Index

A

Adding text

to a layout 141

Adhesive binding 63

Adobe Bridge 46

Adobe InDesign 20

Adobe Lightroom 46

Advantages

of digital technology 2

Advertising 180

Alignment

text and image boxes 165

Artistic effects 117

Asset management

software 45

Automator 53

B

Background 18

Backgrounds

choosing 131

ready-made 132

self-made 132

Background transparency 136

Bar code 23

Bindings 62

Blurb Mobile 27

Bookstore

provider’s own 177

Boxes 84

Bulk discount 180

C

Calibration

monitor 161

Canon ImageBrowser 46

Canon ZoomBrowser 46

Checklist

final corrections 168

software options 18

troubleshooting 172

Choosing a service provider 7

Choosing your subject 33

Clip art 42

CMYK 57

Color cast 173

Color depth 57

Color management 160

Color profile 162

Color space 10, 56, 57, 160

Cover 64

Cover design 108

Cover image

finding 109

Cover photo 108

Cropping images 113

Cropping photos 111

Customer service 26

D

Database 39

Decorative effects 115

Decorative frames 121

Design guidelines

for layouts 95

Digital offset printing 9

Dust jacket 64

E

Effect filters 117

Error check 159

Examples

of photo books 3

EXIF

metadata 43

Expert tips

Self-Publishing 177

Self Publishing with Blurb 178

Exporting images

from Lightroom 50

Extras 65

F

Figure/ground principle 99

File format 57

File renaming 52

Fine art printing 12

Flickr Commons 39

Fonts

choosing 148, 149

sans serif 149

serif 149

Font sources

online 150

Format 61

Framing 111

Front matter 73

G

Gestalt Theory 98

Golden Ratio 95, 96

Graphic elements 19, 95

creating 128

in a layout 128

H

Hard cover 64

Height-to-width ratio 62

High gloss printing 24

HP Indigo 12

I

Ideas for photo books 2

Image composition 35

Image correction

automatic 17, 58

Image databases 39

Image management 47

software 45

Image optimization 58

Image preselection 47

Image processing 17

Image settings

optimizing 20, 36, 53, 160

Image Settings 198

Importing images

to Lightroom 49

Increasing resolution

of maps 42

InDesign 20

iPad 27, 176

iPhoto 46

IPTC 44

metadata 43

ISBN 179

K

Keywording 43

Keywords 43

L

Layers 88

Layout design 95

Layout grid 106

Layout preview 159

Layout software

dedicated 20

Layout template 16, 80

Layout templates

saving 89

Leporello binding 13

Logo

manufacturer 23

M

Maps

sources 40

Marketing 180

Metadata 43

saving 46

Moving an object 84

N

Nikon ViewNX 46

Numbered list 144

Number of pages 66

O

Online tutorials 26

Opacity 115

Operating system 14

Optimizing image settings 36, 38, 160

Ordering your book 169

Ornamental initials 157

P

Page background 18

Page numbers 88

Paper type 24, 65

Paper weight 24

Paragraph spacing 144

Peselecting images 210

Photo book software

online 14

standalone 14

Photoshop 19

Picasa 46

Picture text 155

Pixel 53

Portability 15

Preselecting images 42, 77

Preselection 47

Preview 159

Preview options 25

Price 22

Principle of common destiny 102

Principle of proximity 100

Printing on photo paper 11

Print processes 9

Print quality 12

Q

QuarkXPress 20

R

Raster

autotype 10

frequency modulated 10

Rating photos 43

Renaming files 52

Renaming images

during export 51

Reordering 27, 181

Resolution

scanning 37

Rule of Thirds 95

S

Sales channels 177

Sample workflow

image management 47

Sans serif fonts 149

Saving a project 181

Scaling photos 111

Scanning 36

Screw-type binding 63

Scribus 20

Selling your book

through a retailer 178

Selling your work 177

Sequence 71

Serif fonts 149

Shadow effects 127

Sharing a preview 175

Sharpening 59

Shooting your images 33

Soft cover 62, 64

Soft proofing 162

Software options 18

Special requests 23

Spiral binding 62

Standardized layouts 104

Staple binding 62

Stitched binding 63

Storyboard 67

Structure 67

Structuring 68

Subjects

choosing 33

Support 26

Symmetry 104

T

Tablet computer 1

Template 15, 80

book 16

layout 16

Text

correcting 163

editing 18

free 142

Text and image box alignment 165

Text and image boxes 84

Text box transparency 152

Text corrections 163

Text design 144

Text styles

Blurb 146

Text transparency 152

TIFF 57

Title page 108

Tonal values

optimizing 59

Transparency

background 136

image 115

text 152

text box 152

Triptych 35

Troubleshooting 172

U

Understanding layouts 91

V

VivaDesigner 20

W

White space 95

Wizard 15

for layout creation 75

Workflow 3

X

XMP

metadata 44

sidecar file 44