Creating a Photobook

Today I finished presenting a photobook I created for one of my communications classes. As the rest of my class was presenting a lot of the people's photos printed out pixelated. They kept saying they just didn't understand why because on the screen it looked perfect. Most of their images were sized wrong and that's what caused the pixelation. The sad part is that we paid a good amount for this photobook and because these people's images were sized wrong, their photobooks now look unprofessional.

It's extremely important to know how to resize and print photos correctly. If the photo looks good on the screen, it doesn't necessarily mean it looks good in print. When printing photos in a larger format always make sure the resolution is set at 300 ppi. This is the best quality for image printing. You can print at 150 ppi, but never any lower than that. Our teacher even made it a requirement to print out at least one spread of our photobook to make sure it looked nice printed and not just on the screen. Sadly, this is a technique that I think a lot of people forget about. It's a tricky business and you have to be very careful. I would suggest learning as much as you can about resizing photos because you will use it right now and later in life.

I have posted my photobook in pps format for you to see.

Click here to see the full version.