Photo Books: I have made several photo books using iPhoto. They have been excellent quality. I have received several photo books using other printers and the quality has been marginal...

LarryFB Loc: Depends where our RV is parked

I have made several photo books using iPhoto. They have been excellent quality.

I have received several photo books using other printers and the quality has been marginal at best.

Now that I am using Lightroom, I wonder how the photo books from Adobe's printing partner compare to Apple's photo books.

Can anyone provide a comparison between Apple's photo book product and Adobe's photo book product.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

LarryFB wrote:

I have made several photo books using iPhoto. They have been excellent quality.

I have received several photo books using other printers and the quality has been marginal at best.

Now that I am using Lightroom, I wonder how the photo books from Adobe's printing partner compare to Apple's photo books.

Can anyone provide a comparison between Apple's photo book product and Adobe's photo book product.

Agree about Apples printing- my preference too. The Lightroom books come from Blurb. I tried two of them. I have also tried Shutterfly and Adorama. The books from all were OK but none were as good a quality for the price, so I went back to Apple. Same was true of calendars: tried two other companies but back to Apple to make sure the ones I did for Christmas gifts were the quality I wanted.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

I have used the LR/Blurb connection. Addictively easy to use. While the photographic quality should not change, you do have an assortment of papers and bindings. Choose accordingly because your choices affect the perceived quality.

Now, a question. Has anyone figured out how to make the pages in LR and export them as a finished book into the program from another printer? I suspect you cannot but perhaps someone has figured that out for me.

LarryFB Loc: Depends where our RV is parked

minniev wrote:

Agree about Apples printing- my preference too. The Lightroom books come from Blurb. I tried two of them. I have also tried Shutterfly and Adorama. The books from all were OK but none were as good a quality for the price, so I went back to Apple. Same was true of calendars: tried two other companies but back to Apple to make sure the ones I did for Christmas gifts were the quality I wanted.

Thank you. I'm still on the fence but it's good to hear from someone who has used both. I have been so happy with Apple Photo Books, I'm a bit hesitant to change.

LarryFB Loc: Depends where our RV is parked

abc1234 wrote:

I have used the LR/Blurb connection. Addictively easy to use. While the photographic quality should not change, you do have an assortment of papers and bindings. Choose accordingly because your choices affect the perceived quality.

Now, a question. Has anyone figured out how to make the pages in LR and export them as a finished book into the program from another printer? I suspect you cannot but perhaps someone has figured that out for me.

According to Scott Kelby's book on Lightroom 5, you can have Lightroom save the entire book as a PDF, or have Lightroom save a JPG of each page. The command is in the top panel under Book Settings.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

LarryFB wrote:

Thank you. I'm still on the fence but it's good to hear from someone who has used both. I have been so happy with Apple Photo Books, I'm a bit hesitant to change.

One thing I didn't mention - Blurb has more ways to customize, which I liked, even though this does make the process a bit slower if you tinker a lot like I do. I will probably try Blurb again, and pay extra for better paper or something, to see what happens, but for now I'm sticking with Apple because I know what I'm gonna get.

If you use Blurb, it is important to save a proof and look at it thoroughly before you send for printing, it does not "think for us" quite the way Apple does to find formatting or color issues.