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Create a Blurb Photo Book with the Book Module in Lightroom

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Overview

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Printed books are a great way to tell your story. Whether you want to great a book of your travel photos, a portfolio of your work, or a printed marketing piece, Blurb® is the best tool out there. In this class Lightroom expert Jared Platt will show you how to use the Blurb plugin tool in Lightroom to easily create photobooks, including:

  • How to decide the best format for your book 
  • Workflow best practices 
  • Organizing and editing your photos 
  • Using Lightroom's book module plugin 
  • Working with text and backgrounds 
  • Customizing page layouts
Blurb is a self-publishing and marketing platform that unleashes the creative genius inside everyone. Blurb’s platform makes it easy to design, publish, promote, and sell professional-quality printed books and ebooks. Get started today!  


Software Used: Blurb Photo Book with Book Module + Lightroom

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • Selecting And Organizing Images
  • How To Order Images To Tell TheStory
  • Understanding The Book Module
  • Formatting The Book
  • Auto Layout And Page Design
  • Editing Layout And Page Design
  • Adding Text To A Page
  • Using Photos As Backgrounds
  • Editing Images Within The Layout
  • Designing The Book Cover
  • Order, Share, And Sell Your Photo Book

Taught by

Jared Platt

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