Ordering an album with third-p
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How to order albums designed with third-party software
We understand that not everyone wants to use our free album design service, or the Workspace Album Designer to do their own designs — not when they're up and running with alternatives like Fundy and SmartAlbums.
Just remember that you’ll need to take extra care over technical details like file specs, page layout requirements, maximum page numbers, page dimensions and so on — all things that our in-house services and software would normally handle for you. You’ll find the details on these pages.
Finally, you can order Flushmount albums and Q Books using 3rd party software, but not matted albums (yet).
Important design tips - please read carefully!
Whether or not your software has Queensberry resources built in, please read our specifications to remove confusion and doubt. For
We recommend setting up the album order in Workspace before you design the layouts. That will clarify your thinking, and there’ll be less chance of designing an album we can’t make, or of submitting files in the wrong format. Don’t worry — you’ll be able to save the design for later, edit most details (except the size and page type), or even delete the album.
Pages versus layouts (spreads). When you do order the album you’ll need to state the number of pages required. Each page is two sides, and the number of pages required will be one less than the number of layouts! That’s because the left side of the first layout isn’t a page, it’s part of the book cover. Same with the
Do not put important subject matter (e.g. faces) in the
It’s also good practice to keep important details away from the edge of the layouts. That’s because albums are guillotined in construction and will lose a couple of
For more information click through to the following pages
Page and printing options if you’re using 3rd Party software.
Technical specifications for exporting your page layouts.
How to order an album or book using your 3rd party layouts.
How to supply a draft design to guide the Queensberry design team.
How to upload additional files after submitting your order.