The Photolab Software is designed to be as intuitive and user-friendly as possible. Note, however, that this method doesn’t allow you to move the image around. ’full-bleed’ in graphic design jargon), simply drag your image from the image browser onto the page, and when the ‘ How to Drop?’ menu appears, select Single Page Background. Or, if you want the image to go right to the edges of the page with no border at all (a.k.a. Otherwise, I find it tends to be the more imprecise method. Easier if you’re good at drag-n-drop, or if you happen to be using one of those stylus-tablet contraptions instead of a mouse. The other method, for those of you who fancy yourselves to be freewheelin’ drag-n-drop experts, is to drag the image onto the page in its original rectangular dimensions, then go about adjusting the frame to square as described above in step two. Just more user-friendliness from the Photolab software!)

(See that warning icon in the turtle photo? That’s the software telling me the image isn’t large enough and may not print well as a result.

If you choose to select a photo as your background, the software automatically crops it to square for you.