"Title" page gutter question

[Tasya]

If your "title" page in your shutterfly book has a layout that is pretty much centered on the page (ie. lighter paper with worn page edges centered over another paper that takes up the entire page like Kayleigh's Going Away page), how off center does it end up looking due to the gutter lost in the binding? I have a bit of OCD when it comes to stuff like this, and it will irk me to no end if it looks horribly off centered on the page. Would you off set it some to account for the amount taken up in the gutter? Any advice appreciated!

[dugarner]

Your title page inside the book will have the inside 1/4" in the binding (approximately). I think that is negligible (possibly unnoticeable by the eye), but if you really want it centered, center it with from 1/4" in from the left and 1/8" in from the right, that's the approximate trim amount. I think if it's off by 1/8" you wouldn't notice. I centered my title page on the page itself and I can't notice what's lost in reference to the binding.

[Tasya]

Awesome! Thanks so much!

[dugarner]

I should have asked how big the book will be, how many pages and what dimension, but I don't really think it matters. I always keep in mind that 1/4" on the gutter side of my pages through the book and it has always worked perfectly. On thicker books, farther into the book where there is more tension on the paper, 1/4" is barely enough, but nothing has ever been cut off.

I would hate to give you bad info---but the preview is really true to what you'll get. If it looks centered on the preview, you'll be okay.

Hope it works!