Thanks everybody, it was a bug after all. I will choose Image Wrap when I publish. I appreciate your help. Thanks everybody, it was a bug after all. I will choose Image Wrap when I publish. I appreciate your help.

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My drop-down menu below the book frame only shows "Cover: hardcover", rather than 'hardcover: Image Wrap. as does my previous 8 X 10 book, and shows templates for a dust jacket. I do not want a dust jacket. Also when I open the 8 X 10 book, a messge pops up reminding me that Image Wrap requires keeping important info an inch from the edges, but when I open my 11 X 13 book, no such message pop-up appears. What's going on? is this software glitch?  How do I specify Image Wrap for the 11 X 13 book if the option isn't there? My drop-down menu below the book frame only shows "Cover: hardcover", rather than ‘hardcover: Image Wrap. as does my previous 8 X 10 book, and shows templates for a dust jacket. I do not want a dust jacket. Also when I open the 8 X 10 book, a messge pops up reminding me that Image Wrap requires keeping important info an inch from the edges, but when I open my 11 X 13 book, no such message pop-up appears. What’s going on? is this software glitch?  How do I specify Image Wrap for the 11 X 13 book if the option isn’t there?

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Lee, thanks for the suggestion. I can do the levels adjustment, but the colors and contrast are affected, and it would be more experiemental— to see if the result was acceptable— than effective, I think. I really appreciate your help. -Richard Lee, thanks for the suggestion. I can do the levels adjustment, but the colors and contrast are affected, and it would be more experiemental— to see if the result was acceptable— than effective, I think. I really appreciate your help. -Richard

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Thanks Jeremy...I am using InDesignCS and I think you have  a newer version, as my preferences don't have these options. Thanks for taking the trouble to make the screen shot for me...that's above and beyond the call of duty!I need to make sample books for clients and this is such a cost effective way to go. But until BookSmart accepts pdf files, or I can fix this conversion problem, I can't use this service effectively. Best regards, Richard Thanks Jeremy…I am using InDesignCS and I think you have  a newer version, as my preferences don’t have these options. Thanks for taking the trouble to make the screen shot for me…that’s above and beyond the call of duty!I need to make sample books for clients and this is such a cost effective way to go. But until BookSmart accepts pdf files, or I can fix this conversion problem, I can’t use this service effectively. Best regards, Richard

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Thanks Jeremy, I could find no "Appearance and Handling of Black, or any of those individual words actually, in the InDesign/Preferences. I went to InDesign/Window/Swatches and clicked the Black Registration rectangle when Swatches opened up, then saved the InDesign page again to pdf, opened THAT in Photoshop and saved as a PNG. The images still looked washed out. Jpegs dropped into the BookSmart templates look fine, and the pdfs exported from Indesign look fine, so it seems that something other than InDesign may be to blame? If you have any further ideas I would be grateful. -Richard Thanks Jeremy, I could find no "Appearance and Handling of Black, or any of those individual words actually, in the InDesign/Preferences. I went to InDesign/Window/Swatches and clicked the Black Registration rectangle when Swatches opened up, then saved the InDesign page again to pdf, opened THAT in Photoshop and saved as a PNG. The images still looked washed out. Jpegs dropped into the BookSmart templates look fine, and the pdfs exported from Indesign look fine, so it seems that something other than InDesign may be to blame? If you have any further ideas I would be grateful. -Richard

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I am exporting pdf files from Adobe InDesign, then opening the pdf files in Photoshop, then saving as png files to drag into BookSmart. The InDesign files look great, as do the pdf files, but when converted to png files, the photos are washed out, especially the blacks. When I then view them in BookSmart, they have the same washed-out look. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? I followed all the pdf settings as illustrated in the screen shot in the tutorial.Thanks in advance for anyone with an opinion, especially of your experience is similar. I am exporting pdf files from Adobe InDesign, then opening the pdf files in Photoshop, then saving as png files to drag into BookSmart. The InDesign files look great, as do the pdf files, but when converted to png files, the photos are washed out, especially the blacks. When I then view them in BookSmart, they have the same washed-out look. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? I followed all the pdf settings as illustrated in the screen shot in the tutorial.Thanks in advance for anyone with an opinion, especially of your experience is similar.

2009-01-11T01:57:04Z

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Oops, brain not in gear...replace BookSmart with the word Blurb. Oops, brain not in gear…replace BookSmart with the word Blurb.

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The request on this forum for Blurb to accept pdf files is now a year an a half old. Pdfs are standard, across all programs and platforms, all over the world.For that reason alone I'd think the Blurb staff would tool the program to accept pdfs. I could have used Blurb dozens of times during 2008 and impressed a lot of clients. Blurb has lost business. I have lost business. It's very frustrating to know this exquisite tool is sitting there, just waiting —and waiting— for this one upgrade.Reading the forums and the dizzying number of requests for changes from every kind of user makes me glad I don't work at Blurb. So I empathize, really. But pdf is the standard, and Blurb has had a year and a half to work on it. Countless professionals would be lining up to use Blurb as it allows us to hand the client an impressive sample to retain their business, win new business, and promote our own business. The way it is now, we have to retool and invest precious hours to hand Blurb files that meet their present criteria. It is indeed, a pdf world. And someone's going to service this huge market awaiting this innovation. After all the work Blurb has put into it's program so far, I hope Blurb doesn't allow another start up to rush in and scoop up this sizable demographic. The request on this forum for Blurb to accept pdf files is now a year an a half old. Pdfs are standard, across all programs and platforms, all over the world.For that reason alone I’d think the Blurb staff would tool the program to accept pdfs. I could have used Blurb dozens of times during 2008 and impressed a lot of clients. Blurb has lost business. I have lost business. It’s very frustrating to know this exquisite tool is sitting there, just waiting —and waiting— for this one upgrade.Reading the forums and the dizzying number of requests for changes from every kind of user makes me glad I don’t work at Blurb. So I empathize, really. But pdf is the standard, and Blurb has had a year and a half to work on it. Countless professionals would be lining up to use Blurb as it allows us to hand the client an impressive sample to retain their business, win new business, and promote our own business. The way it is now, we have to retool and invest precious hours to hand Blurb files that meet their present criteria. It is indeed, a pdf world. And someone’s going to service this huge market awaiting this innovation. After all the work Blurb has put into it’s program so far, I hope Blurb doesn’t allow another start up to rush in and scoop up this sizable demographic.

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