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internet or scanned from brochures or books own books.
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before saving in the collection. You might like to suppliers we contacted: Don’t design a book
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inclusion in your book. Photobook suppliers have been known to
change their software and, once that happens,
Designing and laying out the book it may be no longer printable. It's always useful
Once you've chosen the template, laying out the to be on the mailing list of your favoured
book is relatively straightforward. Most of your SKRWRERRN VXSSOLHU VR \RX FDQ EH QRWLÀHG RI
choices will involve maintaining the sequence of coming changes.
the 'story' you're telling and deciding how many
images to put on each page. Printing
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relying on the software template, and try to printed as some photobook providers print in
save them in a separate folder at a size that Australia, while others print off-shore. If you're
is close to (or slightly larger than) the size at keen to support local companies, check before
which they will be printed. If you start with large, using the service.
Photobooks are a great way to hand on family traditions,
high quality images you have some scope for Most services use digital equipment such as
like recipes and cultural practices. (Source: Momento;
cropping. Low-resolution photos won't look WKH +3 ,QGLJR RU ;HUR[ 9HUVDQW GLJLWDO SUHVVHV image credit: Zahn Pithers.)
sharp when printed.
In most cases the number of images per
page should relate to the page size and the
quality of the image. Eye-catching images
deserve single-page spreads, in which the
picture covers the entire page.
Decide whether you want a 'full-bleed' spread
with no borders or, if that would crop away key
areas of your photo, choose a 'container' size
smaller than the spread. Use the template's
guidelines when placing images, making sure
you drag the photo over the edge of the bleed
line so it prints to the edge of the page.
Portfolio books that are designed to
showcase a set of images should generally
be printed as single-page spreads. Consider
putting the image on the right hand page and
any related text (place, date, etc.) on the left,
keeping it small enough to ensure it doesn't
attract attention away from the photograph.
Gather photos that belong together in
multiple-image spreads, which can contain as
few as two photos or up to eight. More than
eight pictures on a page inevitably means they
are rather small, which will lessen their impact.
Vary the sizes of photos in a spread to add
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in some cases it can result in landscape images
being cropped to portrait format or portrait
photos going into landscape containers. It can
also add pages to a project without you being
aware it's happened.
The cover layout is usually dictated by the
Look for creative ways to group pictures on a page, varying the sizes of photos to add interest. The use of a
template you choose. Some templates provide full-bleed high-key monochrome image for the background gives the page more impact. (Source: Cahoots.)

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