Photo Book Crea,on. Op,ons and Methods. Presented by Jean Davids and Val Somerville Members of the Mon,cello Camera Club

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1 Photo Book Crea,on Op,ons and Methods Presented by Jean Davids and Val Somerville Members of the Mon,cello Camera Club

2 Op,ons for Crea,ng PhotoBooks Fastest growing segment of the photography market On- line websites (ShuEerfly, Snapfish, etc) Stores that offer photo prin,ng may offer books as well Home- made (print and bind yourself) Others (search for PhotoBooks and find op,ons for yourself)

Online Resources Listed by Ranking on TopTenReviews.com Name Sizes/Prices Website Shu3erfly (Jean uses) Sizes: 5x7 to 12x12. Prices range from $12.99 to $54.99. Good variety of styles and sizes. 8.

3 Online Resources Listed by Ranking on TopTenReviews.com Name Sizes/Prices Website Shu3erfly (Jean uses) Sizes: 5x7 to 12x12. Prices range from $12.99 to $ Good variety of styles and sizes. 8.5x11 Personalized Cover PhotoBook $ Mixbook Sizes range from 6x4-14x11. Prices range from $6.99 (currently $5.99) $49.99 (currently $34.99). MyCanvas Book sizes 8x8, 11x8.5 & 14x11. Prices $29.95, $34.95 & $ OurHubbub Sizes: 8x8, 11x8.75. Prices $34.99 for 22 pages either size. Lulu Sizes: 8x8 to 8.5x11. Prices range from $9.99 to $15.95 Also have wallet size (4 for $15.96) and Compact (3 for $17.97). Can add photos from Flickr, Facebook, others. Kolo (too pricey) Sizes 4x6, 8.5x11, 11x14. Prices are $15, $69, $ Snapfish (Val uses) Sizes: 2x3, to 12x12. Prices range from $4.99 to $ Good variety of styles and sizes. 8.5x11 Personalized Cover Photo Book is $

Online Photo Site Normal Procedure Upload photos using website s tools Once uploaded can be used for any kind of photo projects - create PhotoBooks and other

4 Online Photo Site Normal Procedure Upload photos using website s tools Once uploaded can be used for any kind of photo projects - create PhotoBooks and other products using uploaded photos Generally provide tools that are easy to use and edit for crea,ng projects All web based op,ons are best when using high speed internet

5 Home Made Op,ons Note: All of these methods require the use of a good quality photo quality printer to get best results Create the PhotoBook pages using any op,ons below: Create/Print using photo edi,ng soiware (Photoshop or other) Create/Print using scrapbooking soiware or downloaded PhotoBook crea,on soiware (Picaboo.com, MyPublisher.com) Create/Print using iphoto/ilife on Apple computer Create/Print using PhotoBook Kits (Epson & MyBook) Create/Print using PC/Windows Photo Prin,ng Wizard Crea,ng the PhotoBook (binding) PhotoBook Kits - Epson (Epson.com) & MyBook (google search to find loca,on) Use Thermal Binding (UniBind or YourStory) versus Comb Binding Scrapbooks or Ring Binders

6 Concerns Home Made Cost of good quality photo printer (I use Canon Pixma Pro 9000) Cost of supplies Photo Paper (single sided versus double sided) Printer Ink (big cost impact) Book Supplies Other Thermal PhotoBook Covers / spines Combs Cover/Card Stock Crea,ng good looking covers biggest issue with thermal iphoto/ilife designed to send to Apple but if you print to PDF you can easily print yourself and then bind

7 Crea,ng Your Own Photo Pages Using photo edi,ng soiware Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Lightroom iphoto/ilife (Mac only) Using digital scrapbooking soiware See reviews of top 11 products on TopTenReviews.com Note: has great backgrounds you can download for free to use with either photo edi,ng soiware or scrapbooking soiware. Just requires free membership. Note: Apple Leopard/Snow Leopard OS includes ilife with PhotoBook crea,on included.

8 Photo Edi,ng Soiware Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements Can work in layers Can customize your own templates and reuse them over and over again Complete flexibility over design Lots of support for free backgrounds and embellishments on the internet ( Lots of tutorials and support on a variety of internet websites including Adobe s own Other photo edi,ng soiware Use one that can do layers A variety of programs that can fit your need

9 Picaboo.com Soiware ** Good home op,on that can be used for free if you have high speed internet Picaboo.com offers a downloadable soiware program that you use locally on your computer to format your PhotoBook or Cards Save the finished book to the internet Op,on to Print photobooks locally (not cards), share via webpages saved to their website, or for purchase (Website: hep:// Impressions Requires high speed internet since to download the soiware & upload/save books/cards regardless of whether you will print locally or not Soiware appears to work well Good soluaon for free opaon of prinang at home

10 PhotoBook Kits (Windows) UniBind MyBook PhotoBook Kit: 1 8.5x11 black or white book with a window cut, 2 end sheets, and PhotoBook Layout Soiware - $18.95 at most websites. Epson StoryTeller PhotoBook Kit: Includes Soiware, Book Cover & Sheets 5x7 10 sheets for $19.99, 8x10 10 sheets for $24.99 or 8x10 20 sheets for $29.99 at Epson.com. Note: Do Google search for best pricing. MyBook is the preferred one of the two. BeEer quality and can print on both sides of paper you choose. Epson StoryTeller is limited to 8x10 images, requires good photo quality printer, limited to prin,ng on one side only using their paper and covers are very hard to line up properly. Also fell apart.

Book Crea,on Thermal Binding Purchase of thermal binding unit required Purchase of

units. Make sure that the ones you buy work in your unit.

units. There might be work- arounds to make them work but it takes trial and error.

required. Can be used for lots of general items such as calendars.

11 Book Crea,on Thermal Binding Purchase of thermal binding unit required Purchase of special thermal binding books required Note: Not all books can be used in other binding units. Make sure that the ones you buy work in your unit. For instance UniBind books work in UniBind units and YourStory books work in YourStory units. There might be work- arounds to make them work but it takes trial and error. Comb Binding Purchase of special comb binding unit required Purchase of combs for unit required. Can be used for lots of general items such as calendars. Scrapbooks Can buy a variety of scrapbooks to fit the size you want to print Ring Binders Not as professional looking but inexpensive and easy to do

Thermal Binding Make sure whatever you buy has the flexibility to do sizes up to 12x12 sheets UniBind PhotoBook Creator around $100 available at many websites (do Google search) YourStory Book

cover in with the YourStory book to make the unit heat up Thermal Binding units work with pre- glued book covers by hea,ng the glue and then cooling it to form a secure aeachment of the pages to the

12 Thermal Binding Make sure whatever you buy has the flexibility to do sizes up to 12x12 sheets UniBind PhotoBook Creator around $100 available at many websites (do Google search) YourStory Book Binder/Laminator around $65 Book binder and books available online and some stores Note: YourStory books don t work in the UniBind binding unit without work- arounds such as pu<ng a UniBind book cover in with the YourStory book to make the unit heat up Thermal Binding units work with pre- glued book covers by hea,ng the glue and then cooling it to form a secure aeachment of the pages to the book binding or spine. Takes 2-5 minutes to bind. Spines allow you to use card stock or other for custom covers. Standard PhotoBooks that you can buy are hard to create nice looking,tling on the covers unless they have a photo cutout on them.

Thermal Binding Supplies YourStory PhotoBooks Search

Many sizes and designs UniBind PhotoBook Covers

online UniBind Steelback Hard Covers UniBind

13 Thermal Binding Supplies YourStory PhotoBooks Search online to find sites that have YourStory PhotoBooks Many sizes and designs UniBind PhotoBook Covers UniBind PhotoBook Supplies are sold on many sites online UniBind Steelback Hard Covers UniBind Steelback Spines UniBind PhotoBook Hard Covers UniBind SteelMat Covers

find a variety of plas,c comb sizes Hold up fairly well and opens flat

14 Comb Binding Requires comb binding machine Requires purchase of plas,c binding combs Impressions Easy to create covers using card stock Easy to find a variety of plas,c comb sizes Hold up fairly well and opens flat Easy to print at home any way you like Can use for other projects like calendars

15 Comb Binding Supplies Binding Machines Available at Office Depot, Office Max, others Also available at many other kinds of stores and online Plas,c Binding Combs Available at Office Depot, Office Max, others Also available at many other kinds of stores and online

16 Scrapbooks or Ring Binders Scrapbooks or Ring Binders involve sliding pages into plas,c sleeves of some sort aier prin,ng your photo pages. Scrapbooks can be found commonly at places like Wal- Mart, Target and a variety of crai stores. Use 8 1/2x11 or smaller to print your own photos on standard size printer. Scrapbooks that are 12x12 in size require the use of a photo printer that can handle 13x19 size sheets or doing normal scrapbooking methods.

17 Summary Prices have dropped a lot for crea,ng PhotoBooks online so it is harder to jus,fy crea,ng your own at home. Main reason to do yours at home is full control over end results.

18 Demo of Snapfish Val Somerville will demonstrate how she creates PhotoBooks with Snapfish

19 Helpful Hints and Info by Val Somerville Go to and select photo books 20 pages classic $19.99 ( $1.99 per 2 pages added) or $5 more for leather cover. May add up to 150 pages total. Takes about one week to arrive. Tax & S/H run about $8 for one. Less if more ordered of same type book. Must have Adobe Flash installed. Download photos that you might use to an album on Snapfish.. Select order photo book on this album above play slideshow tab. Op,on: Go to: Store - photo books - select style (classic) cover theme - then make this book. May change cover & theme easily any,me later. Covers: linen, metallic, or leather (+$5) Select from scratch (not easy fill for fast auto fill) - con,nue. Choose templates for each page as you go. May modify template up to 15 photos. Photos will scramble aier add or delete if photo box numbers change, so you may have to move some around again before edi,ng them.. Drag photo to page and box from the right. Photos checked when used or hidden (op,onal) Easy to switch photos around. Edit each aier you have them all in place on that page. Choose template with wri,ng area if you wish to write on that page- or add on at top. Do print edi,ng very last aier all photos in place and edited (style, size, placement) Op,ons at boeom for margins, page styles, templates to drag up to page. Can view as 2 pages or album overview. May add pages or move pages. Saves periodically. Click to save to projects before closing. May order later watch for specials or add/ edit more prints later. April daily specials coming. Note that usual photo book discounts are only on the first 20 pages or base book price. Op,on to add iden,cal photos in 5 x7 mini paper cover book for $12 flimsy cover. Helpful op,on: print out first 2 pages under HELP bueon as reference.

20 Par,ng Word Go out and have fun crea,ng your own photo books or photo projects with whatever method suits your style.

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