Purpose
Create a picture book after a trip OR for a special event like milestone birthday
Service - Blurb.com
Experience - Created ~ 5 books with Blurb.
Quality of book - Is very good.
Tools to build - Free software is flexible but very slow (example, inserting a photo)
Cost - Good - $40-$100
Delivery time - 2 weeks (a little long)
Service - Aperture using Apple.com
Experience - Created ~ 2 books with Blurb.
Quality of book - Excellent
Tools to build - Fewer templates but interface is faster. Requires a Mac and $75 Aperture software
Cost - High - $40-$150
Delivery time - 1 weeks (as expected)
Workflow
1. Use a tool to select photos to use
2. Find a way to sort the photos - Aperture used keywords
3. Create a book template in tool
4. Use Autoflow function to add all of the photos
5. Go back an modify captions, photo sizing
Tips
Doing selecting photos and page formats page by page can be agonizingly slow
Alternatives
CVS (tool and quality concerns), Lulu (tool concerns)
Create a picture book after a trip OR for a special event like milestone birthday
Service - Blurb.com
Experience - Created ~ 5 books with Blurb.
Quality of book - Is very good.
Tools to build - Free software is flexible but very slow (example, inserting a photo)
Cost - Good - $40-$100
Delivery time - 2 weeks (a little long)
Service - Aperture using Apple.com
Experience - Created ~ 2 books with Blurb.
Quality of book - Excellent
Tools to build - Fewer templates but interface is faster. Requires a Mac and $75 Aperture software
Cost - High - $40-$150
Delivery time - 1 weeks (as expected)
Workflow
1. Use a tool to select photos to use
2. Find a way to sort the photos - Aperture used keywords
3. Create a book template in tool
4. Use Autoflow function to add all of the photos
5. Go back an modify captions, photo sizing
Tips
Doing selecting photos and page formats page by page can be agonizingly slow
Alternatives
CVS (tool and quality concerns), Lulu (tool concerns)
