How to make a two-page spread in Picaboo

Customers often ask us how to create two-page spreads in Picaboo. Two-page spreads are popular because they make a dramatic presentation in books. In fact, they are perfect for wide-format pictures of landscapes, couples, or large family portraits.

To make a two-page spread in Picaboo, it will first be necessary to split the image you wish to use into two "halves".  To do this, open the picture in a photo editing program (such as Photoshop, Paintshop or Microsoft Paint). Next, use the crop tool to create two picture "halves" so that you can drop one half of the image onto each facing page in your book. When you crop the picture, please make sure to include an overlap of about a ¼" wide area on the right edge of the half that will go on the left page, and ¼” wide area on the left edge of the image that will go on the right page.  This is to accommodate the area of the image that will be stitched into the spine of the book when your book is bound.  The overlap area (the area that should be included in each "half" of the image) is shaded in yellow in the example image below:

Then, save each "half" as a new high resolution .jpg image (with zero compression) or a .png file. Add each of these half-pictures to your Picaboo book using the full-page bleed layout for each of the two pages, and then drag and drop each half onto the respective pages. Finally, use the Picture Tools to move your images up and down until you have aligned them perfectly.

In order for your two-page spread to look like this when printed...

...it should like this on your computer:

Now switch your camera to wide-format or “panorama” mode and click away!!

Comments

[Mizyl Stinson]

Just wanted a to help people who wanted to do this type of format, it takes about 9 clicks of the mouse left or right in order to get a perfect 4th of an inch, it was very difficult to just eyeball it, for the money i spent in printing my book, i wanted it to be just perfect, i actually took a ruler and made a reference point just to make sure it was exact, hope this helps others who are trying to do a two page spread