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Facts About Yearbooks

Posted by: admin In: Uncategorized 12 Feb 2015 Comments: 0 Tags: 2015, blog, book, camera, how to, photo, photographer, PSPA, school, student, tip, tips, year, yearbook

Facts About Yearbooks

A yearbook is a book that is published annually and is used to highlight, record and commemorate the past year in a school. This book also reflects the lives and events of people involved with a school within a certain particular year.

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Yearbooks have now become more than picture books and will often include literary works as well as art. The books have become more journalistic and include coverage which showcases everything including reporting of events to profiles of people.

The yearbook is therefore a memory book, a record book, a history book as well as a reference book. It is also believed to be a public relations tool for the school because through it, people are able to identify the school and it’s activities.

The following are tips you can use in order to make a good yearbook:

1.)  The year book must have a theme

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The theme of the yearbook should define the school year. You need to know what is going to be popular and interesting among the student population for that year and then use it as a theme.

2.)  Stick to the theme throughout

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The best way to make sure that your yearbook is professional and cohesive, it is important to make sure that the same theme is carried throughout the yearbook. Each article, section and layout must relate and uphold the theme of the yearbook.

3.)  Plan ahead

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Working on a yearbook can be a huge and tedious process. Make sure therefore that you know when every school event is so that the yearbook staff are there to take pictures and also experience what is going on.

4.)  Have a schedule

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Cataloging a full year of events for many students is a big job. You can tackle this by making goals for each week, month and if possible each day so that you remain on top of the whole process. Make sure that you meet all the goals as you have set them.

5.)  Have as much material as you can

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Gather as much information as possible because the more information you have, the more options you will have concerning each school function.

6.)  Take as many pictures as possible

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By taking as many pictures as possible, you are assured of having a handful of great pictures. Since pictures are the major part of the yearbook, it is necessary to have the best pictures that you can get. Remember also that the quality of pictures reflects on the school.

7.)  Interview many students

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Interviewing many students enables you to get quotes, polls as well as comments and this gives you a wide range of opinions. This is also good for the yearbook because it is supposed to be a representation of the whole student body.

8.)  Recheck the yearbook

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Recheck the yearbook for grammar, spelling as well as layout mistakes so that the book looks professionally done and this will eventually reflect well on the school.

Yearbooks Desktop Help Videos – New Content Coming Soon

Posted by: admin In: Help and Tips, Tech Support, Tutorials, Videos 24 Sep 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: help, import, playlist, PSPA, tutorial, video, year book, yearbook, youtube

If you are brand new to our software and are looking for some instruction on how to get started, or an overview of the major features of the program, you should definitely visit our YouTube channel.  We’ve created tutorial videos of how to Import Students from your PSPA File, Generate PDF files, Auto-Flow your Panels, and over a dozen more helpful videos for Yearbooks Desktop.

Each year we review our video archives to share new best practices, highlight new features and promote our software around the net.   This year we have decided to create some new videos, and the production will start immediately!  Dave and Simon are setting up the recording studio space and will be adding new videos to our channel very soon.  We don’t have a voice actor this year, so it’s likely we’ll hear one of their voices on the audio track.  This year we are recording the videos with CamStudio and editing them with Sony Vegas Pro and Photoshop (our previous videos were mostly created with CamTasia).

Do you have any suggestions or topics you’d like discussed or demonstrated in a video ?  Leave us a comment below.   Here is our current Yearbooks Desktop YouTube playlist, which you can also get to by clicking the ‘Videos’ button on the Registration Screen.

 

All about PSPA

Posted by: admin In: Tutorials 06 Dec 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: 2013, desktop, import, PSPA, support, year book, yearbook

The Professional School Photographers Association (PSPA) has been defining the industry standard for photo CD’s in the yearbook industry for many years.  Obviously, our program is built to work based on this standard, so we’re dedicating today’s blog post to all things PSPA.

For a look at the PSPA website, click here.

We have posted all of our PSPA related help documents and tech notes to our support site.  Check them out here!  This page includes instructions for importing PSPA and non PSPA CD’s into our Yearbooks program as well.

 

 

Start with Importing Students

Posted by: admin In: Help and Tips 09 Oct 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: 2013, desktop, help, import, photography, PSPA, student, students, support, year book, yearbook

One of the first steps we face when creating a digital Yearbook is to import the student information into the program.  Once the data is loaded in, creating and organizing your pages is fairly easy, so we’ve posted some tips to assist you with your import.

Usually, photographers will provide you with a PSPA Photo CD, which is a CD that contains all of your student’;s pictures, and an index file that has been set up based on the industry standard.  This is a very common format in the industry, so don’t be afraid to ask your photgrapher for PSPA output.

Once you have your PSPA CD, importing it into Yearbooks Desktop is fairly straight forward, as is outlined in these step by step instructions on our support site.  Once your data has been imported, the program makes it very easy to correct spelling errors, adjust classes, and add or remove individual students.

But what happens if your photographer can not provide you with a PSPA CD?  Don’t worry, Yearbooks Desktop can import non-industry standard CD’s as well.  Just follow this handy guide from our support site, and you’ll have your non-PSPA data loaded in no time.

Remember, our team has been importing data into Yearbooks Desktop for years, so if you run in to a snag anywhere along the way, contact our friendly support team.

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