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#1 oatmeal mama

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 09:55 PM

I have been reading with interest the topics in regard to using different companies to compose digital scrapbooks, but I don't want to use the company's design/templates. I want to design my own pages. I do not want to print one page at a time and put them into an album. I want to design my own pages and submit them to a company that will print them exactly as I submit them but in book format. I am hoping someone can help me find such a company. I would really appreciate it.

#2 BarbaraC1977

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 10:13 PM

Most of the commercial photo book companies allow you to upload finished "full bleed" JPEG images. You might search their help for details, or contact their customer support; they'll guide you to the right technique.

#3 MariJ

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 05:10 AM

I did a book like you are describing and had it printed at Costco -- it was beautiful.
I know you can do the same thing at Snapfish and Shutterfly - what you do is when you are dragging your completed jpeg layout to the page you want, you choose the company's page layout/template that uese one photo.

You need to first create your layouts in the page size you will be buying (mine was 8x10), then upload them to the site as a jpeg.
Then, when creating your book online, pick the page layout/template for one photo and drag your jpeg layout to that page.
Does that make sense? I hope it helps! Good luck.

#4 princessrunningfingers

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 06:54 AM

I have had several books printed (from Shutterfly and Color Inc.) and have been very happy with the results. When you make your own pages, just be sure to leave elements away from the edges, so they don't get cut off. The ones I used showed lines to stay inside of, so that you don't lose anything.

#5 oatmeal mama

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Posted 13 May 2011 - 09:36 AM

Thank you!!! I have purchased some books through Groupon and will upload my own pages. I love the journaling aspect of digital scraping and none of the templates worked for me. You make it sound so simple. Thanks again for the advice and information. Wish me luck!!