The basics

342 ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0 FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
PHOTO CREATIONS
Everyday-Expandible and Metropolitan-Oversized options providing a level of flexibility beyond
the normal offerings.
Books are produced using the aid of a step-by-step web wizard. Through the process you select
an interior style, input book details such as title and description, drag and drop photos from your
on-line albums to include in the book, design the layout of the pictures and then preview the
final result before placing your order.
SnapFish (www.snapfish.com)
SnapFish.com boasts over 12 million users worldwide and
provides options for both film and digital users to get their
pictures on a truly mind-boggling array of photo products.
Yes, you can have your favorite photo on everything from
your baby’s nappy bag and your dog’s food bowl to your
husband’s tie.
Two photo book options are also included in their product
range. Flipbooks are similar to the spiral-bound photo books
that local laboratories have been offering for years except with SnapFish you can add a colored
or patterned background to your photos before they are printed and bound.
The second option is the Memory Book product which comes with a cloth-bound hard cover and
a minimum of 20 pages. One standard die-cut style is available but inside you can choose from
single- or double-sided printing, captions or no captions and a range of page designs.
To create a book you must first create an on-line album and upload your pictures. The album
(or albums if you have uploaded more than one) then becomes the centre of your SnapFish
production. Images are selected from the album to be included in the book, which you can
organize and design manually or get the web wizard to automatically produce for you (this
option is called Express).
MyPublisher (www.mypublisher.com)
MyPublisher is a dedicated book publisher that provides
the widest range of photo book sizes of all our candidate
companies. They range from the small pocket books
(6 × 8 inches) to the mammoth Deluxe books (12 × 16 inches
with full bleed available).
The company uses a production approach that is based
around a free layout utility called BookMaker which is downloadable from their website. Images
are sourced directly from your hard drive, arranged and laid out in book form before your
purchasing details are added and the whole project uploaded to the net.
Book resources at: www.adv-elements.com