NEWS, TIPS, IDEAS - Our Blog Great Tips and Ideas from Print-your-own Specialist OPUSalbums.com
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| OPUS e-Book "How to make a Great Album (or Digital Scrapbook) yourself"How to design a good inkjet photograph album - digital scrapbook or photo story book. - The definitive guide to making a first class digital photo album. Three e-books in one.
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| Saying Thank-youA great way to say 'thank-you' for a friend's hospitality - using Print&Bind or PhotoAccordion
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Don't lose all your photos through obsolescence or hardware/service failure! People wish to keep their photos and their records for lifetime or even generations, yet many appear unconcerned about the fact that in a few years' time current devices and on-line services may no longer be in use, and even the file formats might not be supported. Old fashioned printed books and documents are still the best. Fortunately they are much easier to produce now.
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| Wedding blog - Photographing a weddingPhotographing a wedding
Posing and Photographing the Bride
The Bridegroom and Groups
Photographing the Wedding Cake Ceremony
Photographing after the Ceremony
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Ten Tips Wedding Albums Ten Tips to transform wedding photos into wonderful preserved memories.
There’s nothing like a wedding for creating photo opportunities. Here is advice for the bride and groom, the parents, guests (especially camera-buffs), and even somebody who wants a novel wedding gift idea.
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| Wedding Official PhotographerOPUS Albums for the Official Photographer at a Wedding
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Albums for Baby There is only one opportunity to capture the key events in your new baby's life. Once captured OPUS is the ideal medium to keep and share those precious moments. See ten tips for baby albums
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Albums for Parties A party can be a simple gathering, or it can be a lavish or formal event. It is about people – and activities. All these produce memories - albums for you, for your hosts and for the guests.
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| Albums for the FamilyAdults love children’s parties as much as the children. They are the ones too who enjoy looking back at a well produced record of that delightful birthday party or other event. Here are some tips to guide you in creating an album – for your own record – or for the parents, grandparents for that occasion.
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| Work with the SpecialistsWith OPUS Albums you are working with the spcialists.
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| Albums for Wildlife/Bird enthusiasts |
| Albums for Family History |
| Albums for Sport fansPrint photos and story of 2007 football in OPUS photo album. Photos of champions league, FA cup, chelsea, manchester united, goal, pass, save, fans, red card.
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| Presentation Albums |
| Books for Business |
| Produce your own Recipe books |
| FAQ’s |
| Paper SpecificationsInnova Art Paper - Specifiations for OPUS albums and cut sheet Paper
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2010 Year Book Album You want a book that
1. Reminds you of the family – or events of the past year.
2. Gives you an year planner for 2010
3. Good to give to your friends, customers etc.
Then here is a quick, easy and economical method using Print & Bind or Pics Book Jr
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| Using the Unibind System |
| Best Album Software |
| Choose the right Album |
| Don't let your Memories RotWe look forward to going back over our photographic memories. Our photo album collection is the most accessible. Boxes of transparencies, photo prints, videos are not – and will be ignored. The same applies to the digital age. Photos left on computers, CD’s and online services are as invisible and subject to commercial failure and technological obsolescence. Only an easy computer printed photo album is secure. With modern software and supplies it is so easy and effective.
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| Think 15 years aheadIn 15 years time will your computer read today's DVDs - will Windows 2022 support JPG files?
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| My Photo Accordion - the Ultimate Business CardMy Photo Accordion – the ULTIMATE BUSINESS CARD
Frasser Hay says "Print your business card on both sides" – mine is printed on ten sides. You can get your whole message across – or several messages.
Your problem is being remembered – you have to stand out and be a bit different. Fold a photo accordion dramatically in front of your prospect – you will move along the sales cycle immediately.
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| Choose the Right Album SoftwareYou pay your money, you get your choice - but there s a beneift from getting quality album printing software. The cheaper ones are not good on printing.
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| Laying out your OPUS AlbumFrankly I don't worry about the templates at all. Whatever program I'm using - dg Foto Art, Fotoslate4 or Photoshop I just make sure that there is a 1" binding pages. If double sided this will be on the left hand side for odd page numbers and the right hand side for even pages. If you have a background then it is best if that fills the whole A4 sheet.
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| Are your Photos Invisible? |
10 Tips to Preserve the Happy Memories of your 2011 Holiday |
| 2008 Blogs +++++2008 Blogs
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| Autumn Colours - Some TipsLast Saturday (3rd November) was a glorious day for colours. Despite winds this weekend looks good too. You don’t have to go to New England. In the South East, Sheffield Park – near Haywards Heath in Sussex is gorgeous. Here are the PhotoArt and Print&Bind albums from this event.
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| 2009 Blogs +++++2009 Blogs
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| 2010 Blogs +++++2010 Blogs
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| News |
| Do a Day's work in an Hour with dg Foto Artdg foto art v. photoshop cs
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| How Paul Callaghan increased profi 10 foldUsing Dg Foto Art wedding photographer Paul Callaghan was able to increase throughput, increase the price of an album by 60% and sell more.
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| Blogs & ResourcesIdeas for all album makers, scrapbookers and every user of an inkjet printer from the hobbyist to the Pro
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| Customer News |
Let's meet at Focus 2010 |
| For WeddingsMake your own Wedding album - Print your own wedding photo - Design your own wedding invitation from OPUSalbums.com
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| Digital Photo Paper Comparison |
| Digital Photographic Papers Compared |
| Make a Wedding into a StoryWhether you are the official wedding photographer or just a family member or friend taking pictures remember that there is far more to the occasion than getting some good formal or posed pictures. The story book should reflect the spirit of the occasion.
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| More Effective MarketingOne effect of the advances in software is that all of us have become creative designers. Maybe we are not good as the pros – but with the wealth of templates etc we can produce well balanced and well laid out documents.
So how do we stand out from the crowd, in an ever increasingly competitive market? The quality of printed documents must be one way. Here are some suggestions using the products from opusalbums.com – documents you can design and print yourself with limited investment.
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| Subjects for Albums |
| Make a Wedding into a StoryMake a Wedding into a Story
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| Photo Paper SizesList of Standard Photo Paper Sizes - R Sizez, 7x5, 10x8 etc from OPUSalbums.com
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Greeting Cards at Spring Fair But what struck me about the cards:
1 The hand made cards were natty,
2 The wordy, hand drawn ones were amusing
3 The photographic ones were utterly boring.
And of course none of them carried the message “This is from me to you”
So much mord can be done with the 'Photo paper how you like it programme'
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About Square Pictures Square pictures are certainly not dead. The square has a meaning too: dependability, fairness and honesty. Many photo service companies such as Photobox offer square prints as an option. Square pages remain popular for photo albums, 12x12 inch (30x30xcm) being the most common. For displays square canvas mounts are available – 12” (30cm) and 20” (50cm) being available
It would seem a pity that square photo paper has not been not readily available. To this end OPUSalbums.com, a web supplier
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| Economics of Contiunous Ink System |
| How I Saved £737 in Ink in Six MonthsBy Using a Fotospeed InkFlow Continuour Ink System on My Epson R2880. I would ahve used 83 cartridges in six months costing £995. Instead I used £258 worth of bulk ink - and very good quality ink too.
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| We've Made Buying Olmec Paper EasierOlmec Papers - full range with quantity and bulk discounts from OPUSalbums.com
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Making A Good Decor Poster on the new Innova Decor Poster Making A Good Decor Poster on the new Innova Decor Poster Paper
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Greeting Cards - It's an Outrage! Oter Vendors give you just A5 cards in Matte - OPUSalbums gives 19 different sizes and styles and 10 papers - Prinatble Cards - portrait, landscape A5, Square, 5.5x5, 10x8, trifold, zfold and more. In Gloss, Matte, Satin digital photographic and archival with Innova, Olmec and Tetenal paper
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| Make a Christmas Card that Reflects YOU.How to Make a Christmas Card that Reflects YOU.
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| Christmas - Album Making TimeWhether you are really serious about making good albums - as presents, as permanent records for yourself or even to sell - or whether you want just something nice to keep now is the time to plan for those album making jobs that you had been putting off till the long evenings and work free days.
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| Photo Printing - Trends for 2011What will be Hot, New and Useful in Photo Printing in 2011
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Introducting PAQR Soon every pack of paper (and album) will have a PAQR Label on it. This will look like this.
PUSalbums.com
PAQR Code
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| Drop-io - My ExperienceThe demise of drop-io is a lesson. We cannot depend that any cloud will be around to serve usand our clients
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| Cost of Album with Unibind and FotospeedHow much does it cost to produce an album using the best quality paper and ink with a Unibind binding system and a Fotospeed continuous ink system
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Roy Piper Memorial 5pc to DPS As memorial to my stepfatehr Roy Piper (1924-2011) OPUSalbums.com is donating 5% of its sales in February 2011 to the Disabled Photographers Society . Roy, a keen photographer was disabled since being shot in 1941.
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| A tribute to Roy PiperAs memorial to my stepfatehr Roy Piper (1924-2011) OPUSalbums.com is donating 5% of its sales in February 2011 to the Disabled Photographers Society . Roy, a keen photographer was disabled since being shot in 1941.
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| Time to Upgrade to Dg Foto ArtIts Time to Upgrade to Dg Foto Art Now
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The Right Print-your-own Album For YOU Print your own photo albums, Chose post bound, loose leaf photo album, or permanent bound album. OPUS albums offers the replaceable sheet Photo Art range , the Hahnemuhle luxury album, and the permanet ranges from Unibind - our Pics Book concept
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| The Right Album Software for YOUOter Vendors give you just A5 cards in Matte - OPUSalbums gives 19 different sizes and styles and 10 papers - Prinatble Cards - portrait, landscape A5, Square, 5.5x5, 10x8, trifold, zfold and more. In Gloss, Matte, Satin digital photographic and archival with Innova, Olmec and Tetenal paper
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| Spring - 65 SuggestionsOter Vendors give you just A5 cards in Matte - OPUSalbums gives 19 different sizes and styles and 10 papers - Prinatble Cards - portrait, landscape A5, Square, 5.5x5, 10x8, trifold, zfold and more. In Gloss, Matte, Satin digital photographic and archival with Innova, Olmec and Tetenal paper
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William and Catherine William and Catherine - Now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - We wish you every ahppiness and we make a book to show it
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| June Sales Maximisation- 10% off all paper and albums including Pics Book Jr.- as well as your OPUS club/Camera Club discounts and bulk paper prices.
- DG Foto Art Gold for just £199 plus VAT (free delivery)
- Stock sell-out on Tetenal and ColorJet paper
- Special deals for all purchases over £500. Just call 0845 8386 286.
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My doodling - What happens when the Greeks can't Pay thier Debts My doodling - What happens when the Greeks can't Pay thier Debts - The Greeks sell the Acropolis (or Parthenon) to London something to print on Innova Paper
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Kodak endorses Photo Accordion Kodak is offering to print photo accordions. We have been selling the print-your own version for years
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| People-come-people-goPeople come; People go - What has happened to everybody I've metWhat has happened to everybody I've met
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| What you can do with Innova Smooth Décor Papernnova Décor. It has been introduced as a poster art inkjet paper - but it is far more than that. In its double sided version it is ideal for brochures, tri-fold, albums and photobooks; as it is quite stiff it is good for greeting cards too
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| how I made our 2011 Christmas CardsI made our cards on Innova décor paper using Dg Foto Art.
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Your Own Photobook Making Service Many businesses want to set up an in-house photobook production service. Factory type services lack the speed, security, lack of personal service or the quality of output.
OPUSalbums.com supplies everything you need - from an inexpensive yet strong binding system from Unibind, through a range of album, photobook layout software, to the covers and paper.
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