Pixart Pocket Book - My Review
Introduction
You might remember about a year ago when I was in Brunei I reviewed the Pixart Coffeetable Book.
Well they mailed me a while ago to let me know they've released a new cute small version called the pocket book.
The featues are touted as:
- Place your favourite pictures on the cover - Here's the opportunity to have your very own photos and captions printed on the book cover
- Handy Size - At only half the size of the current Pixart coffee table book with pages approximately the size of 5R photos, the pocket photo book is extremely handy and fits into your backpack or handbag easily
- Easy To Create - Create a 12 page pocket book (double side printing) in 15 minutes or less with simple to manage layouts designed for quick & easy compilation. You may even use the "Autofill" feature to automatically load your photos onto the pages
Pixart is a local company so that's why I support them, they also actually listened to the feedback we gave last time and worked towards improving their product from the standpoint of the consumer, not just turning bigger profits.
I have to respect their commitment to providing a quality product.
I liked the small size aswell as I'm taking up photography seriously I can keep it in my camera bag as a portable porfolio of some of my best shots.
The Software
The software was easy enough to use and install apart from the odd fact I had to install .NET version 1.1 when I already have .NET 2.0 installed! Dominic said the Pixart team is looking into this.
The first stage is getting the pictures, which is quite easy but definately the most time consuming part, it's easier if you know what you want and put them all in a folder..I was picking my favourite from all over the place, but I had most of them in mind so it wasn't too hard.
After that you can create the cover, remember to put the least important or detailed picture in the middle as it will be across the spine.
Pixart - Photobooks for Your Family and Friends!
Here I introduce Pixart, a local Malaysian company.
What they are basically doing is providing customised photobooks to order, you provide the pictures and some money, they give you a coffee table style book to keep!
So first up I got an offer from James to review this product, and it sounds interesting after checking out their website so I did!
I downloaded the software at a decent rate, it's around 5.5MB. The download link is HERE. The system requirements are well outlined on the Pixart site.
