Comments on: I Got My Spiral-bound iPhoto Book From My Trip to Tuscany and….

By: Neil Protheroe

Neil Protheroe — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:22:38 +0000

I’ve had several problems with photos in books being returned too dark. Its apparently caused by the four colour printing process, and is most pronounced on photos which have low contrast (e.g. grey skies and dull colours). To correct it you have to adjust the light levels or ‘exposure’ of each photo in iPhoto before submitting the book for printing. It is very frustrating. How can you judge this when it looks perfect on the screen? I have received a book just today, and the same issue has arisen on certain pictures, despite being perfectly processed from RAW.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:33 +0000

Thanks for the update on the spiral look Scott. I am just about to do my next photo book (okay I have been saying that for a year) and thought the spiral might be the answer. I’ll go with soft cover and I hate to say it but better you than me figuring this all out! I really appreciate the updates on this stuff!

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:38:10 +0000

After seeing Scott’s photo book of his last trip I put my wedding photos into a book (using the P22 cezanne font – love it) and noticed that the last 10 pages or so of the book were dark. The first 30 were great but they got dark after that. I went back and checked the photographers prints and digital copies and they were all fine. I am also wondering if anyone else has had problems with apple printing dark.

By: John T.

John T. — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:57:56 +0000

And that’s all that matters. Wish I could see the book in person.

By: George Place

George Place — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:21 +0000

Scott,
Why do my Apple books always print dark? I raised the Gamma and did a preview, which looked OK, but the printed book is always dark.
My monitor is calibrated using an eye- one.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you. George Place

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:27:39 +0000

Hi DigiMike:
I typed the whole thing in all lowercase, and that’s how the typeface appears. I like it.

-Scott

By: DigiMike

DigiMike — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:43:21 +0000

I am wondering why you have a capital T (the second letter of Italy) and and a lower case i (the first letter of Italy). Did you make the Typo, or did Apple?

By: derek

derek — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:16 +0000

I find Spiral bind works really well for technical books. I produce a Database application & the User Guide is printed Spiral which makes it easy for the user to use (sic) as the book is 300 pages. The spiral allows you to put it down without using a placeholder.

For ’showpiece’ books they should always be perfect bound.

derek

By: John Ashton

John Ashton — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:27:04 +0000

Dare I say? I hope you don’t mind Scott, but now my attention has been drawn to it, I don’t think it even looks right aesthetically, particularly as you have Tuscany beginning with a capital. Only a minor criticism though and I much admire your work too.

By: John Ashton

John Ashton — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:25 +0000

Really useful as always. Thanks. A question – what are delivery times like in the States. Over here in the UK they are pretty miserable. Doubly frustrating as much of the time elapses after the ‘your book has been shipped’ message has been sent.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:59:23 +0000

Millers has some lay flat books that are not spiral.. http://www.millerslab.com/info/products/press/books/layflatbooks.aspx

Millers own MPix

By: Italian in OH

Italian in OH — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:33:23 +0000

Ciao Scott,
I know you did it for aesthetic purposes but you should capitalize the name of my country (Italy not “italy”).

Love your work!