Join Jan Kabili for an in-depth discussion in this video Why use PDF to Book with Adobe InDesign?, part of Creating Photo Books with Blurb.
The PDF to Book workflow is intended for professional designers who have…experience using a page layout program like Adobe InDesign.…If you don't have much experience with bookmaking or if you don't know how…to use InDesign, you'll probably be more comfortable using Blurb BookSmart or Bookify.…So, why would a creative professional choose the PDF to Book workflow over…Blurb's other more intuitive bookmaking methods?…I think the reason is that PDF to Book offers maximum control over a book's…layout and typography.…
It also gives the designer access to all the sophisticated design tools of a…full-featured page layout program, like InDesign, and it offers the designer the…opportunity to create a truly customized book from scratch.…Theoretically, the PDF to Book method can be used with any page layout…program that exports a special kind of PDF, a PDF/X-3, that's compatible with Blurb's printers.…So that doesn't have to be InDesign;…it could be another page layout program like QuarkXPress.…
But Blurb has streamlined the use of InDesign, in particular, by developing a…
Author
Jan Kabili
Released
10/12/2011- Planning a photo book
- Color managing photos for BookSmart
- Laying out pages in BookSmart
- Troubleshooting image size in BookSmart
- Importing photos to Bookify
- Adding, deleting, and moving pages in Bookify
- Downloading and installing Blurb's InDesign plug-in
- Uploading a PDF to Blurb
- Ordering and selling photo books
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 38s
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Using the exercise files1m 5s
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1. Getting Ready to Make a Book
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Choosing a theme2m 24s
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Planning a book4m 13s
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Organizing your assets6m 21s
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2. Using Blurb BookSmart Desktop Software
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Laying out pages4m 23s
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Placing photos on pages6m 27s
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Adding text5m 2s
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Creating a cover7m 10s
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Customizing your book7m 52s
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Uploading your book to Blurb4m 28s
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3. Using Blurb Bookify Online
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Completing a Lightroom book4m 30s
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Placing photos on pages5m 10s
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Changing page layouts4m 17s
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Styling your book4m 18s
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Adding text5m 44s
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Creating a cover7m 43s
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4. Using PDF to Book
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Using the InDesign plug-in7m 39s
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Uploading your PDF to Blurb6m 49s
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5. Ordering and Selling Your Book
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Ordering your book4m 14s
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Marketing your book3m 56s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye41s
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