Software for designing albums

[creativejohn]

Hi,


Can anybody help me out which software should i purchase to design wedding books....??




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Thanks
Creative John

[Wedding Editorials]

There are a bunch out there John and what I find works best for me is good 'ole Adobe Indesign. It is so simple yet powerful to use and integrates to so well with all the other Adobe products. Once you set up your pages, layout is a snap. Just open Adobe Bridge and then access the folder with your images. From there you can literally drag the thumbnails from Adobe Bridge ( that's right you do not have to open them) right onto the Indesign Page. You can even grab multiple thumbs and drag them as well. Volia! image is on the page and then a quick center. Right click your mouse or control click on the MAC and you can center the image almost instantly by using the Fitting > Center command.
I hope that this helps! You have ultimate creativity and you all you need to know is your album companies sizing specifications and you can create a template. You can then export each page as a hi-res jpeg or what I prefer to do is a hi-res PDF of the entire book.

~William

[jessika]

hi john,
ther is a few different programs, it depends if you are wanting to desing your own albums or have someone else design them for you. if you are wanting to design your own wedding albums, then i recommend Dg Foto Art. its about an $800 program.

if you are wanting someone to design them for you, i got through a company called 'timeless albums' .. you edit your oen photos that you want in the album you send them through and pick a template from their website and they do the desiging. its brilliant.

hope this helps :)

jessika

if you would like to talk more about this, i am a professional wedding photographer in brisbane, my email is shutterflyphoto08@hotmail.com

[creativejohn]

Hi Jessika,

I had a word with the Dg Foto Art people and a sales representative quoted me a price of $449 for Dg Foto Art - Gold and $99 for Dg Foto Art - Essentia

I think its a great deal...

it would be great if you can suggest me if i purchase it or not ?


Thanks
Creative John

[jessika]

hi john,
thats is a really good deal. i would buy it. i know a few other photographers that use Dg Foto Art and live by it. its pretty easy to use, there are some templates that you can drag and drop pictures in to as well. its fun to have a play around with. buy it, you will love it. have fun! oh and merry christmas :)

jessika

[creativejohn]

Hi Jessika,


Thank you very much for your suggestions..............

I have ordered 1 copy of Dg Foto Art - Gold and they are providing me a template gallery disk worth $69 free with the software.
The software itself comes with more than 1700 templates..
Also have the option to create and save our own templates so that we can reuse them...


Merry Christmas
thank you very much....

Creative John