Comments on: How to Create Album Templates http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:35:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alex http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-358 Alex Wed, 27 May 2009 06:43:17 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-358 Hi there! Robin, thanks a lot for your tutorials. I'm finding them very useful! @Mom: I am on a Mac and I would very much like those scripts your son created. If you're willing to share of course. You can write me here: alex at vladoiu dot net. Thank you! Alex Hi there!
Robin, thanks a lot for your tutorials. I’m finding them very useful!

@Mom: I am on a Mac and I would very much like those scripts your son created. If you’re willing to share of course. You can write me here: alex at vladoiu dot net.

Thank you!

Alex

]]> By: ginarey http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-346 ginarey Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:51:28 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-346 Can somebody please do some templates that are unusual - circular frames for photographs with the ability to wrap words around them, oval shaped picture containers etc. Can somebody please do some templates that are unusual – circular frames for photographs with the ability to wrap words around them, oval shaped picture containers etc.

]]> By: Murray Flotre MD http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-340 Murray Flotre MD Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:24:34 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-340 Hi Robin; Any comment about the new, heavier and thicker, premium paper that Blurb offers as an option? Will this change any of your calculations? Thanks for your help. Murray Hi Robin;
Any comment about the new, heavier and thicker, premium paper that Blurb offers as an option? Will this change any of your calculations?
Thanks for your help.

Murray

]]> By: Robin http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-236 Robin Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:06:09 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-236 Hi Henri ~ Blurb is very picky about their templates on Booksmart. People have tried to find out what margins they use so that they could make a couple pages custom to match the rest but Blurb won't give out that information. I would try taking a screen shot of Booksmart and using the eyedropper in Photoshop to find the color. It may not be exact but it should be close. I would suggest making sure you make your own spreads so you won't be able to tell if the backgrounds are indeed different (the Blurb color would be on different spreads). Good luck! Hi Henri ~ Blurb is very picky about their templates on Booksmart. People have tried to find out what margins they use so that they could make a couple pages custom to match the rest but Blurb won’t give out that information. I would try taking a screen shot of Booksmart and using the eyedropper in Photoshop to find the color. It may not be exact but it should be close. I would suggest making sure you make your own spreads so you won’t be able to tell if the backgrounds are indeed different (the Blurb color would be on different spreads). Good luck!

]]> By: Henri http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-232 Henri Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:14:56 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-232 http://www.henribrands.nl/ Hi Robin, Thanks for the tutorials. They help me a lot and your enthousiasm gives me confedence that I am creating something worthwile. I have one question I hope you 'll have an answer for: If I want to make my own custom pages in your Photoshop template, how can I make the same background color as the one in the Blurb templates? I want to make a grey background, the same that is in the Blurb "color catalogue". I try to make some templates with the same background but with image holders that better suit the measurements of my pictures. The Blurb templates do not have nice placeholders for vertical pictures of for instance 8x10 inch pictures or two pictures vertical. The Blurb templates leave much too much room for text that I do not need. Are there i.e. the same numbers for the grey tone that Blurb uses that I can put in the color picker in Photoshop? Hope you have a good suggestion for me? Kind regards, Henri http://www.henribrands.nl/

Hi Robin,

Thanks for the tutorials. They help me a lot and your enthousiasm gives me confedence that I am creating something worthwile.
I have one question I hope you ‘ll have an answer for:
If I want to make my own custom pages in your Photoshop template, how can I make the same background color as the one in the Blurb templates? I want to make a grey background, the same that is in the Blurb “color catalogue”.
I try to make some templates with the same background but with image holders that better suit the measurements of my pictures. The Blurb templates do not have nice placeholders for vertical pictures of for instance 8×10 inch pictures or two pictures vertical. The Blurb templates leave much too much room for text that I do not need.
Are there i.e. the same numbers for the grey tone that Blurb uses that I can put in the color picker in Photoshop?
Hope you have a good suggestion for me?
Kind regards,
Henri

]]> By: Stephanie http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-163 Stephanie Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:53:42 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-163 I have a question about using this teqnique on the jacket of a hardcover. Is there a way to import your custom design to the flap? Any tips? Thanks! Stephanie I have a question about using this teqnique on the jacket of a hardcover. Is there a way to import your custom design to the flap? Any tips? Thanks!

Stephanie

]]> By: theartofengineering http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-133 theartofengineering Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:22:58 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-133 It's OK the preview in Booksmart is not the quality the actual book will be. However it looks in Photoshop is the way it will look in real life. Hope that helps. It’s OK the preview in Booksmart is not the quality the actual book will be. However it looks in Photoshop is the way it will look in real life. Hope that helps.

]]> By: Erin http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-131 Erin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:06:27 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-131 Thanks so much for your blog! I made the template exactly as you said but when I load my images into Booksmart they're kind of pixelated! Help! Thanks so much for your blog! I made the template exactly as you said but when I load my images into Booksmart they’re kind of pixelated! Help!

]]> By: theartofengineering http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-81 theartofengineering Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:32:38 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-81 Hi Jennifer, Yes, I added all of my text in Photoshop. I used a sans serif font in 14 point in hopes that it would print better than a small, fine font. I also made sure everything was at 300 dpi and saved as a high resolution jpeg. So you might want to check that. Did the text look fuzzy in Photoshop? You might want to ask about this on the Blurb forums or try adding the text in InDesign. Hope that helps. Robin Hi Jennifer,

Yes, I added all of my text in Photoshop. I used a sans serif font in 14 point in hopes that it would print better than a small, fine font. I also made sure everything was at 300 dpi and saved as a high resolution jpeg. So you might want to check that. Did the text look fuzzy in Photoshop? You might want to ask about this on the Blurb forums or try adding the text in InDesign.

Hope that helps.
Robin

]]> By: Jennifer http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-76 Jennifer Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:01:59 +0000 http://theartofengineering.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/how-to-create-album-templates/#comment-76 Robin - When you are adding text to a page - do you do that in the BookSmart software or do you add it in photoshop? I did a couple books and imported the text right along with the picture and it was quite a bit fuzzier than I would like. Thanks for your posts! Robin -
When you are adding text to a page – do you do that in the BookSmart software or do you add it in photoshop? I did a couple books and imported the text right along with the picture and it was quite a bit fuzzier than I would like. Thanks for your posts!

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