Trying to create a photo book and am getting bumped on resolution: Hi Awesome Hogs, I recently volunteered to shoot a 25th anniversary party as a favor, friend, and attendee. No big...

jdm Loc: Cape Cod

Hi Awesome Hogs,

I recently volunteered to shoot a 25th anniversary party as a favor, friend, and attendee. No big formal gig. A pig roast. I shot my Nikon 750 and holy trinity set of lenses. The photos look great in camera and on my MacBook Pro. Sharp on zoom. I've uploaded the gallery to both AdoramaPix and Costco photo center to create a book, only to yield results that look nothing like I see on screen. Adorama says my resolution isn't adequate and Costco just looks awful. Some, but not all, are cropped. I shot in RAW and am exporting from Lightroom in Jpeg. Please help! I did this as a gift and I'm wondering if I can deliver! Many thanks for any advice you can offer!

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

try this

http://www.photobookgirl.com/blog/what-is-the-right-resolution-or-dpi-for-photos-when-making-a-photo-book/

Rongnongno Loc: FL

jdm wrote:

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Check if you are not sending a low rez instead of high.

My wife did that a couple of times...

DP links is good.

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Send us an example. Maybe we can figure out what the problem is.

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

You may have sent 72dpi images meant for monitor viewing and posting to websites INSTEAD of sending jpegs at a dpi of 240-300 needed for print production?

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

romanticf16 wrote:

You may have sent 72dpi images meant for monitor viewing and posting to websites INSTEAD of sending jpegs at a dpi of 240-300 needed for print production?

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

jdm wrote:

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I have used Blurb for my photobooks. The main reason being that I like to do "my own thing" - and Blurb allows full-bleed pages to be put into their books.
I start (in Photoshop Elements) with a blank document of the exact dimensions needed to produce a full bleed page, at a resolution of 300ppi. I put my photos on that document, put a background on, type any text I want to include, etc. I work all this in layers, so that it is easy to change my mind about one little detail (or about the whole thing). When I'm happy with the result, I save the work as a .psd file, then merge the layers and save as .jpg file. It's the jpg file I then put on the page of the book.

The dimensions and resolution can be found somewhere on the Blurb website - unfortunately I no longer have them - lost them when my computer crashed a little while ago. It was one of the very few files that was not backed up....

cdayton

I have used Shutterfly many times with pleasing results. Skip all their formatting and do your own composing, etc. Print quality is excellent.
PS They are always running some kind of price promotion.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

dirtpusher wrote:

try this

http://www.photobookgirl.com/blog/what-is-the-right-resolution-or-dpi-for-photos-when-making-a-photo-book/

Lots of good info here - thanks for posting the link.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I have used Costco for photo books and other prints. Costco uses Dry Creek profiles. Your monitor and their's appear very different. They will gladly redo a photo book if you are not satisfied(free!). Here is the link to Dry Creek:http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/
Mark

jdm wrote:

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John Howard Loc: SW Florida and Blue Ridge Mountains of NC.

Check your export menus and see if you had the file type and size set too small. You can also check the size of one of the photo files. I do apple books and upload large tiff files. But I think for a med size book you can use 15mb jpg. Really has to do with pixel count versus image size in the book.

erickter Loc: Dallas,TX

jdm wrote:

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I use Adoramapix and Costco extensively. Seldom had any image quality problems, and when I did, they quickly made new prints at no charge. Cropping is always controlled by me, which they allow, as long as I resize certain images before hand to fit a paticular hard copy format. If Adorama says your resolution is "inadequate", they're implying it's too low, even though it may not seem like it from you're post. Request a (free) reprint. Check your ppi and jpg compression settings. Make sure ppi is at or around 300, and jpg compression is set to highest (or high). Talk to their service reps again. Both companies have stellar customer service and usually accommodate free reprints. (Still, They may balk at reprinting for free if your jpgs were way too low in ppi and compression).

jdm Loc: Cape Cod

You guys were right on the money. I uploaded low res images. I repeated with dpi 300+ and Voila! My book is almost finished!

I must say how much I appreciate the collective wisdom and generosity of everyone on this forum. A special shout out to dirtpusher, Rongnongno, SonyA580, romanticf16, mborn, Morning Star, cdayton, ecobin, markngolf, John Howard, and erickter for taking the time to provide such valuable advice and help. Best Regards, Jennifer

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks Jennifer for the feedback. UHH rocks!!
I hope you are happy with the photo book.
Mark

jdm wrote:

You guys were right on the money. I uploaded low res images. I repeated with dpi 300+ and Voila! My book is almost finished!

I must say how much I appreciate the collective wisdom and generosity of everyone on this forum. A special shout out to dirtpusher, Rongnongno, SonyA580, romanticf16, mborn, Morning Star, cdayton, ecobin, markngolf, John Howard, and erickter for taking the time to provide such valuable advice and help. Best Regards, Jennifer

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

jdm wrote:

You guys were right on the money. I uploaded low res images. I repeated with dpi 300+ and Voila! My book is almost finished!

I must say how much I appreciate the collective wisdom and generosity of everyone on this forum. A special shout out to dirtpusher, Rongnongno, SonyA580, romanticf16, mborn, Morning Star, cdayton, ecobin, markngolf, John Howard, and erickter for taking the time to provide such valuable advice and help. Best Regards, Jennifer

Charge an arm an leg. Lol glad your smiling.