I second what Stan said--that also speaks for the sharpening issues. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Boris, Blurb has a very good online Help system; the FAQ's have an extensive > discussion on the color-balance question. As for sharpening, also see the > FAQ's; IIRC you prepare the images as though you were preparing them for your > own printer. As far as the file size is concerned, Blurb can compress (and to > some extent it can enlarge) images to fit the chosen slot on the page. This > makes me a bit nervous - I am not sure I want to let Blurb's book-printing > software do a job that my image processing software is designed to do. What > I have done, once I have decided which images will be which size, is to > export the precise size from LR. But I have also done one book where I just > exported small, medium, or large image files (according to their intended > destination in smallish, medium, or largish slots on the page) and then let > Blurb do the final adjustment. Much less work and the results were ok. But if > you are using a format where every image is its own full page, then I would > crop and export from LR in the precise pixel dimensions Blurb calls for. > > stan > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I have tried, I honestly did, local vendors, but even the recommended of >> them do not cut it. So I decided I'd simply go and start working with Blurb. >> Downloaded their app and I've few questions for those who produced Blurb >> books: >> >> 1. How do you manage sharpness??? Any specific sharpening that you apply in >> your post processing program such as LightRoom? >> >> 2. How do you make sure the colors are right? Presently my monitor is ICC >> profiled with Spyder. Is it enough to simply export my images in sRGB with >> this profile? Is there a profile published by Blurb that I'd need to use? >> >> 3. What about picture size? Does it absolutely have to be the size indicated >> by the program for specific book size and layout? Or is it ok to have bigger >> pictures? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Boris-da-noob. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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