JPH09284537A - Method for producing souvenir photo album - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply produce a souvenir photo album in a short time at a low cost by editing character data and photographic data with a personal computer. SOLUTION: A personal computer 3 is used to generate part of a congratulatory speech as digital data. Then an image read means 4 reads souvenir pictures and personal computer 5 is used to digitize the photo data. The character data and the photographic data are given to a computer 6 to call characters and photographs for one page on a same screen of a display device and applies design such as layout to the data in the unit of pages. After the end of layout, a printer 7 is used to print out the layout data on a prescribed paper sheet. After that, as required, a resin film 9 and a souvenir photo album are fed to a laminator 8, in which lamination processing is conducted. Thus, the laminated souvenir photo album 10 is formed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commemorative photo or a memorial photobook for marriage, childbirth, etc., and more particularly to a method for producing a memorial photobook in which photographs and characters can be stored in one sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A souvenir photograph of a wedding or childbirth is usually attached to a commercially available album and stored as a souvenir photograph collection, depending on the number of photographs taken. However, in the case where wedding invitations, congratulatory cards, etc. are organized and stored at the same time, it is a fact that individual efforts have been made.
In addition, specialized companies such as wedding halls and photo studios have separately created wedding anniversary and birth anniversary albums according to orders. Conventionally, a method of printing a commemorative photo of a wedding ceremony, a congratulatory message, etc. on one sheet of paper such as a card has been performed as follows. First, type the letters of the day's congratulatory letters, etc.,
The commemorative photo forms a normal photoengraving. Then, after producing a plate in which these are combined, it is printed on a predetermined paper such as a card or a mount for an album.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned production method, there is a large amount of manual work for printing characters and for making photoengraving, which results in a long delivery time and is expensive. . The present invention has been made in view of the above facts, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a commemorative photo book that can be produced at a low cost in a short period of time.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a step of forming characters and / or patterns digitized by a computer, and a photograph is read by an image reading means and converted into digital data. It is characterized in that it comprises a step, a step of laying out the above-mentioned characters and / or patterns and a photograph on a display screen of a computer, and a step of printing the screen after the layout.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a step of forming a digitized character and / or pattern by a computer, a step of photographing digital data of an image by a digital camera, and the above-mentioned character on a display screen of the computer. And / or a method of producing a commemorative photo book, which comprises a step of laying out a pattern and a photograph and a step of printing a screen on which the layout is finished.

After the above-mentioned photograph is a color photograph or a monochrome photograph, or after the photograph and characters and / or patterns are printed,
A transparent resin film may be laminated on the paper.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a memorial photobook formed by the method of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 shown in the figure is a memorial photo book, which has a photo portion 1a and a letter portion 1b such as a congratulatory message.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process of manufacturing the memorial photograph collection of the present invention. First, a congratulatory portion is formed as digital data by a personal computer, a word processor or the like 3. In this case, various patterns may be added instead of the characters or in combination with the characters. Characters created in this way and /
Alternatively, the pattern portion is recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disk.

Next, the image reading means 4 reads the souvenir photograph, and the connected personal computer 5 digitizes the photograph data. The image reading means 4 may be a normal image scanner, but it is preferable to use a film scanner capable of reading from a negative or positive film. This photographic data is also recorded on a suitable recording medium such as a floppy disk. The personal computer 5 may be the personal computer 3 used to create the character data.

Next, it is possible to use a digital camera instead of taking a commemorative photo with a normal camera. In this case, a digital camera is used to take a picture as digital data of an image, and the image data is taken into a display screen of a computer to lay out the characters and / or patterns and the image. According to this method, it is possible to save the trouble of putting a photograph on an image scanner or a film scanner, and at the same time, a clear photograph image can be directly used as digital data.
Clear pictures can be used without being affected by the resolution of the pictures and the accuracy of the scanner.

These character data and photographic data are combined into 1
One computer 6 inputs the characters for one page and a photograph on the same screen of the display, and the layout and the like are designed page by page. The same computer 6 as the personal computers 3 and 5 can be used. Therefore, only one computer is required. Further, since all the data are digitized, it is possible to add / delete characters and patterns, and to draw patterns and characters in and around the photograph when performing this layout.

When the layout is completed, the image printer 7
The printout is completed on the specified paper, and the commemorative photo book 1 is completed. As the image printer 7, it is desirable to use an ultra-high quality color image printer such as Pictrography (registered trademark) in order to obtain a clear photograph.

When printing is completed, the transparent resin film 9 and the commemorative photo book 1 of the present invention are sent to the laminator 8 for laminating, if necessary. As a result, the laminated commemorative photo book 10 is completed. The commemorative photo book laminated in this way can prevent stains, discoloration, etc. and can maintain high quality for a long time. In the above production, it is desirable that the personal computer or the computer uses, for example, desktop publishing software.

[0014]

According to the present invention as described above,
The photos and characters can be digitized and integrated, making it easy to design. In addition, the troublesome production of the artwork is unnecessary, and it can be done easily. Furthermore, by using an appropriate printer, it is possible to produce an image photograph collection equivalent to the gravure collection. In addition, since it is edited by a computer, it is possible to inexpensively produce a large number of small quantities.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a commemorative photo book of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process of producing a memorial photo book of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Commemorative photo book 1a Photograph part 1b Text and / or pattern part 3 Personal computer 4 Image reading device 5, 6 Computer 7 Printer 8 Laminator 9 Transparent film

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A step of forming a digitized character and / or pattern by a computer, a step of reading a photograph by an image reading means and converting the photograph into digital data, and the character and / or pattern on a display screen of the computer. A commemorative photo book production method comprising the steps of laying out a photograph and the step of printing the screen after the layout. 2. A step of forming a digitized character and / or pattern by a computer, a step of photographing digital data of an image by a digital camera, and a step of displaying the character and / or pattern and a photograph on a display screen of the computer. A commemorative photo book production method, which comprises the steps of laying out and printing the screen on which layout has been completed. 3. The method for producing a commemorative photo book according to claim 1, wherein the photo is a color photo or a monochrome photo. 4. The method of producing a commemorative photo according to claim 1, wherein a transparent resin film is laminated on the paper after printing the photo and characters and / or patterns.