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Question: Producing quality photo calendars?

(Posted by: all-knowing "1" on 2008-02-05 03:16:34)

I wish to produce professional photo calendars for sale to tourists. Is it possible to do the layout in either Elements 5.0, or maybe a freeware program, andthen send it to a professional printer? I also wish to customize the information on the dates- for example, let's say I am making a calendar in the USA, for sale to tourists. I will have photos of various landscapes, attractions, etc, and then I want to include information on important dates, like say when the moon landing occured, or things from American history that tourists might find interesting. What software would be appropriate? It needs to look much better than the standard calendar we make for Xmas for our families, as I want to sell these in shops. Think of those big photo calendars you see, like with horses, landscapes, or other areas of interest. Thanks for any advice!

Posted by: type665 on 2008-02-05, 05:30:45

IPhoto can make custom calendar. apple.com/ ilife/ iphoto/ winterpromo.html Creating those calendar from scratch costs you time and money, so if you better ask local printer or photoLab for custom Calendar print. They might have ready made template so that you just need to give them your picture to get it done.

Posted by: alphabetsucks on 2008-02-05, 18:06:35

The good software is either quark express or indesign, but making your own customize calender can cost you a lot (the printing cost, the binding cost), well... it is cool to have your own calender but if you want to sell it back its gonna be harder to make some money from it, in my opinion just go to your local printing shop, they might make your calender for cheaper price and some even do the binding for free, just make sure you provide them with all the 12 images (some even allow you to have more than 1 images per spread) happy hunting