Here is a summary of the responses I received from Bay Photo (3 employees responded) over the 6 days: I sent an email to customer service asking about this, and after 6 days of roundabout responses, I still don't understand why I cannot use my installed fonts in Bay Designer, despite them being available for use in Photobook Designer. Yet, in Bay Designer, none of my installed fonts appear in the font drop down list. In Photobook Designer, if you install a font on your operating system, it appears in Photobook Designer for use in your photobook. I did not have the best interaction with Bay Photo's customer service, and since that was one of the criteria I listed in my overview post as being important to me, I thought I should share my experience here.Īs I have mentioned, the downloadable software for Bay Photo's photo books is the same software that is used by Photobook America ("Photobook Designer"). Issues I had with Bay Photo Customer Service I upgraded to 6 colour HP Indigo printing, but without a direct comparison to the same images printed in standard 4 colour printing, I can't really say I noticed an improvement. The macro section reveals that this is indeed press printing. A great touch.Ĭompared to my ProDPI 4圆 control prints, Bay Photo seems a touch warmer, but overall excellent colour reproduction. You can also get a sense of he paper finish here.Ī close-up of the end sheets - it has a nice texture to it. On two page spreads, both plastic hinges are printed on (but I can't tell if each hinge is printing the correct side of the image). The hinge on the full bleed page itself is not printed on (see the white gap on the plastic bit)īut the opposite page plastic hinge is printed on with the image on the left (this doesn't seem correct to me, but not a big deal) You can see the spine accommodates image and text printing My front cover image wraps around the spine and onto the back. The last printable page is on the left, with black end sheet on the rightīack cover. The flex-hinge is not amazing for this, but it works. One of the few two-page panoramas I printed. Like MyPublisher, the plastic hinge is printed on when there's a full bleed photo - however, in Bay Photo's product, it is the opposite page's hinge that is printed, not the same-page hinge. The first printable page is on the right, after the black end page Black textured end sheets feel super luxe too The cover is very heavy, sturdy, and professional. The only difference I have found, is that for some reason, Bay Designer did not work with own installed fonts. You can read my review of the software here. The Bay Designer downloadable software is identical to Photobook Designer used by Photobook America. Semi-Gloss smooth paper 80# weight (presumably "cover" weight) BayBooks (Premium Press Printed Photo Books)
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