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Photo Album Software (request) (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by Oneser@lemm.ee to c/foss

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I have a large number of photos edited and ready to go and want to then them into an album. Does anyone have any recommendations for any FOSS software that I can use to arrange the images to pages, and add text?

I intend to send the data to a professional printer for printing and binding.

My first thought was Libre Office's Draw, but maybe this community has something more appropriate.

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[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"Desktop publishing" is the category of software you want. I've not used it, but I believe Scribus is the standard FOSS tool for this. If you want a simple graphical way to make your album, this is the way.

Many people have metnioned LaTex - I would not recommend it for this purpose. LaTex, while powerful, will have a steep learning curve, and isn't really made for artistic tasks - its purpose is for writing technical papers. From literally the first two sentences on the project site:

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.

It's probably possible to make a beautiful photo album with LaTex, but without a lot of work, it's more likely to come out looking like a calculator manual.

[–] Oneser@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I noticed that as part of the LaTeX description, thanks for confirming! I will take a look at scribus.