August 5, 2007

Click Button To Listen, PPS #35, Photo News, Email, and On One Plug in Suite 3 Review
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Show Notes…

Photomatic 2.5 update is now available. Prosoft is now offering Data Backup PC. Alien Skin has mac intel universal updates for their plug ins.

HD photo is being considered for adoption by the jpeg committee. dynamicvideopro.com makes 3d photo montages. They look really cool, but are very expensive.

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Plug in Suite 3 review at time index… 18:30

You can sign up for the PPS photographer link exchange here, and the SEO adviser is a great place to learn hot to get search engine ranking for your site. You can also find it on itunes.

There are lots of companies that make camera bags. Tamrac is my favorite brand, and Loewpro is another popular one. For on the go shooting take a look at the Modular accessory belt, and the accessories like this lens case that attach to it. Also the Velocity 9 series shoulder pack a favorite of some shooters.

We also talked about some of my favorite wedding photography and posing books. You can find them on the PPS store books category.

[tags]photography, professional, photoshop, news, adobe, seo, one, one, plugins[/tags]

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July 15, 2007

Click Button To Listen, PPS #34, Pro Photography Roundtable #2 Audiocast
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Pro Photo Roundtable #2 Panel Members
Gavin Seim ~ Seim Photography, Washington
Dennis Zerwas JR ~ DZ Photography, Minnesota
Jarrod Michael ~ Michael Photography, New York
Brady Dillsworth ~ Dillsworth Photography, New York

 

Show Notes… (the good stuff)

Corel 10.1 is a free update to Painter X (10) users, is now available.
Brady mentioned the 16 gig Sandisk extreme III compact flash card.
Jarrod likes Wolverine portable hard disk with memory card reader.
DZ like Rep Cards from Whitehouse Custom Color.
Gavin mentioned the Zprinter 3D printer.
Brady uses Constant Contact for his newsletter.

Picks

Gavin ~ Lumapix photofusion for making albums and collages.
Brady ~ PowerEx 2700 AA batteries, and heres a kit that comes with a charger as well.
DZ ~ Lexar Firewire 800 stackable compact flash reader.
Jarrod ~ Tamrack 5749 velocity 9 series sling pack.

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July 1, 2007

Click Button To Listen, PPS Special Edition, Photoshop, and Creative Suite CS3 Review Audiocast
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CS3

  • Audio Review Time Index…
  • Introductions 1:40 — Photoshop CS3 13:00 — Photoshop CS3 Extended 31:09
  • Bridge 37:05 — In Design 40:35 — Illustrator 49:00 — Acrobat 52:49
  • Dreamweaver 56:30 — Flash 1:01:38 — Fireworks 1:05:50
  • Device Central 1:09:05 — Contribute 1:10:37 — Closing Thoughts 1:15:20

With so many application in the Adobe Creative Suite, and since we wanted to cover all of them I’ve put together a special episode entirely on CS3. If you don’t like the shows that get down to details on software than you may want to skip this one. If however your eager mind wants to know more about Creative Suite Design, and Web editions then this is the place to be. You’ll also find that the Photoshop review (which is the first one) is the most in depth, so if your just a PS user you can simply listen to that part. Also post you comments about your thoughts on the new Creative Suite Products, and let Adobe hear what you have to say.

Knowing that it can be a hassle to muddle through all the new choices in the Creative suite I’ve outlined the primary programs that each includes. All suites include the new Adobe Bridge. Programs in todays review are all from either the Web, or Design editions of CS3, and include Photoshop, Photoshop Extended, In Design, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, Fireworks, and Contribute. All the applications can also

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June 15, 2007

Click Button To Listen, PPS #33 Album Print & Bind Companies and Options Audiocast

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Album Print, Bind, & Supply Company Resource Guide. (Also see) Part1 – PPS #32 Album Design Software
Here’s the notes from the show on all the Print, Bind, & Design companies we talked about. Go to their sites and see all the trends and traditions to see what suites youe style best.

Asuka Book is a popular coffee table style album, and you can also find similar albums from WHCC, Digi Labs, & Illumina books from Apollo, as well as one I forgot to mention, Millers Press.
Some popular flush mount storybook albums include that have lots of options include PictoBooks, Zookbinders, and Some neat styles from Laguna Albums who also offers design services.
More simple flush mount storybooks albums include Black Tie albums from H&H, and the new kid on the block, Kiss Wedding Books who also has some great simple style.

Graphi Studios offer some really large sizes, and even metallic pages in their unique storyboard type designs, but you’ll have to pay for the elegance.

Some options in the more traditional covers, and mat pages include Art Leather, and Wooden Nickel who have many styles available and can send you printed information. Also check out Leather Craftsman which offer some beautiful covers, though a bit more high end. Note that these companies also have flush mount styles as well. Also check out JLee albums. They are basic, but handcrafted and a reasonable price

As for smaller albums, and proof albums you might check out Rice Studio Supply, for their peel and stick wallet albums, and their Quick Stick Album Also the Together Book will take your 4×6 prints, and put a hardbound cover on them

Some more consumer oriented choices of coffe table books that are less expensive, but not usually as feature rich include MyPublisher, Photoworks.com, & Printmyphotobook.com.

Have fun looking at all the options. Here’s a few sample images…

ZookBinders
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Graphi Studios
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Asuka Books
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Other Show Notes…
Mike emailed asked about software to make DVD slideshows, and I recommended iphoto, and idvd for the Mac, and Pro Show Gold for the PC. Show it web was also mentioned, but for online slideshows. They do offer a DVD making service from the show it slideshows, but it’s not cheap.

Best… Gavin Seim

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June 3, 2007

Click Button To Listen, PPS #32 Album Design Software

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Show Notes… (also see) Part2 – PPS #33 Album suppliers.

New wide format printers announced from Canon, Google 3D warehouse for CS3 extended, Adobe releases Camera Raw 4.1.

Sign the petition to free the Iranian captured relief worker Kian.

Album design software.
Check out the Album design software forum thread on OSP. Gary Fong’s album design actions for Photoshop, and Kevin Kubota’s Photoshop System. You Select It standalone design software, and Yervent Page Gallery. In design is what Gavin uses, and you can learn how to do it with Kevin Swan’s training video.

Pick of the week this time is The Digital Photography Connection. They have lots of useful training videos for Photoshop, and Lightroom.

[tags]photography, wedding, album design, software, tools, workflow[/tags] Gavin Seim Photography 2007

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