As others had mentioned clean is important for a cover.
Design aside and back to emotion. 7 evokes the father and daughter/parent child relationship in spades. Not trying to confuse you here. For emotion this would be my pick.
Imagemaster wrote:
Hi Lil. Glad to see you got the Swedish project underway.
You always have the option of more than one image on the cover. You can always place one full image on the back cover as well.
I was not impressed with the "Image Wrap" books from Blurb. My wife and I both prefer the soft covers to the hard covers.
Don't forget to dedicate the book to someone.
Let me know if I can help on any problems that might be hard to solve with the Blurb Help.
Tony
Hi Tony,
yes - - I've restarted about three times.... Driving myself nuts each time.
I know I can do more than one... part of me thought one large shot would be more inviting, but I may change that - - your example is wonderful. Did you use Portfolio or Photo Book as "general" layout?
So you like the softcovers best...... Hummm - - I was going to give my father a Hardcover....
Book dedicated to my family, my father, mother, sister, husband, daughter & all my online friends for help & support.
Lil Judd wrote:
I know I can do more than one... part of me thought one large shot would be more inviting, but I may change that - - your example is wonderful. Did you use Portfolio or Photo Book as "general" layout?
So you like the softcovers best...... Hummm - - I was going to give my father a Hardcover....
The good part about having multiple images is that people can immediately see that you have a variety of images inside the book.
I am still using the old version of Booksmart - version1.9.5.xxx I found it easier to make my own template pages in Photoshop. That way I could add text and move both text and the image(s) around where I wanted them. When starting a new book in Booksmart, I would first Remove all the pages, then Insert > Photo - 1, full bleed, as I inserted each page I had created in Photoshop.
Besides being nearly $10 cheaper, we found the soft cover books just looked better. I have already had defective binding on one hard cover, which Blurb gave me a credit for.
When you upload your book and place your first order, you can order 1 soft cover and 1 hard cover for comparison, and to check that everything is okay with your layouts.
Imagemaster wrote:
The good part about having multiple images is that people can immediately see that you have a variety of images inside the book.
I am still using the old version of Booksmart - version1.9.5.xxx I found it easier to make my own template pages in Photoshop. That way I could add text and move both text and the image(s) around where I wanted them. When starting a new book in Booksmart, I would first Remove all the pages, then Insert > Photo - 1, full bleed, as I inserted each page I had created in Photoshop.
Besides being nearly $10 cheaper, we found the soft cover books just looked better. I have already had defective binding on one hard cover, which Blurb gave me a credit for.
When you upload your book and place your first order, you can order 1 soft cover and 1 hard cover for comparison, and to check that everything is okay with your layouts.
thanks for this information. I'm doing it in Blurb as I'm not that great on CS3 - - I do most of my editing in Nikon's Capture NX2 which just handles Nikon RAW files beautifully...
Lil,
If I was doing it I would want the image(s) on the cover to reflect the concept which I think you have outlined in the title. The key words in the title for me are Moments which is in the plural and a journey which also suggests a progression or at least a variety of images and/or concepts. So I would go with multiple images on the front cover which would be representative of the content as a whole and including one like the tern feeding its chick which would perhaps signal the start of a journey/life and on the back have images such as the one of the squirrel which could be interpreted as having a rest after completion of the journey. I also think you could consider a couple of images of you with your camera showing a progression from when you started your journey to one of you now with the Sigmonster, maybe one on the back and one on the front or even in the introduction or dedication or interspaced in the book if you have any of you actually taking the photos. As the book is primarily for your father if you had an earlier one of you both and with a camera that would be a bonus.
Just a few ideas.
Martin
#10 is the one for me. #6 is a very nice shot, but the Egret has a showiness that just says "front cover" - the avocet is a bit more reserved, its all the puffed-up feather detail and the contrast that does it.
Martin Good wrote:
Lil,
If I was doing it I would want the image(s) on the cover to reflect the concept which I think you have outlined in the title. The key words in the title for me are Moments which is in the plural and a journey which also suggests a progression or at least a variety of images and/or concepts. So I would go with multiple images on the front cover which would be representative of the content as a whole and including one like the tern feeding its chick which would perhaps signal the start of a journey/life and on the back have images such as the one of the squirrel which could be interpreted as having a rest after completion of the journey. I also think you could consider a couple of images of you with your camera showing a progression from when you started your journey to one of you now with the Sigmonster, maybe one on the back and one on the front or even in the introduction or dedication or interspaced in the book if you have any of you actually taking the photos. As the book is primarily for your father if you had an earlier one of you both and with a camera that would be a bonus.
Just a few ideas.
Martin...Show more →
Thank you Martin for all your suggestions. I will see what I can do & what I come up with. About 10 minutes ago I went outside to put my large horse in his stall for the night. I saw a huge cloud, not surprising in the high winds we have right now, but the color was strange. I've just realized that the entire mountainside is on fire again - this time closer to our home & strong winds. I'm considering starting to pack a suitcase for us - all pets looked up & easily reached. But with the winds tossing around like they are we're not in a good place right now.... No planes & no helicopter drops at night in these winds..... Houses are on fire here as well as in Santa Barbara.....
GAREN wrote:
HI Lil,
For me #6 is the choice clean and colorful.
Garen
Thank you Garen
Lil
waldr_p wrote:
#10 is the one for me. #6 is a very nice shot, but the Egret has a showiness that just says "front cover" - the avocet is a bit more reserved, its all the puffed-up feather detail and the contrast that does it.
oh...and mark me down for a copy of the book 