What’s the most important part of an album? Your photography and how it’s presented! 

That’s why for a while now our primary focus has been on pages … more page types … more and better printing options … album design and proofing tools.

But right now we're focused on covers! — giving you and your clients more cover materials to choose from, and even more ways to customise. Last week we announced 22 new cover materials … but that’s only half the story! Now you can take your albums to the next level with our compelling new range of personal embossing options…

Here's what's new…

More standard (text) embossing options

We now have five fonts to choose from. When you order in Workspace, simply select one and supply the text you want to emboss.

Custom embossing

If you send us artwork instead of text you can personalise covers with your own graphics and/or fonts. In fact we’ve been custom embossing for almost 40 years. What’s changed is the system — now far simpler, more predictable and affordable. The cost depends on the size of the artwork. Prices start the same as for standard embossing, but you can emboss up to 147x110mm (almost 6x4in) at extra cost. Take a little time to understand how it works and you’ll be blown away by what you create. 

View pricing here and read about setting up your custom artwork here. 

Foil embossing

Depending on the material we can now emboss “blind” or with coloured foils at no extra cost. The colours we have available are Silver, Rose Gold, Copper, Gold, Black, White, Steel or Clear. Looks great!

Laser engraving

Laser engraving marks the surface of the cover, and you can create super-intricate designs on suitable materials, like our Buckram covers and Driftwood linen. Even better, you can engrave up to half the front cover for the same cost as a standard embossing.

Read about setting up your laser artwork here. 

Companion Embossing

If you request the same embossing on more than one product we'll charge you a reduced fee after the first. Products must be ordered at the same time. Excludes laser engraving.

Important - before you start

For practical reasons we cannot emboss or laser engrave all our cover materials. Please check out our online cover swatches to see what you can do.

Not all artwork or fonts are suitable for embossing or foiling — for example, fine detail, most photographic images and anything that cannot be rendered as black on white. We will advise if your artwork is not suitable. Click here for artwork guidelines, file specifications and help.  

If you’re interested in these exciting new services you need to read all about it! For full details click through to our help pages.

Alexandria 

P.s. Don't forget to grab 40% off Sample albums until October 12. Just quote the code JUDGEBYTHECOVER at ordering.