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Wemar, in his first English YouTube video, reviews the Google Photo Book service and shares his dissatisfaction with the experience. Despite the service's claims of ease through the Google Photos platform, he encountered multiple issues including mandatory use of Google Photos images, problematic image selection, and haphazard photo placement within the book. Though he spent significant time customizing the photos, the resulting product was disappointing. The confirmation email showed a low-quality cover image, and the PDF version of the book was only 10.9 MB, much smaller than expected for high-quality printing.
Reaching out to Google support clarified that Google compresses images into low-quality PDFs for printing, which did not align with his high-resolution expectations. When the printed book arrived, the photos were grainy and lacked detail, particularly larger images which appeared especially poor. colors were negatively impacted by the compression as well. Wemar compared the quality unfavorably with supermarket photo print machines, ultimately finding the Google Photo Book service did not meet his expectations for both ease of use and final quality output. He concludes by inviting viewers to subscribe and watch a short movie from his Italy vacation.
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In this part of the video, Wemar introduces himself and announces that this is his first YouTube video in English. He shares his intention to review the Google Photo Book service, which he recently used. Unfortunately, he found the service disappointing. Wemar explains that while the service is supposed to be easy to use via the Google Photos website or mobile app, he encountered several issues. These included having to use only Google Photos images, difficulty in selecting images, and random placement of photos in the book. He spent two days customizing the photo book, but noticed that the cover image in the confirmation email was of poor quality. Upon downloading the PDF version of the photo book, he discovered it was only 10.9 MB, which he found shockingly low for printing high-quality images from his Google Pixel phone.
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In this segment, the speaker discusses their dissatisfaction with Google Photo Books. They reached out to Google support after noticing that their high-resolution photos were compressed into a low-quality 10 megabyte PDF. Google confirmed that they use compressed PDFs for printing photo books and informed the speaker that their order was already in progress. Upon receiving the photo book, the speaker found that the printed photos were of poor quality, lacking detail and showing significant differences from the original high-resolution images. Large photos printed on whole pages appeared particularly grainy, and the compression also negatively affected the photo colors.
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In this part of the video, the speaker shares their final thoughts on creating a photo book using Google Photos. They appreciate the application’s interface, allowing easy adjustments to the template and image positioning. However, they criticize the overall process, expressing disappointment with the issues encountered and the subpar image quality, noting that Google prints compressed, low-quality photos rather than the originals. They compare this unfavorably to the superior printing quality found in quick photo print machines at supermarkets. The speaker also reflects on their initial expectations versus the actual outcome and invites viewers to subscribe and watch a short movie from their Italy vacation.