Many people have thousands of digital pictures stored on a computer but they rarely print any of them out. This is often due to the high cost of printing photos at home, especially when printer settings are hard to perfect to get the photo looking exactly right.
Making a photo book using a downloadable photo book creator is a cost effective way of utilizing some of those photographs and makes a great original gift that relatives will love. Simply find a website offering easy to use software and create a beautiful coffee table book for everyone to admire.
Photo Book Software
There are hundreds of online printing companies offering professionally designed photo books at excellent prices. Most require users to download a free software package, create their book and then upload the finished product for printing. Users can choose from a variety of sizes and paper quality and a range of custom photo covers together with a range of different features to customize the finished product.
Photo book software is free as long as customers then use the company supplying it for final printing. If users prefer to print at home or through a third party, then the software must be purchased.
Using a Photo Book Creator
Create a beautiful coffee table book with a few easy steps:
- First decide on which photographs to use; choose good quality images and remove any unwanted sections of the photograph using a graphics editor.
- Open the photo book creator, choose the size, appropriate layout and add the photos.
- Resize images according to preference, for example, make the best quality pictures full size and shrink others to complement the main picture.
- Customize the book if desired using special features like frames, faded backgrounds or text captions to describe the photos.
- Choose the cover style and paper quality, then preview the finished book, making any amendments necessary.
Printing a Photo Book
Printing prices vary depending on size of book required and paper quality used. Digilabs, a specialist photo calendar and picture book printer, offers photo books with matte or glossy pages, professionally bound with customized covers front and back from $29.99 for a 5” x 5” 20 page mini photo book. The price rises to $69.99 for an A4 sized version and discounts are available for multiple copies of the same book.
While it’s possible to print photos at home or at a local lab and then put them together in a pre-bought photo album, it is often more expensive, once the high cost of home printer cartridges is taken into account; a more professional and quick result can usually be obtained by ordering online.
Give an Original Coffee Table Book
Get creative this holiday season and use some digital photos to make a photo book, an original, special gift for friends and family. Simply download some free software for professional results.
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