Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, I have done similar to what Paul describes. I designed a book in Quark, exported to PDF, opened in PSCS4, saved as jpg and dropped into Booksmart. The book looked great. Text was as expected, sharp and well printed as were the photos. Alastair Firkin wrote: > This is what I have been look for: getting text via in design to blurb: > please keep us informed. > > alastair > > --- lists@paulhardycarter.com wrote: > > From: PHC <lists@paulhardycarter.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Blurb book - The Constant Eye > Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:27:59 +0100 > > A vote of thanks goes out to the LUGites who helped me though my > first Blurb experience. The book - The Constant Eye, Vol 1 - has been > uploaded but I won't see it till after New Year. > > For the record, here's the procedure I followed in the end: I > designed it in InDesign, exported the pages as a PDF, opened the PDF > in Photoshop and saved each page as a separate 300dpi PNG and then > imported the PNGs to BookSmart. I'm assured this is the way to keep > the text looking pure. We'll see! > > Cheers, Paul. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > +44 (0)20 3239 9573 > www.paulhardycarter.com > www.lightstalkers.org/phc > www.twitter.com/paulhardycarter > Skype: paulhardycarter > ******* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog