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London, GB. 15. November 2006. Â During the past year personalphoto books have become one of the most popular photographic products and are aboutto replace the traditional photo album. Rarely has a product evolved as quickly asthe photo book. The different suppliers compete with ever more flexible software forthe top spot with the consumer. With the launch of its new Windows and MacOS photobook software printing-1 is claiming to take the concept a step further. Accordingto printing-1 a durable, quality binding process is becoming more important, asincreasingly big photo books are being ordered, containing often hundreds of images.The binding process used by printing-1 takes an extra day to prepare, but allows forlarge photo books with up to 144 pages and space for hundreds of images.

The new online photo service Printing-1 offers a range of photo books andscrapbooks, including small photo booklet, square photo books and A4 size books indifferent shapes and colours. Printing-1 photo books are offered in a range of threebindings methods (staple, spiral and book binding) with soft and hardcover. Thesmallest hardcover photo book bound is 36 pages, the largest contains up to 144pages in hard or soft cover. Staple or spiral binding is available with 12 pages ormore. Printing-1 photo book covers provide a range of colours and can be edited.

The Printing-1 Photo Book SoftwareAccording to Printing-1, during the software development special emphasis was put onease of use and creative freedom. Images are not only fully scalable and can bepositioned freely on any page, each frame can be defined individually. Also the pagenumber feature can be switched on or off for individual pages in order not to spoila beautiful full page image. Instead of limiting creativity through an automaticassistant the program provides templates to help positioning images after which theycan still be adjust or moved. In general, the new photo book application enticescreative experiments with the lay-out tools. Printing-1 is going down new paths: Theprogram not only offers a choice of matt and glossy covers, it also allows to switchbetween binding types and book formats at any time.

Not only printed photo books, but also online photo book sharingIndividual photo books can be saved as separate projects. The photo books have to beuploaded to http://www.printing-1.co.uk first before placing an order where theywill be stored free of charge for up to two month. This allows users to invitefriends to view their Printing-1 photo books online. So after for example a largeparty or wedding, friends and family can view and comment on the scrapbook projectand ever order and pay for their own printed Memorybook, Printing-1 also providessavings when a photo book is ordered as a present and send directly to friends orfamily abroad (including the USA), using a separate delivery address.

Beyond the use of layout templates, each page can be edited freely. The editingtools include free scaling, rotating and positioning of photographs. A line aroundan image helps to set it against coloured backgrounds. Frames can be definedindividually around each picture and images can also be printed frameless across afull page or even double page, providing the right format for landscapes and otherphotographs requiring a larger space. The printing-1 software also provides a toolto post-edit images individually. This allows giving images a degree ofsemi-transparency, an interesting effect on some overlapping images.

With digital photo books the many digital memories vanishing on ageing computer harddiscs can finally see the light of day. The digital photo service Printing-1delivers in the UK (http://www.printing-1.co.uk) and most European countries and theUSA within two weeks of ordering online. Ordering professionally printed photo booksfrom own images is rapidly replacing the  stick-in photo album.

Convenience and flexibilityPrinting-1 offers a Windows and Mac OS compatible, online photo service for digitalcamera images, specialising in digital photo books and photo canvas printing. Thehi-tech process used reduces the costs, allowing Printing-1 to offer photo bookletsfrom  7.95.- (plus postage & packaging  4.90 (orders over  100 ship free). Differentvolume discounts are offered when ordering five or more of the same photo book.

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