autograph book HEEELP

[abelkrista]

I have gotten very excited about doing homemade autograph books for our October visit to DL-our first ever!!
but I have quickly become frustrated. Found some great designs (thanks all) in the thread on how to make a book.
but first tried playing with Word but the photo's all looked blurry at the 4X6, so decided might be easier and less stressful to just print them out.
I found artscow and really like the sight- but again when I tried to order the prints the sight said the resolution was not good/poor and they looked blurry. I have downloaded multiple cards-from many of the desighners on the photobucket list of the instructional thread and they all alerted to being poor resolution?? I know I am missing something-why am I making it so hard?
any help????

thanks ahead of time.

 

[momtotwins]

i am new to this myself but i found tht you need to make the pic as large as you can on the screen(zoom in) before you download it. this will give you a higher resolution file

 

[MusicMouse]

It sounds like you are saving the thumbnails and not the full photo file. I have detailed instructions in post #1 of the Autograph Book Thread (link in my signature) that will help to walk you through it.

 

[RustManFan]

Common mistake....one of the questions that pops up most often. Hey, I know I don't make DISigns that are blurry!

Now I just hope you remember where you downloaded them from......

 

[abelkrista]

thank you all so much!! I knew it had to be simple ( I was saving as an image-oops) and no I don't know where I got them all from-but that is the beauty of it I guess because now I get to start over and choose all over again-I had designs from many of you as I love all the different styles. Thanks again for your time and effort!

If I do have a company print them will it matter much that they are not on card stock but matte finish photo paper instead?

thankx
krista

 

[MusicMouse]

No, it will not matter. You can have them printed as either matte or glossy photos, and either will work. Use a Sharpie pen for your autographs and give them ten seconds to dry before you close your book or put them away. I would recommend the retractable Sharpies because they don't have lids to mess with.