Milestones

My book project was given to me as a gift. The majority of the work was black and white, which required the use of your FOGRA profile. Before commencing, I made sure sure my monitor was exactly calibrated, and then produced all of my images (about fifty) to suit. I asked a couple of questions about the the sort of results I could expect, and, while your advice was speedy and friendly, I was told that you do not run a proofing service. Your information suggested that I keep everything 'bright', which is not a very objective approach. I worked through my images and 'brightened' them. Later, I referred to your page showing the degree to which my work would darken, depending on the the type of paper used. The (small) reference pictures appeared to be quite radical in their degree of darkening, so I worked through all of my images again, pushing them to the extent of almost losing highlight detail. I was really stabbing in the dark. When the finished books arrived, nicely bound, and on nice paper, my heart sank as I worked my way through the pages. The images were too light, by at least ten percent, which rendered them lifeless! The blacks were not black enough, which took all of the drama out of my images. Instead of this guesswork, two things would have really helped give me the result I wanted. Firstly, had I been told to believe what I could see on my accurately calibrated monitor, instead of the 'brightness' advice, I am sure my results would have been just fine. I presume that the majority of your customers would not be experienced Photoshop users. Secondly, to have been able to see one (any) page printed on the selected paper would have given me the key to what I could have expected as a result; and I could have easily adjusted all images to suit. May I suggest that, for a modest fee, you could make that single page print available to those who would prefer to see what they can expect. Using that print as a guide, adjustments to levels, etc, could be made with confidence. We ordered two books, one for me and one for my daughter. She is happy enough with the image content, which includes many famous people; while I am, sadly, disappointed with the result. I won't be showing it around, as I had hoped to do.

The quality of the binding and color accuracy was really nice. The book, even though it was well packaged, had a bent upper right corner and a big smudge on the first page. I think it was damaged in shipment. I have another book being delivered from a different project, separate order and will see how that goes. So I am a bit disappointed in my first Milk book, but only because of shipping damage.

The whole book size is too small, and the photos are too small when condensed into 6 on a page. Otherwise it is good quality and well presented.

Was a bit disappointed by the lack of protection it came in, needs improvement the corner of my package was damaged and hence the corner of my book was damaged which is reflected in every page corner. Not what you want on a $188 coffee table book. Used some old momento photos that I wasn’t expecting to print perfect because they were grandparents photos, but rather than slightly blurred like I was expecting they came out very pixelated. The cover of the book looks a bit cheap, was under the impression it was a photo with a linen border folded in like a frame but it was just a photo stuck on top of a linen book. Just honestly a bit disappointed after all the amazing reviews I read and how much money I paid.

Nice binding and cover finish. Paper weight is good. Photos came out much darker than seen on screen. Colors are not as vivid.

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