babiigirl11x's Posts

when i view the pages at the bottom of the screen (page view?), the tiny thumbnails … not all the images appear in the templates.

IE: i have a page with 8 pictures on it, booksmart template, but at the bottom of the screen i only see three of the 8 photos. When that page is highlighted i see all 8 photos in large view and in preview mode, but at the bottom of the screen for about 20 out of my 160 pages, not all the photos are visible. Some pages show NO PHOTOS in the thumbnail view. 

I know my photos are there and will print okay but this is very confusing for editing because some pages i have INTENTIONAL left blank templates where i will add more photos later and when trying to edit my book and/or scroll through quickly i am getting very confused.

 any one else having this problem? i will write to technical support also.. just wondering if i am the only one.

thanks all!

Tony,  

Hope to here and/or see a review of your book!  

all your help and insights on this forum are always greatly appreciated!!

Blurb staff.. this should be locked at the top of the forum!!!

its so wonderful to see people helping people on this forum, for the pure reason that they want to and not because they have to!

thanks to EvERYONE who has helped me with all of my questions/concerns!

i stand corrected… one of the articles i can see some of what is on the back.. mostly through the "white space", areas not filled with text. The article is from 1983. But the text from MY ARTICLE outshines what does show through, and it is bold and completely readable.

An article from 2001, also shows some of what is behind it, but i obviously didnt notice it untill you pointed it out hehe.

silly question.. just really want to confirm… i scanned some newspaper articles into my book and i just want to make sure that if i can read the font in preview mode at a comfortable size then in my actual printed book.. the font should be large enough to view at a reading distance correct?

has anyone done anything similar with scanning newspaper articles?

You cannot move the text box locations but you have several options to try to best meet your needs.

- select one of the many different templates booksmart offers, make sure you search through them all

- center, left or right justify your text to move it to your desired location

- simply use the space bar to move your text around

- or you can create your own cover in an outside software such as photoshop or whatever you please and put your text anywhere!!! then you can import it into book smart

im sure others will have other suggestions .. search the forums and FAQ on how to import your own design as a full bleed

if you dont fill a container, the background will appear. In EDIT mode, you will see the gray container… but in PREVIEW mode you will always see what will print which will show you the background instead of gray container space.

i have been dragging and dropping my image into booksmart… then ill view it at full zoom and see if it needs to be edited/ touched up. Ill edit the photo in an outsider program … delete the original photo from the library on the left and then RE drag and drop the new image into the same container..

my question is.. are the ORIGINAL files still located in my library somewhere taking up extra memory?  i know booksmart creates three files, and ive found all the files but they are not named easily for me too see what is stored in the folder or if i have hundreds of extra photos in my folder that im not using in my book.

if booksmart DOESN’T automatically delete them.. then how do i do that if the file names are all numbres/letters and i cant view a thumbnail? 

thanks!!

many people use an outside photo editing software such as photoshop and then select the full bleed option and import what they have created. Using this outside software lets you create your own pages and do whatever you’d like.. i would suggest going to the tutorials page on how to import your own design.

There are also different templates according to which size you choose to create, so not all templates are available in all book sizes. create a new book in all size and look through all the templates to see which ones will fit your needs. Any play around with the templates… if you leave something blank it becomes the background so you can create variations of each template by lets say leaving one of the containers blank.

also – you cannot change your photos in booksmart or add special effects. an outside photo editing software would be needed to do things like blur or fade.

I have personally learned about GIMP from these forums, which is a free photo editing software with many capabilites.

hope this helps.. enjoyy

anyone do/attend the new tips and technique webinar? just wondering how it was.

the basic one that is viewable at anytime was a tremendous help when i first found blurb!

i cannot tie up my phone for an hour and usually work most of the times it is available so im really looking foward to it being viewable at anytime.. but just wanted to know how it was in the mean time.

thank you!

Every book size has different template options… some are the same throughout but there are different ones within each book size. i personally think all templates should be available in all size.. and like some of the templates in the smaller books but they are not available across the board.

you should probably look through each book size and the different template options and then choose which book size would best fit your needs.