Custom Book sizes, price

Aperture 2 lets you do custom book sizes. Is there a limit to the size they can be? I did one at 40"x40". What is the price for a book this large? I can't find it anywhere.

They do not offer book output for custom sized books.
They only offer the same iPhoto sizes. I wonder if they still stick the apple logo on the back?
Send that monster 40"x40" book to a album printing company, if you can find one that will print that size!

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How can I make a custom book size in iBooks Author?

Book sizes (Landscape or Portrait) are fixed when using iBooks Author.
Covers, however, can be square.

LR4 Custom book sizes

Hello,
I've read several times that the only way to get a custom book size in the book module is to edit/create one in Illustrator or Scribus. In this interview with Kevin Tieskoetter he mentions that he would be documenting this process, so I imagine it's allready doable.
"All of the templates we ship with Lightroom are made using Illustrator, and I'll be documenting the process for creating those. We've also successfully made templates using InDesign and the freeware tool called Scribus, so if you need templates in different sizes, you'll have a range of options."
http://www.pixiq.com/article/kevin-tieskoetter
I want to try this. But where do I find the files that I'm to edit? Where do they reside on my computer? I'm using a Mac OSX 10.6.8 and can't seems to find anything that resembles tenplate files. Not sure what I should be looking for?
D

beginthedanceparty wrote:
Hello,
I've read several times that the only way to get a custom book size in the book module is to edit/create one in Illustrator or Scribus. In this interview with Kevin Tieskoetter he mentions that he would be documenting this process, so I imagine it's allready doable.
"All of the templates we ship with Lightroom are made using Illustrator, and I'll be documenting the process for creating those. We've also successfully made templates using InDesign and the freeware tool called Scribus, so if you need templates in different sizes, you'll have a range of options."
http://www.pixiq.com/article/kevin-tieskoetter
I want to try this. But where do I find the files that I'm to edit? Where do they reside on my computer? I'm using a Mac OSX 10.6.8 and can't seems to find anything that resembles tenplate files. Not sure what I should be looking for?
D
Indeed ... Kevin T. made the promise of "documenting" the process in that article posted February 7, 2012 ... here it is August 13, 2012 ... still no documentation ... it must be extremely difficult to parse this information ... I would think he could have found the time in over a six month period to share the info ... and they say Apple is a secretive company ...
The templates are stored somewhere within the content folder of the Lightroom application itself ... while I have peeked there myself, I wouldn't recommend poking around there until we have the proper steps available ... it could be very rsiky to the app as a whole if one would make an error in the process of creating a custom template ...
In fact ... this customization should have been built within the module itself ... and should have been the very first feature implemented ... but then it wouldn't have been in Blurb's best interest if users could use any printer service they liked ...

Custom book sizes and "print guides"

Anyone knows how to get "guides" on custom size books so that I can know where the trim line will be?

You're not alone with this frustration. If you chose one of Apple's book themes then you can have a book for 20 to 100 pages.
There are other book printers to consider and most have some kind of book making software. Different companies also offer different sizes. Some of them are Blurb, MyPublisher, Shutterfly, VioVio, Lulu, Digi-labs, Picaboo, PhotoBookPro.... There also are book printers for professional photographers and designers such as AsukaBook.

Custom book size

I know it has been brought up before so I'm just adding my name to the long and growing list of users who would like to be able to change the page dimensions and/or album size in the Lightroom Book module. With many different labs offering various size options for photo albums I am surprised Lightroom remains indifferent.

I also have the same issue with the Book module.
I use a provider based in France (Matisseo) in Europe and I need different size such as :
22x22 cm
21x29 cm
29x21 cm
etc...
I Hope the Lightroom development team will take care of this.

Problem with custom book size and print to PDF

I'm trying to create a 20 page 8x8 book which consists of 10 16x10 spreads. In other words, page 1 and page 20 are not start on the right and left respectively, there are exactly 10 16x10 spreads. This is a requirement for KISS wedding books. I am running into two problems:
1. The album designer seems to be forcing me to have the first page consist of a single 8x8 page, even though the last page can consist of a 2 page spread.
2. When I do print to PDF, I get 20 8x8 pages. If I change the paper size to 16x8, each 16x8 spread is followed by a single 8x8 repeat of the right side of the previous 16x8 spread. I could live with the 20 8x8 pages if there was an easy way to recombine these as 10 16x8 pages.

PS: Since my edit timed out, I was going to add speculation of a way in
ColorSync to enable or make Filters which could be used to save settings,
at least for color and printer matching schemes, this is supported in PDFs.
Not sure where I could take up where I left off to write a PS to my own post;
since I had a few links to documents I found by doing some research reading.
These may be related, but perhaps not directly enough to be of help.
• ColorSync - Wikipedia (note info on settings, filters, printing pdfs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColorSync
• ColorSync on Mac OS X: TN 2035 (technical note detail)
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn/tn2035.html
{And if you have Acrobat, the retail application, you likely have
several other printing options unavailable to a reader app; in
that PDF print settings may be encoded into a document.}
In any event, I'm on my way out to talk to that neighbor's dog...
(The one I mentioned in my timed-out post that had been
barking up the wrong tree, while I was concentrating.)
Good luck & happy computing!

Problems with Custom Paper Size and Address Book

I'm having some trouble printing from Address Book onto a custom paper size. I'm attempting to set up a notecard, and only print one at a time, rather than multiple columns as in the Labels option. The trouble is that when creating this small size, Address Book doesn't recognize it as anything other than a regular sheet of US Letter, and thus prints the address in the middle of the page.
I have no problem printing envelopes, though, which seems odd because they too go in the manual feed for my printer. The notecards are similar width to the envelopes, but only about half the length.
Has anyone else experienced problems with custom paper sizes printing improperly? I'm using an HP 4515 LaserJet, but have access to a few other laser printers. Thanks for any insight

I have had the same problem, and with the same result; Adobe Tech Support can't help or fix, after 15 hours on phone, Level 2 support. It is a software bug Adobe has, and can't seem to fix. I just upgraded to Lightroom CC, and my problem migrated with the upgrade. I print in Photoshop fine.
If you found an answer, I would appreciate knowing how to do it!
Thanks

What is the cost of a custom book (13 x 10) in Aperature 2

iPhoto offers a new 13 x 10 photo book.
Aperature does not...but offers a "custom" option to print a book to your specifications.
Anyone know how much a 13 x 10 "custom" Aperature book would cost for the typical 20 page standard book?

USA - already checked out that link
That link only shows size possibilities for print and the standard book sizes.
I'm looking for Aperature based book prices other than the 8.5 x 11....specifically if I made a "custom" size book in Aperature.
Has anyone made a "custom" book using the dedicated "custom-sized menu" in Aperature....and how much was it?
The reason I'm using Aperature intead of iPhoto for my larger book is it's advanced page layout features and 2-page bleed possibilities. If this doesn't work, I guess I'll make a PDF in InDesign or Photoshop and send it somewhere else for printing. Why would Apple make a larger 13 x 10 size for iPhoto and not for Aperature......tell me

How do I make a custom page size in Acrobat X pro?

I downloaded a gigantic trial version of Acrobat X pro to create a full PDF book cover. I was
unable to figure out how to make the program do anything at all. The help file and forums did
not give me the information I needed. Eventually I was able to use 4 other programs in
combination to create a .doc version of the cover but now I need to turn it into a PDF.
Can somebody please tell me how to, or how to find out how to, create a custom page size in
Acrobat X Pro and import a Word document into that page size.
Alternatively perhaps someone could tell me where I can download an earlier, hopefully more
usable, version of Acrobat.

As you have discovered, Acrobat is not a creation or editing tool. It is a program to create a final archive of a document from another application that is readable on most platforms. There have been several tools added to Acrobat to provide more functionality for forms and such, but it was never intended for the creation process.
Now that you have created your cover in WORD, an appropriate place to create it, you would simply print the page to the Adobe PDF printer. You should change the printer in WORD before the conversion and check the page to be sure that it is still what you wanted. This check is needed for versions prior to OFFICE 2007 that used printer metrics by default. Since OFFICE 2007, printer metrics have been turned off by default.
If the page does not come out correctly (like is 8.5X11 letter or an A-4 page), then enter the printer properties before printing and set a custom page size there to match your WORD document. I assume the WORD document has the desired size. The printer property change is like putting the correct paper in the printer before printing. Sometimes it seems to sense the application setting, and yet at other times is seems to need to be set.

Custom page size in Acrobat Pro.

I have a custom page size microsoft word doc on a Mac computer. When I create this 5.76 x 8.76 document into a PDF using Acrobat Pro, it makes an 8.5 x 11.5 document. I am sending this to a book printer, so I need the precise document size. How do I do this? Thank you.

Hi ad48096742,
Please check out this tutorial about creating PDFs with custom page sizes: https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-custom-page-size.
Let us know how it goes!
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Sara

Custom book formats

One reason that I upgraded from A2 to A3 was because I use custom page sizes in order to send my books to Blurb and on more than one occasion A2 decided that I could no longer have a black background...or any other color for that matter and I had to start the entire book over in order to have it as I wanted.
I downloaded the trial version of A3, successfully transferred another book that I was working on into the new version and decided that I liked it very much. The book was working well...no problems.
When my trial was over, I bought the full version of A3 and installed it, but I just realised that ALL my books which were done with custom paper size APPEAR ok, but if I try to save them as pdf, part of the page is cut off !!! I then saw that the "Theme" no longer appears as "Custom" so I guess it creates the pdf page in a default paper size.
If I change the "Theme", I lose my custom formatting. Is there anyway to save a pdf of the page "as it appears" in Aperture?
Help???!!!!
Thank you.

well aesthetics for one and ease of reading them off.
Why does it matter to have any Apple product over competitors. because everything hardware & software just looks better - so why stop at numbers
2. Most world travellers will tell you we carry 2 or sometimes 3 phones around.
When we get into another city, we have 1 phone with all our numbers on it (i.e. the iphone) and then some crappy flip phone where we get a temporary sim from the airport to use for our stay. so we need to be able to read the numbers off easily. (that helps save on ridiculous roaming charges). Sometimes a third phone for business clients & work (if you have your employer fronting your cell phone bill, you cant mix personal with it)

Change book size but keep layout

I am halfway through creating a 6 X 8 book, including a couple of pages I custom designed. I just noticed that this book size is available only in softcover, but I think I may want a hardcover book. I tried duplicating the book, then changing the duplicated book to the 8.5 X 11 hardcover size, but Aperture applies the "default" book layout and re-flows all my pictures! (I am glad I duplicated the book first, or a guess I would have lost everything.)
Is there any way to tell Aperture that I want to maintain the same basic page layout (e.g., if page 3 has 4 horizontal photos, then I want page 3 in the new layout to have those same 4 photos, horizontal)? I know I may have to go through and do some general fixing up, but I would like to avoid aving to re-do the entire thing.

As you've seen, your personalized layout won't transfer. The book will need to be redesigned using the new theme.

Customizing page size and layouts

Three topics:
CUSTOM PAGE SIZE. There have been lots of requests for the ability to set custom sizes. One "easy" way would be to create page margins in the same way that padding allows cell margins. This way, a user can create (for example) a 10.5x9.5 "page" on a 12x12 platform. Particularly for those of us printing our own, it's one way to allow customization. All of the built-in layouts would then have to be scaled to fit within the page margins.
If this is done, the next logical extension would be to add a few common paper sizes to the Book Settings. This way, a user could create virtually any page size. For example 14W11H on a 13x19 sheet.
COPYING LAYOUTS. Would also be great to "copy-paste" layouts. After I pick a starting layout and then adjust cell padding, move captions, change fonts, and so forth, I'd like to replicate that elsewhere. In fact, I'm trying to create a left-page/right-page 11x11 on the 12x12 platform using cell padding, and it would be great to copy my customized "left-page" layout to all the left pages.
HIGH-QUALITY PRINT YOUR OWN. I've not yet tried printing via exported pdf on my local printer. Will it be as high resolution and as well color managed as if I printed directly from the Print module? I use icc profiles (some from vendors, some custom created) specific to each paper. I've now spent a lot of time narrowing choices of dual-sided paper to print my own books and I don't want to lose that capability.

Printing from the exported PDF. The quality I get is exactly just as good as printing any file directly.
I have two methods but they are for my Mac system, but I guess you can interpret them if you are on windows.
1 Set the desired parameters for the PDF in the book module (quality, profile to embed etc) and export to a folder
2 import into Photoshop and adjust the parameters if necessary
In Photoshop "save as" whatever file you wish which you can then print normally from PS or else import into LR and print with profiles from there
3 Printing from the PDF by opening in Adobe Reader, setting Page Setup and then "file-Print"
In Mac choose your paper preset, and under Copies and Pages drop down menu you can find print settings (color adjustment "off" etc.) and under color matching on Mac I choose Color Sync, and "Other Profiles"
which shows me all my custom paper profiles
Sorry for the long post
Another simple way on the Mac is to <right click> or <Control click> on the PDF file and choose "Open with Preview" It's important to choose the correct color profile in the Book Module before exporting to PDF so that the correct profile is used in Preview

Creating a custom page size not working

Hi,
I have Pages 3.0.2 and I wanted to create an PDF for an ad that our playgroup wants to submit in a local paper. The ad needs to be 10cm x 6.2cm so I went to the Inspector dialog and the Document tab and then selected Page Setup. In the new dialog I selected Manage Custom Sizes under the Paper Size drop down and then created a new size by clicking on the + icon. This allowed me to specify a Page size of 10cm width and 6.2cm height. I selected user defined printer margins and entered 0.25 for all margins. I set a name for the page size as 100by62Ad.
All good so far, but now when I select this new custom size in the Page Size drop down I can see the page size and underneath the drop down it says 10 by 6.2cm and click on OK the Document Inspector flashes then shows the A4 sizes again.
Nothing I do seems to allow me to select the new custom size. I can select the other page sizes such as DL fine and see the new page size in the window, but my new custom size refuses to display. I have tried closing down Pages and coming back in but get the same thing. I then tried downloading another program, in this case one called "Stone Create", and selected the custom page size in that program and it worked fine. I got a small 10cm x 6.2cm document to work with.
This seems to be a bit of a bug. Has anyone else managed to work with custom page sizes?
Thanks for any assistance.
Graham

Thanks Peggy,
I tried deleting the preference file and restarting Pages but I still have the same problem with the custom page size. When I start Pages I am presented with a bunch of templates so I choose Blank then I go through my procedure to select the custom page size that I created and always end up back at an A4 document.
I have used the demo version of Stone Create to do what I needed to do with the small page size (ie. create a small ad) but it is a pain that I paid for Pages and now will need to buy something like Stone Create to do what I need. Although, that said, having used Stone Create for this little ad I must say that for the price it seems like a pretty decent program that will do a whole lot of the desktop publishing type of functions without the rather steep prices of the Adobe products. I kind of wish I had bought this program instead of Pages now.
Cheers,
Graham

Creating Custom Page Size less than one inch

I currently have Acrobat 6 on Windows XP, and it appears that I cannot set a custom page size less than one inch (Using Printer Preferences). Is there another method I can use to create a PDF from Publisher that has a page size less than one inch? If not, would updating to Acrobat 9 allow me to print to a custom page size of less than one inch?

Thanks Peggy,
I tried deleting the preference file and restarting Pages but I still have the same problem with the custom page size. When I start Pages I am presented with a bunch of templates so I choose Blank then I go through my procedure to select the custom page size that I created and always end up back at an A4 document.
I have used the demo version of Stone Create to do what I needed to do with the small page size (ie. create a small ad) but it is a pain that I paid for Pages and now will need to buy something like Stone Create to do what I need. Although, that said, having used Stone Create for this little ad I must say that for the price it seems like a pretty decent program that will do a whole lot of the desktop publishing type of functions without the rather steep prices of the Adobe products. I kind of wish I had bought this program instead of Pages now.
Cheers,
Graham

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