CLASSCOMPOSER
a Maddie Creative product
Picture day is done. Now comes the crop pass and every class composite — without lining up faces in Photoshop by hand.
If you’ve run school season
You know the part that eats the nights
Shooting the school is the easy half. Then it’s head sizes that don’t match, grids rebuilt class by class, and one more retake before the lab deadline.
Same framing across a grade so one kid doesn’t look giant next to another. Shoulder width, chin room, eyes on a line — every portrait, every class.
Background, school name, grade or teacher label, name under each face. Then you do it again for the next class. And the next.
Eyes closed. Looking away. Absent on picture day. You pull them out, leave a gap, or drop the retake in later — without wrecking the whole grid.
You still want a real layered PSD you can open, tweak, and send to the lab. Not a locked black box — just less grunt work before you get there.
The workflow
From the school folder to the finished class sheet
Point it at how you already file the job. Check the crops. Let Photoshop build the layered composites.
Bring in the school
Open the job by grade and class. Set head-and-shoulders framing once. Use one background across the whole run when that’s how you deliver.
Work the crops
Face find runs first and flags the hard ones. Nudge head size, reframe a whole class, or pull someone out for a retake.
Build the composites
Artboard, background, titles, logo, borders, name labels. Preview matches Photoshop. Export a PSD and JPG for each class.
Built for the shop
Volume school work, on the machines you already use
Creative Cloud is fine. Same Windows PC. Not Photoshop Elements.
Installer Setup file for the PCs that already run your school season. Mac later.
School-day machines often have no internet. Activate once, then crop and compose offline.
14 days or 5 class composites — whichever comes first. Enough to run a school, not a demo reel.
How you own it
Yours to keep. Never locked out.
CLASSCOMPOSER is a once-off purchase for a major version. It runs fully offline after activation — we will never switch the app off or lock you out of software you already bought.
Your purchase covers a full year of support and updates from the day you activate.
From year two, a small yearly fee covers ongoing CLASSCOMPOSER updates — so your workflow stays intact when Adobe updates Photoshop or Microsoft updates Windows, and you receive new features, performance work, and layout tools as we ship them.
If you don’t renew, your current version simply keeps working as it is — at least until a Photoshop or Windows update changes things enough to break compatibility. No hostage fee. No dark patterns.
At $249, if you value studio time at about $20/hour, CLASSCOMPOSER covers its cost in roughly twelve and a half hours — easy to reclaim across a busy school season of crops and composites.
Pricing
Simple seats. Clear numbers.
Seats are machines, not named users. Studio is three PCs for less than buying three Singles — built for multi-station shoot days.
Prices in USD. We’ll confirm the best seat for your setup when you get in touch.
Get started
Prove it on a real school job
Download the Windows Setup — no license key needed. The trial is 14 days or 5 class composites, whichever comes first. When you’re ready to buy, contact us for a Single or Studio license key.
Windows PC with Adobe Photoshop CS6 or later. After install, open CLASSCOMPOSER and start a real school job — the trial begins on first use.
FAQ
Common questions
Do I need a license key for the trial?
No. Download the Setup, install, and start working. CLASSCOMPOSER runs a free trial (14 days or 5 class composites). A paid license key is only needed when you buy.
Does it replace Photoshop?
No. You still finish in Photoshop. CLASSCOMPOSER runs the crop review and layout, then hands Photoshop a job that builds the layered composite.
Is Photoshop Elements enough?
No. You need Adobe Photoshop CS6 or later (Creative Cloud is fine) on the same PC.
Can I run it on more than one computer?
Single is one PC. Studio covers three PCs. Deactivate on the old machine before activating on a new one when you move.
Do I have to pay every year to keep using it?
No. You buy a major version once and keep using that build offline. Yearly maintenance after year one is optional — it unlocks continued updates and support. Skip it and your current version keeps working, until a Photoshop or Windows update breaks compatibility.
Is there a Mac version?
Not at first launch. Windows ships first; Mac follows once early sales fund Apple notarization.