These days we all have so many beautiful photos of family, friends, landscapes, pets and more, but they are located on a digital device like a cell phone or computer. Creating a photobook can allow you to display your photos in a personalized way. There are many different options for photobooks including customizing books online, printing out your photos at a local printing center or printing them at home. Designing a photobook can allow you to display memories in a beautiful way through customization and adding your own personal touches.
Choosing Images
The first thing that you will want to do when creating a photobook is decide which images are worth printing. Although you may think every photo is worth keeping, there are often easy ways to sort out which images are really worth printing and which are better off being saving to a folder on your computer. If the images are on your phone download them to your computer so that you can easily sort them into folders. The folders you will want to create include favorites, maybes and no’s (which can be just deleted if you don’t want them). If your phone or computer is full of unsorted images this is a great opportunity to create folders to sort them for future photobooks. If there are lots of images that are very similar simply choose the best one and delete the rest. Another way to decide upon images is to determine the focus of your photobook (is it a memory book of your child as they grow up or is it to capture a vacation).
Edit like a Pro
If you wish that you can slightly tweak your images by reducing red eye or changing the color saturation you can now easily do that using many free editing programs found online. These programs will let you fix up images by cropping and editing. You can also use many other effects to help bring your photos to life.
Decorative Details
If you are creating a photobook online to be printed you will find many different options to help you customize your photobook. You will be able to select the page colors, shapes, image sizes, prints, text and more. It will also give you the choice of how many pages your book will be and the overall layout. If you are making a photobook with printed photos you will want to visit your local craft store or scrapbooking websites for supplies. You can find many decorative items that can help turn a basic photobook into a work of art. Look at stickers, embellishments, thought bubbles, sparkles, themed cutouts and other decorative features to add personality.
Make a Note
When making your photobook it is a good idea to write little notes either on the back of the images or in a text place holder or in the allotted area online. This is where you can write details about the image including the date, the occasion and the location giving each picture context.
A photobook is a valuable collection of memories. It is a thoughtful gift idea for special occasions including birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and more. Photobooks are also a neat way to chronicle life events and memories for your own personal and family’s use.