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Photo Book Creation with MixBook

June 20, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Sure, I'm a color guy; but for this post, it's how I got to be a color guy that matters. I started out as a printer and I still love the smell of ink in the morning. I spent the better part of my teens and early 20s with ink under my fingernails and it didn't bother me one bit. Along the way, I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: web-to-print Tagged With: applications, photobook, photobooks, printing solution, scrapbooking, web based applications

Kuler is not cooler – by Michael Jahn

April 28, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Michael Jahn, a JimRaffel.com reader replied to me via email about a previous post and I found his comments enlightening about how scary the world of color has become for those of us in the graphic arts that have to actually print this stuff. So, for the first time ever (I think) a guest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, calibration, color, gray balance, L*a*b*, web-to-print

The Blurb.com Books Arrived

April 11, 2008 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Late yesterday afternoon UPS showed up with our box of 20 books from blurb.com (affiliate link).  Put simply we are impressed. First, the packaging of the Blurb books was professional with each book individually shrink wrapped and then all 20 books neatly stacked in an appropriately sized box with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, new media, web-to-print Tagged With: adam dewitz, blurb, blurb books, booksmart, coffee table quality, desktop publishing software, digital press, family memories, monograph, old pictures, paper stock, Printing, production workflows, publishing, quality book, visual assessment, workflow

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