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iPhoto Printing in Europe

I think us Brits should be used to paying premium prices for things by now, especially macs. Apple's USD--->GBP conversion rates are horrendous.

I would pay 20p (~$0.35) more for prints straight from iPhoto rather than any other online printing thingybob, simply because of the convenience factor, and also the 'ooh, isnt that cool' that I will get from relatives when they ask for a print :) :cool:
 
Just got a question or 2

Hey folks - has anyone here ordered an iPhoto book? - i'm in london https://forums.macrumors.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=760057#(uk) and was wandering how long it takes to recieve one of these after u sent the file from iphoto - and just pls if anyone knows how big are the books in terms of size (measurements would be perfect) cos i am thinking of making a portfolio book with some of my college design work, for a portfolio meeting.https://forums.macrumors.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=760057#

Thanks folks
 
I misspoke.

chubad said:
Apple does use acid free paper. So pony up the bucks. ;)
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I misspoke. Yes, Apple does use acid-free paper, but the books are not printed with archival ink, and are not archival quality. I've been told they'll last about 10 years before browning.

As for alternatives, there are some, but mostly PC-based. Unfortunately, all are better.

mypublisher.comcreates a photo album that is 11 inches wide by 8 1/2 inches high. Depending on the layout, you can fit up to four pictures per page. The pictures are printed using archival ink, on acid-free archival paper. The book should last 100 years or more. It does not work on a Mac.

Snapfish (http://www.snapfish.com) also produces these books. Its format is 11 inches by 9 inches. Each page can hold up to three pictures. The pictures are printed on a high-grade, glossy bond paper. Snapfish states that this will easily last 100 years or more. Snapfish is for Windows only. Each book is $29.95.

All services sell extra pages. MyPublisher charges $2.95 per extra page. Snapfish's rate is $1.99. Extra pages are $3 each at iPhoto.

A good reason to get Virtual PC, I guess (as long as you don't have a G5), or use Windows Services for Macintosh to network to an XP Pro machine.

Any way you look at it, Apple's offering is lower quality and more expensive. That, quite frankly, sucks.
 
I'm glad to see Apple expanding its business more overseas and internationally. Now they just need to continue to expand iTunes to international markets as well. Though I'm sure they are working on this. :)
 
thanks wendy - ok - i wish i could use the other book making services to make my folio but i don't have a pc and virtual pc suck :( s in terms of speed and is too expensive for a (poor) student to buy.
- so does anybody know how big the iphoto books are cos i heard someone say they had one and if they r printed double sided or just on one side - also just incase iphoto gets buggered - is there a way to save iphoto books in iphoto (cos this workbook is gonna take hours to make)

thanks folks
 
I love the way when Apple does get round to doing something, iPhoto books, processor bumps etc, people immediately find faults.
The books may not have archival quality paper, but hey, you can have a book of your pics for £30 straight from your computer.
Thats cool.
If you're that bothered about longevity I hope you have all your photos on slide film, as in 10 years your digital files are going to be screwed more than likely.
Anyhows....
Looking forward to the iTMS coming over here. Soon.
 
i would also like to know if the iphoto books are printed in both sides. i guess the books are one-sided because the page numbering seems to always be in the lower right corner and that would not be feasible for two-sided printing.

hard facts, anyone?

(i don't actually even have decided if the two-sided printing is better than one-sided; it might be that one-sided book would be better 'cause there would be plenty of room for notes and other stuff my wife always likes to include in photo books ;) and one-sided books will be thicker also, which looks nicer.)
 
SimDesign said:
I love the way when Apple does get round to doing something, iPhoto books, processor bumps etc, people immediately find faults.
The books may not have archival quality paper, but hey, you can have a book of your pics for £30 straight from your computer.
Thats cool.
If you're that bothered about longevity I hope you have all your photos on slide film, as in 10 years your digital files are going to be screwed more than likely.
Anyhows....
Looking forward to the iTMS coming over here. Soon.
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Actually digital is totally different from slide or any other format as you can make perfect copies in sconds. The only thing you will have to do with digital is to update the storage method as new methods come on-line.

(Oh and check they are not deteriorating.)

Creating a complete and 100% accurate copy of all my digital photos (I've been digital since 2001) would take me only 2 DVD Ram disks, and however long it takes to burn them.

You cannot make a 100% accurate copy of a slide. and I hate to think how I could catalogue 13,000 slides!
 
caveman_uk said:
Yeah, it's well rough....It was really windy yesterday and that scared the cr*p out of me! :D :D :D
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Hey same here the wheeele bin was half way down the road on its own:)

Still if you didn't like the weather you only had to wait 10 minutes for it to change!

Viv
 
My photos arrived

FYI, I immediately ordered some test photos. The quality is rather good, and the pictures come in a nice Apple-branded envelope :).

Interestingly, the pictures say "Printed by Ofoto". Ofoto's "normal" prices can be seen here. So even on a 10x15 (cm) print, Apple already adds €0.04...
 
crenz said:
FYI, I immediately ordered some test photos. The quality is rather good, and the pictures come in a nice Apple-branded envelope :).

Interestingly, the pictures say "Printed by Ofoto". Ofoto's "normal" prices can be seen here. So even on a 10x15 (cm) print, Apple already adds €0.04...
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So, the 4 cent are the bonus that the nice Apple envelope costs extra :D
 
My first set of photos arrived today.

I found ordering nice and easy and the service quick and average price. The quality of the prints seems excellent and the packaging good - however, there was no way to determine where an image would need to be cropped in order to fit a 6x4 print - and quite a few photos have been ruined because of this.

In other software (Jessops for the PC springs to mind), you can see instantly what portion of the photo will be printed, rotate it, zoom or crop as necessary. All very easy.

So, nicest way to order on the Mac I've seen yet, but still way behind the PC - something I don't often say :(
 
JFreak said:
i would also like to know if the iphoto books are printed in both sides. i guess the books are one-sided because the page numbering seems to always be in the lower right corner and that would not be feasible for two-sided printing.

hard facts, anyone?

(i don't actually even have decided if the two-sided printing is better than one-sided; it might be that one-sided book would be better 'cause there would be plenty of room for notes and other stuff my wife always likes to include in photo books ;) and one-sided books will be thicker also, which looks nicer.)
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Yes, they are printed only on one side. The difficulty of laying out a good two-page spread, in my view, makes this a good choice. The books are pretty thin as it is, so you're right--printing double-sided would also make them seem rather insubstantial.
 
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