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Photo Book Software

Desktop applications that you can use to build photo books for printing.

Book Creation At Its Finest

Below is a list of several applications that you can use to create highly customized photo book layouts. Prices can vary on many of the products listed. If you need more assistance with choosing your creation software, Contact Us.

Careful When Creating

Like all on-demand printers, we're not able to review everything about your file before printing. This is why if you find concerns that were caused by the files you uploaded then we aren’t able to reprint or refund those orders. It's also why we try to provide you with as much information as possible to optimize your PDF!

Here are some crucial settings to remember when creating your PDF:

  1. Use the "Print" or "Press" settings for the maximum printing quality.
  2. Make sure all fonts are embedded
  3. Make sure you use sRGB colorspace
  4. Two page spreads should begin with page 2 since our pages start on the right
  5. Keep in mind the Cropping And Bleed for your project

Commonly Used Software

PrestoPhoto macOS Photos App Extension

Suggested Requirements:
macOS 10.13+ (High Sierra)
Apple Photos 3.0 or Apple Pages 7.0+

Price: Free

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PrestoPhoto iPad + iPhone App

Minimum Requirements:
iOS 11+
Apple Pages

Price: Free

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PrestoPhoto Web Designer

Platform: All (Web Based)

Summary: Web based creation of photo books, calendars, cards, wall decor and gifts. Drag and Drop your images into our beautiful user created templates!

Price: Free

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Apple Photos Book Printing

Platform: Mac

Summary: Create photo books using your Apple Photos Library in 6 book sizes with many custom Apple templates to choose from.

Price: Free (Native Photo Book creation disabled as of Photos 4.0)

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Apple iPhoto Book Printing

Platform: Mac

Summary: Easy customization. Place text and images into pre-created templates!

Price: Free (Discontinued)

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Apple Aperture

Platform: Mac

Summary: Complete customization control. For very advanced creation.

Price: $299 (Discontinued)

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Affinity Publisher

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Competitor to Adobe InDesign, no subscription required for continual use.

Price: $49.99

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Adobe InDesign

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Complete customization control. For very advanced creation only.

Price: $20.99 a month with Adobe CC subscription

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Swift Publisher

Platform: Mac

Summary: Easy to use desktop publishing software for creating booklets and prints.

Price: $19.99

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Other Software Options

Book Machine

Platform: All (Web Based)

Summary: Web based creation. Limited layout capabilities.

Price: Free

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Adobe Lightroom

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Non-destructive photo editing. Book creation in unique sizes.

Price: $9.99 with Adobe CC subscription

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Adobe Photoshop Elements

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Simplified photo editing and book creation.

Price: $99.99

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Apple Pages

Platform: Mac

Summary: Apple Word Processor with surprising layout and desktop publishing capabilities.

Price: Free

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Adobe Photoshop

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Ideal for Photo Manipulation and can be used for project creation and photo book creation.

Price: $9.99 a month with Adobe CC Subscription

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Microsoft Office - Publisher, PowerPoint, and Word

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Not ideal for project creation due to limitations of PDF output.

Price: $69.99 a year or $6.99 a month

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ACDSee

Platform: Windows

Summary: Image organizer and photo editing.

Price: $149.00

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Scribus

Platform: Mac, Windows and Linux

Summary: Open source desktop publishing

Price: Free

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MyPublisher

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Support only for PDFs downloaded from their website.

Price: Free (Discontinued)


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We can help you create apple photo books using a variety of different software.


PDF Conversion

Have a file but it’s not saved as a PDF? Need help embedding the fonts in a PDF? The following list of programs will help you get your file print ready!

PrestoPhoto PDF Editing and Formatting Service

To help our customers get the best possible results from their projects, we offer a PDF Editing Service in 3 helpful packages to cover all the bases of PDF Editing and Formatting. Whether you need your fonts embedded, pages resized or a complete change of content layout we offer a package for you!

Price: Starting at $10

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FoxIt PDF Creator

Over 325 Million Users. Small, Fast, & Feature Rich PDF Reader. Free PDF Creation / PDF Conversion. Protects Against Security Vulnerabilities.

Price: Free

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Adobe Acrobat Standard DC

Adobe Acrobat Standard DC software is the simple way to create and share more secure and reliable Adobe PDF documents. Generate Adobe PDF files that accurately represent the original document, and take advantage of robust tools for sharing and commenting on electronic files.

Price: $12.99 a month

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FoxIt PDF Creator

Over 325 Million Users. Small, Fast, & Feature Rich PDF Reader. Free PDF Creation / PDF Conversion. Protects Against Security Vulnerabilities.

Price: Free

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neevia docuPrinter LT

This is a PDF printer driver that can be used to create high-quality and searchable PDF files from any Windows application. You can also convert EPS and PostScript documents to PDF using the drag and drop feature, combine documents into a single PDF file, etc.

Price: $19

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Apple Pages

Platform: Mac

Summary: Apple Word Processor.

Price: Free

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Adobe Photoshop

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Ideal for Photo Manipulation and can be used for project creation.

Price: $9.99 with Adobe CC subscription

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Microsoft Office - Publisher, PowerPoint, Word

Platform: Mac and Windows

Summary: Not ideal for project creation due to limitations of PDF output.

Price: $69.99 a year or $6.99 a month

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ACDSee

Platform: Windows

Summary: Image organizer and photo editing.

Price: $149

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