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InDesign export to JPG then into BookSmart....
Book Design and Imaging
Sorry for not updating sooner! Got the books and they look fantastic, even through the loupe. Professional designers have looked at the product and claimed there is NO difference between the text degradation from ID files or booksmart layout. i think there is a very, very slight difference, and this is especially evident in any test 12pt or smaller and also especially in text that is serif (such as Times Roman, or any font that has "hands" and "feet"). If you use a font that is san serif at 12pt, especially dark against a light background, you will be absolutely fine! Do not worry about how terrible your "preview" looks on the Blurb pages; just check your final product. I’ve already ordered a dozen books, and the impact has been utterly astonishing.
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InDesign export to JPG then into BookSmart....
Book Design and Imaging
Tony— I’ve experimented with the ID export modes, and so far see the best text results in the JPGS created directly in ID. I will experiment a little more with the PNG step. But I will wait to get the actual book before reaching final conclusions. I can say the text looks terrible in the preview of the book and then certainly in the preview download PDF from the Blurb site; the pages done in ID and exported as JPGs are much worse than the text composed in booksmart. What that means in the final printed product, I won’t know til Ihave the book. But here is the main point I would like to ask you from your experiences with Blurb: Isn’t it safe to say that what you see in your PS file is more or less what you will see in print, regardless of how it looks in acrobat or booksmart or any of the preview modes associated with Blurb? If it looks good in Photoshop, it’s going to look good in the printed version. Would you agree with this sentiment?
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