Tammy's photobook Review (A+++)

[TammyWright]

i used software to make the layout here:

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Well i finally got my wedding book. i desgined it myself instead of going through mypublisher.com or kodakgallery because i read that the quality wasn't as good...also i wanted to be very specific with my layout.

 

Quality of book (A++): the book i ordered is big. 12" x 12". The linen cover is beautiful, the binding is solid and clean (some pics of a mypublisher books i saw the binding was all funky). Also, you can add these great feature like beautiful black pages in the cover or have your name and wedding date imprinted into the leather with silver or gold emboss.

 

Quality of print (A++): i chose a glossy print and the book looks so professional. I had some full bleed pics that were very large and there was no problem with the pics looking pixelated or the color being off.

 

Price (A): i knew i would have to pay more than kodak for a better quaility book but was surprised that i only paid about 10% more than at kodak.

 

Customer service (A++++++): i have never had customer service so good. the CEO would email me within hours each time i emailed with a stupid question. Also, my MIL wanted to open an account and take the pages of my book BUT also add some more pages and he very easily transferred my pages into her account so she could do this (with my permission, of course ). Also, the day AFTER i placed my order i found out i messed up and he stopped the printing when i begged him and fixed it for me.

 

here are some pics of the book:

 

[MSMAZE31]

ok...iam so overwhelmed!! I sent my photographer a few pix to "color correct" for our thank you cards (I know Ia m past the thank you etiquette timeline) and he made the pixtures fuzzy!! grrrr....Tammy do you do this on the side? I tried to fix some pix in photoshop but jeez I feel like I need to take a class. I havene't even started on my photobook yet.

[TammyWright]

hmmm...email me the pics and i can see what i can do...you can email me at tammy@chitchatgirls.com

 

also, tell me what you want...i don't know much but know how to fool around with things and have photoshop cs2

[TammyB]

Tammy it looks awesome, did you come up with the layout and everything? I've been trying to decide if I want to scrapebook our wedding album or do something like you did. Was it real expensive?

[TammyWright]

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Originally Posted by TAMMYM Tammy it looks awesome, did you come up with the layout and everything? I've been trying to decide if I want to scrapebook our wedding album or do something like you did. Was it real expensive?

i came up with the layout and the font on the side and stuff...it came to about $160 BUT it is really big and nice...i made smaller one (8 x for grandparents/parents and that was about $60 each.

[TammyB]

That's not bad at all, I was looking at just the really nice albums for a scrapbook and they run about $140.00 and that's before you start adding everything else into it. WOW, you gave me some food for thought... Did they just work with the file Juan gave you?

[TammyWright]

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Originally Posted by TAMMYM That's not bad at all, I was looking at just the really nice albums for a scrapbook and they run about $140.00 and that's before you start adding everything else into it. WOW, you gave me some food for thought... Did they just work with the file Juan gave you?

yes, you need high res pics and juans are perfect...it was awesome because some pages are just 1 giant pic that bleeds to the edges...you can make fancy edges, add sayings...i did one page with alot of small pics...some bigger..so much flexibility!

[TammyB]

Awesome, hopefully this thread isn't burried to deep by the time I get married and I can find the website you posted.

 

BTW how many pages do you get?

[TammyWright]

i think it is up to 60-70 pages but you can use both sides...you can do 100 pages and use thinner paper...i used thick paper so prob have about 60

[TammyB]

WOW, I just looked at the website and I didn't see the 12 x 12 you did, and it said their books start at 12 pages (but two sided so 24).. Maybe I was looking at something different. OMG I would take me forever to figure out how to fill 60 pages, I'm not doing before shots of the wedding so it'll just be ceremony pics, B & G pics, and misc family pics.