Vellum pages and vellum covers

One of the most popular options for our books is the printed vellum page.  This is a semi-transparent page that can be inserted anywhere in the book, and can have anything you like printed on them, from and image, to text, to anything in-between.

They are great way to divide up the book into chapters, or to highlight certain areas or images, or even just to add a beautiful design element to your layouts.  I’ve even seen them used with a different line from a favorite poem sprinkled throughout a book!

Several of our lines include the printed vellum option, but they can be added to any of the different collections.

For the styles that do include vellum pages, they include five pages per 100 ordered, and can be either blank or printed vellum.  If you do not indicate which style you would like, we will place the blank vellum pages randomly throughout the book.  If you do want to have a specific placement of the vellum, just note this in the special instructions during the checkout process.

If you want to have the printed vellum pages, please also note this in the special instructions area as well.   We’ll then follow up with you to have you send us the images and locations you’d like to have for your vellum pages.

You’ll need to setup the vellum pages in photoshop.  Here’s the instructions:

1. Download these templates: Vellum page templates1.zip (308.3 KB)
2. Create your layout, image or text on the template
3. Include your order number and the page number you want this placed after on the bottom of the page
4. Save as a Jpeg
5. Upload to the FTP account or email them to support@couturebook.com

After that, we’ll have those pages printed up and added into the book.

Please keep in mind that any area in the image that is white will be transparent.  If you use an image with a lot of white in it you won’t need to adjust the opacity, but you’ll definitely want to adjust the opacity on an image without white if you’d like the page to be semi-transparent.

For text pages, you can just keep the white background, and use a solid color for the text.