How to Make Hardcover Photo Books From Snapfish

is a well known online retailer of photo based giftsphoto book you can, then you're in luck - Snapfish's
and other products and services. Despite offering adesign system is extremely robust. If you try to
plethora of photo printed products, like calendars,insert an image that is low resolution and won't print
traditional prints, and even drink coasters, Snapfishwell, you will be warned. You can also do photo
seems to be best well known for their exquisiteadjustments from the design area, like resizing and
photo books. Photo books are created by the user,cropping, flipping, rotating, red eye removal, color
who uploads a set of their own digital photographsenhancement, brightness and contrast, and even
from their hard drive to the Snapfish website, andcolor conversion (black and white, sepia, colorize).
uses their robust editing software to assemble themYou can also select page backgrounds and designs.
into a bound hardcover book with text, backgrounds,You choose a "theme" before entering the designing
borders, and other fun and appealing features. Photoarea, but you can change every page individually if
book prices start at a low $19.99 for an 8x11you prefer it that way. Just select the "Backgrounds"
hardcover photo book with a linen cover, and 20 fulltab and drag and drop what you want onto the
color pages.page. The "Layouts" tab is where you can choose
Before you can start designing a photo book withhow many images you want per page, if (and
Snapfish you must first register on the website. Towhere) you want to place text, and the size and
create a photobook, navigate to that section of theplacement of images. There are a total of 78
website and select the size you want to go with. Fordifferent layouts to choose from, as well as "magic"
hardcover options they offer 8x8, 8x11, and 12x12.layouts that allow you a much more customized
There are two different options for the 8x11layout experience. You can even add borders to your
available - Leather or Linen covers with a "window"images here, but that option isn't necessarily
(showing a portion of the image on your first page),compatible with all layouts.
or a printed cover or jacket. You make theseThe hardest part of designing photo books is keeping
selections before entering the designing software,track of which images you have and haven't used, so
but you can change it later if you desire.that you don't end up with duplicates, or leave some
Before you start designing your photobook, youout. Snapfish makes your image management easy,
should first select and upload all of the images youhowever, by placing green checks next to images
want to use in that photo book. Once all of youryou've used. The full list of your images (and these
images are uploaded, Snapfish offers to automaticallychecks) is found on the right hand side of the design
design and fill in the photobook for you. While thisarea. If you decide you want to remove an image
makes your job super simple, it may not do thingsfrom use, or from your list, you can do that in this
exactly as you would. Images are filled in in the orderarea as well.
they're uploaded, and page layouts are somewhatOnce you've completed your photobook, you can
random. The design system will lay out your imagesview a 3D rendering of what it should look like by
in plenty of different ways. Sometimes it will put twoclicking "Preview" at the bottom of the design area
images on a page with a text area, or one full pagepage. This is a navigable preview that lets you view
image with no text, or sometimes three images onpages in order, like you would if you were looking at
one page and a page of text on the next. This is athe real book.
great option for people who don't want to spend amakes some of the best photo books on the web,
ton of time working on the book, but takes some ofand hopefully with this article you are now better
the personal touch out.prepared to navigate their website, and design the
If you really want to dive in and make the bestbest photobook possible.