Heritage Publisher ~ Tutorials & Resources

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Please take the time to review these great resources and become familiar with the Heritage Makers website and publishing system. If you would like some additional assistance, feel free to contact to set up a day and time convenient to discuss your needs.

Documents on this page have been provided as a service to you by Heritage Makers, Heritage Makers Consultants and other sources. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the Heritage Makers publishing system. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the documents below (download it here).

VIEW ME FIRST

Check out the Heritage Studio 2.0 Overview. You will need Adobe Flash to view this presentation.

Instruction Documents

Please feel free to open, save and print these documents as you need. If you see any inconsistencies or explanations that are not as clear as you believe they could be, feel free to contact me.

Activate Your Account
Applying Credits & Check Out
Story Ideas
Photo Tips for Better Books
How to Write Stories that Sizzle!
Troubleshooting Your Project

Inspiration

Our President's (Doug Cloward) Blog

My Blog of Tricks & Tips

Project Planning

Heritage Makers and Independent Consultants have created Planners based on product type to assist you in planning out your project. Print out the appropriate planner for your project and use the space provided to make notes referencing the sequence of your story.

If available, print or gain an additional copy of your index print for a particular set of photos, cut it apart and adhere the images to the spaces to give further visual reference. Each product has various layout options for each page within the book. Knowing the options ahead of time is helpful as it assists you in planning whether a page needs to be all text, one horizontal photo, collage of photos and etc. Click below to download the planner of your choice:

Storybook 8x8 or 12x12
Brag Book
Photo Journal
Roots Book
Family Fold Out
Posters
Boy's First Year Scrapless
Girl's First Year Scrapless
Father's Book Scrapless
Mother's Book Scrapless

Storybook Guides

These guides are designed to create a Storybook but can be used as an outline for other products as well. If your project theme is one listed below, you will find the guide helpful. Packed full of questions, Storybook guides are designed to help you create the perfect storybook from start to finish.

Adoption
New Baby
Best Friends
Grandparents
Life
Love
Military
Pets
Vacations
Wedding

Royalty-Free Photos

There may be times when you do not have a picture of a family member or need to fill a space within a layout. You can use a photo representing a place, time, profession, hobby, etc. instead. There are many sites available if you go through some searching but here are some of my favorites:

WireImage.com
GettyImages.com
Corbis.com
Mayang's Free Texture Library
Pics for Learning
Dorling-Kindersley
Classroom Clip Art

There may be times when you want fill a space within a layout poems and quotations are a great way to do this and not take away from your photos. There are many sites available if you go through some searching but here are some of my favorites:

The Quotations Homepage
Two Peas In A Bucket
Quote Garden
dMarie Poem Place
dMarie Titles & Page Toppers