PEM03
09-07-2007, 07:18 PM
Late in August I submitted a book with a resolution of 180, after reading MyPublisher specifications. Much of the text was in a 14 point font that was embedded through Photoshop Elements (I used the "Just Photos" layout), and the text printed a little blurry--so much so that I did not want to give the book out as gifts. MyPublisher kindly gave me a credit to reupload the book, and I spent several hours reformatting the text in 16 point fonts to try to help the problem. I also checked to make sure all layers had been flattened in Photoshop Elements, per the suggestion from the customer service support staff. The Customer Service area checked the pdf file for the revised book, and the text was still blurry.
At the same time, I uploaded the original book, with 14 point fonts and 180 dpi resolution to blurb.com, and today the finished book arrived, with the text printed perfectly clearly.
I also checked my current MyPublisher (blurry text) book images against the most recent MyPublisher book images from previous travels, which also had 14 point font, but printed perfectly. I noticed that the previous book was done at 300 dpi, far higher than MyPublisher's specifications. MyPublisher then suggested that I redo the blurry text book again at higher resolution, order one copy (at their expense), and see if that worked. I appreciate everyone's efforts, but I just don't have that many more hours to redo the entire book at 300 dpi, particularly when I'm not sure that is the problem, given that blurb.com printed 180 dpi embedded text so clearly. I have asked for a refund from my order, and hope the embedded text problem gets solved, so that I can use MyPublisher again, which I have absolutely loved up until now.
I see so many inquiries on this forum requesting a more flexible template, which is easy to accomplish with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Perhaps MyPublisher could improve its understanding of how the two programs could work together. I have found that Scott Kelby, the author, is a great source of information on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
MyPublisher is a great company with a fabulous product. The new bookjackets are just superb. I am confident that the problem will be solved and look forward to that time.
At the same time, I uploaded the original book, with 14 point fonts and 180 dpi resolution to blurb.com, and today the finished book arrived, with the text printed perfectly clearly.
I also checked my current MyPublisher (blurry text) book images against the most recent MyPublisher book images from previous travels, which also had 14 point font, but printed perfectly. I noticed that the previous book was done at 300 dpi, far higher than MyPublisher's specifications. MyPublisher then suggested that I redo the blurry text book again at higher resolution, order one copy (at their expense), and see if that worked. I appreciate everyone's efforts, but I just don't have that many more hours to redo the entire book at 300 dpi, particularly when I'm not sure that is the problem, given that blurb.com printed 180 dpi embedded text so clearly. I have asked for a refund from my order, and hope the embedded text problem gets solved, so that I can use MyPublisher again, which I have absolutely loved up until now.
I see so many inquiries on this forum requesting a more flexible template, which is easy to accomplish with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Perhaps MyPublisher could improve its understanding of how the two programs could work together. I have found that Scott Kelby, the author, is a great source of information on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
MyPublisher is a great company with a fabulous product. The new bookjackets are just superb. I am confident that the problem will be solved and look forward to that time.