How to Design a Photobook
The ability to create a photo book with style and pizazz is right at your fingertips. Photo websites have made it so easy to get images off your camera or computer and into albums everyone can enjoy, your digital photobook is just a click away. By publishing your photo book on a photo website, you'll find that crafting an eye-catching album is a simple way to create something that can be enjoyed for generations.
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Instructions
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Uploading photos is easy Organize your photo images on your computer by making a separate folder for each photo book you'd like to make.
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Drag and drop your images onto the photo site's predesigned templates. Upload your image files onto the photobook publisher's website, as instructed on the site.
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Choose your photobook's size, theme, photo layout and cover. Decide on the style or theme of your photo book. Each photo site makes the process easy by offering premade page templates that allow you to drag, drop, edit and crop your images.
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Relax and have fun as you decide on the look and flow of your photobook. Arrange your images so that the order of your photos tells a story.
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Use the site's text tool or handwrite your memories in your photo book. Write in your photobook using the website's text tool to preserve memories about the photos that may be forgotten over time. Journal about things like what the best part of the trip was or what makes a picture special to you.
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The digital age has made creating photo books easier than ever. Order and pay for the number of photobooks you'd like to purchase, according to the photobook website's instructions.
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Tips & Warnings
Stick to a basic theme in your layout throughout your photobook; keep the pages simple. If you're ready to flex your creative muscle, use the site's decorative pages to spice up your memories. Some sites even let you upload your own designs.
Click on the site's "Save" button after creating each page.
Even though you have your images stored on a website, back up all your photos on a CD, flash drive, online backup service or external hard drive.
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- Photo Credit old album image by Igor Shootov from Fotolia.com downloading pictures from camera to laptop image by patrimonio designs from Fotolia.com red bordered templates image by leafy from Fotolia.com albums ouverts et fermés image by Unclesam from Fotolia.com work after working image by Igor Nikolayev from Fotolia.com calendar and pen image by Dariusz Urbanczyk from Fotolia.com albums photos image by Mermozine from Fotolia.com
