Creating a school yearbook is easier than ever. With Cory Adams Photography you simply need to answer a few questions regarding how you’d like the student and faculty images arranges and we’ll flow them for you. This leaves you to the fun work, creating the special pages. You can use your own software to layout the pages. You may also lay out your pages on paper, like a scrapbook page. We’ll scan them in and get them ready for digital output.

Preparing your yearbook
Start with a plan. The first step to a great yearbook is planning. The yearbook staff should determine a number of things before beginning the process of laying out their book. For example, they should decide what scholastic and sporting events are to be included, will the yearbook have a theme, or are there any community/ historical events that need to be considered.
Once your yearbook staff has decided content they can move forward to layout. After you have designed your layout you can update as events happen and keep the yearbook on track for your deadline. Periodic meetings are suggested for the yearbook staff to review progress, check for errors and make changes. Whether your yearbook is digital or camera ready, the correct materials will improve the quality of your yearbook.
While it is assumed that you are familiar with your chosen page layout software, a successful digital yearbook also requires a basic understanding of how different factors – such as type of images, color and resolution – can all affect the quality of your publication. We have provided a step-by-step overview of what you will need to know to create a professional, problem-free digital book.

General Information

Raser or Vector Images
There are really 2 types of digital images - vector of line-based and raster or pixel based images. Vector imagea are typically created in a drawing program (such as CorelDraw©) that uses a mathematical formula to generate lines and shapes that are resolution-independent and can be scaled to any size without loss of quality. Vector art is most often used for logos, special text effects, clip art or drawings with large areas of flat or solid color. Raster images, on the other hand, include all digital photos, scans orartwork created in a painting or image editing program (sucha s Photoshop©). Since these images are made up of tiny pixels, the amount of pixels in the images will determine the print quality. Creating high quality raster images relies on some knowledge of image resolution.

Resolution
Likely this is the most important attribute of your digital image, unfortunately the concept of resoltuion is confusing and often leads to errors. First there is monitor relosuion; commonly called screen resolution, this refers to the dimension of pixels on your screen. Most computers display images at 72 pixels per inch or higher. An image created at screen resolution - web graphics, for example – will look fine on your computer but if your try to print it you will see the quality is poor. This is because the printing process requires images to be of a much higher resolution. Print resolution is measured in dots per inch. For best quality we recommend no lower than 250 dpi. (dots per inch)

Scanning
Scanning converts your photo into pixels that are based on numeric values creating a digital image. For the best results you should read the instruction manual that came with your scanner. Use the suggested settings when scanning your images. If you don't have access to a manual, a few basics are: Line art and text should be scanned at the highest resolution your scanner will allow (600-1200 dpi) to avoid jagged lines, and color or grayscale images should be scanned at 300 dpi.

Color
Another issue that often causes confusion is color, Monitor Color, or what you see on your screen is not generally a good indication of how your images will appear in print. Monitors use and RGB "colorspace" that has a huge spectrum of colors that are visible to the eye. Print color is produced with CMYK inks or toners. Unforunately, the rane of colors that CMYK printing can produce is much smaller that the viewable colors on your monitor. While most photographic image will print just fine using CMYK, there is no printer, press or scanner that can capture or reproduce neon colors; very bright blues, greens, pinks, and oranges; metallic or effects. Therefore, if you use flourescent markers or iridescent stickers on your pages, be aware that color shifts will likely occur.