Lightroom Classic Print Module - multiple pages

[brezeljo]

Hi,

I created templates which I want to use in the custom package templates section.

I want to create multiple pages and then apply different layouts to each.

Here's the problem:

When I add a page (or some pages), each time I apply a template to a page all the other pages are gone (disappears), only the last page with the template applied stays.

Any ideas? Bug?

Thanks,

Jo

[Akash Sharma]

Hi Jo,

Sorry that the pages in Print module of Lightroom Classic are disappearing while you're editing a page with template. That shouldn't be happening, let's work to isolate what you're seeing.

Could you please share a screenshot of the Print module and the options to illustrate the issue? Does the problem occurs while working on a single template only? Have you tried using a different set of images or templates?

Thanks,

Akash

[brezeljo]

Hi Akash, thanks for the reply, I just wanted to upload a screen record but Richard (answer below) explains that I couldn't do what I want...

[richardplondon]

You can define your multiple pages (each with its own, different custom package layout) and then save the whole thing combined, as a single print preset template.

Whenever you re-load a print preset this replaces all aspects of whatever layout arrangement you might currently show: you cannot restrict the scope of that, so it only affects one part of that arrangement.

[brezeljo]

Thanks Richard, this is really a shame and I cannot understand that it works like so.

[richardplondon]

The pages are just components of a single, overall print layout. That is what the print preset is saving. Print presets are not page layout masters, as you would find in DTP.

IMO one cannot expect LR to work in all the exact same ways, as page layout software does - it does offer some simple page layout tools of its own, but expectations are different.

[brezeljo]

Just to explain, what I want to achieve is to use LR for a book layout, but I don't want use Blurb. The best way would be using the Book module but then you can't save double pages as jpg's... Any other idea would be welcome 😉

[richardplondon]

Lay out each double-page spread as a single 'page'?

[brezeljo]

Yes, this would be a workaround if one could choose a custom size for the book which seems not to be possible. There might be a deep relationship with Blurb.

I will probably try the PDF export for a square book and see if it works.