Just follow these simple steps & get creative with Photobook Designer.
You don't have to be a professional designer to create a beautiful photo book. Gather your digital photographs stored on your computer and camera to get started!
*Note: The Photobook Designer edition you download (from your local country’s website) allows only books shipped within that respective country. To ship elsewhere, please refer to www.photobookworldwide.com. Be sure to download the correct Photobook Designer software edition.
1. Select your book size
Firstly, select your preferred book size from the drop-down list. Choose from a range of book sizes and styles consisting of hard covers and soft covers. You can also check out Styles & Sizes for all available book options. Next, name your new book project and click "Create".
2. Load your pictures
Moving on, simply click on "+" icon to add pictures to your project. Select the pictures you desire to put into your book. Your pictures will then be loaded into the "Pictures" tray, and are now ready to use.
3. Fill in pictures
To insert a photo, simple drag-and-drop your picture into the page. You can choose to have your picture as a single picture, background picture or spread.
TIPS: Avoid placing important objects (eg. faces, text boxes, etc) directly on the center of the spread (along the shaded area). As our book are stitched for a better binding strength, pictures that spread across the center line may seem curved or certain parts may be hidden from view.
4. Resize, crop & rotate pictures
ResizingDrag the resize handles at the four corners of the object to resize your picture. |
CroppingDrag the side handle inward to crop your picture. |
Rotating
Click on the Position button on the photo tools menu on the right of Photobook Designer. Toggle the picture according to your desired angle.
Predefined layouts
Want to give your pictures a 'different' look or feel? Why not add a special touch to your pictures by adding the Black & White or Sepia mode. Feel free to explore the image enhancement features such as Brightness, Contrast, and Vignette to highlight new results from your original images!
5. Edit pictures
Why not give your photos a special touch? For an unique look, consider adding Black & White or Sepia filters. Feel free to explore the image enhancements such as Contrast, Sharpen, Skin Tone, and Noise Reduction to showcase new results from your original images!
6. Change page styles, masks, backgrounds
You may want to start designing each page with "Page Styles". Just drag and drop your preferred layout to the page. You can adjust and modify the page layout according to your preferred picture sizes. These page styles make creating your book easy and fun!
You can add a mask to a picture box or shape simply by dragging it from the library onto the picture. A mask will always scale to fit the box exactly.
You can also use either your pictures as backgrounds, or the various pre-loaded background designs from the "Backgrounds" tray in the library. 
7. Insert text/captions
Adding text or captions to your book adds a special detail to your story. You can choose from various font styles, sizes and colours.
8. Order
Once you have finished designing your book, click on the "Shopping Cart" icon to submit your photo book.
**Place your order
There are two options for order placing. You can choose to place your order either via Internet or any portable storage media, (e.g. CD, thumb drive). Just follow the screen instructions to complete your order placing.
A new browser window will launch and you will be directed to Photobook Worldwide’s online order page.
9. Make payment
Proceed to complete payment for your order at Photobook's online shopping cart. Orders will only be processed upon receipt of payment. If this is your first purchase from our online store, you will be required to create an account before proceeding with payment. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you informing you that your order has been received by Photobook.
(Note: Please keep the confirmation e-mail for future reference.)
10. Upload order
The order is not complete until your book has been uploaded. Once you have completed the online order form, upload your book by choosing "Upload Finished pages" and then click "Continue".
IMPORTANT: We do NOT accept any amendments or changes to be made to the file ONCE the file (book) is uploaded. Therefore, it is the customer's responsibility to check the proofs thoroughly before uploading their books for processing.