Patent ID: 8726186

Claim:
In a server-based system for creating and editing image-based projects, the system having access to a digital medium containing an executable graphics user interface (GUI) accessible by computer browser, a method for providing a grid pattern by scaling project pages using relative units, comprising the steps: (a) establishing a 0 point at the center of each project page of a project; (b) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for width equal to one half of total width value, and scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for width equal to one half of total width; (c) from the center, scaling a number of relative units ending at a negative limit value for height equal to one half of the total height and scaling a number of relative units ending at a positive limit value for height equal to one half of the total height; (d) representing each unit as an equal division of the total value from the negative limit to the positive limit for width and for height; (e) calculating a plurality of aspect ratio groupings, each aspect ratio grouping comprising two or more output sizes corresponding to a given orientation of a project page, wherein any project page having said given orientation does not require any editing of page content before printing in said corresponding two or more output sizes; (f) calculating a core aspect ratio for each of the plurality of aspect ratio groupings, so as to produce a plurality of core aspect ratios, wherein the core aspect ratio is calculated so as to result in minimal loss of page content during printing of a project page; and (g) identifying a particular core aspect ratio for the project from the plurality of core aspect ratios, wherein the particular core aspect ratio corresponds to the ratio of height to width for each project page of the project and to the grid pattern and further automatically resizing objects as they are added to the project page according to the particular core aspect ratio.