Not an Elements question but.....

[angelschick6]

Does anyone know of/use an album designer software (like for wedding albums) that supports MAC? I have found a few nice ones but not for MAC :-( I'm not a fan of using windows, even as a virtual machine.

[Jeff Perry]

If you are using PS Elements or CS, I would recommend you consider working with templates. Here is an example.

http://www.arc4studio.com/

Also check out the Wedding templates from Graphics Authority

http://www.graphicauthority.com/products/wedding-album-one.html

I am not sure if they work with Elements, but you could certainly ask.

If you Google "Photoshop Wedding album templates" you'll probably hit pay-dirt. Be aware that some of them are very amateurish.

Another option is using on-line software tools of provided by album publishers, they guys who will actually print and bind the albums for you.

There are some nice Windows-only apps, but since you mentioned not using Windows I won't waste your time with them.

Hope this helps.

Jeff

[RonH]

Have you tried it in iPhoto? It has a book designer mode.

Ron

[angelschick6]

Both great ideas! Never thought to look at iphoto and never heard of templates! On the templates, since they are PSD files you can change them? LIke add text or change colors or no? THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This is one of the few times I have been frustrated using MAC as there are so many nice windows options and I hadn't seen any good MAC ideas - now I have options!

[ljameso1]

Definitely check out the book designer in iphoto.

[angelschick6]

I'm loving the two template places I checked out! I even bought a cheap one to play with. I tried searching for more but all I found was cheezy ones - any more you know of???

[ljameso1]

You could check viovio.

[Jeff Perry]

I don't know of any other sources off hand, but Googling will lead you to a bunch as you have no doubt found out. There really are some terrible templates out there, "cheezy" is a bit too kind for some of them. If I had paid a photographer for wedding photos/albums, and got some of that stuff, I would be furious. Anyway, there are some good ones out there.

We've had a good time making our own for my girlfriend's Goddaughter's wedding recently. There really not that difficult if you have the time.

And yes, the PSD templates you buy should be be fully editable, but check first. Don't buy them if there not.

Jeff

[Wendy]

There is a really good tutorial in the subscriber area which shows you how to make an effective Wedding Template ... I have used it for quite a few photographs and I really like it :)

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=1307&skip=12

Also you can use scrapbooking kits and make pages that are suitable for weddings ... and making them yourselves means that you can make them in exactly the colours, designs etc that you want.

Wendy