subject: How To Create Better Images For Booklet Printing [print this page] If you have been considering booklet printing, then one of your main considerations will be the images that you use. Now that digital photography has prevalent, you can easily take your own images for your booklet printing. However, you should never use just any random shot. Careful editing and preparing of your pictures will help to guarantee an audience.
Start with a good camera
While photo editing programs can help you prepare your pictures for use in booklet printing, they cannot perform miracles. In order to get good pictures, you will need a good camera. The higher the resolution that you can afford, then the better your project will be. This will give you a higher quality image to make even better with your photo editing program. Of course, knowing how to use your camera and make the most of your lighting and angles are also important to getting those perfect, page turning shots.
Crop for better focus
With the right amount of cropping, you can make the appropriate item the center of attention during your booklet printing. Cropping allows you to remove unnecessary parts of the background and cut a picture to the appropriate size and shape needed for your booklet. Remember that resolution is important here if you try to stretch a small portion of the image into a full 4x6 or bigger picture, you could find it fuzzy and distorted.
Try out the special effects
Many photo editing programs will offer you different special effects to try on your digital pictures. For instance, you might be able to turn your picture black and white or use a fading technique to bring attention to a certain focal point. Play around with these to create your own stunning images. Just dont use too many special effects on the same picture, or it will start to look busy and overdone, and your booklet printing will not look professional.
At the same time, you can fix any flaws in the photo, adjust the lighting, and generally improve the look of the image so that it is ready for booklet printing.
Save with printing in mind
Since you will be doing your booklet printing through a printer, it only makes sense to save your image files in a format that the printer uses. PDF files are universally used. You will also want to find out if your printer use RBG or CMYK colors and save your file appropriately. If you can, ask your printer for a proof before doing the final booklet printing so that you can make sure the color and resolution appears correctly for all of the images that you sent.
Taking the time to find spectacular images for your booklet printing will allow you to come up with the best final product possible. When it comes to marketing materials, pictures are really worth 1000 words, and you want to make sure that your pictures are saying the right things and sending the right messages about your booklet printing.
