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iPhoto Book anyone?

Do the images for iPhoto Book need to be sRGB or Adobe rgb?

is there a way to get the new layouts with iPhoto 4?

Are there any other alternatives? The new layouts and formats of
iPhoto 5 seems great! Ilike the smaller sized soft cover books a lot.

I checked a few other ones like Ofoto but the layouts sucks!

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mrbuhyah's picture
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You need iPhoto 5. I've done quite a few books, they all turned out great. Image type doesn't matter so long as iPhoto can handle it.

Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios

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god I love iLife so much, I think its underused by mac pros (except for itunes) its really great, im interested to know the quality of iPhoto books... i'll talk to you about it on ichat ;)

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Does it matter if CMYK or RGB?

What did you upload?

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I uploaded RGB shots. Taken with my Sony digital camera, edited in Photoshop, then brought into iPhoto for the making of the book.

Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios

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from what I can remember I think http://www.mypublisher.com/ is the company that produces the books for Apple. They do not however offer software for macs, only windows.

I have had mixed results ordering books but once I complained and Apple replaced it for free.

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I just found this very important info about
hacking the iPhoto book default resolution.
It seems that for some images the default res is only @ 150 dpi!!
With this little app you can modify all defaults to 300 dpi :)

I just ordered my first book using this hack...let's
see how it works!!

http://www.macilife.com/2005/04/hacking-iphotos-preferences-to-get.html

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Very, very interesting! I look forward to hearing your results. I found the quality on the small books to be good, but wasn't as thrilled with some mediums. Keep us posted!

Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios

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medium size( 9x 6")

I'll let ya know how it is when I get it.
I'm doing a photo portfolio book :)

I'm considering doing the tiny ones too later on.

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The priting with that hack (see the above post) came out great but
a few full bleed pages are crooked and a white
"triangle" shows up...ShiT! So I have to return it!

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Are you printing your porti?

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Man the quality is great...BUT I checked carefully the whole
book, all pages are crooked!

Windows quality assurance huh?

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mrbuhyah's picture
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I've had crooked cutting from Apple books before as well.

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Did they give you credit for the book and shipping??

DId you have to return it to get it replaced??

Did you have to re upload the file??

no more "DID" :)

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I just left it. It wasn't that bad - didn't care too much. But if it was for me personally I would have.

pompo's picture
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...They already shipped them today!

Wow that was quick, I guess they want me to be happy this time...
or is it just a coincidence?

I did already get credit for the crooked printing
and shipping.

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I've ordered several and always been pleased with the quality. I was looking for a way to get the templates out and posted to Flickr. First you print a PDF. Then, there is a great automator action to convert the PDF to JPG. Here's the link to the action: http://www.automatorworld.com/2005/06/03/convert-pdf-to-jpeg/

Once at Flickr, I was able to put the shots into a set, viewable as a slideshow. Here's the link to our latest book:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macaddict/sets/468950/

Now someone created Flickralbum - so you can actually turn the pages of your book by clicking and dragging your mouse! Here's that link:
http://flickralbum.com/index.php?fUserName=macaddict&tag=odaebook&maxPages=72

I also ordered the book from this shoot series. iPhoto is slow as heck, but the program has so much promise.

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the last link do not load up...dunno what's going on...

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