Shutterfly question

[marnie]

Hope I can explain my problem.

I'm working on a book for friend's father. I've uploaded and filled all the right hand sides of each 2 page spread with my finished pages. I'm using the same background paper throughout.

On the left hand sides of each 2 page spread, I just want to use the same background paper and a quote. I'm using the same templates and background paper for the left sides, but when I upload the left side pages and add to photo book, they are all a much lighter color than my right hand pages.

I looked for a tip in past threads--but didn't see this problem. Any suggestions?

[MeEmMom]

Did you save the left side pages the same way you did the right side before you uploaded them? Also, did you turn off Vivid pics for all of them (that is the one that always gets me, because I have noticed a color difference when you forget to turn it off.)

I hope that helps or someone else comes along with some better ideas!

Good luck!

[marnie]

Thanks Lisa! I really appreciate your quick response!

I did save the left ones the very same way I saved the right. And I thought about Vivid pics and saw the thread about it......but I'm thinking if I didn't turn off Vivid pics for either side could they still be different?

Also, I haven't had this problem with any of my previous shutterfly uploads?!! What's a girl to do?!!

[mungerre]

I think the vivid pics analyzes each image individually- and so I think that unless the pages are exactly the same, then the vivid pics could change the color. I think the safest thing is to turn it off both.

[marnie]

Thanks Lisa and Beckie--I'll try that now!

[marnie]

Thanks again! Sure enough, I turned off vivid pics on each individual page and now I have uniform background color! Yea!

But in the process, I did something funky with the size of the pages. The whole page is not showing up--it's like I cropped my square page to be rectangular! I'll see if I can figure it out! Just love it here at DD--everyone is so willing and so helpful!

[Joey_M]

I have had this happen to me too. It's frustrating. Same paper, saved the same way, with vivid color pro shut off. I gave up, came back later, and the problem was solved "on it's own." weird....and stressful. Good luck!

[dorah]

I have found that sometimes when you go to edit and turn off vividpics it makes a crop. There is a bar in the same place as vivid pics to restore to your original and before I turn off vivid pics I always click that first. Sometimes a couple times to make sure and then everything is fine.

[marnie]

Thanks all, thanks Dorah! All is well, I corrected the sizes with Edit/Custom Size and I'm good to go!

[muddygirl]

If you turn off vivid pics when you are in your album ( where you upload to ) and then put them into your book, it crops it. If you put the pages in the book first then click on the page and edit, then turn off vivid pics there, it doesn't seem to do that. Thats my experience anyway.

[marnie]

Thanks so much Sam! It's looking good now! Almost finished! Thanks to ALL for your help!

[ValerieP]

I have found that when I turn off Vivid pics in the album the first one looks cropped but when I add them to the album it isnt cropped-I have also found that sometime the pages are cropped and if I double click on it, I can move the "crop" back to the edges and then the crop is gone. I love Shutterfly books, but sometimes there seem to be a few quirks to work around and it seems like I am always putting it together for a sale and in a rush!

[anke]

it can be really frustrating at times, I make enough little mistakes on my own and then I have to be so super careful while going over every page and sometimes the pages are cropped.... I wish it could be a little easier They do make fabulous books though, so it's all worth it

[mungerre]

It would be nice if they just had a scrapbook option, that didn't crop anything and had vivid pics turned off automatically.

[esther_a]

I didn't know about the crops. And even though I knew about vivid pics, I still go caught! Great tips here.

But I just wanted to add that the book design you've described sounds fabulous, Marnie!! I bet your friend's father is blown away!!