![]() ![]() Just to prove that sometimes we use the products that we review, I've printed a number of books from Shutterfly. (I received one when I bought a camera at Best Buy two weeks ago.) Shutterfly also offers a sales page for specials and discounts. For a limited time, photo products bought at Best Buy come with a Shutterfly code for a free book. In the past couple of years Shutterfly has acquired the Kodak Gallery, card seller Tiny Prints, ThisLife and, most recently, MyPublisher, another photo book publisher. The limitations include that you cannot edit projects created on the iPad on your Mac, nor can you edit projects created on the Mac on your iPad, so for now, projects are device-dependent. Shutterfly Photo Story works on the iPad 2 and above and the iPad mini with iOS 6 or later. Memorability offered audio in books first, but alas, their books can be shared, but not printed. Sarah Perez of TechCrunch notes that Shutterfly is not the first service to offer in-book audio. For creating a book without audio, Shutterfly for iPad is also available from the iTunes store. As with Shutterfly's other photo book products, the book can be shared on Facebook or printed as an actual hard copy. Shutterfly Photo Story imports photos from Facebook, Instagram, Shutterfly or your iPad Photo Stream. Less-expensive and small-sized books are also available, but do not include the new audio feature. Pages can be added for an additional fee and there is a choice of a hard or soft cover for your book. You can only order an 20-page, 8 x 8-inch, 8 x 11-inch or 12 x 12-inch book with audio. Printed book prices range from US$29.99 to $59.99. Shutterfly offers a choice of 10 different styles and three book sizes. I am a graphic artist so prepare and design each page including type to exact size. I have made several Blurb photo books and the finished product is excellent. You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu. Blurb (Photo Printing Service): 2.7 out of 5 stars from 20 genuine reviews on Australias largest opinion site. ![]() Readers scan the code to open a digital version of the book and listen to the audio, according to Shutterfly. For the hard cover books, a QR code is printed on the back. When you share your photo book via email or Facebook, a clickable icon appears on pages with embedded audio. A "record" button appears on each page as you create your photo pages in Shutterfly Photo Story, and you can choose to add one audio file for the entire book or add audio to every page. A QR code printed on the photo book lets readers hear the recorded messages. Your photo album becomes an instant story, engaging all your relatives and friends in a more intimate and personal experience. Unlike other photo books, Shutterfly Photo Story lets you add 30-second audio messages to each page. Today it launched a free iPad application called Shutterfly Photo Story, which lets you create your own photo books - with a difference. Were I to use this service again, I would: a) contact mypublisher directly to discuss the overexposure problem b) be more selective and c) maybe do all b&w.Shutterfly, Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based photo-publishing site, wants to become your one-stop shop for printed photo products. With proper care and selection, all shortcomings could be overcome, except #1 and #7. However, our moms/wives/kids would be impressed.ġ1. The folks on this forum are not really the target audience for this product. At about $3 a shot, I'd say you get your moneysworth. Book seems too thin with only 24 leaves in it. The binding is strong and attractive, but bulges out at the top of the front cover indentation/fold point.ĩ. I threw in 3 b&w's, and they all look quite good. The photowrap cover put MyPublisher on the same footing as the other book makers in terms of the overall offering. The second is a vacation photo book I did with their new lay-flat pages and 'super gloss paper' option. ![]() However the grain looks different than I am accustomed to seeing in a wet print, so who knows.Ħ. The first is the baby book done with a photowrap cover instead of the dust jacket they offered when I first did this review. This may be due to the size of the scans, which were smaller than the recommended 8M. ![]() This may just be an artifact of the overexposure.ĥ. Newton rings which are not noticeable in the scans are prominent in the prints. A lot has changed since then, but our philosophy hasn’t. Founded in 2006, Bob Books allows everyone to create customised, beautifully crafted photo books and much more. I did use the auto-correct function throughout.Ģ. Create stunning photo books, stylish calendars, beautiful wall art and much more, using your digital photos with Bob Books. All images are uniformly overexposed on the order of 1 or 2 f/stops. I ordered a 12"x16" hardbound album with 24 images, one to a page, for about $72. After reading recent discussions on this forum about online printing and binding, I chose to give a try. ![]()
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