Creating Photo Books

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Photo Book Comparison

Size Shutterfly Snapfish WalgreensKodak Gallery

Smile Backs Lulu

My PicTales Walmart

# of pages included 20 20 20 20

5 x 7 12.99 11.99 9.99 11.99 20.999 x 10.25 22.9912 x 14 62.996 x 8 12.958 x 8 19.99 19.95 19.99 16.95 19.99 23.968 x 11 24.99 24.99 39.95 24.9612 x 12 54.99 44.99 49.99 68.95 49.95 39.99 44.9611 x 14 89.9516.5 x 12 129.958.5 x 11 19.99 15.95 29.999 x 7 15.99 14.958.5 x 8.5 9.9913 x 11 44.954.25 x 4.75 16.9910 x 10 29.998 x 10 15.96

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Picture Preparation

• Download pictures from camera.

• Create a folder of pictures selected to upload to Shutterfly.

• Title the pictures using Windows Explorer. These titles will transfer to Shutterfly when you upload them. Do not use Picasa to title the pictures.

• Go to Shutterfly.com

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Login or create an account

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Click on Photo Books

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Scroll down and click on Custom Path

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Choose album size

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Choose style (Natural Neutrals)

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Select this style (loads)

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Get pictures

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Select pictures (click on first picture, hold shift key, click on last picture)

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Select ALL

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Add to photo book

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Select “Place pictures myself”

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Pictures upload (uncheck “Hide used”)

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Remember:

• Titles transfer to the online photo album but do not transfer to the photo book (suggest opening 2 windows to copy captions – Shutterfly and Windows Explorer).

• If camera is set to display date, you can not remove that from your pictures, unless you can crop it out)

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Create your book

• Choose picture for cover.

• Choose layout for page.

• Click on text box (if included in layout), choose font size, position, color.

• (go to website to demonstrate)

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Conclusion

• Create an account in Shutterfly and they will email special offers.

• Uploading pictures can take over an hour, depending on the speed of your internet service.

• Creating a photo book can be very time consuming.

• Shutterfly will allow you to re-do a photo book if you are not satisfied.