I made myself a photobook!
The guys at Pixart asked me to do a review of their services; in return I'll get a free photobook to keep. Got free things woh, of course I take the offer lah.
Besides, I had wanted to give my cousin a better gift than the pewter frame I bought for her wedding. So I decided to do a photobook of the photos I took at the ceremony and dinners lor…
I had to go to their site to download the Photostylist first (one thing though, you need to have Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 for PhotoStylist to work on your machine, and its quite a huge file so I waited for a bit to get the thing down). After that it was a breeze all the way lah… you get to select from several themes to implement into your photobook (so that it looks damn pro liddat). I've got only two screenshots of the stuff, don't mind me yah.
When you select and print photo adi you can edit the photo summore… quite nifty, the application. HOWEVER, Dominic, it would be great if there were an 'UNDO' or 'REVERT' option to the editing functions. Still, its great.
It's pretty fun to do photobooks… seriously I could do the same with Photoshop, but then, you probably wouldn't get the quality of the end product that Pixart supplies. For less than 100 bucks, you get to have a customized A4-size photobook, that is thread-bound with a fabric/leather-woven hard cover.
The paper quality is pretty good too, if you choose the digital-quality print (my choice), you get 10 pages (double-sided makes it 20) of beautifully printed, magazine quality back-to-back printouts of your photos in an ultra classy layout. See?
Service was pretty fast too… it took me about 2 hours to do my photobook compilation (take my time to select the photos and plan the layout and the captions mah. But after purchasing the thing online (can pay by credit card), it took just 3 days for delivery. Pixart promises delivery within 5 days, so this quick delivery service is great!
The cover is really cool. There's a die-cut window in the front, so I can show off a nice photo that will help me identify the contents of this particular book. See, can double up as a photo frame some more!
I'm planning to make more yeah. I'm looking forward to things like my first trip overseas with Eric and Ma next year, then my cousin's first kid's birthday lah, my own wedding if it ever happens, my first baby's photo collection… wahhhh. MINISHORTS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A RETURNING CUSTOMER.
Ya, ya, I know lah, RM 70 to RM100 sounds A BIT pricey, but if you think about it, when you have 20 blank pages to play around with, that's really a good deal! I had a collection of over 100 photos, and after sifting out like 30 not so nice one, I had trouble filling up the pages!! If you really thought about it, you could try developing your photos for 40 sen each (one size only, mind you, no effect some more), and then get a nice album (nowadays photo albums also quite ex, yah?)… this is WAY WAY easier lor…
So, Dominic, how? Should make some privilege cards for returning customers lah, special discount or something like that. 
Wishful thinking hehe, but seriously, if you guys don't know what to give to your friends, or you're thinking of a way to present your printed photos in an album, do something differentlor. Can try Pixart. It's pretty good.
December 9th, 2005 at 9:51 am
wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i want also !! if free then i also wan !!
December 9th, 2005 at 10:38 am
hahaha… vary expensive le.. but ok wat liddat.. i think hor, when i get a digicam then go snap snap, later I order la…
December 9th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
does it mean i should order ah?
December 9th, 2005 at 12:39 pm
Free photo’s for the wedding too?
Bwahahahahaa! (Oh boy, if I keep this up, I’ll get kicked in da nuts!)
December 9th, 2005 at 1:14 pm
Wow…awesome! Maybe I make one for my parents’ 25th Wedding Anniversary
December 9th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
jason: dunno bout you but i’m definitely getting another. hehe… for my christmas party album. should be nice.
December 9th, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Oh btw, damn afro looking man your second pic (the young one)
December 9th, 2005 at 2:08 pm
Hi Minishorts, I propose to you. Lets get married now. muacks
December 9th, 2005 at 2:24 pm
yeah, 2nd young photo afro pic is the bestest!
December 9th, 2005 at 4:02 pm
Hey- sorry to jack your topic, but im very concerned about Huai Bin (sixthseal.com) Do you know whats going on? is he okay? his sites are all down, im concerned and i want to help any way i can. I know you dont know me, but please reply and tell me know anything you know. thank you so much, i really really want to help him out any way i can (pay for a lawyer, get international journalist protection groups involved, etc) please minishorts, you are the only one i know of to ask. Thank you so much in advance. I feel like i know him, and I have the means ($$$) to help. Thanks again. Please help ease my worried mind.
radleysales@gmail.com
December 9th, 2005 at 4:45 pm
have forwarded this comment to huaibin. huaibin is fine. he’ll get in touch with you.
December 9th, 2005 at 4:56 pm
eh ms…how come when i run the prog..i can’t seem to put pics in any of the pages wan?
December 9th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
if you have problems regarding pixart, please jot them down, i’ll get dominic to get back to you.
December 9th, 2005 at 5:05 pm
This must be the bargain of the century: A quality hard-bound photobook for you to cherish and to keep for only RM100 — and IT COMES WITH FREE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL!* GIRLS, THIS IS IT!
*Your results may vary.
December 9th, 2005 at 7:02 pm
sounds cool
December 9th, 2005 at 11:41 pm
Hi Minishorts..Woahahaha… I was away for some time n it seems that u’re getting into the “marriage” mood these days.
This photobook idea is quite interesting …esp considering how expensive a complete wedding photo shoot costs.
Quick, grab this lobang !!
December 10th, 2005 at 10:48 pm
lool u shud said it long ago..can intro to my fren
December 12th, 2005 at 5:02 pm
thanks minishorts, this makes for just about the best idea ive seen in a long time for an anniversary gift for my gf. sent in my order already, and the pixart peeps even called me to reconfirm my preferred shipping, cause i was asking about alternate courier services. so far, they sound very professional. if all goes well, i’ll be sending more orders their way in the future.
May 9th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Hi minishorts,
I traced back from your 7/5/06 post and found the answer.
your cousin happens to be my cousin too
October 14th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Hi, minishorts, interesting blog. and hi to everyone…. looks like there’re no more continuation in the comments………? I’m working with an msc company, involved in content writing (or storyboarding, instructional designing) for a company writing for MOE…. anyone(or minishorts) can offer advice on how to go further?