Author Archives: Samuel

I made a yearbook for my son’s preschool. You can too

Recently I made a yearbook for my four-year-old son Elijah’s class – the Butterflies – at his preschool. It was such a success, I wanted to share my experience creating the book.

Making yearbooks with Blurb is a great way to document a child’s early classroom experience and easily raise money for the school. I set [...]

Power users and pro photographers: Get more out of BookSmart

Here are six technical tips to give your images greater potential in Blurb BookSmart™. While this is not a comprehensive list – it’s based on what I’ve learned in all my hours making books and creating templates – it’ll definitely give you an expert advantage going into your next book.

Shoot at the highest DPI. This [...]

Tips on how to synchronize your color

Hi there. Resident senior designer here.
I recently read in the Los Angeles Times that Hewlett-Packard is “developing technologies with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. to improve the color consistency between print and digital images.” Hewlett-Packard calls this new technology “DreamColor.”
Essentially, HP has created a closed loop system so that bits of data that represent color [...]