HT201882: Details about books, cards, and calendars ordered in Photos for OS X and iPhoto

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Q: The preview of my hardcover book as iPhoto laid it out is 62 pgs. even though there are only 82 photos in my album.  That seems like a lot of pgs. for so few photos.  Is this a full 62 pgs or 31? How much is 62pgs?

The preview of my hardcover book as iPhoto laid it out is 62 pgs. even though there are only 82 photos in my album. 

 

The auto layout used mostly 1 photo, full pages.  Obviosuly I can manually re-layout the pages as multi-photo pages and reduce the number of pages.

However, that seems like a lot of pgs. for so few photos since a blank Photo Essay book layout appears to use 73 photos?

 

I'm not sure I know why iPhoto did not the default layout to fill those photo frames.  I expected the 82 photos to use approximately 23-24 pages max.

 

 

Is this a full 62 full pgs or 31sheets?

If it is a true 62 pages, what is the cost?

 

Thanks for the help.

G4 Dual, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Dec 4, 2013 2:57 PM

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 4, 2013 3:19 PM in response to tom_tph
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    Dec 4, 2013 3:19 PM in response to tom_tph

    What does the book look like in iPhoto in the All Pages window?  Are there photos on all pages? Books are printed on both sides of the page so that would be 31 pages.

     

    This book has 48 pages or 24 sheets.

     

    Screen Shot 2013-12-04 at 3.16.35 PM.jpg

     

    To find the cost click on the Buy Book button and check the price that is presented to you.  You can always cancel out of the purchase process.

     

    Happy Holidays

  • by tom_tph,

    tom_tph tom_tph Dec 4, 2013 6:46 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Dec 4, 2013 6:46 PM in response to Old Toad

    I thought the way you did.  They are printed on both sides: hence 31 pages.  But, when I clicked thru the "Buy Book" sequence, the cost of the book was $72.00.

    So it was counting each individual page: 62 not 31 and calculating the cost of 20 pages plus another 42........which is kind of crazy for 82 photos.

     

    It seems I'm going to have to reformat each page manually.

    I see no sense in the auto layout sprawling a portrait of a child across a two pg landscape layout............ a couple of different times.  ???..............unless of course it's programmed to use as many pages as possible: ignoring the logic and aesthetics of the format.

  • by Old Toad,Helpful

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 4, 2013 7:12 PM in response to tom_tph
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    Dec 4, 2013 7:12 PM in response to tom_tph

    The auto layout option uses a variety of page layouts which isn't always what the user wants. I usually start the book with one photo and then add the rest of the pictures manually to the project and manually to the pages.  That way I can more easily get what I want.

  • by tom_tph,

    tom_tph tom_tph Dec 5, 2013 1:23 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Dec 5, 2013 1:23 AM in response to Old Toad

    That's what I thought.......and should have known better.  Generally "auto" anything doesn't get the job done.

    I'll lay it out manually and see how it goes.

    Thanks for the tip.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Dec 5, 2013 6:46 AM in response to tom_tph
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    Dec 5, 2013 6:46 AM in response to tom_tph

    a sheet of paper printed on both sides has 2 pages - 62 pages takes 31 sheets of paper - same same - number of sheets is 1/2 of number of pages - pricing is based on number of pages not on number of sheets

     

    LN