Gilkar

Back in 2006 or thereabouts I bought Lumapix Fotofusion. I used it for a number of years and then moved on to other projects. I used it primarily to create composites for sororities and fraternities, (I'm in a University town). I now have a need for it again and I managed to find the program on one of my archived disk drives. To the best of my knowledge I have the last incarnation of the stand alone version, (Version 5). The program is now a subscription and I have no desire to upgrade as I only need to use it once. One reason for using the program is that it easily will create a photo-composite for headshots. I have about 200 heads that I have to place. I did the photography with my camera tethered to my computer using Lightroom. Lightroom allows me to rename the camera file to the students name on the fly, so for example IMG-202.jpg is renamed to Jones, J.jpg in the exif file. This enables me to use a feature in FOTOFUSION that allows me to import that file data without the .jpg extension and put it into a text box under the corresponding photo. This saves a huge amount of time as I do not have to manually type in each name under the picture. I know how to access this feature and do this one image at a time but I do not remember the procedure for doing it on multiple images at a time. I know how to create text boxes under each image by selecting all of the images and pushing the text box button, but the created text box appears with the hint, "double click this text to replace it". If I do not clear the text box of the "hint" I get, "double click this text to replace it Jones, J". I have tried selecting all of the text boxes and doing a global delete so all that remains is an empty text box but have not been able to get it to work. Once the text box is clear all one has to do is select auto fill and the exif data is automatically placed in the proper box. If anyone can tell me how to do this please respond. Your help will save me a lot of time and typing.
Thanks in advance

montephoto

I too loved and used Lumapix Fotofusion and I had the exact same software version as you. It was wonderful for creating wedding albums and class composites. UNFORTUNATELY, the software has been abandoned. Lumapix sent out a notice when they did this along with a procedure that was supposed to enable users like us to continue to use the abandoned software. I followed their instructions and they simply did not work as stated. The Fotofusion Facebook page is a ghost town. I, personally, am upset that the company took away this very useful software with no recourse but to pay the now exorbitant leasing fees. If you find a way to make Lumapix Fotofusion to work, I would love to hear from you. This software was way ahead of its time.

I still create smaller composites using previous composites .psd's as a template. I rename the files (Last, First) and let Ps alphabetize the files and then I drag the sized images into the old composite. My composites are very typically 35-45 images, so I am able to adjust the image frames for changes in my numbers. I have not done composites with 200 heads, but describing how to do it is harder than actually doing it.

Gilkar

Thank you for your reply. I am having no trouble making my copy of the program work. I am having trouble remembering how to do it. I am fortunate enough to have printed a copy of the instructions, (144 pages), that I saved in an old loose leaf book so many years ago. My problem is in the creation of, and subsequent selection of and manipulation of, the text boxes so that I can add my exif data to them. Once I have that figured out, or an intrepid UHH user tells me how to do it, the problem will be solved. I seem to be forgetting more than I remember these days but at 80 years old I'm still learning, or relearning, new things. I have my fingers crossed that someone will have the answer.