Photograph Album/Book/Scrapbook Type Thing
Discussion
All, I've got a load of old F1 prints that I'm busy scanning, adding borders and titles, and generally trying to Photoshop to improve image quality. I'm pretty happy with the results so far; I've printed a couple out on Canon photo paper at A4 and they look good all things considered. I may invest in a negative scanner and try again once my skills improve (I've also got some monochrome negatives and Ektachrome transparencies whcih I can't scan at present).
I'd estimate there will be around 200 images once I've finished, covering the period 1976 to 2013. They aren't technically or artistically great, but they do have a great deal of sentimental value.
The prints are currently in albums, which are literally falling to bits. What I'd really like to do is arrange the scanned images by event, and make them into some kind of book, maybe with a few notes and memories, scanned autographs and timing sheets and all that. Basically a scrapbook, heavily biased towards photographs.
What's the best way of doing this, and getting a book/album printed (obviously it would be a one-off book for me, not for sale)? Could I arrange the scans onto pages, add text, print, and send somewhere for binding? If so, what would good software be for this? What paper would be good to use? The Canon Gloss looks great, but seems a bit sticky to make into a book (plus it's single sided). I have no experience of Desktop Publishing.
Thanks in advance.
I'd estimate there will be around 200 images once I've finished, covering the period 1976 to 2013. They aren't technically or artistically great, but they do have a great deal of sentimental value.
The prints are currently in albums, which are literally falling to bits. What I'd really like to do is arrange the scanned images by event, and make them into some kind of book, maybe with a few notes and memories, scanned autographs and timing sheets and all that. Basically a scrapbook, heavily biased towards photographs.
What's the best way of doing this, and getting a book/album printed (obviously it would be a one-off book for me, not for sale)? Could I arrange the scans onto pages, add text, print, and send somewhere for binding? If so, what would good software be for this? What paper would be good to use? The Canon Gloss looks great, but seems a bit sticky to make into a book (plus it's single sided). I have no experience of Desktop Publishing.
Thanks in advance.
dr_gn said:
All, I've got a load of old F1 prints that I'm busy scanning, adding borders and titles, and generally trying to Photoshop to improve image quality. I'm pretty happy with the results so far; I've printed a couple out on Canon photo paper at A4 and they look good all things considered. I may invest in a negative scanner and try again once my skills improve (I've also got some monochrome negatives and Ektachrome transparencies whcih I can't scan at present).
I'd estimate there will be around 200 images once I've finished, covering the period 1976 to 2013. They aren't technically or artistically great, but they do have a great deal of sentimental value.
The prints are currently in albums, which are literally falling to bits. What I'd really like to do is arrange the scanned images by event, and make them into some kind of book, maybe with a few notes and memories, scanned autographs and timing sheets and all that. Basically a scrapbook, heavily biased towards photographs.
What's the best way of doing this, and getting a book/album printed (obviously it would be a one-off book for me, not for sale)? Could I arrange the scans onto pages, add text, print, and send somewhere for binding? If so, what would good software be for this? What paper would be good to use? The Canon Gloss looks great, but seems a bit sticky to make into a book (plus it's single sided). I have no experience of Desktop Publishing.
Thanks in advance.
Lightroom is ideal for that, watch some videos (Kelbyone for instance) then you'll be ableto lay it out exactly as you want, get a one-off album printed and it won't be particularly expensive eitherI'd estimate there will be around 200 images once I've finished, covering the period 1976 to 2013. They aren't technically or artistically great, but they do have a great deal of sentimental value.
The prints are currently in albums, which are literally falling to bits. What I'd really like to do is arrange the scanned images by event, and make them into some kind of book, maybe with a few notes and memories, scanned autographs and timing sheets and all that. Basically a scrapbook, heavily biased towards photographs.
What's the best way of doing this, and getting a book/album printed (obviously it would be a one-off book for me, not for sale)? Could I arrange the scans onto pages, add text, print, and send somewhere for binding? If so, what would good software be for this? What paper would be good to use? The Canon Gloss looks great, but seems a bit sticky to make into a book (plus it's single sided). I have no experience of Desktop Publishing.
Thanks in advance.
singlecoil said:
dr_gn said:
All, I've got a load of old F1 prints that I'm busy scanning, adding borders and titles, and generally trying to Photoshop to improve image quality. I'm pretty happy with the results so far; I've printed a couple out on Canon photo paper at A4 and they look good all things considered. I may invest in a negative scanner and try again once my skills improve (I've also got some monochrome negatives and Ektachrome transparencies whcih I can't scan at present).
I'd estimate there will be around 200 images once I've finished, covering the period 1976 to 2013. They aren't technically or artistically great, but they do have a great deal of sentimental value.
The prints are currently in albums, which are literally falling to bits. What I'd really like to do is arrange the scanned images by event, and make them into some kind of book, maybe with a few notes and memories, scanned autographs and timing sheets and all that. Basically a scrapbook, heavily biased towards photographs.
What's the best way of doing this, and getting a book/album printed (obviously it would be a one-off book for me, not for sale)? Could I arrange the scans onto pages, add text, print, and send somewhere for binding? If so, what would good software be for this? What paper would be good to use? The Canon Gloss looks great, but seems a bit sticky to make into a book (plus it's single sided). I have no experience of Desktop Publishing.
Thanks in advance.
Lightroom is ideal for that, watch some videos (Kelbyone for instance) then you'll be ableto lay it out exactly as you want, get a one-off album printed and it won't be particularly expensive eitherI'd estimate there will be around 200 images once I've finished, covering the period 1976 to 2013. They aren't technically or artistically great, but they do have a great deal of sentimental value.
The prints are currently in albums, which are literally falling to bits. What I'd really like to do is arrange the scanned images by event, and make them into some kind of book, maybe with a few notes and memories, scanned autographs and timing sheets and all that. Basically a scrapbook, heavily biased towards photographs.
What's the best way of doing this, and getting a book/album printed (obviously it would be a one-off book for me, not for sale)? Could I arrange the scans onto pages, add text, print, and send somewhere for binding? If so, what would good software be for this? What paper would be good to use? The Canon Gloss looks great, but seems a bit sticky to make into a book (plus it's single sided). I have no experience of Desktop Publishing.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks!
Gassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff