to record the sizes, have a price list item called "Package A" at the package price which you add the first item to it as above. Then also add the remaining images to this item but zero it's price before you click the "Add" button.
- Another option for handling a package for the same or different images is to create a template with all the different sizes in the package as openings in the template.
Then add the template to your price list as a Multi-print layout with the main image size set to the actual size that you want and set the price to the package price.
To take an order for the package, double click the template to create a new layout, drop all the images into the different openings and then add it to your orders via the Place Order window. The order report will list all the individual images in the layout (ie your "package") at the correct sizes but grouped together with one package price.
Note:
With ProSelect Pro's High-res production module you can then generate each image file in the package automatically or, if you order the layout as a composite, then all images in the package will be on one sheet.
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Package Workaround - from Martin Wise (UK)
"I've done something similar.
I have packages which include various sizes of different (or same) images but also includes various layouts with multiple apertures. For package purchases, I switch to my Package price list where I have a 0.00 price for every item available but have them listed as "10x8 - package print" or "20x16 Composite print". I then have a suite of images which are made up so that each thumbnail has a list and description of what each package contains.
After the slideshow completes, I import the thumbnails from my folder marked "package_thumbnails" using add folder of images. Each image has a title within it of say "Package A" and below it is a list of say "1 or 24x20 Composite Print" and under that "2 of 20x16 Single Image print" etc etc. These took 2 minutes in Photoshop to create with nice branding for my studio.
When a client purchases a package, I just order the relevant thumbnail. It has an assigned price so the total will always be correct and then I can just add the relevant images or layouts to the order. Nice thing is that when you print the order, there is no argument as to what they get in the package as it is shown at the top of the order list within the package thumbnail.
If the client changes the order by choosing a different package, then I just delete the package entry and replace it with the upgraded one which then replaces the order thumbnail to show the client what they now get.
Hope that makes sense when read - it works in practice!"
