Family Blog 2007

[Pike]

This is my first book so let me know if you see anything that might be a problem when printing. I held all important pictures about 1/2 to 3/4" away from all edges and binding. I am worried about the quality that I see from the online version because of using smaller text in the full bleed layout (I figure this is just a compressed version). The jpg were made from Photoshop at 300 dpi following the instructions for size on the deluxe hard cover book. The quality from the jpg file on my computer and home printer are excellent. Is this the same quality I can expect from the book? Again this is my first book so I want make sure that there is no additional pixilation or quality loss from my original .jpg files. Thanks!

Here is the link to my book.
http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=tq%3Ey-cppl%60je%3E3496319

[machellrk]

Thanks for sharing! It's a beautiful book. What did you use to make your pages? Photoshop or something else?

Thanks,
Michelle

[Pike]

Thank you Michelle. I used Adobe Photoshop to create the page layouts.

[Cruiser]

Your book is beautiful. Using 300 dpi for your Photoshop pages will work out just fine. What you see in the preview and on line are low resolution pictures and will not reflect the quality of your book. Your Deluxe book will be awesome. Good job...

Cruiser

[Pike]

Ok I just got my book back and I am more than impressed. I ordered the deluxe book and the quality is absolutely amazing. I held my important pictures ½” top and bottom and ¾” on cut side and ½” on binding side. My only warning would be to hold your important pictures ¾” to 1” from the binding side. My pictures were a little too tight to the binding edge. I used 300 dpi and I think that really helped with the quality. The book came 4 days after I placed my order using the standard shipping. It looks amazing and I can’t wait until Christmas for my wife to open her gift.

[Cruiser]

In Photoshop, what size page did you set up for your Deluxe book and what resolution? MyPublisher has changed their "help" section and sent me an email that I think is still wrong. They say they are revamping the help section. My pages in Photoshop are turning out files that are way too large if I use their new information. My last book was cut off too much too and I'm trying to reset my new file blanks in Photoshop.

I'm glad you are happy with your book.

[Pike]

In Adobe Photoshop here is my page size info.

Document Size:
Width: 14.627 inches
Height: 11.3 inches
Resolution: 300pixels/inch

Make sure that you rasterize textlayers and flatten image prior to conversion to .JPG file.

[Cruiser]

Thanks for the information. One last question. How many mb's were your Photoshop pages?

[Pike]

Anywhere between 50 and 100MB... The JPG were between 4 and 8mb...