Clark Color Photo Book Review

Clark Color has a great online photo book software. It actually had something I haven't seen in any photo book printer's software before - something called a magic layout. If you choose the magic layout you can change the layout automatically when you drag and drop a photo onto the background of the page. The layout automatically changes to incorporate the new picture. I was quite impressed with how this created some really nice layouts. You can also change where you want to put the text on the page and it will adjust the layout accordingly.

When you start a project you choose the theme, size, and cover before even choosing the pictures. Each theme comes with a set of backgrounds and I was afraid that you would be limited to only these choices. However, that is not the case -- you can choose a background from any of the numerous themes offered once you are working on your book.

Uploading pictures was easy to do and the muli-uploader worked quite well. The pictures were easy to add to the book project. I did not see any integration with any of the photo networking sites for the uploading of additional pictures.

The Help within the Clark Color software was a pretty good stepwise tutorial to make a few different projects. It did not have a search feature. The help outside the software was hard to find -- you had to go through several FAQ's before you could send an email to customer service if you still had a question.

Specifications

Paper Weight	N/A
Max. # of Pages	150
Shipping for one book	$6.99
Mac Compatible?	No

Reviewed: February 10, 2010

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Comparative Photo Book Software Review

Background Themes	Over 57 different background themes with a variable amount of background within each theme.
Layout Variety	Wide variety of set layouts and numerous layout possibilities by using the Magic Layouts.
JPG as a Background	No
Digi-Scrapbooking Friendly	Yes
In-book Editing	Effects, zoom and crop, lighten and darken, red eye, and enhance color.
Text - variety and Full Page	Full page and wide variety of captions.
Embellishments and Corners	Minimal - only 4 borders.
Full-Page Bleed	Yes
Final Grade	B