GrannySmith_G5 said:
Was wondering if anyone here has made and received a calendar from iphoto yet. If so, how was the quality. Does it look cheap and sort of homemade or does it look good for a gift. I want to make one to be shipped to someone but not if it's something I can easily make at home. How is the binding?
I ordered and have received. I had a really bad experience using the ofoto/kodak version, and was pleasantly surprised by the Apple version. Ofoto has two problems. First was the spiral binding was too tight to allow it to turn. Second, a lot of the pictures were "enhanced" so that everyone was very pink, like they were sunburned. I sent them back, twice, because the same problem occured the second time as well.
So, onto what you care about. The apple/iphoto calendars. Overall quite good.
What I like:
-- templates seem nice--I used the farm/animals one because it's a calendar of my 2 yo daughter.
-- easy to use and to configure size of photos
-- like the photos for specific dates, along with captions feature
Quality:
-- nice card stock (and spiral binding works!)
-- photos look good
-- resolution might be better, both for the templates and the photos. From normal viewing distance, it looks really good. But if you get up close, you'll notice that the printing quality is not photo level. (It's not on photo paper). It seems a bit streaky (not sure if I have the right printing terms here)--you can see where the printer laid down the different colors. Now, this is no worse than ofoto (who got the colors wrong, too), but it would not be acceptable for a frameable print. For a calendar? I'd say pretty good.
For those who care, the back of the calendar says "Made on a Mac" -- no ofoto legend, just an apple.
ETA: I sent the calendar to my mom, and ordered more for the rest of the family. My mom absolutely loved it. Of course, with her granddaughter on it, that was bound to happen. But I think the bigger point is that while a discerning photographic eye might care when closely inspecting it, when you hang it on a wall or give it as a gift, people are going to focus on the overall effect, not the small glitches that might exist.