Photo Book

[dbmayur]

Hi Guys,

I am looking for a software application that'll help me create photo books. I've previously used mypublisher and blurb to make and BUY books. I am currently looking for one that'll help me with the layouts and save to JPG instead of printing books. I'd also like to share my creations online.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[NicoleScraps]

I am working on something that I plan to share on this forum next week covering this exact topic.
But short story, I use photoshop elements to individually create all of my photobook pages.
If you stick around for a couple of days, I am going to cover a lot of this, like where to buy templates, tool kits, bleed information and all that. I am just waiting for some quite time when the kids are in school so that I can actually think clearly.

[dbmayur]

Thanks Nicole...I'll wait for your article!

[EmbassyProBooks]

I am assuming you are looking for a DIY software, for casual photobooks, not professional ones to offer your clients? Have you tried the photo sharing sites?

[photobookgirl]

I've used both Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress. Also, there's Aperture 3 (for Mac users) which has both editing tools, organization and book layout tools too. I hear Adobe InDesign is good too.

[Photologyst]

I use InDesign and a number of other Adobe programs. Many book publishers have their own programs. Some are better than others.

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[Japaslavian]

InDesign is generally the go to program for layout and desktop book publishing.
It just takes a lot know-how to utilize it all, especially in a typographic sense (but you probably don't need to worry about that much). It's especially nice since companies like Blurb will take your fully designed InDesign book and print that.

I don't think too many people really use Quark anymore, but that's ID's main competition.