{"id":118,"date":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/?p=118"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","slug":"prepare-photos-for-a-photo-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/prepare-photos-for-a-photo-book\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare your photos for a photo book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good photo book starts with good files. These five checks take a few minutes and prevent most disappointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Use the originals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos sent through chat apps are shrunk. Use the files from your camera or phone gallery. For a full-page picture, aim for at least 2,000 pixels on the longer side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Mind the spine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a hardcover or softcover the centre of a spread curves into the binding. Keep faces and important details away from the middle, or choose layflat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Leave a margin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The safe-zone line in the designer marks where text and key details are safe from trimming. Pictures can run to the bleed line for a full-page look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Expect warmer colours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Screens glow and paper reflects. Printed colours are slightly less saturated than on a screen; a touch more contrast helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Check captions twice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We print what you approve. Read names, dates and places aloud before you press Add to cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/product-category\/hardcover-photo-books\/\">Open the hardcover books<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resolution, crop and colour in a few minutes, so the printed page looks as sharp as the preview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-book-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-photobook-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}