[Leica] Blurb

[Richard S Taylor]

Like Nathan, I do a yearbook every year, too and have done many others.  I have found that working with jpg images at 240 ppi yields good results.  

In putting the book together I use JPG images printed to file at 240 ppi and make sure that each photo I use is dimensionally larger (in inches) than it will appear in the book.  Then InDesign and Blurb somehow work together in the pre-flight process to adjust the image file to the proper final dimensional print size (in inches at 240 ppi).  

Blurb is helpful in that the pre-flight process identifies any images that have too low a pixel count to look good before you give them the go-ahead to print the book.  You can then go back and fix them if necessary.  

The software does all the work.  No nasty calculations required.  

Back to lurking…

Dick



> On Nov 01, 2018, at 12:36 PM, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> as usual in publishing—pixel counts are a lot more helpful than dpi
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> if you search their help a little, they give you actual pixel suggestions for each size book
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> what software are you using to make the book?
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> ric
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>> On Nov 1, 2018, at 7:51 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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>> Has anybody out there made up a Blurb book recently? I'm doing one with about 120 photos and some text, and am curious as to what people have found to be the most effective resolution for print. I'm intending mine to be 10 x 8 landscape format, so would be interested in any feedback.
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>> Thanks
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>> Douglas
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