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Q: Preparing iPhotos for an iBook

Over the years I've tried to avoid photos uploaded to Apple for an iBook from being printed too darkly.  In printing circles it's often called "press gain."  In short, I'm just about ready to upload pictures for an iBook and I want to avoid getting back a book of pictures that come back darker, muddy, details lost etc.  I'm working with iPhoto 9.6.6 on an iMac about a year old, my pictures are exposed properly with all necessary final tunes (when sent to a print making service like Mpix, the colors are clear and true, details are all there, and so on.  Maybe there's a fix like adjusting saturation...or maybe there's a better book printing service out there.  Appreciate your input.

deu


iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), iPhoto 9.6

Posted on Feb 12, 2015 12:38 PM

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  • by LarryHN,Helpful

    LarryHN LarryHN Feb 12, 2015 1:13 PM in response to 1andonlyDEU
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    Feb 12, 2015 1:13 PM in response to 1andonlyDEU

    What is the color profile? The best to use for iPhoto is RGB. Adobe RGB often produces results that are too dark

     

    As to best prep - iphoto is designed for amateurs using point and shoot or lower end DLSRs and is not a professional tool - the best results are when the minimum amount of adjusting and tweaking is done and it is best done using only iPhoto - see iPhoto: Five steps to great books, cards, and calendars - Apple Support - point 3 specifically - bottom line for iPhoto books - less is more

     

    Better Print service - totally a personal opinion - for me (and most I suspect iphoto users) there is no better service - iphoto books printing is simple and straight forward - certainly there are other services and many people use and like them - lots are cheaper - probably some do more professional printing, but again that is a decision only you can make

     

    LN

     

    PS BTW - these are not iBooks - that is a totally different electronic animal - these are iphoto photo books

     

    LN

  • by 1andonlyDEU,

    1andonlyDEU 1andonlyDEU Feb 12, 2015 1:43 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Feb 12, 2015 1:43 PM in response to LarryHN

    Great stuff!  Many thanks.  Understand about the iPhoto and iBooks. My shorthand grabbed me on this one.  I really like iPhoto... but it will be gone real soon.

    Many thanks for taking the time to respond.

    deu

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Feb 12, 2015 1:51 PM in response to 1andonlyDEU
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    Feb 12, 2015 1:51 PM in response to 1andonlyDEU
      I really like iPhoto... but it will be gone real soon.

    Not at all - it will be around as long as you want and you have a compatible system - it is not going away - many people still use iPhoto 6 today - currently you must have if '09 to order print products and I'm sure that some day Photo 9.6 will no longer be allowed to oder - but probably a long time from now

     

    iphoto is no longer being developed but is not going away

     

    And some things I've read indcate that Photoa and iPhoto can both be used on the same photos - time will tell on that since on one actually knows until Photos is released later this year

     

    LN