Comments on: Learning the Secrets of Wedding Album Design

By: Shilpi Agarwal

Shilpi Agarwal — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:13:23 +0000

This is a great article specially highlighting what things must you consider while designing an album. Although we design all our Albums in Photoshop from scratch, some good album design softwares are Yervant Page Gallery, You Select IT, Fotofusion, Album DS.

By: SBL digital album designing

SBL digital album designing — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:28:51 +0000

Great stuff!

By: Jacky Keung

Jacky Keung — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:31:48 +0000

This is a great tutorial!! As being a professional wedding photographer we are constantly being asked about our digital magazine albums. Our clients want to put as many photos on a single cross-page (2 sides), but from our experience the idea behide is to tell the story but not to overload the information. As a rule of thumb we would usually recommend 2-4(Max) per side or 7(max) for a cross-page. Having too many on a cross-page is not a good idea!

Also capturing_psalm104 mentioned :”.. Although it took two years to receive it…” I would like to know why it took so long??? It is beyond unacceptable!!

By: darrell sharpe

darrell sharpe — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:29:47 +0000

I think another choice which is excellent is adobe indesign. I find it works much easier than photoshop and it’s much faster as well.

By: Capturing_Psalm104

Capturing_Psalm104 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:48:41 +0000

This is a comment from a different perspective.

I HAVE a flush mount album from my wedding two years ago. It is somewhere around an 11×14. Although it took two years to receive it…yes, I know…it is well worth the wait, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything! We also chose the package with two parent books (8×10) and six grandparent “brag” books (paperback about 3×5). For some reason, the photographer I used made his own images and then had a company in Europe create and print the book.

Here is an idea to work with. I was instructed to choose 40 pictures from our engagements, bridals, and actual wedding day that I wanted. The photographer then worked with what I wanted and added images as needed. I think I find a new picture every time I look!

By: themitfit

themitfit — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:12:01 +0000

Thanks for the great tips on making albums, very helpful.

By: Diana Eugenia

Diana Eugenia — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:59:46 +0000

Well, really good information, but i would like, once i have muy disign, who can print and mount the album, and why results for me expensive the mounting part.
Could you give us some tips of print (what kind of paper to use and how to fill the book?)

By: pearlene

pearlene — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:16:27 +0000

Hi,
thanks for doing a segment on this,We have purchased the printing machine and the binding machine to print the magazine books but we are having problems getting the right software.I am also looking for Borders, templates etc. any help would be appreciated. Also has anybody tried out the software called AlbumDs it works with photoshop?

By: Bill Kilgore

Bill Kilgore — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:30:21 +0000

A friend recently recommended blurb.com saying they were very satisfied with the results. I haven’t used it yet, but am impressed with the samples on the site. Looks like there is a lot room for creativity. Prices seem reasonable as well.

By: Martin Plant

Martin Plant — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:32:34 +0000

Its incorrect to say that with matted albums you can’t deviate from a fixed template. Jorgensen Albums, with their JAD software allows you to have custom mat cut. We design every page to be unique. Pretty sure Queensbury and others do similar.