Album design software....

[holga girl]

So, I am tired of contracting out my album designs and would like to do them myself. I am not proficient (nor do I really want to be) in photoshop. I can do the basics... blemish removal, etc. But I really have no desire to invest an insane amount of time learning to build album layouts.

I am looking for a album design software that has templates that are perhaps drag-and-drop and somewhat change-able/customizable. I certainly want some control over the outcome, but without spending endless hours watching tutorials on how to design one page.

I am currently using pictobooks and I am adding graphistudio to my album options. I am exclusively Macintosh.

any thoughts on possible software? I don't want to say that cost is not an obsitcle, but I do realize that the software will pay for itself quickly.

 

[Big Mike]

Graphi made their album design software avaliable for free...didn't they? Is that what you are using?

Asukabook has 'AsukaBook Maker' software for download. It has several pre-made templates.

Some others that I've heard of...
LumaPix FotoFusion
InDesign
PhotoJunction Remix

 

[Imaginis]

PixelCreator Pro is a decent piece of software.

Sven

 

[Winterson]

If you do not want to bother with learning Photoshop you are better off continuing to send your pictures out to a 3rd party to create your albums.