Photo book page designs

Is it possible to export a page design from a keynote presentation to Aperture, to be used in photo books ? I think I've seen one tutorial like that, but I'm not sure ...
And is it possible to share one photo book (with custom design) from Aperture to iPhoto ?
Thanks,
Simone

I think you can export the Keynote pages as JPGs or PDFs and then import them into Aperture.
And I know you can share Aperture designs, but I don't think you can use them in iPhoto because it doesn't allow for custom design as far as I know.

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How to copy and paste text from one photo book page to another.

hello,i downloaded this software 2days ago,and i've been having so much fun with it. pls i need help on how to copy and paste text from one photo book page to another. Secondly how to copy my completed photo book pages project to another laptop for printing. thanks
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Hi DG.
The easiest way to copy an HP Photo Creations project to another computer is to click the Share button. That will upload the project to the Web and give you a link you can paste into an email. Clicking the link on the other computer allows you to download the project and personalize it. This quick video shows the process. (The screen looks slightly different now, but the concept is the same.)
Another way to share a project is copy the project folder to a thumb drive. Look in Documents/HP Photo Creations/My Things to find your saved projects.
Our customer support team would be happy to walk you through the process. Contact them at [email protected]
Hope this helps,
RocketLife
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Is it possible to change the size of a text box on a photo book page

I am a first-time user of the photo book application in iPhoto. I am wondering if it is possible to:
1. change the size of a text box
2. have more than one text box on a page
3. move the text box around.
Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions someone might have.
newtongrammy

I am a first-time user of the photo book application in iPhoto.
I also was a first-time user, so I started using it. Exploring the possibilities, learning my way around.
Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions someone might have.
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Workflow for building Photo book Page in Photoshop & Lightroom

I am working on publishing a Photo Book using MyPublisher and will be laying out each page in Photoshop rather than using their templates.
I need advice on the best workflow for accomplishing this task--here are some details:
1. Images are Imported to Lightroom, are Flagged, and adjusted with Develop settings (Cropping, Basic Panel, Paintbrush etc.)
2. I do add some capture sharepening to the image in Lightroom (not much).
3. Use the EDIT IN Photoshop CS6 with 1 or more images from Lightroom as SMART OBJECTS.
4. In Photoshop, I am changing the Image Size (sometimes upsizing for full page spreads) and resolution (everything goes to 300 DPI).
5. Doing more intense Creative Sharpening for each image.
6. I am using a variety of custom actions to layout pages with 1, 2, or 3 images plus text. I create a new document that is sized for the entire page (11.08 x 14.08 @ 300dpi for Deluxe Hardcover). I fill the background page with a custom pattern simulating textured paper and then layout the images for either a Left or Right Hand page.
7. Saving page as a Photoshop File and re-importing into Lightroom
8. Publishing the Photoshop Files as JPEGS with Medium Sharpening for Glossy Paper
9. Importing the JPEG of the Page into My Publisher as a single image the sive of the entire page.

I often use Photoshop to set photos in iPhoto books. I am not sure how Apple does the trimming of its books, but I have had no problems with edge trimming of pages whose photographs to go to the edge. There is no white to be seen. I haven't closely compared the original 11" x 8.5" photo with the one in the book, but generally the results look right.
In terms of working out the gutter for two page spreads for a 11" x 8.5" book size. I measured an existing book and found the physical page width to be 11" exactly. I measured the gutter to be 0.25". So that means using Photoshop to create the image size of 10.75" x 8.5". It seems to work okay.
Just interested if you have set a gutter, and if so, to what specification?

How can I export/save my iphoto'11 photo book pages as actual images of the pages (jpeg), not PDF?

I have 'printed' the book as a PDF, but would like to get a jpeg version of each actual page (not the individual photos). So far, I have tried 'exporting', but that gives me each pic individually, sharing-same thing.
My goal is to upload the finished pages onto a family website.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Open the PDF file in Preview and start a Print job. In the Print window click on the PDF button and then in the resulting menu select Save PDF to iPhoto. That will create a jpg version of each page and import it into an album of your choosing in iPhoto.
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This is what you'll get in iPhoto after the import:
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Note: As soon as the book has been processed into iPhoto select all of the pages and use the Photos ➙ Batch Change ➙ Title to Text menu option to rename the pages as "Page " with the option to include a sequential number at the end. That's because the jpgs that are created have really crazy file names which will make it difficult to get in order if they ever get out of order.
OT

A method to create completely customized photo book page templates from scratch in Lightroom 5

I was able to successfully create completely customized Lightroom 5 page templates (including altering the number of, positions, and sizes of pictures) by making edits to the templatePages.lua file(s) in the Lightroom directory tree. I have never heard of the LUA file format before, but it is ASCII and looks somewhat like XML, so it was fairly easy to decipher. Here is a high-level description of how I did it. This applies to Lightroom 5 on Windows 7. If this doesn't make any sense to you, then don't try it - you're likely in over your head. Although my description is brief and lacking in detail, it should enable someone who is capable of handling this to figure it out with a little of careful trial and error. Do this at your own risk - if you screw-up your installation, catalog, or computer, it's your own fault. It all worked great for me.
First, open the "<lightroom 5 install directory>\Templates\Layout Templates" folder. Then navigate to the template set that contains the template you would like to use as a starting point for the new template. For example, "12x12-blurb\clean12x12". Make a back-up copy of the templatePages.lua file in case you mess something up and want to revert.
There will be a bunch of .jpg files in this directory that each contain a preview image of the layout that carries the same name as the .jpg file. Find the one that you would like to use as a starting point. Take note of the name of the file, which is probably something similar to "page_26_preview.jpg". Duplicate the file and rename it to something unique, such as "dummy_preview.jpg". It's just temporary, so it doesn't matter what name you pick, provided it is a legal file name with no spaces.
Next, open the templatePages.lua file in a text editor. I suggest using one that can automatically recognize and format ULA (such as Notepad++, which is open source and free to use). Then search the file for the unique portion of the file name you took note of earlier, such as "page_26". It will point you to a section in the LUA file that describes that particular template. Carefully copy that entire section, including a balanced number of brackets (starting with the two brackets and commas before "children" and ending with the one bracket and comma after the "title" line. Paste the copied text into the end of the file on a new line immediately following the bracket and comma after the "title" field for the last page template section (right near the end of the file). Change the "previewName" field to the name of the preview file copy that you created ("dummy_preview.jpg" for me) and the "name" field to the name of the new template you're creating ("dummy" for me, since it is just temporary). Next change at least one of the hex characters in the "pageID" field such that the new template will have a unique page identifier.
Now you can make edits to the photo and text fields included in the new section, using other templates in the template file as examples. "x" and "y" fields are coordinates (in pixels) for the bottom-left corner of the picture or text field, "height" and "width" are the width of the field in pixels. The fields should be mostly self-explanatory, but make sure that the "photoindex" fields are filled-in starting from 1 to N, where N is the number of pictures in the template, with no duplicates or gaps. They do not need to be in order. Treat the "textIndex" fields similarly for text fields. If you want to add an additional picture or text field, simply copy the section describing a picture or text field from another template and paste it, carefully, into the new template that you are creating.
Once you are done, save the file (you may get interference from Windows UAC, in which case save the file elsewhere and the move it back to the correct directory). Then open Lightroom. Create a new photobook, and choose the new template for one of the pages, remembering that the preview image will look like the JPG that you copied. Voila! If you didn't screw anything up, you should see a page based on your new template. Then right-click the page and select "Save as custom page", which will cause a fresh preview file to be created for your new template and your template to be copied to the "custom pages" section of the template menu. The new section you added to the "templatePages.lua" and the "dummy" preview file can now be deleted, since they are no longer needed. I save them so that I may simply overwrite them the next time I need to create a customized template.
Enjoy, and please share any clarifications, corrections, or enhancements to my process.

peter at knowhowpro wrote:
DHWachs wrote:
This post was great! Thank you so much. But I am hoping you know one more thing related to this. In the "transform" section of the definition (where the x/y coordinates are set along with height and width) there is an option called "angle". I was hoping that changing this value would allow me to offset the angle of the picture. However, if I put any value there other than 0 the template becomes unusable.
Do you happen to know what this option does?
I haven't looked into the files, so this is just a guess based on how some graphic applications work. It's common to think of rotating a shape as pivoting around a center point, but It's possible that the file sets a value for the rotation point not at the center. In some graphics applications, you can set a shape's pivot at any corner or in the middle of any side, of the rectangle that contains the whole shape.
So, your value may be rotating the shape around a pivot that moves the shape into some area that upsets the behavior of other shapes. Just a thought.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
Peter's point is a good one. I would also assume that the "angle" property allows you to rotate an image, but I haven't tried it myself. One thing to investigate - are there any page templates included in LR that have image placeholders that are at an angle (I don't recall any, off-hand)? If so, looking at the associated .lua file could provide insight into how an angled image placeholder should be described.

Photo Book Pages

I need to reduce the number of pages I have set up, to reduce cost. How!?
So far, I can only delete say the left hand page, and then all the photos migrate to other Pages, to close out the 'gap'. That upsets the "order" of things.
Thank you for your advice/time!
Michael.

See my response to your other post on the same subject.

Looking for a way to move entire pages from one photo book into another photo book.

I haven't found out how to move pages from one photo book into another. Surely this is possible?
Also on the subject of photo books: it seems that it is not possible to enlarge the size of a text box. Or has anyone found a way to accomodate more than 1 line of text on a photo book page?

You can look through some of the different Layouts available.
Select your page.
Click the "Layout" icon on the lower right hand of the application window.
Above it will appear a "BACKGROUND" section and a "LAYOUT" section.
Immediately below the "LAYOUT" is a drop down menu which will show you all the different options.

A simple way to apply crop from photo book frame to image version?

Hi
Running MacOS X 10.8.5, Aperture 3.4.4
I have the following workflow for photobooks creation (a custom photobook):
0) Prepare an album with photos I'd like to create my book from.
For 99% of my photos I have TIFF files as masters. Not RAW files.
I use managed library.
1) Create a book layout (place images, select different crop factors for frames, etc)
2) Looking at specific page adjust photos using Aperture adjustments (exposure, color balance) to make images to looks similar on the page
3) A the final step, apply some adjustments from external plugins.
Here I have the question from subject:
* The Aperture sends the whole file to plugin (i.e. some of Nik collection plugins, but it might be a different plugin)
* But on my photo book page I have a different crop factor (i.e. TIFF master is 2:3, on photo book page I frame it to 1:2)
* As the result some of the adjustments I did in external plugin are not visible on the photobook page, which produces a different visual effect, which I don't want.
Currently, to workaround this, I have to manually apply the same crop factor to image version, then make a version copy, open the plugin. Only after these steps Aperture will send the desired crop factor to external plugin.
This is some sort of technical work which I need to do manually, no brain is involved here - I'm looking to some ways how to automate this.
As the result, I'd like the crop factor from photo frame from Aperture custom book to be applied to image version.
Any ideas on scripts/external programs are welcome.
Thank you!

Hi
Running MacOS X 10.8.5, Aperture 3.4.4
I have the following workflow for photobooks creation (a custom photobook):
0) Prepare an album with photos I'd like to create my book from.
For 99% of my photos I have TIFF files as masters. Not RAW files.
I use managed library.
1) Create a book layout (place images, select different crop factors for frames, etc)
2) Looking at specific page adjust photos using Aperture adjustments (exposure, color balance) to make images to looks similar on the page
3) A the final step, apply some adjustments from external plugins.
Here I have the question from subject:
* The Aperture sends the whole file to plugin (i.e. some of Nik collection plugins, but it might be a different plugin)
* But on my photo book page I have a different crop factor (i.e. TIFF master is 2:3, on photo book page I frame it to 1:2)
* As the result some of the adjustments I did in external plugin are not visible on the photobook page, which produces a different visual effect, which I don't want.
Currently, to workaround this, I have to manually apply the same crop factor to image version, then make a version copy, open the plugin. Only after these steps Aperture will send the desired crop factor to external plugin.
This is some sort of technical work which I need to do manually, no brain is involved here - I'm looking to some ways how to automate this.
As the result, I'd like the crop factor from photo frame from Aperture custom book to be applied to image version.
Any ideas on scripts/external programs are welcome.
Thank you!

Use of detail levle maps in photo book

I used the feature to drop pins to identify places in the map function. For example, I dropped pins on hiking trail points, at the most detail level. The pins show on the maps, when viewed in the Places section of the Library.
However, when I select Map layouts in the photo book area, I have not been able to see the same level of detail for a map page in the photo book.
The photo book area will only show the closest city to the trail area. I want to see the selected pin drops on maps in my photo book.
How do I show detail maps in on a photo book page?

I find the same thing - very frustrating. Thanks for suggestion to feedback to Apple. I have. Would be great to see the maps being more flexible in other themes and far more detail - my map of London was a red dot on a green background! Not great after spending hours on all my photos adding in very specific locations of where the photos were taken (no GPS on camera!).
Let's hope we see an update soon

THE MOST I NEED! PHOTO BOOK AND DVD

as wedding phootographer the most i need
1. creating photo books. software like this : http://www.yervant.com.au/
that i can set the page size and drag and drop photos to photo book template. that i can resize, crop, move, write text on photo book page. then export photo book pages to pdf or jpg to send them to printer or local book printers
2. slideshow export to DVD !!! like http://www.photodex.com/products/producer
that i can create slideshow with DVD menu and export it to iso or burn to DVD. that people can see all pictures in DVD player on TV

I also asked for something like that related to the print module, though in different terms but leading to the same end, a more powerful, more customizable, print module.
And, by the way... this module, without soft proofing (and editing in soft proofing mode) is almost pointless.

I'd like to remove a thin line that is part of the page design in one of Aperture's photo books. I can't seem to make it happen. Any suggestions?

I'd like to remove a thin line that is part of the page design in one of Aperture's photo books. I can't seem to make it happen. Any suggestions?

The mouse that came with my Mac does not have a right click feature. When I try to highlight and click, it just opens the link I don't want anymore. What I want to do is remove unwanted links from the top bar. For example, I no longer use GoodSearch or myEarthLink, but I can't delete them. There are also some links that never should have found their way up there, and I don't know how they ended up there, and I can't remove them either. I've read through a ton of questions and answers, and I can't find one that addresses the problem. With my Safari browser, all I have to do to remove an unwanted link is to click and drag it to the trash. It doesn't appear to work that way with Firefox, to my chagrin. I hope this better explains my question. Maybe that will give you a better insight into a solution.

How do you reduce the number of pages designated for a Photo Book? I have iPhoto 11 and OS X Lion.

I have been putting together a photo book. The program is not as intuitive as I had hoped and I have spent hours trying to fit my photos into the spaces they provide, but I am sticking to it. My problem is that I have been told by the program I have 54 pages but I don't need that many pages to get the pictures I want included. How do I delete some of the pages? Thank you for any hlep.
SCSilverfox

Thank you LarryHN. So easy--- Just impossible when you don't know what buttons to push.
May I ask another question? Is it possible to add pictures to the cache of pictures to be added to the photo book without deleting the book and starting over? I have an album of pictures that I put together (60 years of pictures) and I am using that album as the selection of pictures to put in the book. I am having so much trouble fitting in the pictures I have selected in the spaces and sizes that pop up as available to me and there are so many more pictures I have that I now wish I had added to my album choices. I tried adding pictures to the source album but they don't seem to show up when I select pictures for the book.

Why can't I change an iPhoto '11 (9.4.2) photo book layout without the page going blank?

When working on a photo book, I can initially drag and drop photos into the predetermined photobook layout designs without any problems. But when I want to change one of the pages from the iPhoto predetermined layout (e.g. from a 2 photo layout to a 4 photo layout) the page will go blank (by that I mean it will only have the background design) and will no longer allow me to add photos to the page, or choose a text only layout, or any layout other than a blank background design. I can delete the page which won't let me add photos anymore, and then add a new page which will, but the page layout is again a predetermined layout, which I want to change (e.g. a 2 photo layout, when I want a 4 photo layout).
As stated in the question, I'm running iPhoto '11 version 9.4.2, updated via the App Store in November 2012. I'm running the program on a 2011 iMac, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3, with OSX (10.8.2).
Please help.

Sound like you're trying to drag a photo to a folder which will automatically create a new album in that folder titled "Untitled". Make sure it's an album and not a folder you're trying to drag to.
OT

Photo Book: Alert Symbol/Deleting Blank Pages?

Greetings,
Two questions:
(I'm assembling a photo book for the first time...)
1. What does it mean when there's a small yellow alert symbol (a yellow triangle) in the upper right corner of my image?
2. How do I delete blank pages from the end of my photo book? I've created too many...
Thanks!
-Mark

It means your photo is below 180 dpi
LN
PS you may find a couple of things useful
1 - iPhoto have a neat system called HELP - click on the HELP menu and ask your question
The reaults for "Yellow Triangle" includes the following
If you see a low-resolution alert
A digital photo is made up of millions of individual dots of color, called “pixels.” A photo’s “resolution” is the number of dots per inch (dpi) that it contains. The higher the resolution, the more dots per inch. Some photos look jagged or blurry when printed if their resolution is too low.
When you include low-resolution photos in a book, calendar, card, or print order, an alert symbol marks those photos.
To improve a photo’s print quality:
Choose a smaller print size. In a book or calendar layout, you can do this by increasing the number of photos per page.
If you previously cropped the photo, revert to its original version, and then crop off a smaller portion, or leave it uncropped.
If you positioned a photo within its frame by zooming in on it, zoom out of the photo.
If you continue to see a low-resolution alert after trying these methods, you can still order prints of the image or include it in your book, calendar, or card, but it may not print as clearly as your other photos.
Related Topics
Cropping photos
Zooming in and out of a photo
Changing the design of individual pages in a book
Reverting to the original version of a photo
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2 - there are some great tutorials that will make your life much simpler and improve your understanding of iPhoto (and other Apple products)
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/photos/#books

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