I suppose my friends from Photosop Creative create and order photo books from PrestoPhoto like me. I'd like to share my experience with you re the creation methods, file upload and delivery.
Creation : It involves a lot of time in organizing and planning. I do use the organizer intensively. I am not yet proficient enough with Lightroom and the organizer is perfect for me. Planning is like writing a scenario for a movie. Once I have chosen the size of the final book, I create my own templates. I may work on individual pages, or double pages.
File upload :
That's an important matter. With my last book (80 pages 12" x 12") I wanted to compare standard file upload and ftp upload, as well as zipped jpegs versus PDF upload.
To get optimal results with the advised 300 ppi for a 12" x 12", I used to export my flattened PSD files to jpg compression 10, and to create a unique zip file.
In the meantime, I did test the PDF way. Since Elements does not create multipage pdfs, after trying several free software without much satisfaction, I bought a Foxit licence : really worth the price.
The problem is that the total size is four times bigger than the zipped jpegs version !
Also, I tried several Internet high speed connection : no luck, there is always a limit of 100 Mb/s, so it was not better with the optic fiber super high speed connection... As a result, after a 4 hours and a half upload of a pdf failed, I resorted to sending a zip, which was done in little more than one hour.
A word about manufacturing time and delivery : it is about the same as with local suppliers. The standard international shipment rate is extraordinarily cheap, and the delivery time was about 10 days instead of the announced 4 / 6 weeks !
I am curious to know about your own experience in those matters
Creation : It involves a lot of time in organizing and planning. I do use the organizer intensively. I am not yet proficient enough with Lightroom and the organizer is perfect for me. Planning is like writing a scenario for a movie. Once I have chosen the size of the final book, I create my own templates. I may work on individual pages, or double pages.
File upload :
That's an important matter. With my last book (80 pages 12" x 12") I wanted to compare standard file upload and ftp upload, as well as zipped jpegs versus PDF upload.
To get optimal results with the advised 300 ppi for a 12" x 12", I used to export my flattened PSD files to jpg compression 10, and to create a unique zip file.
In the meantime, I did test the PDF way. Since Elements does not create multipage pdfs, after trying several free software without much satisfaction, I bought a Foxit licence : really worth the price.
The problem is that the total size is four times bigger than the zipped jpegs version !
Also, I tried several Internet high speed connection : no luck, there is always a limit of 100 Mb/s, so it was not better with the optic fiber super high speed connection... As a result, after a 4 hours and a half upload of a pdf failed, I resorted to sending a zip, which was done in little more than one hour.
A word about manufacturing time and delivery : it is about the same as with local suppliers. The standard international shipment rate is extraordinarily cheap, and the delivery time was about 10 days instead of the announced 4 / 6 weeks !
I am curious to know about your own experience in those matters