Canon Create-Your-Own Photo Album Pocket Sized, 3 x 3 Inches, 2 Kits (0041B009)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 2.2 x 9.8 inches ; 9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001ESJ5X0
• Item model number: 0041B009
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,536 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Cataloger

Perfect for showing off pictures of the family, Canon has re-invented the wallet-sized photo with the new Photo Album 3 x 3-Inch Pocket Size. The ultimate stocking stuffer or personalized party favor, the small pocket-sized album holds 12 different photos, as well as a custom wraparound photo hardcover. The hardcover wrapping can be customized and printed using your own images for a truly unique photo album experience. The albums print out on letter-sized perforated sheets which can be folded and assembled into the 3 x 3-inch album in just minutes without glue or scissors. Twelve pictures help tell the complete story of the family vacation, or give grandparents a great pocket-sized brag book.

Preserve your favorite memories in this pocket-sized album. This album is easy to use, making it ideal for memories on the go. View larger.       Zoom Album Creator Software CD - Easy-to-use program allows you to choose your photos and print your page.

Easy to Make You can create your own 3 x 3-inch pocket size photo albums for any occasion- personal remembrances, gifts, party favors, vacations, announcements - your imagination is the limit. Use the software enclosed, and follow the simple instructions. You'll have memories ready to go in minutes.     Choose Photos - Use the enclosed ZoomAlbum Creator software to select your photos. Insert or drag and drop images into the boxes on your computer screen. You can even add text, frames and edit to suit. Print Pages - Set your printer and paper settings according to package instructions and load the enclosed paper into your printer. The album will emerge on the sheet. Follow the same process for the cover. Assemble Album - Follow the enclosed instructions to first adhere your cover to the album. Next fold your printed photo sheet according to the enclosed instructions and insert into the album.

3 x 3-Inch Photo Album Package Contents: Zoom Album Creator Software CD - Easy-to-use program allows you to choose your photos and print your page. Two (2) hardbound 3"x3" Photo Album Covers - Quality turned-edge album covers hold 12 pictures in each album. Two (2) Glossy Photo Sheets - Unique patented photo pages are scored and self-adhesive, and allow you to print 12 pictures automatically on one sheet. One (1) set of practice sheets. Complete, easy-to-follow instructions.     Albums hold 12 different photos, as well as a custom wraparound photo hardcover.

Product Description

Canon Create-Your-Own Photo Album Pocket Sized, 3 x 3 Inches, 2 Kits

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing rocks!, August 29, 2009

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Michael McClure (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Create-Your-Own Photo Album Pocket Sized, 3 x 3 Inches, 2 Kits (0041B009) (Office Product)

I've been shopping on Amazon for about 8 years, and I've never really written a review until now -- With all the supporting reviews on other products I've bought, there'd been nothing really to add. I saw this at the local Fry's on display with the newest Canon 10-ink printer. I have a Canon i9900 so thought I'd give it a try, but Fry's had it for more than 2x the cost that Amazon did. This product worked great. THe software is very, very easy and the videos that come on the installation disk showing you how to construct the album make it very easy to figure out. Had it not been for the videos, though, I'd have been a little scared to try it. We just had twins so I used this to create a little album for my wife to carry around. In this digital age, we really don't have *albums* anymore so when you see people around, you're constantly fumbling with your phone or the little viewfinder on the camera (which doesn't work so well when the sun is out or in any bright environment). These little 3x3 albums with 12 pics with custom pics on the front and back cover are an excellent way to show off. If you have a good printer, and are careful about the assembly, they look very professional. I made my first one last night. It took about an hour including some photo editing outside of ZoomAlbum, making test prints, picking out pics (this took longest) and changing the layout around. Now that I know what I'm doing, I bet I could make one in about 10 mins. The part that takes the longest if figuring out what 12 pics to use for the inside pages and what pic to use on the outside cover!

What is really nice about this software and what makes it easy to use is that the software pretty much does it all. I used 15MP, 5MB jpg files taken by my camera and the software took care of it. You can resize the photos, crop and center them right in the included ZoomAlbum software with drag and drops, a slider bar and a couple of clicks. You can add text and borders, etc if that's your thing (but I like plain the best). Though it is very intuitive, the help and product walk-through is excellent if your intuition isn't very computer like.

If there was one suggestion I'd make it would be to allow you to select 2 pics for the cover instead of one. Since the album is 3x3", the cover is really one 6x3" piece and can fit 2 pics. I wanted to do 2 pics -- one son on the front cover and the other son on the back cover, but the software only allows for 1 cover pic. It's not insurmountable, though. I used a freeware photo editor called PhotoScape to create a single pic made of of the 2 pics I wanted use on the cover. I then used that combined photo in the ZoomAlbum software as the cover pic.

I guess it would also be cool if you could do so minor photo editing in the ZoomAlbum software like brightness or convert to black and white. Then again, it's easy enough to do that with so many other freeware softwares out there. For about $5.50 including ink, you get a professional looking photo book that you can take with you anywhere -- a great deal.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Easy, May 26, 2009

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Y. Castillo "KCastillo" (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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These compact 3x3 mini albums are easy to make because the software does all the work. All the materials are included. I thought the price was a little high, but I have seen this recently for quite a bit less money, so I would purchase again.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good paper, broken software, June 14, 2009

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Cayuse (Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon Create-Your-Own Photo Album Pocket Sized, 3 x 3 Inches, 2 Kits (0041B009) (Office Product)

The ZoomAlbum software doesn't work with my HP9180 printer. I suppose the paper would be ok if the software worked. Looking at the ZoomAlbum website, the software hasn't been updated since 2007. No wonder it doesn't work.