Customer Reviews

The New Book of Image Transfer: How to Add Any Image to Almost Anything with Fabulous Results

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I was so disappointed in this book. I thought there would be multiple techniques (using gel medium, burning tools, etc) and thought it would be great to have a bunch of techniques in one book. I was sooooo wrong!

Basically, this book is just a huge advertisement for Lazertran products. EVERYTHING in this book requires some sort of product from Lazertran, which would be fine if it was titled "The Lazertran Book of Image Transferring". If you do buy the Lazertran products they come with instructions, so don't waste your money on this hardcover advertisement!

I was really looking forward to learning how to use my own custom decals to decorate plates similar to those on the book's cover; unfortunately, I discovered what I can only assume is an error, possibly a misprint, in the instructions for baking decals onto ceramics. After soaking the decal in water, the book instructs you to place the transfer 'face up' on the object. In fact Lazertran's own web site and various arts/crafts sites on the Internet state just the opposite - the image should be placed face down. Yes, face down. (You would have printed the image in reverse if text was involved.) After removing the paper backing, the glue should then be washed off completely before beginning the baking process.

I had to toss the old cachepot I used as my experimental project, which was okay since I chose it with the knowledge that it was my first attempt and if something went wrong, it wouldn't be that big a deal. The author did mention that the glue would turn brown in the baking process but I assumed that meant what glue may have gotten squished out around the edges of the transfer or inadvertently smeared onto the object during application.

Aside from the above, the book was not bad - but not great either. It was just mediocre. The designs, most of which were copyright-free images culled from the Internet or simply the author's own photographs, were not what I would consider particularly inspirational or awe inspiring.

I wish I could recommend the book for instructional purposes but I can't do that due to the problems I ran into. Most of the techniques can be found on the Internet anyway, sans step-by-step photos.

FINALLY! I found something that is not only fun to do, but I actually can do it well! This book gives you full details on using your photos (or other images) to decorate vases, frames, candles and all kinds of things in your home. I've made some nice gifts which can be really easy with the techniques shown in the book. Great ideas, great instruction!

I like that she included clip art in the back of the book as well - I love projects like these but I'm not always the most imaginative person in the world. It's good to have ideas in front of me.

This is a book on how to use Lazertran, a kind of transfer paper. There are many, many different ways of doing an image transfer - heat, pressure, chemical, etc. - and this book covers none of them. It should be titled: The New Book of Lazertran Image Transfer. And I had to give it one star because Amazon does not have a no-star option.

I agree with the disappointments of other people. As I was reading them I was just confirming my own findings. In a nutshell , yes, instructions are clear and illustrations are beautiful, except the photos are staged and do not reflect real results, and the instructions are misleading and have errors. I would like to hear Lazertran's opinion since their name is in every project. Save your money, find more reliable instructions, and consider other brands (many are twice less expensive and have been tested by other than Debba Haupert.
P.S. I was't even done typing when I got a response from Lazertran, who I sent my questions to earlier. They were prompt. Here is what I copied and pasted from their answer:
"She is quite wrong. The book, by the way, has nothing to do with us. We have a CD book that covers the inkjet version as well as all our other papers."
Now you don't need my opinion. Make your own conclusions.

Shameless advertising for another product. Totally useless if you want to learn how to transfer images without using this product. Don't waste your money!

This book tells you everything you need to know about making your own transfers. I especially love all of the introductory information. It's a resource that I can refer to again and again! And the projects are very clever and fun.

The book is full of fun ideas as described in the Editorial Reviews. The artist brings transferring images to an entirely new level. The instructions are clear, product resources are listed and after learning the basics, the possibilities are endless.

I gladly learned from this book the proper way to use water slip decals. My process always bubbled .. so the price of the book was worth finding out the why and how to correct my way.

The book is packed full of 40 plus practical projects and the content is extremely educational while being fun. The photographs are gorgeous. Personalization will always be 'hip' therefore, I predict this book will stay 'hip' for many years to come.

I do a lot of craft work projects, so books for this type are hard to find. Usually you only find something that works with only one media. This covers a wide range. It was also within a reasonable price range.

This book gives you full details on using your photos (or other images) to decorate vases, frames, candles and all kinds of things in your home. I've made some nice gifts which can be really easy with the techniques shown in the book. Great ideas, great instruction!