How to make your own DIY photo book | Step by Step Bookbinding Tutorial

[@kalie_bee]

Where am I these past years? Why am I seeing this right now? Kidding aside. Thank you so much for sharing this video. I am looking for tutorials for me to make my own photobook for my family's photos ☺️

[@Sarah-ho1oi]

I love this but as someone who works in book conservation: if you want your books to last, don't use tape for the book cloth. If you check the grain direction of the book board and you use a press as it dries (putting it under a pile of heavy books counts as a press!), PVA glue isn't going to warp the book. Tape is acidic and it can and will damage elements of your book.

[@adnanislam6823]

Okay then what to use instead of this.?

[@gabrielancolon]

@@adnanislam6823just pva glue

[@DanM_Photography]

Beautiful work, sir, and thanks for your generosity in sharing the process.

[@carlafelipe9699]

OMG just what I needed. Thank you so much

[@fireruby1882]

THANK YOU THANK YOU I wanna put a picture on a hardcover and idk how to do that! THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING AND EVERYTHING WAS SO THOROUGH 💙

[@sastrydasigi7010]

Wow, that is an amazing job! The result justifies, no doubt.

[@maverick493]

I love the idea of this but I don't think I'd ever actually do it- both laziness and the tendency for my work to look like a 5 year old created it 😀 . but I am tempted! I loved watching the process and the end result is so impressive!

[@yustaanna5009]

This is so beautiful. I can't wait to try and make one for my travels to Nepal. Definitely the best photobook tutorial on KZbin!

[@ispoetry]

Thanks for tons of great info so elegantly presented. Please note 21:27 "Souble" sided paper

[@Stefan_pavic]

amazing work!

[@juna61]

Hats off to you! That is some proper way of doing things!

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Thanks!

[@AmoraBrown]

Definitely going to try your method!

[@kenthomas1109]

It’s beautiful! Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@hddlheme]

Happy to see you using photos from Sri Lanka on your Tutorial.

[@maccsi]

you absolutely knocked that out of the park. speechless. can't wait to do something like this one day

[@SarthakDasgupta]

You are truly a Guru!

[@DebSmithPhotographyadelaide]

I loved watching this process. Brilliant 👏

[@gyorgyiantal697]

Great work! Thank you for sharing this tutorial!🙏

[@carol-annpickvance3671]

Oh my goodness! Thank you for sharing this process. It looks so beautiful! I am really tempted to try this one day.

[@SergeVandeVoorde]

Well done ! And clearly explained, thank you !

[@CarolineFraser]

fantastic! well done

[@plants5743]

It’s super important to make sure the grain is running the correct direction so you don’t get warp

[@jaysonpremier3734]

amazing, thank you so much for sharing that tutorial😊

[@moniquebelier6024]

Such a great video. Just what I needed. I would love a video about the transfer on the cover. Can’t find a good video about this proces the way you did it in your video. Kind regards, Monique

[@lilianbaun2231]

Cool. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.

[@vsakusam]

I love this so much! Thank you for this video

[@munnaza23]

This is so cool. From designing to having a book in ones hand! Really inspiring 💌💫

[@luisinyee8190]

Oh my god, thats really an amazing work, thank you for making this tutorial,I want to diy my son photobook

[@BeautifulMotives]

Your amazing! this was so amazing thanks for sharing

[@iandavis1355]

BRAVO!!! Great work, very impressive and inspirational. Thanks.

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Thanks

[@cbcphotography9781]

Thank you for sharing

[@ssh9040]

beautiful 🤩

[@Switnessie]

Best photobook tutorial so far! So detailed❤

[@attrell64]

This is really great but can you answer one question pls? What happens with the 'other half page' of the transparency sheet? Presumably left blank (unless it just so happens that you need another map on the opposite side? Does a blank sheet not disrupt the appearance?

[@alexduckworth1]

this looks better than any photo book printing site I've looked at

[@2cleverxhalf]

Bravo!🎉

[@rosannacortazio]

Hello! Beautiful work! Sorry bo bother you, but I have noticed that you have used a double-sided tape sheet and I cannot find those anywhere. Any chance you can please share with us the link for it? Thank you so much!

[@alecia8852]

Wow- just gorgeous

[@yvonnetucker1416]

BEAUTIFUL LOVE THIS

[@crackedphonescreens]

Awesome. Thank you for sharing your art book.

[@videopubproduit]

Just woow, thank you so much bro 🙏

[@KuyaCharlsTv]

thankyou so much for this very helpful tutorial

[@marieclairengwe8166]

Good morning sir i'm very grateful for the content.

[@sir2657]

On my book il put little poems under photos poems that il write. It's a very emotional thing my photo book....its all that is saved from a almost past life

[@pinksweetheartlover2539]

So beautiful !!!!!

[@error60091]

super cool... would so try this if i had a printer! thanks for sharing!

[@amingtatlo4048]

This is very nice and comprehensive. Thanks for sharing. 👍👏

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Glad it was helpful!

[@terencemorrissey4413]

Fantastic

[@almudd]

Beautiful! Amazing tutorial thank you

[@wayneyellow5843]

That's amazing! Thank you for sharing.

[@mai_chan00]

I love it! I want to try this.

[@Rushtik9506]

AWESOME!

[@josebrivera1716]

Wow! Excellent Video. Great, Excellent work. You have convinced me never to DIY a photo book. I will send my photobook out to print. I would get it all wrong if I did it myself.

[@sanjanashah6675]

This is exactly what I was looking for...thankyou!!!

[@VannApragal]

That was fantastic!

[@daphneines2407]

Do you have a video on how to properly organize these signatures on indesign ?

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Not yet. I will make one. You don't really have to organise the pages as most print functions can automatically create signatures (booklets)

[@daphneines2407]

@@PhotoBookGuru Got it. Thank you!

[@arlenidaloz399]

Awesome. I wish I could do that. 😍

[@jordanlotus188]

hi! very nice and informative. you are really grate.!! Marry Christmas in advance.

[@jordanlotus188]

Please upload mre detail videos for each steps it will bevery helpful.

[@alleranothere]

Always wanted to make a photobook! this is lovely and very helpful thank you! :D

[@israelbelachew4360]

Bravo

[@Gothumanity]

Wow, thank you for that tutorial. I greatly needed that as I am in the process of doing my portfolio. Wonderful photobook you've got.

[@novepipps]

GREAT VIDEO 👌👌👌

[@tigertay10]

This is amazing! What a beautiful book! Really want to try this but you lost me with the stitching signatures part. It’s really Confusing.

[@PhotoBookGuru]

It is a lot of trial and error and it's impossible to slowly show the whole process in one video but there are lots of other vids on youtube for stitching.

[@tigertay10]

@@PhotoBookGuru thank you, i will definitely give this a try!

[@dawidw.6016]

So beautiful

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Thank you so much

[@good__enough]

Wow

[@samchaudhary3721]

Hi, Wonderful jobs. I am pretty new learning? Do you know of any Free Photo Editor Software I can use please? Thanks a lot!!

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

dats cool

[@abdellaouistdiy5889]

Really😁😁 it look gorgeouss

[@wellnesswaveph]

Hi what printer are you using and what can you suggest? Quite lost in the coverpage, hope there’s a separte video for the heat press for the cover design/photo

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Inkjet printer. A3. the more colours the better but even basic 4 colour inkjets will do a great job with the right setting and right paper

[@gracechia4529]

Hi, nice video❤ may i know what type of paper you use? 😊

[@BakeNBox]

Hi. May I kmow where you bought the paper?

[@MrDaviddesouza]

Thank you. What is head band and from where can I get it?

[@PhotoBookGuru]

in the Uk you can get it from Ratchford and Amazon sometimes has it too

[@survivalextraordinaire3572]

I know the video is two years old at this point but I am really struggling to find other videos that could explain how to do what I'm attempting to do. I want to do something very similar to this but instead of the pages being the photos themselves, I want to be able to add photos to it over time. This video is extremely helpful though, I think i just need to do roughly the same thing, but leave the pages blank and add in those clear corner photo holders. Aaaaa I don't know what I'm doing!

[@martinvangog1912]

Which software to use? Affinity Publisher or Designer? Thanks in advance.

[@kenthomas1109]

He said he did most of the work in Afinity, but took it into Photoshop because he needed to do color corrections.

[@farl.796]

Thank you for sharing with us your very inspiring work of art! May I ask if how many days it took you to make your own DIY photo book?

[@PhotoBookGuru]

the physical "making" took less than a day but designing it can take much longer. I do a little every day.

[@noaisaabdulazis577]

Hi. What type of paper did you use?

[@multi-media-services]

Thank you

[@awesomecommenter]

very nice 😊

[@butij.mdakane2909]

Very great video, your work is very beautiful and neat. What material did you use to cover the spine of the book?

[@anndash3278]

hi. is there an easy way to work out page numbers order when you print? eg when i print the pages sometimes come out in the wrong order :( ta x

[@elaacosta]

Adobe in design was your software for this project? Beautiful ❤

[@kenthomas1109]

Afinity Publisher is what he said he used, followed quickly by saying you can use InDesign.

[@kenthomas1109]

He said he started in Afinity, but he said he needed to do color corrections, so he had to output them one page at a time into Photoshop.

[@robbinkelly2565]

How did you set up affinity publisher/printer to print your pages so you could make 3 page signatures. Cannot figure it out. Love your videos

[@PhotoBookGuru]

I couldn't, I exported the pages and used my printer setting to create a booklet layout

[@AmberHoubara]

Hey! Thank you so so much for all these epic tutorials! I have already made the seamless lay-flat book for an assignment for my Uni and it came out amazing! I would love to try and make this book as well, and was wondering how did you print the design on the linen cover? is it a paper you can iron into the cloth? It looks so beautiful! thank you so so much again!

[@AmberHoubara]

I've found the video thank you!!

[@titot.vt.v.1142]

Cool video what was the cost off all this by anychance I just wanna know so when I'm ready to try this.. just a ruff estimate

[@PhotoBookGuru]

It depends on whether you have any tools, printer. If I only count the consumables, paper and ink, then around £80.

[@NanaysVlog]

hi what size is the photo? is it printed on A3 size?

[@TagaIndangandavaoCity559]

Thats what i want

[@elaacosta]

Heat transfer paper into fabric please more info on that if possible 🙏🙏🏼🙏🏽🌱🌸💐❇️❇️❇️

[@BokFernandez09]

what printer did you use for that book?

[@sofianeboudjelouah1099]

Jolie vidéo Svp quelle logiciel que ta utilisé pour le design

[@paulcrutchley4348]

Thank you for the video, very informative. May I ask please the tracing paper which you printed onto where do you purchase that from?

[@dwiprasasti.]

what type of printer are you using? Thank

[@StevenRalte]

Hello @Photo Book Guru. What software are you using for this?

[@marianadegogo]

What machine did you use for the cover? to transfer the photo to the linen?

[@PhotoBookGuru]

I used a laser printer. Print on transfer paper and use a heat press to transfer it onto the linen.

[@rapunzeli1]

Hi Stefan, thank you so much for sharing this, your book looks absolutely brilliant! I am wondering if you have any resources you could please share on how to prepare the pages for printing the signatures when a double spread is involved? I have ordered bookbinding materials to start making my own photo books but I am really struggling to prepare the signatures because my book has a few photographs that spread over two pages. I designed it in facing pages in Affinity and when I try to export single pages it all gets messed up and I cannot figure out how to fix it, which has put a major stall to the process 😞Any tips or resources you could share would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[@jelainemizuide2411]

hi what software do you use?

[@94mroliver]

Thank you for tutorials (Would be so much easier to concentrate tho without the background music)

[@adriang.4628]

can you link the paper you used?

[@dhaldu1946]

hi! what are the materials you used? thank you

[@majaisakszon1475]

I would like to know where I can get a few things that you used making your photobook. Like the tiny theared ends you glued on when you had finished sawing and glueing. How do you call these? Could you make a list in all that you used?

[@PhotoBookGuru]

You can buy all of those in bookbinding shops or online. Don't use Amazon, they barely have anything. The tiny things at the ends are called headbands. the mesh on the spine is called mull here (I think it's different in the US) and the owl is the tool to punch holes. The rest of the tools are generic, rulers, knife etc

[@majaisakszon1475]

@@PhotoBookGuru I live in Sweden thanks so much.

[@AdamCasada]

@@PhotoBookGuru Isn't it an awl?

[@magdamalinowska5454]

How many pages and spreads do you have? Do they need to be in even numbers in order for the signatures to work?

[@PhotoBookGuru]

Yes