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jkarar
12-12-2008, 11:52 AM
I have finally finished my family album from my dad's side (from when his parents were born to around the time he married my mom). I scanned all these photos and did restorations on most of them. I scanned them at 800 dpi and brought them into Photoshop and scaled them down to 300 dpi. I added a light sepia tone to all the black and white photos. I hope they come out okay. I'm supposed to get my book on Monday.
Please give me your feedback. I have to order 5 more copies so any suggestions, comments, etc. would be helpful. I already found 2 minor mistakes so I'll have to upload it again anyway. Enjoy!
Thank you to everyone who helped me along with this!

http://www.mypublisher.com/bookshelf/bookviewer.py?d=tq%3Ey-cppl%60je%3E3574234

LindaL
12-12-2008, 12:17 PM
Amazing. That is really a nice book. Did you use MP templates or do them all in photoshop? I really like the way you did the book.

jkarar
12-12-2008, 12:52 PM
Thank you so much! I did it all using the Vintage Style MyPublisher templates. It has its limits (you can't be as creative as you could using Photoshop) but it worked out great for me!

Tunatish
04-29-2009, 02:16 PM
Can anyone tell me why I cannot see this book? I am signed in and I just have a white screen when it tells me the file is DONE at the bottom. I would really like to take a look at this book.

Cruiser
04-29-2009, 03:55 PM
Tunatish - all you have to do is click on the link. It may be your browser preventing you from seeing the book. I was able to see it with no probllem.

Jkarar - you put together a very nice family album. I know how much work scanning old photos are. My only suggestion would have been to convert the ones with poor color to black and white if you had the software such as Photoshop or Elements. My scanner does color correction but often cannot totally retrieve the old colors so I use Photoshop to convert them to a black and white. They print much better. And, the off-color black and whites that have turned yellow can be done the same way.

Let us know how the final book prints. Maybe I'm doing too much work and could leave my photos just as I scanned them.