Photo books in elements 10

I'm trying to do a photobook using photoshop elements 10 in the UK. It only gives me local options and I don't seem to be able to upload the book I've done to any online printing sites. Can someone tell me how to set this up?

I should amend the question to:
How do I edit the photobooks in PSE9?

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Cannot create Kodak Photo Book with Elements 8

I'm trying to create a Kodak Photo Book with Elements 8. My system gets stuck in an eternal loop at the initial CREATE stage:
(Screen 1)
CREATE
What would you like to create?
Photo Book
(Screen 2)
Order Kodak Photo Book
Back to screen 1. Same is true if I select anything other than "Print with Local printer..."
Only resolution I can think of is to go back to Elements 7

Hi,
Can you please tell me your online services location. To find that out, you need to go to the Organizer. Go toEdit>Preferences>Adobe Partner Services. Click the "Choose" button for location and there you will find your online services location. It should be US & Canada for Kodak Photobook services to work.
Also can you please let me know whether you are trying to do this in organizer or Editor?
Best Regards,
Chhaya

Create a photo book in elements 10

Any tips on creating a photo book in Elements 10?
Thanks

Because Elements 10 used to communicate with photoshop.com and photoshop.com has been discontinued, there may be some cases where Elements 10 tries to communicate with photoshop.com until you sign it out.
IF you see ‘Welcome, xxx’ , click on it to sign-out.
As long as you don’t try to signin again, you should not see any additional error messages.
If the program is totally hung up in a loop trying to sign in, then force quit elements and you should not see this again.
Elements versions 11 and 12 communicate with Revel, but Elements 10 does not. You can save items from Elements 10 to your computer and then upload to Revel using adoberevel.com if you wish to save these items in Revel.
Pattie

How to create a "text with photos" book in Elements 8?

Hello all!
I am new to APE and this forum; I've been reading about it (APE 7, for the most part - right now I'm reading "The Missing Manual" for version 7), and have pre-ordered version 8.
I have published many books in the past on lulu.com, but none of them contained photographs; my current book will also include many photographs (it's about half text and half photos); I'm wondering if there's a better way to create it -- using APE 8 -- than my normal method, which is to use Open Office Writer to create the document (inserting pictures from files where appropriate, I guess), and then, as a final step, converting the document to a .PDF and uploading that.
I am thinking that what I should be able to do is have an underlying base layer that is an image with low opacity, and on top of that a layer that is my text. I could rotate the "landscape" images prior to adding them to fit the document's layout. Is this the [best] way to do this? A concern I have about that method is that then every page is a photograph -- which could make the download size enormous (instead of simply semi-enormous).
Thoughts?

You can simulate it, although it might not be what you look for...
Example (buggy but that's just a proof of concept):
class MulticolorText extends CustomNode
var text: String;
var colors: Color[];
var font: Font;
override public function create(): Node
    HBox
      var l = text.length() / sizeof colors;
      content: for (i in [ 0 ..< sizeof colors])
        Text { content: text.substring(i * l, (i + 1) * l), fill: colors, font: font }
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MulticolorText
text: "Multicolor"
font: Font { size: 36 }
translateX: 20
translateY: 20
colors: [ Color.rgb(200, 0, 25), Color.rgb(0, 200, 75), Color.rgb(200, 200, 125), Color.rgb(0, 0, 175), Color.rgb(0, 0, 225) ]

Photo book uploading problem

I have created a photo book in Elements 7 and cannot get it to upload to Kodak. My OS is Windows 7 and I am using Noton 360 security software. I make it through the ordering of the photo book and the uploading seems to go to completion, approximately 20 minutes for the 568MB file, but then after a pause I get a pop up message saying "There was a problem with your internet connection. Please check that there is not a firewall blocking Photoshop Elements from accessing the internet and that you have an internet connection." My ISP is Verizon FiOS, I've checked the connection speed and have experienced no other internet access problems. I have my firewall set to allow PE7 to access the internet without restriction, and have also tried uploading with the firewall disabled with the same result. I contacted Adobe support and even agreed to the $30 charge, but they said this wasn't a Photoshop problem. Kodak says if they don't receive the upload it isn't their problem. I would really like to get this photo book printed (daughter's college graduation).

Thanks for the update, Bob. While I appreciate your efforts to resolve the issue with Kodak, I still feel there is something on my end that is not right. I just tried to order additional copies of a photobook we did a couple of years ago (43 pages, 147mb). The upload process took just 10 minutes but failed with the same error message. This was a photobook we had successfully ordered from Kodak before, using PE6 running on an older computer with a slower internet connection.
You mentioned internet bandwidth as a determining factor, using a faster connection as a possible solution. I have a Verizon FIOS 20/5 connection, periodically test my download/upload speeds, and that's pretty much what I get. I had reasoned that since PE7 takes like 20 minutes to upload a 300MB file there must be something else going on. Btw, there was one particular upload speed test I just tried that failed,"probably due to a hardware or software firewall blocking the FTP protocol the test uses". I was also not able to run this test successfully with the Norton firewall temporarily disabled. Does the PE7 photobook upload utility use an FTP protocol?

I created a photo book in Photoshop elements 11 that contains png files with the invisible backgrounds. When I export the book to a jpg or a pdf, the png files appear with white backgrounds.

I created a photo book in Photoshop elements 11 that contains png files with the invisible backgrounds. When I export the book to a jpg or a pdf, the png files appear with white backgrounds. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

jpg and pdf formats don't support transparency. You need to use a format such as tif, png or psd that does.
Cheers,
Neale
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Are there more than 2 photo book sizes in Elements 13?

I downloaded Elements 13 as a trial and started creating a photo book. When doing so, I only see the Print locally option (no Shuterfly or other online services), and it only shows 2 print sizes, 297x210mm and 300x300mm). I would like to print a photo book using letter size paper in a portrait orientation. The first size scales easily to a letter size page, but is in a landscape orientation. While I can rotate each layer and graphic, I do not appear to be able to rotate the background itself. I purchased a full license and was expecting to be able to download additional content, but the Update feature says I am up to date. I downloaded a fresh copy from the purchase screen and reinstalled it, but I see no differences.
Are there more photo book templates, graphics, etc. available? If so, how do I go about getting them? If not, how do I either rotate the one template or create a new template in the correct orientation?

This third part applications are nice but obviously can be confusing.
As far as I know all Toshiba notebooks have two memory slots. Some old models have had one slot only so on your Qosmio you cannot use more than 2 RAM modules.
According notebook specification maximum RAM for this machine is 8GB so you are already on maximum.

Re Photo Books – Elements 12 brilliant and serves all my need except Photo Books. Do I need to Buy the full version of Lightroom 5 to use the Photo Book facility?

Re Photo Books. Hi I have an old full version of Photoshop 6 and Elements 12. Elements 12 serves pretty well all my editing needs. It has a Photo Book facility but the Template is not brilliant eg It is clumsy adding captions. I have been looking at Lightroom 5 which seems to have a great Photo Book facility but do I have to Buy the full Light Room 5 programme to use it? If so, what is the cost?

Hi DJ,
Many thanks for your comments on the Adobe Forum about Photoshop for
Photo Books..
Following your suggestion, I have had a look at Blurb and it seems
pretty good and quite easy to use. Many thanks for this suggestion. I
have had a look around and I find there are many "publishers" and
although Blurb comes out well in many reviews, there are many others
also. But there is one big problem for me - they ALL produce BOUND Photo
Books but I want a flexible Photo Book where I can later add or change
pages! Nobody I have found produces a book where pages can be printed
separately to be added when and where required in a book!
I have posted another question in the Forum asking if anyone knows of
such a publisher - especially in the UK, where I live.
The reason I want the ability to insert pages etc is for a number of
reasons. For example, I am producing an historical Photo Book but if
friends send me photos of a past era, I want to scan the photos, put
them on a separate page and then insert that page in the appropriate era
in my book or I may later want to enlarge an old photograph already in
the book and insert the enlargement next to the original etc. etc.
I have printed some pages myself using Photoshop Elements, which was not
the ideal tool as I mentioned before, but when the A4 pages were placed
in clear plastic A4 pockets and inserted in my smart presentation Ring
Binder, the result looked brilliant. But I have hundreds of photographs
and I dread to think what the cost of ink would be if I printed them all
myself, let alone the time!
But I am beginning to think I may after all have to print them myself
and that, as I have several hundred or more, the cost of buying
Lightroom 5 may be worth it in the long run.
Anyway, thanks for coming back to me with your views regarding my
original enquiry.
With very best wishes,
Tony

Printing Elements 11 Photo Books

Where can I get a photo book that I created in Photoshop Elements 11 printed?

Try the Photoshop Elements forum.

How do I take my Photoshop Elements 11 photo book and get it printed at Shutterfly or similar?

I have just spend 40 hours working on a beautiful photo book and I cannot find how to send it to Shutterfly for printing. I selected the Shutterfly option when i started the book, and thought there would be a simple "upload and print" command somewhere. I can't find any help for this on line.

While you are in the edit mode of your photobook, you should see three buttons along the bottom: Order, Save, and Close. Clicking Order will send the book to Shutterfly for printing.

How do you put text into a photo book?

I am new to Photoshop Elements, using Elements 11, and my first project is to make a photo book for a recent trip. I have figured out importing the pictures and titles. I want to include a 3000 word story on 3 or 4 pages. I have spent hours trying to do this. I thought I would be able to easily copy and paste from Word but that isn't working for me. I have retyping the whole thing in "Your Text Here". I can't seem to make it work. Pane sizing is an issue. Editing after I have typed several paragraphs. I am about to give up. I can't locate any tutorials etc on how to do this. I bought Elements 11 for Dummys and they might as well have skipped photo books. It was useless. Can someone give me some guidance please?

Try creating a new page template in expert mode.
File >> New >> Blank File
Select your page size height and width and background color and use 300 ppi for printing.
Then select the T tool, click top left, and copy and paste your text.
Save as jpeg and add it to your book as an image and use the bounding box to scale/re-size.
Note you may have to click inside the text area and add the carriage return as it’s not easy to justify text in elements.
I would suggest you first save as PSD that will preserve the text layer as a separate layer. You can then re-open the PSD file at any time e.g. if you decide to edit any of the text. Treat it as your master file and use it to save a fresh jpeg whenever needed.

Using text in photo books

I'm making a photo book and find the text options limiting. is there anyway - even with a 3rd party ap - that you can add text over a photo?

You can use one of these image editing apps to add text directly onto an image.
Some Image Editors That Support layers:
Photoshop Elements 11 for Mac - $79
Rainbow Painter - $30
Imagerie - $38
Acorn - $50
Pixelmator - $60
Seashore - Free
GIMP for Mac - Free
Xee 2.1 - free
Or, if you have one of the image editors listed above or Pages you could create a custom page according to this tutorial: iP11 - Creating a Custom Page, with the Theme's Background for an iPhoto Book
OT

Photo Book help in PSE 7

I would like to use some different clip art other than what appears in the insert object thumbnails. I am creating a photo book in the editor window. Here's the stats:
Select a picture in organizer
create tab Select photo book
launches editor
select a cover photo
insert object
(here is where I want my new clip art to appear) in the content pane on the right
Any help for me?
Barry in St. Louis

I have an older version of Elements, and in that the downloader always runs in the background when it is enabled via preferences. I found this to be annoying and, therefore, disabled this feature.
My workflow is:
I use a card reader to import pictures from camera card to an empty folder on the desktop
Next, I burn a CD before I do anything else. This is my "film" - can always go back to retrieve an accidentally deleted file.
Then, I delete the obviously poor pictures from the desktop folder - motion, unflattering pose, etc.
Finally, I manually import the "keepers" into organizer, tag them, etc.
You could adapt this scheme to import into the organizer only the pictures which meet the test for what you call "my picture collection", i.e. those pictures which have been enhanced .
In the older version of Elements, the organizer allows one to make a collection. I believe that it called something else in PEv.7, but it is still there. The advantage of this is that you can assemble a group of photos for a particular purpose, which you do. It also allows you to define the order of the photos in the collection by dragging them into position. Suggest that you consult the help file re same.

Resolution & "save as" ? for online photo book

I am making an online photo book through Snapfish. When I am done editing my images using Elements, I go to resize and make it about a 4X6 size with a dpi of 200 or so and "save as" a Jpeg. When I go to Snapfish to put my album together, I sometimes get an error messages as I try to place an image into one of the slots in the photobook. It cautions that the image has low resolution and will not produce a good image when printed. Should I avoid making the image smaller, or should I leave it as is? Should I be saving to Jpeg format? What process do you use when resizing and saving for this situation or any print you're having made? Thanks.

Snapfish recommends a minimum of 1639 X 1233 pixels. I think I've made the mistake of downsizing my images to 4X6 instead of leaving them the original size. I know if I email I have to make the image smaller and also lower the ppi to 72. When you are editing an image to print to a standard 4X6, do you change the size of the image or leave it as is with a high resolution of 250 or more? Can I go back once an image has been reduced and try to make it larger? Or, will the image never return to the quality it once was?

Creating a photo book

Hi,
I have just signed up for CC photographers version, on the promise that it would be much better than upgrading my current PS Elements.
The main question I asked first was could I create phonebooks in A4. I was assured that this would be possible, but I can find no way of creating photo books!!
Am I missing something or have I been mis-sold?
Thank you for your help.

Create and Save your Photobook using PSE. Customize it with all the eiting and placment required on your book in PSE Editor
Close the photobook after you are done.
Now go to the location, where you saved the book.
There will be a folder with the same name as the Photo book
It has several .psd files for all the pages of the book you created.
We can convert them to Jpegs/ Tiffs/PNGs( what all formats are supported in the Printing Service website you are using)
To do this:
Open them all in PSE Editor
Go to Files > process Multiple files
Specify the "Files From" as Opened Files
Browse or enter the path for the output for the files,(Destination)
Uncheck the check boxes for "Rename" and "Resize"
Select File type and select the preferred File format type.
and Click OK
All these pages wil be saved to the destination folder, converted to the selected format. Now upload these files as it is to the website and arrange them to the pages of the book of the service you want to use.
Hope this helps.

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