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8" x 8" Square
 
This attractive photobook can be compiled with our free software and is intended for those who create their own pages in independent programs

Scrapbook For Those Who Want To Create The Pages Themselves
These books are square. They are for use when the page layout is designed in another program and imported into our photobooks as .jpg or .tiff files. Great for digital scrapbooking.
Printed Hard Cover

These books have printed hard covers and the pages are 8 inches square. They are especially designed for the hobby of digital scrapbooking.

Price Printed Hard Cover - one book

 

 

This page was created in Photoshop and placed in the PhotoBook
Our Scrapbook theme doesn't have many page templates. It is intended for those who want to create their own page layouts in programs like Photoshop and then import images into the PhotoBook pages.
 
 

Scrapbook 8 inch square photobooks

Great for people with their own design software who are looking for individual expression. These books are intended for use when the pages are created in a program such as photoshop and imported into the books as .jpg or .tiff files. This can also be done in our other photobooks as they all have a blank page that will accept image files.

Covers

Scrapbooks are only available in the printed hard cover shown here. They are laminated with a light gloss film.

Layouts
The correct size specifications to make your own layouts are available further down this page

Front of printed hard cover book showing dimensions. The books are called 8 inch square which is the size of the pages but the cover is actually a little larger than the pages and ends up at about 210mm (8.27 inches ) square.


Example Pages

The examples on the right show completed pages which have been made in a graphic design program and then used in the scrapbook as a .jpg or .tiff file

Page Templates

This table shows the page templates that are available in the 8" square scrapbooks. There are just two picture templates as the full page one would normally be used for every page of the book. Create your own layouts and import them as .jpg or .tiff files for these books.

Photos are dragged and dropped onto the gray areas on the templates. Each gray area is intended for a photo and if a one is not placed there it will show up as white when the photobook is printed.

Images

Images are dragged and dropped onto the pages and once there they can be enlarged (zoomed) and moved within the space to provide the best effect. For more information about this see Adjusting Photos

       
     
Digital Scrapbooking
Find out more about digital scrapbooking.

Vinnie Pearce is one of New Zealand's leading Digital Scrapbookers. Here's what she has to say about it. "Digital Scrapbooking is a new and fun way of preserving photos and stories. You use your computer and image manipulating program to composite designs for a scrapbook album or bound book. More and more people are choosing to scrapbook this way because of the many benefits.

Vinnies designs can be found at http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ or search for her on the internet.

Vinney Pearce
Testimonial about our Scrapbook
"This an absolutely awesome service to offer Digital Scrapbookers in NZ. When I created this book for my son I had it printed overseas by a reputable company but it came at a high price. The service you are offering is exceptional! Once I downloaded the software and loaded my pages into it, I couldn't believe that within a click of a button the book was ordered. These books are definitely on a par with the other company quality wise but they are way cheaper in price. It is fabulous being able to turn to a NZ company that fulfills my requirements. Thank You So Much - I look forward to having many more books printed ". - Tracy Little
 
How to create a Scrapbook using the services of this site.

1. Create page designs on Photoshop Elements or something similar, and save the pages into a flattened .jpg or .tiff file when complete.

2. Download www.photobook.co.nz software, when ready to start composing book.

3. Create a new 8" x 8" project on PhotoBook software. Then add photos/jpg pages, using the software options.

4. Select the blank style pages (gray coloured page) from the page options given. Then drag and drop images onto pages.

5. When finished, publish the work.

6. The book is printed and bound and you are notified about payment.

See "Using Your Own Layouts" for more information

 

 

Size specifications to make your own layouts for an 8 inch ( 203mm ) square scrapbook

Wrap Around Cover

This diagram shows the layout you will need to use if you create a cover with an image that wraps right around the scrapbook cover from the front to the back. The image needs to be made to these dimensions to enable it to wrap around the cover, to the inside, which is normal in books of this type.

Separate front and back image cover

This diagram shows the layout you will need to use if you create a cover with a separate image for the front and back covers. The images are framed in either white or gray and the template that does this is available in the software.

Standard 8" square page for Scrapbook

This diagram shows the layout you will need to use for the pages. It includes 2.5mm bleed which is standard on all our templates.

Bleed

This diagram shows the amount of your image or photo that will be either covered up by the edge of our templates or trimmed off the edge of a page when your books are bound. Bleed is a name that is used in the printing trade to refer to the amount an image has to be made bigger, or bled past the edge of where it will be cut when being finished in a guillotine. The crop lines, or marks, show where the cut will take place. 2.5mm is consistent throughout all of our photobooks.

 
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