How to Create Printable Photo Books

Starting Your Photo Book

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  Select a printable photo book supplier from the Internet such as shutterfly.com or kodakgallery.com or go to a photo-printing station at your local retail store.

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  Download the pictures you want in your photo album from your camera card to the supplier you chose.

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  Select either a customized or a standard photo book. Customized photo books take longer to create but add a personal touch. You can make a standard photo book much faster than a customized book and still have a professional-looking photo album.

Standard Photo Books

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  Select the size photo book you wish to create. Sizes range from 5-by-7 inch to 12-by-12 inch.

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  Select a range of photos you want in your photo book. The supplier will automatically arrange your photos in chronological order. You may place between one and four pictures on each page.

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  Choose the backgrounds you want for each page of your photo book or a theme you want used throughout the entire book. Each background comes with a predetermined layout for pictures.

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  Edit your pictures. This includes removing red eye, resizing and rotating pictures.

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  Enter short captions to go with each picture. You may want to add captions to only a certain number of photos.

Customized Photo Books

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  Select the size of photo book you wish to create. Sizes range from 5-by-7 inch to 12-by-12 inch.

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  Select a range of photos you want in your photo book. You may place between one and 16 photos on each page.

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  Select the style of background you want to use -- either for each page or for the entire book.

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  Edit your pictures. This includes removing red eye, resizing and rotating pictures.

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  Add text and captions to photos in a variety of fonts, colors and sizes.