How to overlap pictures and spread them over more than one page?
How can I overlap pictures like in the example wedding album "Jen and Josh?" Also, how can I spread a picture over more than one page also viewed in the wedding album "Jen and Josh"? Thanks
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I couldn’t see a book called "Jen and Josh" in the bookstore, but chances are that the designer used a different graphics program to assemble a whole page, then imported that as a full-page image. I have just redesigned my cover last night and created an effect of dozens of Polaroid photos piled up and overlapping, using only Paintshop Pro to add white borders to the pics in a "Polaroid" shape, writing on the white margin then pasting them haphazardly one on top of the other with a drop shadow effect. As for your second query, this is easy. You need to make sure the layout of two facing pages is the same, with full bleed images (or at least full bleed into the gutter). Then get your picture and just import the same pic onto both pages,and then zoom and drag it in BookSmart so that it lines up and you have half on each page. Make sure the zoom slider is in the same position on both sides. I have a test book on the way and have allowed a small overlap to account for the gutter – will be interesting to see how it turns out!
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Just to make life easier for all reading the above answer, there is a much more accurate way to line the two halves and that is to.. 1/ first create an image that is double the size of a single page image requrement in PShop. 2/ Drag-in your image into this new image and centre it. 3/ Do a selection markering to find the middle and split the image into two. 4/ Now just save the two halfs and import into your pages. The will line-up perfectly; as they are already both exactly the right size, with no need to guess or zoom.
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Well that method might be "easier" for users that have Photoshop, but if they don’t then the Booksmart method works just fine. Plus, unless you factor in an overlap while doing it in Photoshop, then some image will get "lost" in the binding. I have tried both methods, and found doing it in BookSmart the way I described too be much quicker and involve less messing about resizing and creating new files, but "your milage may vary"... :)
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Does a lot of the page get "lost" in the binding? It’s too late for me now since I ordered a book last night, but I did it the Photoshop way. Hope it still look all right!
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I also tried both ways and indeed…it is not as good but much faster to do it the Blurb way I found out in a few of my own books….but most importants is that you do it the way you think is best or works for you….good luck to all trying.
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