I'm a
Mac...
If you're a
Mac User, then you can already do PictureBooks at home. Just use
iPhoto to create your Picturebook (or Calendar or Cards) and send
the file over to us. You can bring it into any of our
retail outlets
or try
our file uploading
system. You can
pick up your PictureBook in a few days or have it sent to your
doorstep.
If you're not a Mac user but would still like to make your own
PictureBooks, you can as long as you follow our specified sizing,
just allow .25" on the edge of each side for trimming.
Send in your PDF
file saved at the
highest quality and with fonts embedded. For special sizing and
covers, special custom rates will apply. Please email us
for further
details.
There are 2 steps in
uploading:
Step 1 : Fill in the
Form
Step 2 : Upload the
File
How To
Create a PictureBook on your Mac
1. If you've
never used iPhoto to create a book or calendar you'll be amazed at
how simple and fun it is to actually do. First, you should compile
the photos you want to include into an album within iPhoto, try to
already put them in the sequence you want it on the book. You can
also re-arrange it once you are in the Book mode but pre-arranging
makes it easier.
2. Once you're album is arranged look for the "Book" icon on
iPhoto's lower toolbar, it will open the Book making feature. Next,
you should choose the Size and the Theme that you want for your
book or calendar. You can select "Autoflow" for starters and iPhoto
will lay-out your book in sequence. You can then do some
rearranging and add captions of your own. For calendars, just go
ahead and choose the calendar option and just let us know the size
you want, we resize it downwards with little or no quality
problems.
3. When the book or calendar is done right-click (or ctrl-click)
anywhere on the book/calendar and you should see an option "save as
PDF", give your file an appropriate name and save it as a PDF
file.
4. Save the file to somewhere easy to find, if you're bringing it
into our store, just transfer it to a memory card or a
CD-ROM.
5. If you prefer to upload the file just go through our
Upload:Picturebooks page.
6. For best results we recommend taking your photos from your
camera and dropping them straight into iPhoto. We find the best
results are when there are very few things done to the photo such
as resizing, changing of resolutions, especially outside of iPhoto.
Our system is calibrated to the output of
iPhoto.
