Auto Create & StoryFlow to Save Time
For busy people, the StoryFlow feature lets you group photos into pages. The software will then make the photo book for you, based on the theme that you selected. The feature works pretty well and gives pretty good results. You can always tweak the details before you buy the book. I would like to see more themes made available for this feature though. There are some additional themes available for download on the Picaboo web site but the selection is still a little limited.
Size, Binding and Cover Options
Because Picaboo specializes in helping you to create photo books, they have quite a few more finishing options available than the other publishers. All 8.5×11 and 6×8 books are available and you can choose from fabric-covered die cut, leather die-cut and padded leather die-cut in hardcover or textured paper die-cut in softcover. You can also create a glossy custom hard-cover for your photo book using photos or backgrounds.
Specialty and High-End Photo Books
Picaboo also has some unique high-end specialty offerings. These photo books are offered in a larger size and are perfect bound with ‘lay-flat’ pages. This avoids the curve at the spine that you get when you lay open a traditionally glued, stapled or sewn book, which distorts the images near the center. All their high end books (Cape Cod, Victorian, Modern and Ranch styles) use 110 lb matte paper.
Their stunning top-of-the-range ‘Flush Mount’ book offers a genuine leather cover with stamped text with hinged flush mount and lay flat pages. The pages are printed on page board using silver halide printing (most photo book pages are printed on digital photo printer). You can even choose to gild the edges of your photo book’s pages from a choice of colors. These books are quite expensive, but definitely worth considering for making a photo memory book for a very special occasion, such as a wedding.
