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Design Your Own Photo Book

turn your photos into a beautiful bespoke book.

In this 5-day workshop, I'll take you through designing your page layouts in Lightroom, then Photoshop for touches of text, printing, DIY binding steps, and/or uploading your pages to a book printing service.

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Books | 3 Ways

A Step by Step Book Design Class

  1. How to design your page layouts in Lightroom. (includes beautiful minimalist Lr print templates.)
  2. How to add extra touches like text in Photoshop. (basically a full class on using the type tool in Photoshop).
  3. How to print and bind your book using basic supplies most everyone has.
Bonus:
Tips & steps for uploading your custom pages to an online book printing service.

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Lesson Outline

Share Your Photo Books Here

1. Introduction

Welcome to Class & Course Outline
My Inspiration for This Class Project
Flipping Through My Photo Book
The Makings of Your Unique to You Photo Book

2. Preparation

What Story Will You Tell?
Gathering Your Photos
Gather Your Words into One Document.

3. Designing Your Page Layouts Part One

**Download & Install the Lr Print Templates
Designing Your Pages in the Lightroom Print Module
Saving Your Photo Layout in Lightroom
Adding Text to Your Photo Layouts in Photoshop
Extra Lesson : Making a 7x5 Book / Lr & Ps Videos

4. Designing Your Back/Blank Pages & Covers

Adding Text to Your Blank Pages in Photoshop
Designing Your Book Covers from Lightroom to Photoshop

5. Assembling Your Bespoke Photo Book

Step by Step Book Assembly

Bonus: Uploading Customs Pages to a Book Printing Service.

Pikto for Printing & A Lr Page Size Tip to Consider
Uploading My Pages / Customizing the Layout Part One
Flipping Through my Pikto Book, Alternative Binding & A Few Things To Note