The 5 ideas that make creating a photo album easy

Creating a photo album for the first time can be fun and child's play as long as you prepare the ground a bit and avoid making a few mistakes. Here are 5 tips to make your life easier.

Are you tempted by a personalized book? Have you seen your best friend's? Impressed by the result? Are you thinking of giving it as a gift? You might be apprehensive about making it. However, layouting a photo book is now easy and quick. Our photo book and album design application is optimized to make your experience as pleasant as possible.

If you're lacking inspiration, here you will find some tips. Explanations will also help you avoid beginner's mistakes.

How to create an online photo album without pulling your hair out? Follow the guide!

Let's start with the essentials: selecting your photos.

1. Select your favorite photographs

This task will be quick if your photo folders are already organized on your computer. If not, refer to the upload dates. The preview function is also extremely useful to help you in your selection.

If you have a clear idea of the content of your future collection, create a favorites folder and move your photos into it. During production, you will just need to select the entire folder.

If you find that you're missing memories, especially in the case of a gift, contact your relatives. You never know what they might have in their personal folders!

Furthermore, the quality of the photographs is important, do not hesitate to retouch your photos. There are many free photo retouching software programs for photo books available. Avoid blurry images, backlit or those with excessive filters as you could be disappointed with the print result.

Once all this is done, categorize the photos.

2. Organize your photographs

To save time during the design, determine a structure and organize your images accordingly.

For example, with a photo book on cooking, arrange your photographs according to recipes or dish types (appetizer, dessert, etc).

Another example: the baby photo album whose layout needs to be planned in advance. It is advised to opt for chronological order; by year, month, or important events. Then organize your memories accordingly.

Event books are simpler to design. In a birthday album, you can use your imagination by grouping images according to themes (the family's arrival, your best friends, present time, etc.).

Once your selection is finished. Enter and discover the design software. The website will ask you to choose a format template.

Need more help sorting your photos? Watch the video below for a hand:

3. Opt for a suitable size

There are several page formats. All are adaptable, so that the dimensions of the original shots have no impact. You can perfectly position landscape mode photographs on a portrait format album. You will only need to resize the image at the time of its layout.

However, we recommend considering the final look. If most of your pictures are landscapes, it is recommended to order a landscape model. Finally, consider the practical aspect such as the space in your bookshelf or possibly transport if you plan to move with it.

The large square photo book has the advantage of being suitable for all kinds of images. It is often chosen to highlight events such as weddings and anniversaries.

Once the size is chosen, move on to the layout options.

4. Choose your customization theme

This step allows you to further personalize your book. We offer a wide selection of themes that will suit all tastes and subjects.

For example, you have a wide choice of designs dedicated to recipe books. They are colorful and include spaces for writing down cooking recipes. These themes will highlight your talents on paper.

The cover and the layouts inside the albums are also to be considered, and the previews of the models will help you in your selection.

You will also be able to find an album suitable for the professional setting, with themes that can be modified according to the company's image. These professional albums allow for a esthetic and clear presentation of projects and to gather photos from events such as seminars or even to introduce the values of a company.

5. Place your order

Now all that's left to do is place your order for your photo album. Before finalizing your order, save your work and check the payment methods. Check the delivery dates, especially if it's a gift book.

As you can see, creating an album just requires a bit of organization, but we've thought of everything to make the job easier for you.