Thursday, November 30, 2006

Lulu.com and VioVio.com

Over the past few years, I have amassed almost six gigabytes of digital pictures and videos. Most of this collection is haphazardly laid out in random folders (basically, when the camera gets full I copy the 1GB or 2GB file onto a laptop and go back to taking pictures).

Although we have a nice HP Photo Printer (model 7960), printing them out is a time consuming and tedious process. And although digital photos are fine for me, they don't hang well in the office or at the home. Today, we decided today to try printing out a photobook that would have a bunch of photos in them, and add captions (so that I remember what happened, and who was with us, in a decade).

I started with ShutterFly (we occasionally use their service for individual prints) but found their pricing to be high. VioVio.com was next on my list, but they have almost no layout or caption capabilities. I settled on Lulu.com, and was able to upload and caption a photobook using their Java applet interface. I ordered an 8 page book for around $6.13, under $10 with shipping. I'll let you know about the quality when it arrives.

Are there any others that I should try?

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