Design Pro Photo Books
With Ease
Everything you need to design stunning albums
Book Proofs combines editorial precision with powerful automation. Built for photographers who believe design is as important as the image.
Drag & Drop Everything
Drop images onto placeholders, swap positions instantly, and move images to the current spread, current pages, timeline, or adjacent spreads with ease. Every interaction feels effortless.
- Drop zones with visual feedback for not just spreads, but pages too
- Drag spreads on the timeline to reorder
- Multi-image selection and batch moves
- Respects your drag, drop, and remove preferences
- Keyboard shortcuts for power users
2,450+ hand-crafted templates
Professionally designed layouts that auto-adapt to your images. Every template is carefully crafted for balance, white space, and visual flow.
- Layouts for every page size and aspect ratio
- Auto-switching based on image count
- Page and spread templates included
- Includes inversions and variations
Fine-tune every detail
Adjust zooming, panning, rotation and borders directly on canvas. Your layout adapts to your vision.
- Direct on-canvas manipulation
- Zoom, pan, and rotate with precision
- Customizable borders for project or single placeholders
- One-click black & white conversion
- Edit in Photoshop, changes sync automatically
Build your own templates
Create custom templates with the visual editor. Save them to your library and reuse across any project.
- Visual drag-and-drop template builder
- Smart snapping to margins, gutters, and other placeholders
- Save to your custom template library
Set the scene
Apply custom background images per spread or project-wide. Control opacity, scale, and pan for artistic layering.
- Per-spread or project-wide backgrounds
- Adjust opacity for subtle layering with background color
- Scale and pan to fit your vision
Drop to Flashdesign your album
Drop multiple images to the spread timeline flashdesign drop area and let Book Proofs do the design work for you. We analyze image aspect ratios and orientations to distribute them intelligently across spreads in seconds. What used to take hours now happens instantly.
- Automatic aspect ratio matching
- Instant multi-spread albums
- Fully customizable after generation
Quality Control
Live DPI monitoring, missing file detection, and pre-export reports ensure print-ready files.
Proofing Numbers
Export proofs with numbered overlays for client feedback. Client proofing coming 2026.
Pro Export
PDF or JPEG, spread or page, sRGB or Adobe RGB—with export set to vendor specs.
All your favorite vendors…ready to go
Export files ready for your preferred print lab with built-in presets and specifications.
Don't see your lab? You'll likely find it in the app. If not, request an integration on Discord or email.
"I love how versatile BookProofs is. It truly is like the Lightroom of album design. It's intuitive, seamless, and has so many customization options without being overwhelming."
"Bookproofs is an easy way for photographers to design albums without all the fuss! Easy to use and create albums quickly and efficiently!"
"BookProofs has made album building so simple and easy to navigate. All of my complaints on other album designers has been addressed and seems like every detail was very thought through to make our lives easier. I love how I can switch images seamlessly, change the layouts easily. Its amazing!"
"This is clearly an album design software for photographers BY photographers. It's super intuitive and easy to create albums quickly."
"BookProofs really opened my eyes to the creativity that is possible with album design! No more boring layouts that all look the same. I can finally create fully custom designs for my clients quickly and efficiently!"
"I'm blown away by how easy BookProofs is to use. It honestly makes album design fun again."
"I assumed a perfect album designer just didn't exist. I've tried several and not one had EVERYTHING thought out and implemented. Not only does BookProofs have EVERY feature I wished for, and ones I didn't know I needed, they're thoughtfully laid out/designed and beautifully put together for a really awesome experience. Using BookProofs has reinvigorated the promotion/excitement of doing albums for my wedding couples."
"BookProofs makes album design feel really intuitive and flexible. I love being able to swap templates on individual pages and quickly find layouts based on how many images I'm working with."
"BookProofs was extremely intuitive to use and made creating album designs very efficient. It offered endless options to customize and create a professional album for my clients while still saving time and energy."
"As a wedding photographer, efficiency and organization are huge when it comes to album design. BookProofs made the entire process incredibly smooth. I loved how customizable everything was while still keeping the workflow streamlined and organized. It made designing albums feel much less time-consuming, and the final results looked polished and professional. Overall, it's a great tool for photographers who want to design albums quickly while still maintaining full creative control!"
"BookProofs Designer is giving us what we've been asking for without the subscription pricing."
"I loved having the flexibility of letting the software design my images, or letting me choose individual images to move wherever I wanted. Plus, the ability to design pages and not just spreads is awesome!"
"You can tell BookProofs was designed by actual Photographers. It goes the extra mile to look and feel like something photographers can use without the typical frustrations."
Own it forever
No subscriptions. No hidden fees. One purchase, lifetime access.
The real cost of album design software over 5 years
Download Book Proofs
Get started in minutes. Full-featured app, no credit card or login required. Export unlocks with purchase.
Book Proofs for macOS
Need the Windows version?
System Requirements
- Operating System
macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
- Processor
Apple Silicon or Intel processor
- Memory
8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
- Storage
500 MB available space
Client Proofing
An optional companion to Book Proofs Designer.
Share proofs, communicate with your clients, and manage revisions.
Book Proofs Designer is and will always be a one-time purchase. Client Proofing is a separate, optional add-on.
Your client reviews proofs online with a clean, simply branded proofing experience.
What's new
All the latest updates, improvements, and fixes to BookProofs.
- FixedFixed individual placeholder settings not being preserved throughout template swapping and layout adjustments
- FixedOther bug fixes / maintenance issues addressed
- New2,450+ hand-crafted templates with page and spread-level control
- NewDrag and drop everything - drop images to placeholders, pages, or spreads with visual drop zones. Reorder spreads from the timeline
- NewOn-canvas image editing: crop, pan, rotate, exposure, B&W
- NewBuilt-in Template Editor with snapping, rulers, copy/paste, and multi-image drop
- NewFlashDesign intelligent auto-layout on image drop
- NewMarquee select to quickly grab and work with multiple images at once
- NewProofing number overlays for client review
- NewDigital and social export presets: IG carousels, Pinterest, FB Stories, and more
- New65+ print vendor presets
- NewPrint-ready PDF/JPEG export with ICC color profile support
- NewFree demo with full functionality - export unlocks on activation
- ImprovedTemplate editor toolbar, snapping guide, grid, and ruler polish
- FixedMinor bug fixes from beta feedback
- NewTemplate Editor Snapping Overhaul — the Snapping Guide now has individual toggles for each snap category (gutter edge, center alignment, gutter symmetry, canvas edge, placeholder edge, equal spacing). Settings persist across projects
- NewSnapping options cleaned up for accuracy across the board
- NewSnap guide lines changed from dashed to solid for better visibility
- NewMulti-Image Drop in Template Editor — drag multiple images from the Photo Library onto the canvas or a placeholder. Empty placeholders fill first, then new placeholders are created at the drop position
- FixedFixed multiple bugs related to snapping in Template Editor
- Behind the ScenesAdded error handling for email failures, user updates, payment webhooks, and duplicate user creation
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Common questions
No. BookProofs Designer is a one-time purchase at $249 ($189 during the launch special). There are no monthly or annual fees. You buy it once and own it forever. Client Proofing will be a separate, optional add-on. The designer app will always be a one-time purchase.
Yes. The free demo includes full functionality: unlimited projects, 2,450+ templates, FlashDesign, and the template editor. Only full-resolution export is gated behind a purchase. No credit card or login required.
BookProofs Designer runs on macOS (11 Big Sur or later, Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows (10 64-bit or later).
BookProofs includes 65+ print vendor presets including Miller's Lab, WHCC, Bay Photo, ProDPI, Graphistudio, Asuka Book, Nations Photo Lab, and many more. Export files are print-ready with the correct dimensions for each vendor. If your lab isn't listed, request an integration at support@bookproofs.com.
Yes. BookProofs offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied, contact support for a full refund.
