Our cover styles give you the opportunity to personalise every element of your album, and Photo Fronts allow you to display a large, dramatic image.
'Full' and 'Half' Photo Fronts are available in a variety of styles, as illustrated below.
 14x10 album, Full Photo Front Cover |
 Black Buckram, 14x10 album, Half Photo Front |
How to order
You'll be asked to choose a cover style when ordering in Workspace.
Very important! Photo Front cover photographs need to match the aspect ratio of the cover, and be sized to suit. You'll also need to allow for approximately 15mm (5/8") bleed where the image wraps around the top, bottom and right hand side of the cover.
That sounds complicated, but Workspace makes it simple. When you choose a Photo Front cover option the software will display the cover wrap, so you can see how much of the image will be hidden.
Read on for design tips and the various styles we offer. There's also table of dimensions (not needed of you're submitting the order in Workspace).
Design Guidance
Closely cropped images are unsuitable for Photo Fronts because important areas will be concealed where they wrap around the cover. Allow at least 15mm (5/8”) bleed on the top, bottom and right of the image. If the image is to be scaled down to make a Digital Copy you will need to allow at least double that (30-45mm, or up to 2” – the aspect ratio will also change slightly). We apply an artwork charge where we need to create or modify cover designs.
If you intend to make a smaller Flushmount copy of an album with a Photo Front cover, scaling down means you will lose more of the original image - 30mm or even more. That's because the cover is scaled down but the "wrap" remains 15mm. We recommend you avoid tightly cropped images.
Photo Front Design Styles
These are representations of our Photo Front Cover templates. The exact size of the image and text depends on the size of the album. Text options are not available with Press Books.
 Full photo front no text |
 Half photo front no text |
 Full photo front, Futura text |
 Half photo front, Futura text |
 Full photo front, Zapfino text |
 Half photo front, Zapfino text |
 Full photo front, Timeless text |
 Half photo front, Timeless text |
Full Photo Front Cover Dimensions
These dimensions INCLUDE the photo-safe bleed allowance. For Duo, albums use the same measurements as for digital albums
Overlay Matted:
| Album Size |
Image H x W (MM) |
| 8x8 |
244 x 211 |
| 10x7H |
220 x 254 |
| 10x7V |
295 x 186 |
| 10x10 |
295 x 254 |
| 12x12 |
345 x 304 |
| 14x10H |
295 x 354 |
| 15x12H |
395 x 254 |
| 15x12V |
345 x 384 |
| 18x10H |
295 x 454 |
| 18x10V |
495 x 254 |
| 18x12H |
360 x 454 |
| 18x12V |
495 x 319 |
Duo and Flushmount:
| Album Size |
Image H x W (MM) |
| 8x8 |
235 x 192 |
| 10x7H |
210 x 236 |
| 10x7V |
286 x 167 |
| 10x10 |
286 x 236 |
| 12x12 |
337 x 287 |
| 14x10H |
286 x 338 |
| 14x10V |
388 x 236 |
| 15x12H |
337 x 36 |
| 15x12V |
413 x 287 |
| 18x10H |
286 x 437 |
| 18x10V |
487 x 236 |
| 18x12H |
352 x 437 |
| 18x12V |
487 x 302 |
Half Photo Front Cover Dimensions
These dimensions INCLUDE the photo-safe bleed allowance. For Duo albums use the same measurements as for digital albums
Overlay Matted:
| Album Size |
Image H x W (MM) |
| 8x8 |
244 x 128 |
| 10x7H |
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| 10x7V |
295 x 116 |
| 10x10 |
295 x 153 |
| 12x12 |
345 x 178 |
| 14x10H |
295 x 203 |
| 14x10V |
395 x 153 |
| 15x12H |
345 x 218 |
| 15x12V |
425 x 178 |
| 18x10H |
295 x 253 |
| 18x10V |
495 x 153 |
| 18x12H |
360 x 253 |
| 18x12V |
495 x 186 |
Duo and Flushmount:
| Album Size |
Image H x W (MM) |
| 8x8 |
236 x 118 |
| 10x7H |
210 x 143 |
| 10x7V |
286 x 105 |
| 10x10 |
286 x 142 |
| 12x12 |
337 x 169 |
| 14x10H |
286 x 194 |
| 14x10V |
388 x 143 |
| 15x12H |
337 x 207 |
| 15x12V |
413 x 168 |
| 18x10H |
286 x 244 |
| 18x10V |
487 x 143 |
| 18x12H |
352 x 244 |
| 18x12V |
487 x 176 |
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