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Joshua Hedges

Q: Can I order a photo album from the pdf preview?

I lost my photos and all I have is the pdf containing the information. Can I use this to order a photo book?

Posted on Apr 1, 2016 12:53 PM

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Q: Can I order a photo album from the pdf preview?

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  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie Apr 5, 2016 1:22 AM in response to Joshua Hedges
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    Apr 5, 2016 1:22 AM in response to Joshua Hedges

    Is it a PDF file of your Photo book? I do not know of any way to send it to Apple for printing.  Any local print store may be able to print it however , if you copy it to a stick and take it to a store.

     

    But try to recreate the book from the PDF file.  You can open a PDF file in Preview and then use  "File > Export".

    In the File Chooser panel set the format to JPEG like this:

    Screen Shot 2016-04-05 at 10.19.08GMT.png

     

    This way you will get a folder with JPEG images, one for each page.  You can import them back to Photos and crop them, then recreate your book.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Apr 5, 2016 7:34 AM in response to Joshua Hedges
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    Apr 5, 2016 7:34 AM in response to Joshua Hedges

    Not from Apple

     

    PrestoPhoto claims to be able to print form that - I have not tried them and no one has posted their results so there is no guidence as to quality

     

    And this is a good time to start using TimeMachine and always having a good backup - for the future that is the way to avoid this completely

     

    LN

  • by thestorygirl,

    thestorygirl thestorygirl Apr 12, 2016 7:59 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Apr 12, 2016 7:59 PM in response to LarryHN

    Hey Larry!

     

    This is Meghan from the PrestoPhoto support team. Thanks for getting the word out about us!! Just wanted to post to say that we can indeed print from PDFs like this one and we're here to help with any questions at all along the way. I'm going to do my best to monitor print product threads; we're Mac fans/users ourselves and we don't want anyone to be stranded. If there are any specific issues I can help with, please let do let me know!!

     

    -Meghan

     

    I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.


     

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 13, 2016 12:36 AM in response to thestorygirl
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    Apr 13, 2016 12:36 AM in response to thestorygirl

    Thank you for the confirmation, Meghan!

    Is your service available world wide?  For Aperture book pdfs, iPhoto book pdfs, Photos book PDFs?