+ How it works
Templates rot.
Principles compound.
Most tools ask your photos to fit a template. LAOUTS reads your photos and calculates a layout that fits them.
/ what the calculator runs on
Seven principles.
Every spread checks each one.
Generated, not picked from a list. One engine, every kind of book.
/01 · Hard rule
Seam keepout
Cells never hug the gutter. Subjects never get swallowed by the binding.
/02 · Hard rule
Page-edge breath
Print-safe inset from the trim edge. Bleeds are deliberate.
/03 · Hard rule
Hero hierarchy
Three+ photos on a spread? One is meaningfully larger. Rank reads instantly.
/04 · Soft score
Rule of thirds
Subjects on thirds intersections score higher. Eyes land where they should.
/05 · Soft score
Golden ratio
Asymmetric splits prefer 0.618. Feels right without knowing why.
/06 · Soft score
Mirror about seam
Two-photo spreads default to mirror partners. The seam becomes a hinge.
/07 · Cross-spread
Breath rhythm
Dense alternates with breath. No layout repeats back-to-back.
/ the pipeline
From upload
to printed spread.
Ten steps. You do one.
1. You drop photos → Library populated
2. AI analyzes each photo → face boxes · saliency · color · quality
3. LAOUTS calculator → candidate layouts from the seven principles
4. Hungarian assignment → optimal photo-to-slot pairing
5. Crop intelligence → subject zones inside each cell
6. Color harmony scoring → adjacent-photo clash penalty
7. Book pacer → no-repeat · breath · chapter heroes
8. Cover-crop render → rigid cells · photo crops to fill
9. You toggle / pan / zoom → every change re-scores instantly
10. Print-ready PDF → bleed-correct · color-managed · press-ready
/ at a glance
The numbers.
15+
layout primitives
∞
spread variations
4
product lines
0
templates to maintain
/ ready to see it