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Watch Out Microsoft – Watch Out Adobe

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:41:19 +0000

North Las Wegas, NV (PRWEB) May 19, 2006

The Internet is the best place to find commercial grade software for much less money than paying full retail at your local computer store.

It is true, you can find useful products absolutetly free. Many new software developers have learned to offer their versions free, so they can gain your future business.

Did you know there is free software that rivals Microsoft and Adobe products? As an example, one software developer has a product that competes with Microsoft Office. Another developer has a product that rivals Adobe Photoshop. Both are exellent and both are 100% free.

The trick to finding these free products is to use the search engines. Just type “free software” or “free webtools”. You will be amazed what you will discover if you take the time to do a little searching.

I have uncovered 144 helpful webtools, all free and so can you.

So, before you go to your local computer store to pay for software, use the search engines to see if you can get yours free, or at the lowest price possible.

You can see a list of software I found free by going to http://www.getrichsoftware.com/guide/.

Michael Corcoran specializes in finding quality software below wholesale prices.

You can contact Michael Corcoran for more insights into this topic. Direct line: (702) 839-9413

Other helpful information regarding this subject can be found at: http://www.getrichsoftware.com/guide/

For More Information Contact:

Michael Corcoran

http://www.getrichsoftware.com

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IDUG — New Adobe InDesign User Group Forms in Tampa, FL

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:38:49 +0000

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 19, 2006

Local Tampa users of Adobe InDesign (http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/tampa) will meet Monday, June 5th in the Arts Lab, 2nd floor at The Art Institute of Tampa, 4401 N. Himes Ave, Suite 150, Tampa, 33614.

The featured speaker is Matt Kloskowski, Education & Curriculum Developer for NAPP, National Association of Photoshop Professionals and Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop. Matt will demonstrate Photoshop CS2 techniques to process, fix and correct photos and share workflow secrets to make your work faster and smarter.

Next, Sarah Schweiger of Sarah Schweiger Creative Design Services will demonstrate InDesign CS2 examples using corrected images from Photoshop and share some of the latest tips & tricks from the InDesign & Creative Suite Conference held in Chicago this year.

Our meeting includes networking, sign-in and tour of The Art Institute at 6:30pm. Our meeting begins at 7:00pm, followed by the featured program, a Q&A session and raffle for fabulous prizes and giveaways. free for guests and members. For directions and to sign-up, go to http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/tampa/events/136/

So, come to meet and mingle with the many creative InDesign professionals in Tampa; Learn about InDesign CS2 from industry experts; Hear real world stories from colleagues who have converted to InDesign CS2; Share information, tips and tricks; Network, make friend in a relaxed social atmosphere. Designers and publishers all over the world who long for creative freedom on the platform of their choice are moving to the only application that delivers: Adobe InDesign CS2. Come Join the wave and sign up today — http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/tampa/events/136/

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Template-Arena.com — a Comprehensive Online Business Management Solution for Beginners

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:38:23 +0000

(PRWEB) September 17, 2005

UG Software Technologies, launches Template-Arena.com, a complete web template site for online business starters. With more than 1000 independent sites development to it’s credit, UG Software Technologies has launched this site to help new entrants in on-line business management by providing comprehensive solution for their Internet business startup at the most affordable price. The site boasts of an exclusive customization offer which lets customers get small design modifications as well. The wide variety of templates available will cater to customers across multiple industry domains.

Template-Arena provides pre-made website templates that are customizable and can reflect your company’s branding and provide you the web presence that you probably never had. Template-Arena.com offers website templates in Photoshop and HTML formats for the beginners. The range of rarest design templates are compatible with Front Page, Dreamweaver, Go Live and many other softwares.

Other than website templates, template-arena.com also offers a wide range of services such as search engine optimization, software development, website re-design and a complete e-commerce solution for any kind of business set-up.

Template-Arena.com is a venture of UG Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a leading IT outsourcing company committed to provide excellent web based and software development services to its clients. The company boasts of its high quality design team and efficient customer support.

About UG Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd

UG Software technologies Pvt Ltd is a leading IT Outsourcing strategic provider from India catering to clients across all the continents . From automates simple office operation , designing a specialized graphic for your business or develop a complex software system, UG Software Technologies provides a full range of IT services to enable customers to optimize their web presence. The UltraGlobal Outsourcing Services basically concentrate on long run services at competitive prices. Quality assurance and cost effectiveness to provide world-class IT services.

Ultraglobal.com is a company site that focuses primarily on Integrated Project Management (IPM) with links off to other company sites. UltraGlobal is actually a collection of web sites, each focusing on a separate product line or service.

http://www.india-designers.com

http://www.logopie.com

http://www.ultraseo.com

For more information, please visit http://www.template-arena.com

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PreneurCast Podcast Takes a Closer Look at Cialdinis Book, “Influence”

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:37:45 +0000

Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

Entrepreneurs and even salespersons seeking a better way to market their products and services or effectively target clients will get a lot from the latest edition of PreneurCast. In the latest episode of the marketing podcast, creators Pete Williams and Dom Goucher talk about Cialdinis six weapons of influence and how business owners can use them in their marketing.

Given the advancement of technology and the internet, it shouldnt be a surprise that the first weapon is social proof. Social proof basically means if someone has bought the product, it must be good; therefore, it is good enough for you to purchase.

Second weapon Cialdini says is liking. People are more likely to buy from a person or business that they actually like. Petes advice: creatively figure out a way to show your personality.

Authority is revealed as the third weapon. People are more influenced by authoritative figures. It doesnt matter what type of business it is, the fact remains authority is key.

The first three weapons are just a tip of the iceberg. Be sure to tune in and listen to the entire episode where Pete and Dom reveal all six weapons of influence. Later in the show, Pete gives an example of how to use The Marketers Filter using Twitter as an example. They also discuss The Marketing Symphony what it is and how entrepreneurs can utilize this strategy.

To listen to this episode, be sure to tune in – http://www.preneurmedia.tv/PreneurCast/PreneurCast041-the-marketers-filter/.

Listeners can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or PreneurMedia.tv. PreneurCast airs every week.

About PreneurCast Hosts

Pete Williams

Pete is an entrepreneur, internet marketer, speaker and author. At 21, he sold Australias version of the Yankee Stadium, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, for under $ 500. He went on to write a number of books (“How to Turn Your Million-Dollar Idea Into a Reality,” “Media Strategies for Internet Marketers,” “The Ultimate Press Release Swipe File” and “Its Not About the Product”) and create a bunch of companies (Infiniti Telecommunications, On Hold Advertising, Simply Headsets and Preneur Group to name a few). Hes also an avid outdoor adventurer. He completed this years Ironman Western Australia in under 12 hours.

Dom Goucher

Dom currently lives in a small holiday town on the east coast of Spain with his partner, Keavy, and their three kittens: Meg, Mog and Blue. Hes self-employed and has been a Technical Solutions Consultant for Xerox. He has a background in print production and online media production, and has been a photographer and technical trainer for creative software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash and FinalCut. Somewhere in a box, he has a degree in Computer Science too. He specializes in ScreenFlow and screencasting, and also does transcription, ebook creation, training course design and implementation.

Master Your Digital Camera With DigitalCameraEbook.com

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:36:47 +0000

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) October 13, 2005

XLU Publishing, the company behind digital camera news website DigiCamNews.net, announces a way for digital camera owners — including beginners — to easily master digital photography and Adobe Photoshop. Through an affiliation with “The 123 of Digital Imaging,” DigitalCameraEbook.com provides an Interactive Learning Suite covering over 130 digital photography topics spanning the entire digital imaging process. Also, visitors can sign up for a free multi-part “Guided Tour of The Best Digital Photography Internet Sites,” available exclusively at DigitalCameraEbook.com. The minicourse reveals the best places to find digital camera reviews, forums, places to buy, and more.

Over 3,000 full screen-size pages contain thousands of graphics, animations, interactive tutorials, simulations, and calculators to teach users how to take, edit, enhance, organize, manage, print, and share digital pictures. Seven key software packages are discussed, including Adobe Photoshop and Nikon Capture 4.3. Buying guides are included for digital cameras, scanners, monitors, printers, and accessories. As users are ready to learn more, “The 123 of Digital Imaging” provides more detailed content. Three selectable user levels allow the reader to decide the depth and detail of the explanations.

“The 123 of Digital Imaging” is available for $ 49.99 plus $ 7.88 shipping and handling from http://digitalcameraebook.com.

About XLU Publishing:

XLU Publishing is an online information marketing company based near St. Louis, Missouri. In the 10 months since initial launch, XLU Publishing’s flagship site, DigiCamNews.net, has become the premier digital photography news destination on the Internet. Visitors can read the latest news, compare prices, and read digital photography articles.

For more information, contact:

Matt Gordon

XLU Publishing

(618) 616-5939

info@xlupublishing.com

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Online Software Training Now Available for Libraries to Provide to Their Patrons

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:35:53 +0000

Little Falls, MN (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

Atomic Training, a leading provider of on-demand software training and support tutorials, announces the availability of their online training now for Libraries and their card holders. Users now have access to hundreds of online, on-demand video training tutorials on the most popular software 24/7 from a librarys internal computers and anywhere the library member has internet access.

Thanks to the new Library Package, users of Atomic Training can improve their job skills, expand their resume, or upgrade to newer software straight from their home or other remote locations with an internet connection.

“Today’s libraries have to serve the needs of their patrons,” said Clay Moore, Atomic Trainings National Sales Manager. “That includes expanding services so that libraries remain relevant to the public.”

Atomic Trainings Library Package includes training on popular software from Microsoft, Adobe and Apple on applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, iPad/iPod, Social Media, Google, Photoshop and more. Coming soon, the Atomic Training Library Package will provide access to four workshops including Facebook for Students Workshop, Google Custom Search Workshop, Podcasting & Vodcasting Workshops, and Searching the Web Workshops.

Some of the libraries that have embraced the need to expand their services include The Barrington Area Library in Illinois with over 26,000 card holders and the Laredo Public Library in Texas with over 22,000 card holders. By offering Atomic Training , to their patrons are able to develop and increase their technology skills, proficiency and productivity.

Public libraries that would like to sample this training can sign up for a free 30 trial at http://unbouncepages.com/atomictraininglibrary.

For more information about Atomic Training, visit facebook.com/AtomicTraining, follow Atomic Training on Twitter @atomic_training or visit their YouTube channel to view a sampling of software guides.

About Atomic Training

Atomic Training provides on-demand software training and support tutorials to help businesses and organizations fulfill staff technology training and development goals. Atomic Training was established in December 2010 as a division of, parent company, Atomic Learning. Atomic Learning has been providing high impact e-Learning solutions for more than ten years to 16 million users in 45 countries.

Contact

Clay Moore

Cmoore(at)atomictraining(dot)com

866-259-6890 x221

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Outdoor Adventure and Outdoor Photography Specialists Have Been Added to Oudooreyes.com to Answer Specific Questions About Outdoor Adventure and Outdoor Photography

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:36:53 +0000

Wethersfield, CT (PRWEB) October 15, 2005

Outdooreyes.com brings together outdoor adventurers and outdoor photographers for learning and for fun. Recently, an Outdooreyes.com gathering was held in Estes Park, CO at the Estes Brewery. “And a good time was had by all. It was nice to finally meet some of the folks.” – John. “We all had a wonderful time. From the moment we first met we were all very relaxed and comfortable with each other. Talk was nonstop and the evening flew by very quickly.” – Pam. The very popular Outdooreyes.com photography contest brings together beginners, advanced and professional photographers competing against each other.

Insect Photography Specialist:

Lars S Madsen was born in 1973 and has always had a great interest in nature. The wish to share with others the experiences in nature led to a camera being listed on the wish list. When the confirmation gift was a single lens reflex camera, the career as a professional and world-renowned nature photographer was seemingly near. After some years, the interest in photography waned, and it was not until after the turn of the millennium that photography was again a prime interest. Lars photographs all motives encountered in nature but butterflies and dragonflies hold a special interest.

Flower Photography Specialist:

Andrea Corrie enjoys many aspects of digital photography, but her special area of interest is capturing images of flowers. She feels that the scope of floral photography offers endless photo opportunities to record variety in form, texture and color. Wherever possible she tries to photograph plants in their natural habitat but she also enjoys experimenting with light and shade on cut blooms, and likes to explore the effects of post processing techniques.

Landscape Photography Specialist:

Terry Long has been retired for some time now and doesn’t get enough travel logged-in anymore. But, when he ventures out, he always take his cameras with him and does the best he can to visit all the scenic wonders surrounding him. He’s visited several National Parks, some of them several times, at different times of the year because each season presents a different view of the Park.

Digital Editing Specialist:

Linda Phelps has won awards in international competition at the Solan level. Several times her work has won top awards in national competition. Her photos have been published in photography books, magazines and in the local newspaper.

About Outdooreyes.com

Outdooreyes.com is an educational resource for outdoor adventure and outdoor photography. Outdoor adventure includes: hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, trails, gps, kayaking, camping, birding and much more. Outdoor photography includes: learning about the latest digital editing techniques, downloading Adobe Photoshop actions, wildlife photography, nature photography, gear, techniques and much more. Join the thousands of forum members to share outdoor adventure photographs, outdoor photography photographs and tips. Outdooreyes.com also offers a monthly newsletter and a photography gallery for selling your photographs or purchasing photographs. Outdoor photography workshops have been recently added for photographers that want to improve their skills.

For more information, visit the Outdooreyes website at http://www.outdooreyes.com.

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New Mac Lifestyle Podcast Launched

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:36:01 +0000

Gig Harbor, WA (PRWEB) June 20, 2006

The iLifeZone launched its first episode today. It’s available free of charge via the Apple iTunes Store at: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=160070588&s=143441&i=6658780

The iLifeZone is a radio magazine-style podcast featuring three popular hosts and a variety of well-known guests. Each show is approximately 30 minutes in length. The show is co-produced by Bourne Media Group in Seattle and PixelCorps in San Francisco.

The iLifeZone podcast is available three times per month on the first tenth and twentieth day of the month via RSS, iTunes and the Web. Archives of all previous shows are always available. Each show is available only as an enhanced iTunes podcast with supporting graphics and links. Listeners who use an Apple iPod Photo, Apple iPod Video or who use Apples free iTunes software to enjoy the show will see pictures, sponsor logos and links in addition to the audio available via traditional MP3.

The show format is light, fast-paced and entertaining. The show takes a how-to and information-rich approach that minimizes punditry and opinion and maximizes news, training and information. The hosts make a point of not taking themselves too seriously and listeners leave each show with practical knowledge.

The iLifeZone is sponsoring a blog design contest with more than $ 300 worth of prizes as part of its launch festivities.

About the show hosts:

Christopher Breen has significant editorial experience writing about Macs in MacUser, MacWEEK, and Macworld. He is currently the Senior Editor at Macworld Magazine and Editor In Chief at Playlist Magazine. He is the author of Macworlds wildly popular Mac 911 troubleshooting column. Breen is also Macworlds iPod guru, having penned five editions of Peachpit Press best-selling Secrets of the iPod and iTunes.

Breen regularly speaks about OS-X at industry events such as Macworld and various user group meetings. Breen is also a frequent guest on some of the most widely downloaded podcasts such as TWIT.

Scott Bourne is a pioneer in the digital media field. His work has appeared in countless magazines, books, newspapers, and on broadcast radio and television. Bourne is the founder of NetRadio Network and in 1995 and 1996, Website Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people on the World Wide Web.

Bourne is regular contributor to the OReilly Network. Hes also publisher of several popular blogs including MyPhotoTricks.com, ApertureTricks.com and PodcastingTricks.com.

Bourne has also authored four books, including 88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers.

Derrick Story is a professional photographer and Macintosh expert. He created and oversees both the Mac DevCenter and O’Reilly Digital Media sites for O’Reilly Media. Derrick is a member of the conference faculty for Macworld Expo SF, and speaks regularly at a variety of technology events.

Story’s also the author of “Digital Photography Hacks”, “Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Ed.,” and the “PowerBook” and “iBook” Fan Books. He co-authored the popular series, “iPhoto: The Missing Manual” with David Pogue, which is now in its fifth edition.

Story is also a regular contributer to Macworld Magazine.

For more information visit:

ilifezone.com

bournemediagroup.com

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Landscape Photography Workshop Has Been Added To The Outdoor Eyes Photography Classes.

Fri, 31 May 2013 07:37:24 +0000

Wethersfield, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2005

Outdooreyes.com, an educational resource for outdoor adventure and outdoor photography, today announced the addition of the Landscape Photography Workshop. The workshop allows members to learn about photographing landscapes. Outdooreyes.com brings together outdoor adventurers and outdoor photographers for learning and for fun. The very popular Outdooreyes.com photography contest brings together beginners, advanced and professional photographers competing against each other.

The first session (comprised of multiple lessons) of the workshop will be in relation to the use of wide angle lenses; a landscape mainstay. There will be a number of assignments aimed to provide you with the skills to get the most out of your wide angle. Some will be quite basic, while others will be a bit more abstract. All in all, there will be 6 lessons that will comprise the wide angle session. They are:

1. Depth of field – Hyperfocal.

2. False Subject – Near and Far.

3. Focusing on Light.

4. Confronting the Sky.

5. Leading Lines.

6. Simplify.

The workshop is available to all Outdoor Eyes Forum members and there is no cost associated with the Landscape Workshop. A Bird Photography Workshop will also be available, too. This complements the already popular Photography Workshop and Digital Editing Workshop.

Use your wide angle lens (or widest zoom setting) to compose a photograph that has elements near and far within the frame. With this photo, utilize a high degree of depth of field to render all of these elements as being sharp and in focus. If possible (if you have a distance indicator scale on your lens), use the hyperfocal point for your chosen aperture.

This lesson is very basic, but very essential to much of what we will be exploring. Please go out and experiment. Place your camera in manual mode so you have complete control. See what different settings yield for the same composition. Learning ultimately comes from doing. This is certainly the case with this landscape session. PLEASE, don’t feel like you have to go somewhere special to do these assignments . Your own neighborhood photographic location will do just fine. We aren’t looking for mind blowing photos here (though I welcome them!). Rather we are looking to apply the principles and idea’s of what is being discussed.

About Outdooreyes.com

For more information, visit the Outdoor Eyes website at http://www.outdooreyes.com.

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iLifeZone Announces Blog Re-Design Contest – Second Episode of the iLifeZone Podcast Now Available for Download

Wed, 29 May 2013 15:37:46 +0000

Gig Harbor, WA (PRWEB) July 1, 2006

The iLifeZone podcast published its second episode today and announced a blog re-design contest.

The podcast is available free of charge at the iTunes Music Store. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=160070588

The initial iLifeZone blog was built using Google’s Blogger by someone with no professional experience. We wanted to prove it could be done and we did. But we also know that someone with a better eye for design and a better understanding of web standards could do better. So heres the deal. Fix our blog!

Here are the details. You must be a resident of the USA and at least 18 years of age to participate in this contest. You must re-design our blog so it runs on the Blogger platform and you must provide to us all the basic templated pages you see now as part of your re-design. We host our own server and the Blog must run on our server. And you must keep our existing logo, super hero and sponsor logos as part of your design. The winner gets more than $ 300 worth of prizes from our friends, partners and sponsors. Well also credit you with a link as our designer. If we pick your design, it will become property of the iLifeZone and Bourne Media Group. Your submission grants us the right to use your design and publish your work if we declare you the winner. All winners must sign an affidavit of eligibility which requires a copyright transfer and an affirmation that the design is their own and not the copyrighted work of any third party.

The deadline to enter your re-design is July 17, 2006. The winner will be selected by the iLifeZone hosts. All decisions of the judges are final. All taxes are the responsibility of the winner and there can be no prize substitutions. The winner receives:

1) One year subscription to lynda.com valued at $ 250.

2) One year subscription to Macworld valued at $ 20.

3) A copy of Scott Bournes Captivating Wildlife book valued at $ 30.

4) A gift certificate from Hunts Photo valued at $ 20.

5) $ 50 cash.

To enter a design, send a link along with all your contact information to info@ilifezone.com.

Void where prohibited by law. The winners name will be posted at the http://www.ilifezone.com web site on July 20, 2006.

About the iLifeZone

LifeZone is a radio magazine-style podcast for Mac users featuring three popular hosts and a variety of well-known guests. Each show is approximately 30 minutes in length. The show is co-produced by Bourne Media Group in Seattle and PixelCorps in San Francisco.

About the show hosts:

Breen regularly speaks about OS-X at industry events such as Macworld and various user group meetings. Breen is also a frequent guest on some of the most widely downloaded podcasts such as TWIT.

Bourne is regular contributor to the OReilly Network. Hes also publisher of several popular blogs including MyPhotoTricks.com, BloggingTricks.com, ApertureTricks.com and PodcastingTricks.com.

Bourne has also authored four books, including 88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers.

Story is also a regular contributer to Macworld Magazine.

For more information visit:

ilifezone.com

bournemediagroup.com

or call 253-851-5542

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LifeZone Announces The Tip Monster Episode – Episode #7 of the iLifeZone Podcast Now Available for Download

Mon, 27 May 2013 23:36:32 +0000

Gig Harbor, WA (PRWEB) August 20, 2006

The iLifeZone podcast published its seventh episode today. The Tip Monster Episode features the usual iLifeZone crew plus special guests Garrick Chow from lynda.com and Ben Long, author of a new book on Apple’s Aperture.

The podcast is available free of charge at the iTunes Music Store. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=160070588

This special episode of the iLifeZone features nothing but tips. There’s no news, no pundits, no commercials, just 34 great Macintosh how-to tips delivered in less than 40 minutes by some of the country’s leading Macintosh experts.

The iLifeZone has been featured in the top 100 Technology Podcasts at the iTunes Music Store since episode #3.

About the iLifeZone

About the show hosts:

Breen regularly speaks about OS-X at industry events such as Macworld and various user group meetings. Breen is also a frequent guest on some of the most widely downloaded podcasts such as TWIT.

Bourne is regular contributor to the OReilly Network. Hes also publisher of several popular blogs including MyPhotoTricks.com, BloggingTricks.com, ApertureTricks.com and PodcastingTricks.com.

Bourne has also authored four books, including 88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers.

Story is also a regular contributer to Macworld Magazine.

For more information visit:

http://www.ilifezone.com

http://www.bournemediagroup.com

or call 253-851-5542

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Create Fractal Art and Animations With Ultra Fractal 4

Sun, 26 May 2013 07:49:48 +0000

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PRWEB) November 16, 2005

Frederik Slijkerman has released Ultra Fractal 4, a powerful fractal art and fractal animation program for Windows. With features such as layers, masks, true-color gradients, deep zooming, and custom fractal formulas, Ultra Fractal has been the tool of choice for both serious fractal artists and beginners for years. The new animation capabilities in Ultra Fractal 4 make it possible to create fractal movies and turn existing fractals into moving computer art.

Fractals first became accessible to the general public in the late 1980s. Partly due to the slow computers and limited computer displays of that time, fractals soon became associated with Mandelbrot sets and psychedelic color cycling. This is how most people still think of fractals. However, around 1998 the concept of fractal art began to develop. Today, fractal art is exhibited in museums and galleries and there is a growing community of professional fractal artists. Ultra Fractal is the perfect tool to create fractal art because it is powerful, versatile, and easy to use.

One of Ultra Fractal’s key features is layering and masking, including most Photoshop merge modes. You can color each layer and add transparency effects with the true-color gradient editor. Ultra Fractal’s deep zooming support lets you zoom in to virtually unlimited depths. Thousands of fractal types and coloring options are available through the online formula database, and you can also write your own formulas with the built-in formula editor. Thanks to the integrated compiler, they will run just as efficiently as the built-in formulas.

New in Ultra Fractal 4 is complete animation support. Every fractal can be an animation, and every parameter can be animated individually. Animations can be of any length and can use any desired frame rate. Editing animations is easy with the new powerful Timeline tool window. You can render animations with optional anti-aliasing and motion blur to sequences of still images or to AVI movies. It is even possible to connect to other computers to accelerate the calculations. Not related to animation is the new Explore feature that helps you find interesting parameter values with a live preview window.

Whether you are a graphic designer, a professional fractal artist, a video producer, or a complete beginner, Ultra Fractal 4 makes it easy to create beautiful fractal pictures, animated textures, and moving fractal backgrounds. An excellent help file with a complete set of tutorials is included. You can also get help and share fractal designs with other users by signing up to the Ultra Fractal mailing list.

Ultra Fractal 4 runs on Windows XP/2003/2000/98/Me and is available in two editions. The Animation Edition costs $ 129 (US) and the Standard Edition, which does not include animation support and network calculations, costs $ 59 (US). Ultra Fractal can be purchased securely online on http://www.ultrafractal.com. A free 30-day trial version is also available for download on the same web address. For more information and site licenses, contact Frederik Slijkerman at info@ultrafractal.com.

About Frederik Slijkerman:

Frederik Slijkerman has been working with fractals and fractal software since 1993. His first fractal program for Windows, Ultra Fractal 2, was released in 1999. At that time, fractal software was fairly limited and Ultra Fractal 2 was quite revolutionary. After graduating from the University of Amsterdam and releasing Ultra Fractal 3 in 2002, Frederik Slijkerman has been able to work full-time on his own software company. Ultra Fractal 5 is already under development and will contain many new innovative features to further expand the realm of fractal software. Frederik Slijkerman is also co-owner of FabFilter Software Instruments (http://www.fabfilter.com), which produces high-quality plug-ins for audio professionals.

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e-Learning DevCon 2006 Issues Call for Presentations

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:51 +0000

Vancouver, WA (PRWEB) November 28, 2005

Rapid Intake, Inc, the organizer of eLearning DevCon, the annual e-learning developers conference, has issued a call for presentations for the 2006 conference. Rapid Intake will be accepting presentation proposals immediately for the August 2006 event.

While there are many other e-learning industry conferences, the e-Learning DevCon was the first conference to focus exclusively on e-learning development tools, techniques, and training targeted at e-learning developers. It is also the only conference to receive a 4/4 star rating from Training Media Review.

We are e-learning developers ourselves, says Steven Hancock, conference co-organizer, so we organized a conference that we would want to go to. Many of the conferences in our industry dont go into the depth that developers need. Specific development techniques are usually treated far too lightly.

The people that attend this conference are here to learn techniques that will help them get their jobs done, says Garin Hess, conference co-organizer. They arent interested in lots of theory or fluff. With this focus in mind, Rapid Intake encourages potential presenters to submit presentations that go deeper than general overviews of a particular authoring tool or environment. Hess further states We need beginner, intermediate, and expert level presentations to accommodate the many different levels of skill and experience that our participants bring to the conference. Once they have decided to attend, they can choose the level that best suit them with our multiple track format.

Rapid Intake takes a unique approach to organizing the conference. Instead of being held at an expensive hotel, the conference is held on a university campus in Forest Grove, Oregon (near Portland, Oregon), where attendees eat in the cafeteria and have the option of staying in the campus dorm rooms or nearby hotels.

When we have attended other conferences, weve often felt we didnt really get a lot of bang for the buck, says Hancock. At most events, when you count the expensive registration fees, lodging, and food costs, you can easily spend a couple of thousand dollars or more. Consequently, it is usually managers, not developers, who get to attend those conferences. At e-Learning DevCon you can get a pass to the conference, lodging, and all of your food for less than the registration fee alone charged by most other conferences.

The university setting and the focus on development and developers has apparently been a success with those who have attended in the past. One participant put it this way, This was the best conference I’ve attended out of 10 conferences I’ve attended in the last four years, a great conference.” Another stated, I really enjoyed the ‘learning’ format of the conference. I’ve gotten much more information in the first couple of days than I’ve gotten in the last 2 ‘conferences’ I’ve attended.”

While presentation proposals will be accepted through April 2006, conference organizers suggest presenters submit proposals by the end of 2005. While any topic will be considered, topics in the following areas are recommended: Wiki, Dreamweaver, CourseBuilder, Flash, Swish, Captivate (formerly RoboDemo), Camtasia, Photoshop, Breeze, Database Connectivity, LMSes, new tools on the market, SCORM, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Section 508 Compliance, W3C Standards, JavaScript, ActionScript, ASP, Fireworks, Case Studies, Visual Design, Instructional Design, Project Management.

Potential presenters can find more information at http://www.elearndevcon.com.

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ColorVision Spyder2 Plus A Digital Darkroom In a Box

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:37:50 +0000

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) November 30, 2005

Datacolor, an internationally known name in color technology, showcases ColorVision

ONE Weekend Can Kick-Start Your Future Web Business, Connect You With Key Players in Real Estate, and Set You on the Direct Path to Home-Based Profit

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:37:12 +0000

Carbondale, IL (PRWEB) August 22, 2006

SIHomeTours is partnering with other online virtual tour and real estate photography businesses to host the first ever Virtual Tour Summit on Saturday, October 7 and 8, 2006 in St. Louis at the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Lambert Airport. Experts, many of whom have operated virtual tour businesses since 2000, will present sessions designed to train, coach, and advise attendees who will each receive their own Virtual Tour Machine web site.

The demand for virtual tour and real estate photography is growing as professionally produced photos are rapidly becoming a vital in selling real estate. The facts are clear:

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that seventy-two percent (72%) of home buyers who found virtual tours helpful actually drove by or looked at a home they found online with Virtual Tours.

According to Realty Times, 93% of home-buyers are turning to the Internet to look at homes.

Traffic on real estate websites jumped 8% in the past year – doubling the growth rate of Internet traffic overall, according to comScore Media Metrix.

Realty Times reported that “virtual tour making takes skilled professionals” and that “Produced unprofessionally, [bad photography] can harm a listing.”

The Virtual Tour Summit presents a tested and proven business model driven by proven technology and backed by proven results. Entrepreneurs at the Virtual Tour Summit will get a jump-start in the online virtual tour real estate business and continuing guidance by experts. The trainers at the Summit are experienced in every aspect of the business and most are currently operating a successful real estate photography business.

Scott Slinkard, owner of HouseViewOnline.com, will teach attendees the ins and outs of the Virtual Tour Machine (VTM), the virtual tour software he created in 1999.

Bo Bickley, owner of St. Louis Showcase since 2000, will show Summit participants how to get the most from Photoshop, provide tips and tricks on how to automate the work, and how to plan and organize.

Kelly Thomas, who founded SIHomeTours in 2000 and KYTours.com in 2002, will demonstrate how to make effective presentations to real estate agents and how to advertise your business on a shoestring budget.

Melissa Coons, a photographer for SIHomeTours, will advise attendees on the best way to photograph a property.

Other businesses will be on hand at the Summit to provide support services and information during the Summit. Floyd Jerkins, founder of Jerkins Creative Consulting will lead a session on increasing sales, gaining market share and running a more efficient and profitable operation. Exhibits and demonstrations will also be presented by Realtor.com and others.

Everyone attending the Virtual Tour summit will get their own Virtual Tour Machine, a $ 5,000 value, which streamlines the process of creating the virtual tour and displaying it on your web site. A few of the things the Virtual Tour Machine does is build the tours, allow fast and easy editing of the listings, it updates agent and agency listing pages, creates invoices, manages banner advertising, and helps keep listing information current.

Ticket price for the Summit is $ 8,500.00 but an early bird special ticket is available for $ 7,650.00 until midnight, Aug 29, 2006. No more than 30 tickets will be sold.

For more information visit Virtual Tour Summit Early Bird Special

About Southern Illinois Real Estate

SIHomeTours.com, founded in 2000 by Kelly Thomas, is a professional photography and marketing service for real estate agents which offers an online, regional, multiple listings service web site where buyers can browse listings and view an entire property online. SIHomeTours currently displays thousands of photos and is visited by tens of thousands of buyers every month.

Mr. Kelly Thomas is currently available to the media for interviews, guest appearances and, for reference purposes, as a general real estate photography expert.

Contact:

Kelly Thomas

Virtual Tour Summit Early Bird Special

Paducah & Western Kentucky Real Estate

618-549-8123

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Get Going with GarageBand Training and Tutorial DVD

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:40 +0000

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) February 3, 2006

GetGoingSeminars & Training, Inc., creators of software training videos for Mac & PC have announced the release of Get Going with GarageBand, a DVD offering in-depth training and tutorials for the amazingly popular music creation software package, GarageBand.

Get Going with GarageBand lets beginner and intermediate users easily acquire the skills necessary to start making music with GarageBand.

To watch a free video preview of our training products check out http://www.getgoingtraining.com/

GetGoingSeminars & Training also offers software seminars in the New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. area.

Do you have employees that need to learn Photoshop, desktop publishing, Web design or video editing?

GetGoingSeminars offers fast, affordable training. We will get you up and running fast with the latest computer software and media technology.

Sample courses include: desktop publishing, digital photography, digital video and Web design.

Most of the software seminars are bundled with the course on DVD-Video.

Classes can be held at your office or in our classroom. Your employees can learn at work in their environment.

GetGoing expert consulting and trainers are Emmy Award-winning producers, tenured college faculty, TV / film directors and digital designers. The GetGoing team has over a half-century combined experience in education, digital media, television and the Web.

If you are interested in a free consultation or our products and services, contact us by phone at 215.833.7133.

http://www.getgoingseminars.com

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Newly Redesigned iPad App by Infinite Skills Puts their Entire Training Library Right at your Fingertips

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:35:59 +0000

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) December 11, 2011

Infinite Skills Inc has just made available a new version of its popular iPad training app. This update introduces in-app purchasing for all of their high-quality training courses, over 70 at launch. Topics range from AutoCAD 2012 to Adobe Photoshop, jQuery Programming, and more. The update includes performance enhancements specific to iOS5 and a redesigned interface that makes finding and viewing tutorial videos even easier than before.

“We’ve had an incredible response to our iPad app since it first came out, and we’re excited to deliver the features people have told us they want,” said Colin Boyd, sales director for Infinite Skills. “More free content? Done. More courses? Our pleasure. The ability to watch full 10 hour courses in a single app? No problem.”

It’s the availability of so much free content that sets the app apart, Boyd said. The app is a free download, and it includes hundreds of full-length preview videos that can be viewed right away. Once a user decides they want a to unlock a course, they can purchase it within the app and immediately receive full access.

Infinite Skills Video Based Software Training App

The Infinite Skills Training App currently includes full courses for programs in the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows and 2011 for Mac, Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Revit series and popular programming languages such as Java, C# and C++. The full list includes more than 70 separate titles, and according to Boyd, the app will be updated with additional content on a weekly basis.

Once a course is purchased within the app, it can be instantly viewed streaming over WiFi and 3G/4G connections. In addition to playback on the iPad screen, the tutorials may also be viewed on compatible HDTVs and computers using Apple’s AirPlay functionality.

“No one learns in the same way, so we’ve designed a flexible learning experience that can be adapted to the customer’s unique needs,” said Mike Spaulding, president of Infinite Skills. “We’re combining our proven tutorial video content delivery with the popular user-friendly experience of iOS.”

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infinite-skills-video-based/id418130423?mt=8

The new Infinite Skills Training App is available as a free download from the iTunes App Store. In addition to its iPad edition, Infinite Skills is also working on a version that can be viewed on the iPhone and iPod Touch. A full list of all tutorials developed by Infinite Skills and numerous free demo videos can be found on the company’s website.

http://www.infiniteskills.com

About Infinite Skills Inc

With a rapidly growing library of tutorial video courses on the world’s most in-demand applications and technologies, Infinite Skills has emerged as a premier provider of professional software training. Its popular video training products can be found on DVD, multi-platform eLearning formats and as mobile apps.

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PhotoshopCAFE.com Announces That Design Challenge 12- Is Now Open For Entries

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:36:26 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 28, 2011

PhotoshopCAFE.com, a leader in Photoshop and design training, announces the start of their annual design contest. Design Challenge 12 is a contest open to designers and artists of any skill level or experience. Entrants may submit up to two entries, and there is no fee to enter. The challenge this year is designing a Blu-ray disc cover for an imaginary movie with a Photoshop theme. The contest encourages designers not only to show off their graphic skills, but also to share their originality, sense of humor, and word skills. Entrants have until midnight PST Jan 31, 2012 to upload their entries to the PhotoshopCAFE website.

From Colin Smith We are really excited to announce Design Challenge 12. Every year the quality of the submissions get better, and we are consistently blown away with the level of design talent that is out there. This annual contest is one of the highlights of the year for the hundreds of thousands of regular site visitors.

Prizes

Prizes for this years contest include: Creative Suite Software from Adobe Systems, 2 Intuos 4 Graphics Tablets from Wacom, SketchBook Designer 2011 from Autodesk, as well as other prizes from Nik Software, onOne Software and PhotoshopCAFE. Current Prizes are valued at more than $ 14,000.

Judges

The Judges for this years contest are:

Avi Muchnick Avi is an artist, author and serial entrepreneur based in NYC with a background in business, law, design and programming. His personal mission is to help everyone be more creative. He has founded several awesome startups focusing on creativity including Worth1000 and Aviary. MIT’s Technology Review named him one of the “Top 35 innovators under 35″ (2010).

Oliver Ottner Oliver founded the advertising agency iService, which works for clients such as Est

Learn About The Software Through Video Tutorials

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:37:57 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 25, 2006

The Internet has caused a lot of changes in the learning process on the various tools used in computing. First off were those online computer tutorial courses that offer reading materials and accounts on a tutorial course provider’s website. Upon registration for an online computer tutorial course, which usually required people to cough up a huge amount of cash, people are considered formal students of the computer training course. They are given access to the forum and discussion boards, which contain necessary information on the course.

With faster and more accessible Internet connections, the profitability of online tutorial courses did not take the assumed leap it should have taken, along with the improvements on Internet connectivity. This is because despite the accessibility and affordability of faster Internet connections and more secure online transactions, people around the world still could not afford the registration fees that most online computer tutorial course providers are asking for. Plus, how could these providers expect a huge stream of people registering for an online computer tutorial course when a huge percentage of these people could not even browse the Internet?

Video tutorials on computer training, specific application tips and tricks, and even on computer hardware troubleshooting and optimization techniques are not new methods of learning the craft of such IT-related skills. But over online computer training courses, these video tutorials have a lot of advantages to boot. Yet, you have to make sure that what you’re getting on either a VCD or a DVD, is well worth your cash and your time.

There are dozens of video tutorial providers who integrate tutorial systems on their videos that aren’t quite useful or even aren’t as efficient and effective as an online computer training course. As such, you should check the credibility of your sources of video tutorials on computer training techniques and tactics. Maximum Software has released a new suite of video tutorials for each level of skill and a specified field of interest.

With a company such as Maximum Software and its years of efficient IT-related products and services, credibility is already assured. Plus, you are also assured of the most updated and accurate video tutorials on computer training techniques and tactics due to the IT professionals that they employ as creators of the video tutorials. After all, why would you need a video on application-specific tips and tricks when you could easily discover such tactics yourself?

With the credibility of such providers of video tutorials on computer training, the next step for you to take is to carefully consider the training system integrated in the DVDs or VCDs of their computer tutorial suite. The main disadvantage of online computer training courses is that these programs do not cater to the difference in pacing and learning systems of each individual. But with video tutorials from credible sources, a seamless learning and teaching system is integrated in each video tutorial offered. Maximum Software’s video tutorials are designed to provide users tips and tricks sans the time pressure, thus providing people of a learning process at their own pace.

Pacing when it comes to learning computer techniques vary from each person to the other. With video tutorials that can be rewound and fast-forwarded, paused and stopped, and can be viewed numerous times in the person’s discretion, it would not really matter much if the videos were created with slow or fast teaching process. With the video tutorial suite packages of Maximum Software, careful considerations have been made so as to get the actual pacing that is on the middling portions of the learning spectrum.

The virtual lessening or total absence of time pressure in learning the techniques of each video tutorial package of Maximum Software is also a very huge advantage over those online computer training courses. Online courses abruptly end without making sure that all formally registered students have learned everything there is to learn from the program. Come to think of it, these providers of online computer training courses don’t even assure that their students have learned something, even anything, of the things that should be helping them advance in their technology-related fields!

Maximum Software provides either newbies or intermediate computer users the option to choose a specific field of interest when it comes to their video tutorials. This would definitely be a big boost on the efficiency and effectiveness of the entire learning process. This option would not bore the person of the techniques and tactics included in the video, for they themselves chose a specific field of interest.

Plus, carefully dividing a field of interest into sub-classifications makes the learning process not only easier, but efficient as it should be. This avoids the mental stress or information overload that a user may likely experience given the broad range of topics in a single video tutorial. For instance, Maximum Software has divided the Windows Office XP application video tutorial suite into several classifications. As such, those who only want to learn Word can learn everything about Word, and be overwhelmed with information on, say, the less used Access program of the Windows Office XP suite.

The video tutorials from Maximum Software can be securely bought and downloaded from the company’s website. You can also check on the credibility of this company and the reliability of their security measures when it comes to online transactions involving money and personal information. This would provide you with more peace of mind regarding the reputation and credibility of Maximum Software. However, this company has been in the IT industry, delivering quality products and services in the field. With such a track record, it would be rather doubtful if the company doesn’t appear as credible and reputable as it actually is.

Maximum Software products are designed for maximum accessibility and readability. Users would not get lost with information on their chosen videos because the functions and features of the products are conveniently displayed on the site. There are detailed information on each video tutorial package to be found on the website. Contact information of the company can also be found on almost all pages of the websites, a feature which just goes to show the sincere intent to encourage proper website design and development.

Furthermore, Internet surfers would find it very easy to navigate their way through the website because of its informative and seamless design. As mentioned, information are provided regarding the corresponding features of the video packages. Upon acquiring the necessary information on a product or service you are interested in, you can now take the next step towards buying yourself an efficient and effective video tutorial on your chosen field of interest. The website properly gives you further instructions on how you can get the product, and a standard set of security measures and privacy provisions which protect the user and the company alike.

The website lists the selection for your chosen video tutorial package. You can learn various versions of Windows, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and more. The company even has video tutorials on Ebay! Plus, there are a couple of good promos here and there that you can avail with your purchase. You can browse and select the bonus packages you can get, according to your tutorial needs and your own budget. After doing so, you are taken to the online payment transaction, which is very secure in terms of cash transfers and personal information exchange between the user and the company. After a successful transaction, you will be asked your preferred delivery mode, which would either be through downloading the video tutorial on a secure FTP server or physical transference systems.

If you need more information on acquiring the very useful and efficient video tutorial on the computer training course of your choice, you can check out the provider’s website by clicking here http://www.software-tutoring.com.

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New Site Provides Tips for Digital Photographers

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:36:12 +0000

Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) February 7, 2006

Digital photography is taking the world by storm. Everyone’s got a digital camera nowadays, but not everyone knows how to take good pictures or how to use their cameras properly.

640Pixels.com is aimed at everyone from beginners to advanced amateurs who would like to improve their picture taking abilities. In addition to offering better picture taking advice, the site offers advice on using Photoshop to enhance your pictures.

Photoshop advice offered on the site ranges from converting your photos to black and white, fixing over exposed photos, to sharpening and resizing your photos.

Photography tips on the site includes how to take pictures of children, pet photography, black and white photography and taking portraits to name a few.

General advice such as managing your digital photographs, making backups, and advise on what software to use are also offered.

640Pixels.com offers easy to understand advice through example.

For more information, visit the 640Pixels.com website at http://www.640pixels.com

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Make Music with GarageBand Fast & Affordable

Sat, 11 May 2013 07:36:00 +0000

Planet Earth (PRWEB) February 24, 2006

Get Going Training, Inc., creators of software training videos for Mac & PC have announced the release of Get Going with GarageBand, a QuickTime download offering in-depth training for the amazingly popular music creation software package, GarageBand. Get Going with GarageBand lets beginner and intermediate users easily acquire the skills necessary to start making music with GarageBand. Learn to record your guitar & vocals, edit audio & midi, use effects, automate volume and panning, import audio files, export songs to iTunes and burn your songs to audio CD.

Do you hate reading the Manual? Stop Now.

Learn visually by watching a QuickTime Download.

Our DVD trainers are energetic professionals and experts in media software.

Here is a more detailed breakdown of what is covered on Get Going with GarageBand:

Recording your Guitar or Vocals

Basic GarageBand project setup

Creating and recording virtual instruments

Using Effects such as reverb

Mixing audio levels

Automating pan and volume

Editing and correcting MIDI notes

Editing digital audio

Copying and Pasting Audio and MIDI tracks

Match BPM of Loops or Song

Using Mac Virtual Keyboard

Adjusting Song Grid

Editing digital audio in GarageBand

Using GarageBand Loops

Importing your own loops or audio into GarageBand

Notation View – View notes and chords

Exporting songs to iTunes

Burning your tracks to audio CD

Bonus chapter

GarageBand Instrument Tuner – Tune your Guitar with GarageBand

To watch a QuickTime Preview of the GarageBand training check out –

http://www.getgoingtraining.com/videos/garageband.html

GetGoingTraining also offers software seminars in the New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. area.

Do you or do you have employees that need to learn Photoshop, desktop publishing, Web design or video editing?

GetGoingTraining offers fast, affordable training. We will get you up and running fast with the latest computer software and media technology.

Sample courses include: desktop publishing, digital photography, digital video and Web design.

Most of the software seminars are bundled with the course on DVD-Video.

Classes can be held at your office or in our classroom. Your employees can learn at work in their environment.

GetGoingTraining expert consulting and trainers are Emmy Award-winning producers, tenured college faculty, TV / film directors and digital designers. The GetGoing team has over a half-century combined experience in education, digital media, television and the Web.

If you are interested in a free consultation or our products and services, contact us by phone at 215.833.7133.

Watch free video previews of our training products and training seminars @ http://www.getgoingtraining.com

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Digital Art Journaling Class Comes to JessicaSprague.com in 2012

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:36:03 +0000

Apex, NC (PRWEB) January 4, 2012 (PRWEB) January 04, 2012

Art Journaling is the process of creating a visual diary – a very personal look at your own inner landscape, but also a place to experiment with art and mixed-media techniques that you can use in other projects, or that become an art form in and of themselves. For the first time ever, Jessica Sprague is teaming up with renowned artist & designer Nancie Rowe Janitz to bring you a class that combines traditional art journaling techinques with the ease and sophistication of a digital format.

Leading online digital scrapbooking website JessicaSprague.com is currently registering for the new Digital Art Journaling class that will begin Monday, January 9th, 2012. The class will feature Jessicas signature teaching style which includes step by step video education, PDF instructions, and all digital supplies will be provided, including a 200+ piece kit designed exclusively for class participants by Nancie.

During the three week course, participants will experiment with adding brushwork from various media, including acrylics and watercolor, as well as combining traditional mixed-media techniques such as painting with bubble wrap with our all-digital format. Students will be guided through creating 12 artist journal pages using brushes, stamps, vintage and modern collage imagery, stitches, type, and photographs. In addition, each participant will have their handwriting converted into a font that can be used to add journaling to their pages. Journaling prompts for each project will help direct the writing process and sharpen the overall focus of the completed journal pages.

Jessica Sprague has been teaching others to use their computers and Photoshop to help share their personal stories since creating JessicaSprague.com in 2006.

Participants may register for the Art Journaling class by visiting http://goo.gl/Vuz1B. The class will be available for 20% off through Sunday night, January 8th, 2012. A copy of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop will be required to complete the lessons. Trial versions of both programs can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com.

For digital scrapbooking online classes, digital printable scrapbooking supplies, and free tutorials, visit http://www.jessicasprague.com.

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Get In Sync With Your Macintosh With A Users Group

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:36:55 +0000

Seaford, NY (PRWEB) March 30, 2006

Whether you consider yourself to be a “newbie” (beginner) or a “techie” (advanced user), LIMac, the Long Island Macintosh Users Group, invites Macintosh computer users of all abilities to its next monthly meeting being held on Friday, April 21, at 7pm. The non-profit organization holds its meetings in Building 300/Anna Rubin Hall at The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) on Northern Boulevard in Old Westbury.

The featured presentation at LIMac’s next meeting is “The Dave Marra Experience”. Apple Computer Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra will take an in-depth look at the brand-new iMac, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini models. These new Macintosh computers are the first to run with Intel Core Duo processors. This month’s meeting with also focus on making Podcasts with iLife ’06 and how to create professional-looking documents and stunning presentations with Apple’s updated productivity suite, iWork ’06.

In addition to each meeting’s featured presentation, the night always includes hands-on demonstrations, plenty of opportunity for questions and answers, and a chance to network with fellow Mac enthusiasts. In addition, an Apple iPod will be raffled away at each upcoming meeting for the rest of the year.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for beginners to try us out,” said LIMac President Bill Medlow. “We have a special ‘MacBasics’ group for those that are just getting started with their Macintosh and need some advice or need help getting everything to work properly.” Topics of MacBasics workshops include using the Appleworks program, connecting to high-speed internet, and how to upgrade. LIMac President Bill Medlow also says his group is a great resource for former PC users who have converted to the Macintosh. “We have many new members who know about computers from having used PCs, but are new to the Mac. They’re not necessarily beginners, but still need some help getting used to a new Operating System. LIMac can definitely help make the conversion easier.” For more seasoned Mac users, LIMac offers a Photoshop Special Interest Group (SIG) and a Multimedia SIG at each monthly meeting.

For more information about LIMac and upcoming meetings and events, visit their Web site at http://www.limac.org, or call (516) 686-7789.

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BetterPhoto.com Announces Photo Contest for 2nd Annual BetterPhoto Summit in September

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:36:10 +0000

Redmond, WA (PRWEB) July 19, 2006

BetterPhoto.com, the worldwide leader in online photography education, today announced they will award a free trip to the 2nd Annual Photography Summit to be held on September 16th and 17th. Imagine two jam-packed days with professional photography and Photoshop instructors! The winner of the student contest will receive free admission to the Summit, airfare (up to $ 500) and two nights at the beautiful Marriott Redmond Town Center, near Seattle, WA. Those who sign up may enter one photo per day until Sept 1st. Join us to learn photographic technique, de-mystify Photoshop, and come away filled with new inspiration. The winner of the free trip will be announced on the second day of the Summit.

This years Summit will be a springboard to learning for numerous photography enthusiasts — from beginners to aspiring professionals, said Jim Miotke, President and founder of BetterPhoto, com. We have so many new instructors, new presentations, and a beautiful new location. We guarantee a weekend of great fun! Learn more about the BetterPhoto Summit at: http://www.betterphoto.com/summit.asp

BetterPhoto brings together over 150,000 members from around the world for learning, fun, and community. The site offers over 79 courses on photography and Photoshop, taught by scores of published, professional photographers including Tony Sweet, Brenda Tharp, Jim Zuckerman, Outdoor Photographer editor Rob Sheppard, and Shutterbug editor George Schaub. Courses are offered every month. Sign up today to get your photos thoughtfully and promptly reviewed by professionals.

About BetterPhoto.com

For more information, visit the BetterPhoto website at http://www.betterphoto.com.

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Soup up your Scenics with Adoramas Expert Landscape Photography Advice

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:37:40 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 9, 2006

In its ongoing efforts to help its customers become better photographers, Adorama Camera just published a special editorial section, Focus On Landscapes (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy&article=080606&refby=press_landscapes), a series of articles designed help photographers at all levels improve their scenic photography abilities. The articles are written by a team of world-renowned photography experts.

The beautiful scenic vista is spread out before your eyes. Do you know how to capture the beauty of the scene in a print that youd be proud to hang on a wall and show off to your friends and family? Can you turn that scene into a work of art that you can sell?” asks Adorama Academy editor Mason Resnick. Even if the reader is only using a simple compact camera, its possible to get images he or she will be proud of, and our new ‘Focus on Landscapes’ articles can show consumers how.

Beginners and hobbyists can learn composition basics by reading Jeff Wignalls article, Creating the illusion of depth in landcape photography (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy&article=041006&refby=press_landscapes), as well as Rick Sammons guide to photographing nighttime cityscapes.

Computer-savvy landscape photographers can learn how to create digital panoramas both in their digital cameras or by using inexpensive image-editing software such as Photoshop Elements by reading Superwide made super-easy (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy&article=072506&refby=press_landscapes), by Adorama Academy editor Mason Resnick.

More advanced digital shooters can learn how to fine-tune landscapes that have a wide dynamic range by following Diane Millers in-depth Photoshop CS tutorials. Other articles include guides to tripods and filtersboth essential accessories for landscape photographyas well as articles about creating digital black-and-white from color images, and shooting landscapes using color infrared film.

Online photo magazine at a retail site?

The Academy, which is quickly becoming a choice destination for photographers at all levels of experience who want to improve their picture-taking and image-editing skills, features how-to photography articles, buying guides, and breaking news about the photography industry, written by a team of top photography experts.

Why would Adorama, a well-respected New York-based camera retailer, publish what is essentially an online photo magazine? Editor Mason Resnick says, “we believe the more information and knowledge we can provide, the more people will trust Adorama both as a reliable information source and as a place where they can feel comfortable buying their photographic gear.”

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Software Cinema Teaches the Fundamentals of Adobe

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:36:14 +0000

SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2006

Software Cinema, a leading software training company supporting the digital imaging industry of photographers, videographers and graphic artists, today announced their latest Workshops-On-Demand and Product-On-Disc interactive training series featuring Mike McHugh and Wayne Rankin, two of the How to Wow digital photo experts.

The new two-disc Photoshop Elements training series is perfect for digital photography beginners and hobbyist who want to learn basic editing and retouching techniques in an easy-to-follow training environment. And with the Workshops On Demand option, viewers can purchase the Elements Training lessons and have online access for 90 days, returning anytime 24/7 to view the lessons.

Viewers will feel as if they are being taught over 45 editing and digital photo enhancing techniques by a personal Photoshop coach all in the comfort of their own home and on their own time schedule, said Gary Burns, director of operations at Software Cinema.

The first disc, How to Wow Photoshop Elements Fundamentals, will teach viewers the fundamentals of Photoshop Elements including the Organizer, Edit Workspace, Elements Workspace and Camera Raw, as well as color management techniques. Explore image size and resolution, making selections, using layers, cropping, straightening, correcting perspective, tonal and color corrections and noise reduction. See how to retouch and restore photos and how to remove or replace objects.

The second disc, How to Wow Photoshop Elements Creations, allows viewers to get creative with Photoshop Elements through techniques like Pen and Ink Watercolor, Wrapping Paper, Book Covers, Promotional Cards, PDF and Multimedia Slide Shows, Greeting Cards, Scrapbooks and much more. Work with the included How to Wow custom Presets, make your own digital signature and create panoramas, Web Photo Galleries and custom contact sheets.

Software Cinemas two-disc release featuring Mike McHugh and Wayne Rankin is the second of several Photoshop Elements training products the company has planned for 2006.

Pricing and Availability

Software Cinemas two new Photoshop Elements Product-On-Discs featuring Mike McHugh and Wayne Rankin are now available for $ 45.00 each. The Workshops-On-Demand option is available for $ 29.00 with unlimited access for 90 days. Workshops-On-Demand requires a broadband Internet connection. Both products can be ordered by going to http://www.software-cinema.com

About Mike McHugh

Mike McHugh is Australias Premier Photoshop & InDesign Trainer and Co-author of the new How to Wow InDesign book. As a Certified Adobe Expert and Certified Training Provider, Mike has been partnering with Adobe for almost three years. Mike is often called upon by Adobe Systems to speak at functions and provide support for Adobe customers. Mike comes from a Pre-press, Finished art and Graphic Design background. With many large Publishing, Advertising and Design clients in Melbourne and Sydney Australia, Mike has years of practical knowledge he can put into practice.

About Wayne Rankin

As a designer, Wayne is the recipient of many awards, both in print and new media, and has been published in many Australian and international publications. Wayne co-founded the Australian Graphic Design Association [AGDA] in 1988, and served as National and Victorian president for four years. He is a member of RMITs Multimedia Industry Council, was a member of the Premiers Task Force on Communications and Multimedia Development for the State of Victoria and sat on the Multimedia Content Advisory Group for Education in Victoria. He is also a member of the National School of Designs Advisory Committee at Swinburne University of Technology.

About Software Cinema

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Software Cinema is a privately-held company and strategic partner of Adobe Systems focused on interactive learning for the digital imaging industry. Through Training Camps, Programs on Disc, Workshops-On-Demand and Video Presentations, Software Cinema brings proven techniques from the top names in the industry for fundamental and advanced education. For more information, please visit http://www.software-cinema.com

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Tampa Bay InDesign User Group Presents Ted LoCascio, Graphic Designer, Author and Educator

Wed, 01 May 2013 07:39:23 +0000

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) September 9, 2006

Tampa Bay InDesign Users (http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/tampa) will meet Thursday, September 14th, in Room 222 of the The Art Institute of Tampa, 4401 N. Himes Ave, Suite 150, Tampa, 33614. Ted LoCascio, Graphic Designer, Author and Educator will present “To Use InDesign or Illustrator?” and walk thru the importing graphics, object layer options, using Photoshop layer comps and more. The Tampa Graphic Design Meetup Group (graphicdesign.meetup.com/90) will also join us for a fantastic night of learning.

Networking and sign-in begins at 6:30pm, followed by our our featured program, a Q&A session and raffle for fabulous prizes and giveaways. FREE for members. For directions and to register, refer to (http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/tampa) NOTE: If you are not a member of the InDesign user group, be sure to sign up for a free membership and announcements at (http://www.indesignusergroup.com/members/login.php?cmd=new_member_form)

So, come and tour The Art Institute of Tampa, meet and mingle with the many creative InDesign and Tampa Graphic Design professionals in Tampa; Learn about InDesign CS2 from industry experts; Hear real world stories from colleagues who have converted to InDesign CS2; Share information, tips and tricks; Network, make friends in a relaxed social atmosphere. Designers and publishers all over the world who long for creative freedom on the platform of their choice are moving to the only application that delivers: Adobe InDesign CS2. Come Join the wave – Sign up today – (http://www.indesignusergroup.com/members/login.php?cmd=new_member_form)

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Santa Fe Photographic Worshops Offers “Photoshop Finesse” With Kirk Amyx October 30- Nov 3

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:36:02 +0000

Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) August 31, 2006

This fall the Santa Fe Workshops welcomes back Kirk Amyx teaching his powerful weeklong workhop Photoshop Finesse. Learning to finesse our photographs in subtle yet powerful ways is the focus of this weeklong experience.

This workshop, led for the fifth year by Amyx is especially tailored for the intermediate-level Photoshop user who is looking to focus on finessing their photographs. Working from Raw captures or scanned film, they will delve deeply into Photoshops toolset to retouch flaws, adjust tonal values, Montaging and other creative effects.

Through hands-on demonstrations, practical lab exercises, and in-the-field photographing in and around Santa Fe, participants will explore the flexibility of Raw file captures, the true power of curve adjustments, and the use of nondestructive editing techniques.

In addition, participants will learn how to finesse the integration of Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop, to create a more efficient workflow for Raw files. Ultimately, producing archival digital prints that rival the finest traditional methods.

Our main goal is to utilize Photoshop as a digital darkroom and to enhance our photographs to their full potential. says Kirk.

Kirk has been producing photography for the San Francisco advertising and design communities for nearly 20 years. Working with light, composition, and the refinements offered by Photoshop, Kirk creates dynamic still-life and food imagery for such clients as Apple Computer and Ghirardelli Chocolate. In addition to running his commercial studio, he teaches Photoshop to photography students at the Academy of Art University. He is a passionate yet patient instructor who enjoys working with all levels of Photoshop participants, beginners to advanced.

Registration is limited to 12 participants. For more information or to register for this workshop, call (505) 983.1400 or log onto http://www.santafeworkshops.com.

The Santa Fe Workshops, an inspirational resource for imagemakers for the past 17 years, is a educational center covering a wide range of topics in digital, color, and blackandwhite photography as well as yearround digital programs. Each season, imagemakers of every kind travel to Santa Fe to engage their imaginations and rekindle their passion for photography. To find out more, call (505) 983.1400, log onto http://www.santafeworkshops.com.

Media contact; Darcy Schwerin, http://www.santafeworkhops.com

505.983.1400

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PhotoshopCAFE.com Announces The Lightroom 4 Public Beta Learning Site

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:37:38 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 09, 2012

PhotoshopCAFE.com, a leader in Photography training, announces The Lightroom 4 Beta Learning Site. Immediately following the announcement of the Lightroom 4 Public Beta by Adobe Systems, PhotoshopCAFE has made available a free tutorial website. The site can be found at http://www.photoshopCAFE.com/lightroom/ and is a valuable resource for users to not only learn about the new features in the public beta, but also how to use them.

From the new processing engine, maps and books module, to how to apply presets to video, PhotoshopCAFE explains it all in clear written instruction and easy to follow video. The site also includes free Lightroom 4 presets that users can download and apply to their own images and videos.

The lessons are all taught by Colin Smith, a leader in Lightroom and Photoshop instruction. From Colin – I am really excited about the release of Adobes Lightroom 4 Public Beta, the Adobe team has done an outstanding job of adding features that make the program easier and more logical to use. Anyone who works with digital images will want to check out the Lightroom 4 public beta. We have put together everything you need, at the learning site to get up to speed with all the new features and changes.

About Colin Smith

Colin has authored 18 books on the digital arts. He has won numerous awards including 3 Guru awards. Hes been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame twice. Colin is a regular columnist, has been featured in almost every major imaging magazine, and is in high demand as a speaker at major industry events including Flash Forward and WPPI. He consults such companies as Edison International, nVIDIA, ABC Disney, Apple and Adobe

About PhotoshopCAFE.com,

PhotoshopCAFE.com is home to one of the worlds most popular Photoshop resource sites, PhotoshopCAFE.com,, which boasts over 30 million visitors. Founded by Colin Smith a recognized digital imaging expert, author and instructor, PhotoshopCAFE produces professional level training materials for photographers, designers, videographers

New Book — Beginner’s Guide to Adobe Photoshop, 3rd Ed. by Michelle Perkins

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:35:55 +0000

Buffalo, New York (PRWEB) September 15, 2006

Amherst Media announces “Beginner’s Guide to Adobe Photoshop” by Michelle Perkins in its 3rd edition. ISBN# 1-58428-187-1.

This book is designed for readers who have little or no previous experience with Adobe

PhotoshopCAFE.com / Software Cinema Announces Shooting and Processing HDR PANORAMAS Video by Randy Hufford

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:36:02 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 11, 2012

PhotoshopCAFE.com, a leader in Photoshop and design training, and Software Cinema, a leader in Photographic training, announce the availability of Shooting and Processing HDR PANORAMAS, the latest release in their ever growing catalog of training videos. This collection of tutorials teaches photographers how to create stunning panoramas with an unparalleled range of tonality.

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PhotoshopCAFE.com / Software Cinema Announces Solutions for Photographing Artwork Video by Randy Hufford.

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:36:32 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 12, 2012

PhotoshopCAFE.com, a leader in Photoshop and design training, and Software Cinema, a leader in Photographic training, announce the availability of Solutions for Photographing Artwork, the latest release in their ever growing catalog of training videos. This collection of tutorials teaches photographers how to accurately photograph 2 dimensional artwork for replication.

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Interactive Video Tutorials are Allowing Even Beginners to Produce Professional Quality Graphics

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:35:58 +0000

(PRWEB) October 2, 2006

While Adobe Photoshop is by far one of the most powerful applications on the market today for creating impressive, professional quality graphics and manipulating photographic images many are missing out because of they are simply intimidated by the program. This has all changed. Even novice users are learning to overcome their fear and are producing professional quality graphics through the use of interactive video turorials.

This immense program can be overwhelming and frustrating for new graphic artists and photographers just starting out but it doesnt have to be. By breaking the elements down into manageable chunks even newbie users will start to feel more comfortable experimenting in Photoshop.

Anyone who has ever tried to learn Photoshop from an 8 inch thick manual knows that it can be overwhelming. Most, not knowing where to start, usually give up and move to a simpler but less effective application. According to David Peters of http://www.LearnPhotoShopNow.com, it doesnt have to be this way. The mistake many newbie Photoshop users make is that they try to learn everything about Photoshop from a manual or book as opposed to learning by doing specific tasks.

That is why David recommends interactive tutorials for learning Photoshop. When a beginner starts with a Photoshop video tutorial that is tailored to a specific task such as removing red eye for example, not only does the user learn something useful, which gives a sense of accomplishment, but he or she is learning about important Photoshop tools and techniques that will apply to other projects and tutorials in the future.

Because the the user will instantly be able to actually use Photoshop for this task on a regular basis the learning is more likely to stick. Each time the user completes additional Photoshop tutorials his or her knowledge base and skills grow.

Many simple Photoshop tutorials can be done in as little as 4-5 steps but the experience gained can easily give the user the tools for hundreds of other projects. Beginners should start with simple projects that are relevant to their immediate needs. Examples might include projects like resizing images, removing red eye, adding drop shadows, and working with layers.

While learning specific tasks new Photoshop users will be learning various functions of the toolbar and many of these tools apply to hundreds of different techniques. The Internet is the perfect resource for finding quality interactive Photoshop tutorials.

For more information on learning Photoshop visit http://www.LearnPhotoShopNow.com

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Photoshop for Web Designers — Finally, A How-to Guide!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:36:20 +0000

Port Moody, BC (PRWEB) September 17, 2006

SitePoint Pty. Ltd. (sitepoint.com), provider of fun, practical, and easy-to-understand content for web professionals, today announced the release of “The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques” by Corrie Haffly.

This comprehensive book answers 101 “How do I?” questions on topics ranging from creating backgrounds, buttons, and text effects, to manipulating images, creating web interfaces, building animations, and more.

Corrie also explains techniques that can greatly improve workflow and make working with Photoshop more efficient, including batch processing and the automation of repetitive tasks.

“We believe the books full-color layout and large format (8 x 10) make this one of the most usable and enjoyable Photoshop titles available,” said Mark Harbottle, CEO of SitePoint.

“Every web designer who uses Photoshop to produce web graphics needs a copy of this book. Whether youre relatively inexperienced, or you already have a host of sites in your portfolio, youll find countless useful examples, techniques, tips, and tricks that you can apply immediately to your own designs in this book,” notes author Corrie Haffly.

ISBN: 0-9758419-2-0

Page Count: 278

Price: $ 39.95 USD / $ 51.95 CDN

About SitePoint

SitePoint specializes in publishing fun, practical, and easy-to-understand content for web professionals. Its popular online magazine, blogs, newsletters, and print books teach best practices to web developers and

designers worldwide. http://www.sitepoint.com/ .

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SEO Positive Offers Tutorials to SEO Marketers

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:36:08 +0000

(PRWEB UK) 21 January 2012

To accompany the unveiling of their brand new corporate website, the team at SEO Positive have launched a newly-designed Tutorials page to allow users to access up-to-date how-to guides referencing the latest design and development tools and processes.

The SEO and web design tutorials area covers everything from Photoshop tools to popular programmes such as Google Analytics and AdWords. Users can also check out the archives for branding inspiration and professional advice about all the major social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.

The site is intended to cover all industry-related subjects and is manned by a member of staff from each separate department at the SEO agency to ensure that all posts are monitored by professionals in the SEO, PPC, web design, social media and web usability fields. While the Tutorials section was already present within the old site, the team have tweaked the style and layout of the pages to make it easier for readers to navigate through relevant posts.

Naturally, the Tutorials section is linked to the dedicated blog and news pages, allowing clients to meander through a huge wealth of information instantaneously.

Peter Andrease, Lead Web Designer at SEO Positive Limited, believes that offering readers tutorials enhances the clients overall experience.

Each team member takes time out of his or her day to contribute to the Tutorials section, and as a result, weve managed to put together a huge database full of great instruction sheets for anyone interested in applying techniques to their site themselves, Peter explains.

SEO Positive was established in 2007 in Chelmsford, Essex with the aim of bringing effective yet affordable online marketing services to companies from all industries and backgrounds. The company offers a huge range of services including search engine optimisation, Pay Per Click account management, social media marketing and online reputation control.

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New Graphics Secrets for Business Podcast Makes Using Graphics Easy for Business People

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:38:25 +0000

Calgary, AB (PRWEB) October 5, 2006

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PreneurCast Challenges Business Owners to Take a Closer Look on what Really Generates their Revenue

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:37:41 +0000

Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

PreneurCast, a marketing podcast that helps business owners create strategic action plans to advance their business to the next level, has published their 43rd episode which talks about what the marketing assets really are in ones business.

In this episode, hosts Pete Williams and Dom Goucher have also created an action step to help entrepreneurs to zone in on the marketing items that are benefiting them the most and to tweak the ones that arent pulling in as much revenue. Pete and Dom also offer a tech tip on how to develop marketers’ e-mail list strategy by segmenting their list to be able to really target their desired clients.

To listen to the complete podcast be sure to tune in – http://www.preneurmedia.tv/preneurcast/preneurcast-043-marketing-assets/.

Listeners can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or PreneurMedia.tv. Preneurcast airs every week.

About the PreneurCast Hosts

Pete Williams

Pete is an entrepreneur, internet marketer, speaker and author. At 21, he sold Australias version of the Yankee Stadium, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, for under $ 500. He went on to write a number of books (How to Turn Your Million-Dollar Idea Into a Reality, Media Strategies for Internet Marketers, The Ultimate Press Release Swipe File and Its Not About the Product) and create a bunch of companies (Infiniti Telecommunications, On Hold Advertising, Simply Headsets and Preneur Group to name a few). Hes also an avid outdoor adventurer. He completed this years Ironman Western Australia in under 12 hours.

Dom Goucher

Dom currently lives in a small holiday town on the east coast of Spain with his partner, Keavy, and their three kittens: Meg, Mog and Blue. Hes self-employed and has been a Technical Solutions Consultant for Xerox. He has a background in print production and online media production, and has been a photographer and technical trainer for creative software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash and FinalCut. Somewhere in a box, he has a degree in Computer Science too. He specializes in ScreenFlow and screencasting, and also does transcription, ebook creation, training course design and implementation.

The Plugin Site Released B/W Styler

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:39:34 +0000

(PRWEB) October 4, 2006

The Plugin Site (http://www.thepluginsite.com) released B/W Styler for Windows, which is another product in the PhotoWiz series. B/W Styler is a Photoshop plugin for B/W conversion, creating traditional B/W effects and styling B/W photos. B/W Styler works in dozens of graphics applications including Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, Photo-Paint, Photo Plus, IrfanView and PhotoImpact. It supports 8bit and 16bit RGB images.

Overview

B/W Styler simulates the whole work flow of B/W photography from shooting a photo to processing it in the lab and framing the end result. It recreates the look of films, lens filters, lab effects and photo papers that are popular in traditional B/W photography, but even goes beyond that. Starting with a color photo B/W Styler lets you produce stunning B/W images that are not possible with B/W film. B/W Styler uses the whole contrast range of color photos to achieve dramatic B/W images. B/W Styler transforms dull color photos into interesting B/W pictures. Additionally you can enrich the B/W images by colorizing them, manipulating brightness and contrast, masking certain image areas, adding soft focus and glow effects, simulating film grain, adding special effects and framing the image.

For Beginners as well as Experts

B/W Styler contains modes for inexperienced, intermediate and advanced users. All modes of B/W Styler are connected and work together, so you can gradually add more effects and style your B/W image by switching from one mode to the other.

As a start Photographer’s Mode lets you choose between a lot of presets in one compact dialog, e.g. B/W film type, ISO rating, lens filters, lab development strategy, paper type, color toner, special lab effects and more. These effects can then be adjusted in ten simple modes, each of which concentrates only on one aspect. Additionally there are five special effect modes for doing special B/W conversions, selective B/W, split color, vignette blur and mist effects.

More advanced users can also use the B/W Quick Mode for doing sophisticated B/W conversions with the help of 16 different controls. Finally, you can fine-tune your image in Expert Mode with the help of dozens of effect features, more than one hundred controls and almost two hundred local presets.

Why B/W Styler Is Different

B/W Styler offers the whole range of B/W tools and related effects in a single plugin. So you don’t need to waste your time switching between different filters all the time. B/W Styler provides six different techniques for B/W conversion while most other tools offer only one or two. One of these B/W conversion methods (Split B/W) is not available with any other tool.

Additionally B/W Styler uses the color contrast of photos effectively to achieve more distinctive B/W photos. Other tools try to simulate the look of B/W films with only a few color sliders whereas B/W Styler gives you detailed control over the whole color spectrum. Additionally if you switch your 24bit color image to 16bit per channel before running B/W Styler, it will produce higher quality B/W conversions, which will be retained even after you switch back to 8bit per channel.

Unlike other tools B/W Styler also supplies a wide range of masking features for selectively addressing certain parts of an image. It features three different types of modes for beginners, advanced people and experts, so users can become more experienced without the need to switch to another tool. Best of all, B/W Styler is available at an affordable price. It offers more features and possibilities than other tools in the same price range and beyond.

Availability & System Requirements

B/W Styler is available for Windows. A Macintosh version is planned for next year. B/W Styler sells at $ 49.95 (Regular License) or $ 29.95 (Academic/Educational License). It can be purchased at http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/. A demo version can be downloaded at the same URL.

Company Info

The Plugin Site is located in Nuremberg, Germany, and develops graphics, video and web software. We also created the Harry’s Filters, ColorWasher, FocalBlade, LightMachine, Plugin Galaxy, Plugin Commander, Edge & Frame Galaxy, HyperTyle, HTML Shrinker and Photo Galaxy products. We co-produced Alpha Magic with Hollywood FX and Pinnacle and also co-develop the FilterMeister plugin development environment with AFH Systems.

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Leading eBay Money-Making Expert Exclaims ‘Now Anyone Can Do This’

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:36:16 +0000

Victoria, BC (PRWEB) October 10, 2006

While the rest of the web went ballistic this past week, over the supposed “death of AdSense”, Dave Guindon was busy showing people – looking over his shoulder – how to make lots of money on eBay. Guindon’s flash video training tutorial membership site is causing quite a stir. This past week, another Internet marketer conducted a survey with more than 33,000 online marketers. He found that 13.3 percent of those respondents wanted to access “A Subscription Site Including Audio and Video Training, Coaching, Group Calls, Group Support, Code Samples and Templates”…exactly what Dave had just offered to his own members, the week before.

Guindon has been selling products on and off eBay for years. Actually, he’s made a pretty nice living at it, too. This part-time Masters of Engineering student has developed proprietary methods for short cutting the labyrinth of eBay pathways and techniques. These are the unknown secrets necessary to generate great revenues amongst the dozens of millions of people who inhabit eBay daily.

“If you want to make some real money on eBay, you have to learn some of the tricks of the eBay trade” he says. “I started out knowing almost nothing; but I persisted and figured out how the game is played and the secrets one needs to navigate around and through the barricades and obstacles.”

“You really have two basic choices here”, he states. “You can treat this as a hobby and dabble around in eBay and make enough for bus tickets…” “Or you can get very serious about this and make a superlative living….and more. If you want to earn some serious income, you need to learn the ropes”.

“I set out to show folks just how to do this. I started designing software and web sites. I invented software secrets that discover and explain just what people are searching for on eBay. If you can find, then provide what they are looking for, you’ve got a match made in heaven!” Hot Item Finder

“After my success with Hot Item Finder, I designed a special software program called Auction Yen. This is designed to help you uncover hidden product and niche ideas from the eBay “I want it now” section….people come right out and tell you what they really want.” AuctionYen

But when I wrote the manuals of instruction, I realized from the feedback I was getting from my customers, that they still could not always understand how to make these items do the job they were specifically designed to perform,” he says.

“That’s when it hit me: I needed to show them how to do it. I struck on the idea of explaining each of my various digital products for eBay by showing folks how to use it with Streaming Flash Videos. Now my customers could literally look over my shoulder while I actually did what the software tool was designed for.” They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Dave’s clients started asking for additional products and more clear explanations of “how to” perform other tasks on eBay in conjunction with their own online sales efforts. He knew he was really on to something.

Soon Dave realized that he could produce many different streaming flash tutorial videos, crammed full of not only the appropriate instructions, but also laden with every sneaky little secret he had learned over the last few years of doing business online. He even started sharing some of his coveted PhotoShop

BetterPhoto.com

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:48:36 +0000

Redmond, Washington (PRWEB) March 7, 2007

BetterPhoto.com, the worldwide leader in online photography education, today announced that professional photographer and best-selling author, Gregory Georges has joined BetterPhoto.com’s incomparable team of instructors. Georges’ 4-week short course, Photographing Fast-Action Sports with a Digital SLR, starts March 7th.

“Communication skills are essential for all of our instructors and Gregory brings to our team a wealth of experience in both writing and digital photography,” said Jim Miotke, President and founder of BetterPhoto, com. “I’m certain his course will quickly become a favorite among our students and we are delighted to welcome him to the BetterPhoto team.”

A prolific author, Gregory Georges’ second book, 50 Fast Digital Photo Techniques, was an Amazon “Top 25″ best seller. His following books, including Digital Photography Top 200 Simplified Tips and Tricks, have been even more successful. In addition, Georges’ articles and photographs have been published in numerous photography magazines. His 4-week course, Photographing Fast-Action Sports with a Digital SLR, reveals fun and exciting techniques for capturing the best action photographs.

BetterPhoto brings together over 150,000 members from around the world for learning, fun, and community. The site offers over 100 courses on photography and Photoshop, taught by scores of published, professional photographers including Tony Sweet, Brenda Tharp, Jim Zuckerman, and Shutterbug editor George Schaub. Courses are offered every month. Sign up today to get your photos thoughtfully and promptly reviewed by professionals. The monthly BetterPhoto.com contest, considered the best on the web, brings in over 25,000 entries monthly, and awards winners in 10 categories.

About BetterPhoto.com

For more information, visit the BetterPhoto website at http://www.betterphoto.com.

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VueScan 9.0.85 Adds Support for Windows 8

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:36:22 +0000

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB UK) 11 March 2012

“We’ve had more than 1000 people test VueScan with Windows 8, and we’re happy to announce that VueScan fully supports the Intel version of Windows 8″ says Ed Hamrick, President of Hamrick Software.

“Many older scanners aren’t supported by the manufacturer on Windows 8, and VueScan makes it possible to keep using these scanners – with more features and better scan quality than the software that originally came with the scanner.”

VueScan 9.0.85 fully supports Windows 8 and is available today. The x32 version of VueScan works with all versions of Windows 8 and the x64 version of VueScan works with Windows 8 x64.

VueScan 9.0.85 is a free upgrade for all existing Professional Edition customers, and is a free upgrade for existing Standard Edition customers who purchased VueScan less than one year ago.

VueScan supports more than 1850 scanners, and is available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.

VueScan offers a full range of advanced features; including options for scanning faded slides and prints and automatically adjusting images to optimum color balance that reduces the need to manually do it in Photoshop. It includes built-in IT8 color calibration of scanners, producing colors that look true to life, batch scanning and other advanced and powerful scanning and productivity features, including PDF output.

VueScan is available in two editions, Standard Edition ($ 39.95 USD) and Professional Edition ($ 79.95).

The Professional Edition adds unlimited free upgrades, advanced IT8 color calibration and support for raw scan files. Multi-user licenses are available. A fully functional, trial copy of VueScan can be downloaded from:

http://www.hamrick.com/

Based in Phoenix, AZ, Hamrick Software was founded in 1991. Its first product was VuePrint, an easy to use JPEG viewer for Windows that for many years was the recommended image viewer for AOL and had more than 100,000 users. In 1998, the company released VueScan, a program with over 50 advanced features for scanning with flatbed and film scanners. VueScan has been downloaded more than 10 million times, and there are now more than 300,000 VueScan users all over the world.

For more information, contact:

Hamrick Software

4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Suite 70-F16

Phoenix, AZ 85048

http://www.hamrick.com

support (at) hamrick (dot) com

JessicaSprague.com Announces Partnership With Nancie Rowe Janitz

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:39:30 +0000

Apex, NC (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

World renowned online digital scrapbooking education website JessicaSprague.com is pleased to welcome Nancie Rowe Janitz to their team of exclusive designers. She will once again be offering her colorful and unique digital scrapbooking supplies to customers.

Nancie was a graphic designer for 15 years before taking time off to stay home with her daughter. In 2005 she started ScrapArtist.com where she designed and sold digital products while running the website until September, 2010. She is happiest when she is creating – whether it’s designing a scrapbook paper, creating a digital collage or cooking a favorite recipe. Nancie has a particular love for paint (collage and mixed media).

Nancie met Jessica Sprague back in 2009 at a digital scrapbooking convention where both were teaching. Nancie said of Jessica It was {her} generosity of spirit and her genuine love of what she does that really shined through and I am beyond thrilled to be a part of her website. Im looking forward to getting to know everyone at JessicaSprague.com – from the students and customers to the amazing designers that grace the shop!

According to Jessica Sprague, owner of JessicaSprague.com, Nancie Rowe Janitz is known for her colorful collage and art journaling style.

We are delighted to bring Nancies unique designs to JessicaSprague.com. The students in our Digital Art Journaling class have loved working with her and her products and our customers are sure to love what she will be offering in the shop.”

Customers can expect to find a variety of Nancies digital products arriving at JessicaSprague.com beginning on January 23rd, 2012. Some will be products that were previously available at ScrapArtist while others will be new and released exclusively at JessicaSprague.com.

In addition to designing digital products for JessicaSprague.com, Nancie is a paper designer for Fancy Pants and also creates greetings and photo albums for Smilebox. You can find also find her at nancierowejanitz.com, where she loves to create tutorials on digital art journaling, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

For digital scrapbooking online classes, digital printable scrapbooking supplies, and free tutorials, visit JessicaSprague.com.

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Pitoc Tricks with Griffith on ‘Canvas’

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:38:27 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 17, 2007

Indie Film Icon J.P. Pitoc (Trick, Six Feet Under, Species 3) has attached himself to play the lead in Chuck Griffith’s second feature film, “Shifting the Canvas”. Pitoc will play Leo, a fictional down-and-out painter in Brooklyn who falls in love with another man and gets caught up in Faustian deal with a Williamsburg kingpin.

“Canvas” will be a reprisal for Pitoc to play a gay role, but Director Chuck Griffith, 31, cautions the Perez Hiltons of the world to not get out the white Photoshop-chalk just yet, “I’ve worked with J.P. in a ‘straight’ role in ‘Thank You, Good Night’ and I assure you he’s quite the lothario with the women, but he’s so versatile as an actor. We’re excited to have him on-board. We want to elevate the genre of gay-themed films to an artful level. I personally cannot wait to hear him say these words [in the script].” J.P. Pitoc also played in a recurring role opposite Lauren Ambrose in HBO’s hit series, “Six Feet Under”.

In 2000, Pitoc was in the uber-successful gay-themed film, “Trick”. He played opposite Christian Campbell and Tori Spelling. The film was released by Fine Line Features, a Time Warner Company, and had global theatrical distribution.

“In a lot of ways, ‘Trick’ ushered a type of film for the gay community that wasn’t laden with drugs and lamentations of diseases. I think that’s important. ‘Shifting the Canvas’ is a film that speaks universally to all people with a sort of soul that transcends the gay identity,” says Griffith who worked on the script for nearly five years.

With Producer Robert Zimmer, Griffith is determined to create a very artistic and entertaining endeavor. Griffith’s website, chuckgriffith.com, suggests the palette for “Canvas” will be inspired by paintings of Ed Hopper and films from Peter Greenaway and Jean-Luc Godard. This will be the second production that Griffith and Zimmer will be working together on. Their first feature was “Thank You, Good Night” in 2001, which went on to win accolades at several film festivals in 2002.

“Too many gay-themed films seek to add a drag queen, whiny characters, shoddy direction, and lots of inside jokes. This film ['Shifting the Canvas'] will hardly be paint-by-numbers,” Griffith affirmed.

Roaring Leo Productions, who released TYGN on DVD and OnDemand last year with the help of Customfilx and Amazon.com, will be combining forces with Zimmer’s production shingle, Deeper Magic Communications, to produce the project. The team is currently in talks with several distributors. Principle photography is set for this September. It will be shot in parts of the same Williamsburg/Brooklyn neighborhood where Martin Scorsese shot “The Departed”.

“Thank You, Good Night” is a feature film available on DVD. The all-star cast includes Christian Campbell (Trick, Refer Madness), J.P. Pitoc (Trick, Six Feet Under), Nicole Eggert (Baywatch, Blown Away), Golden Globe Winner Sally Kirkland (Anna, JFK), and Mark Hamill (Star Wars).

Chuck Griffith is now writing a claustrophobic New York tale called “Crowded Spaces”, which he hopes will be his next feature after “Canvas”. He resides in New York City.

J.P. Pitoc (John-Paul) is represented by Don Buchwald and Associates. He resides in Los Angeles.

Robert Zimmer, Jr. is an award winning writer and producer who has completed production for the Asian-American dramatic feature, “Half-Life”. “Shifting the Canvas” will be his third independent feature film to serve as producer. His production company is Deeper Magic Communications.

Filmmaker Louis Peterson will serve as an executive producer. He directed “In the Blood”, a gay-themed thriller that will premiere soon on Viacom’s gay and lesbian cable network, LOGO.

Actor and Producer Eddie Singletary will serve as an associate producer to “Canvas”. He served as a associate producer for the indie feature, “Palo Alto” starring Ben Savage. “Palo Alto” is premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Roaring Leo Productions, Inc. is a production and distribution company of fine cinema based in New York City.

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Adorama Launches ‘Workshops@Adorama’ Featuring World-renowned Photographers

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:36:11 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 2, 2006

Adorama Camera, Inc. today announces Workshops@Adorama, an exclusive new series of intensive live courses in all areas of photography. The Workshops, which will begin in January, will be held evenings and Sundays in newly built classrooms on the 5th floor of the Adorama Building in the heart of the Photo District. World-class instructors who are famous photographers, photo educators, and industry professionals will teach the Workshops.

Wide Range of Workshop Topics

“Whether you’re a beginner who wants to understand what all the buttons on your digital camera are for, an assistant looking for ways to give your career a boost, or a pro shooter who wants to hone your skills, build your business and increase profits, we will have workshops for you,” says Monica Cipnic, Program Director, Workshops@Adorama.

The tentative listing of classes includes such diverse, intensive subjects as:

Digital Camera ABC’s

Unlocking Photoshop’s Power Tools

Intensive Studio Lighting Workshops

Location Photography

Building Your Wedding and Stock Photo Business

World-Class Instructors

The instructors will include (as of today) Bryan Peterson, Eric Meola, Jack Reznicki, Jeff Wignall, Steve Sint, Lou Manna, Steven Hirsch, Jean Miele, Arlene Collins, Toby Old, Gina-Alyse Lengyel, Phil Ryan, Maria Ferrari, Lou Jawitz, Bob Carey, Tod Bryant, and Jill Waterman, with more soon to be added.

As an added bonus, Workshop attendees will receive special incentives and coupons, redeemable at the Adorama Retail Store at 42 West 18th Street in Manhattan, or the Adorama web site, http://www.adorama.com.

Adorama is hard at work finalizing the Workshops schedule for Winter 2007,

and we are anticipating online registration will be available very soon. In the meantime, people interested in attending Workshops@Adorama can log onto http://www.adorama.com/workshops and join the Workshops@Adorama email list. People who are on the Workshops email list will be the first to be notified when the schedule of courses and online registration go live.

Adorama Camera, Inc. has built a solid reputation as an honest, reliable source of photo and imaging supplies, and is the retailer of choice for many of the world’s top photographers. “We are excited to be able to offer such a high caliber of instructors and variety of classes,” notes Jerry Deutsch, Director of Marketing, Adorama, ” The Workshops@Adorama is the latest project in our ongoing commitment in support of the photography community.”

Contacts:

Jerry Deutsch

jerryd @ adorama.com

Monica Cipnic

mcipnic @ rcn.com

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WebsiteHowtoMake.com Offers Website Creation Video Tutorials for Webmasters with No Prior Computer Graphics Knowledge

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:36:48 +0000

(PRWEB) January 30, 2012

WebsiteHowtoMake.com owner Stanislav Kaliyev explains how Joomla webmasters can create and modify website design with no familiarity or experience with CSS, Photoshop, HTML and Illustrator. Through video tutorials, Kaliyev shows webmasters how to go about creating a website and changing its design. He believes that Any Joomla webmaster can change the design of a website anytime with just a few clicks!

Identifying the right template for the website is the webmasters first task. A Joomla webmaster can install a readily-available template to get started with the web design process. Once this is done, the video tutorials from WebsiteHowtoMake.com take webmasters through how to make websites, launch them and maintain their sites successfully.

A template comprises all the necessary files, such as images, XHTML markup files, CSS styles, etc, that together make up the website design. The Joomla platform allows webmasters to assign different designs to different sections of a website. They can easily have exclusive designs for each section of the website i.e. the Product Catalogue , Special Offers or Investor Relations, etc.

The good news is that web design agencies create a number of templates and offer them readily online. Webmasters neednt invest thousands of dollars for a custom web design when there is such an extensive choice in custom web design online. WebsiteHowtoMake.com offers webmasters information about websites providing free and commercial Joomla templates.

This is a list of sites offering webmasters quality Joomla templates. Of course, not all templates are free; but these high-end, professional designed templates are worth the money.

Comprehensive Building Websites with WordPress Tutorial – From InfiniteSkills

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:36:34 +0000

(PRWEB) February 04, 2012

Software training developer InfiniteSkills has announced the availability of its Building Websites with WordPress Tutorial Video course. Featuring 114 individual lessons, the training series moves through planning, wireframing in Illustrator, slicing page elements in Photoshop and full installation and configuration of WordPress 3.3 on a server. The tutorial has been developed as a comprehensive combination of graphic design and web development training that viewers can implement in WordPress websites for themselves and professional clients.

“This is definitely our most unique training course to date,” said Colin Boyd, sales director at InfiniteSkills. “It covers all aspects of design and development, using multiple programs and technologies to demonstrate a real professional workflow.”

Building Websites with WordPress Tutorial Videos – DVD Training

The WordPress development tutorial is broken down into separate chapters based on each major stage of design and development. WordPress course instructor Geoff Blake begins with a guide to site planning and wireframing techniques, covering key design principles and showing how to work with Adobe Illustrator as a web layout tool. After putting a basic mockup in place, the tutorials show how to move into a site’s fonts, colors, logo and principle design elements. Within Adobe Photoshop, these components are finished and then sliced as needed for proper placement on the page.

Next the course moves into the installation and configuration of WordPress on a local machine for development and testing. The WordPress training shows how to install and configure MySQL, XAMPP and MAMP for a functional installation that lets the user create and test builds before going live. Instructor Blake goes through the WP front-end and back-end and shows how to create a completely custom WordPress theme based on the previous wireframes. He then goes through individual blog and newsfeed design, page design and the creation of a functional frontpage slideshow, sidebar and footer.

Finally, the WordPress tutorials conclude with a detailed chapter on uploading the fully themed WordPress site to a live web server for launch. The resulting project website at the heart of the training is then fully accessible to visitors, and ready for regular updates and posts from even non-technical users.

“Geoff has a unique talent for taking the entire process and putting it into steps that any user can understand,” said Chris Johns, content specialist for InfiniteSkills. “He’s even able to go into more technical aspects of PHP and CSS that will help WordPress builders really get the most from their sites.”

In addition to the Building Websites with WordPress Tutorial Video for InfiniteSkills, Geoff Blake has authored over 30 other video training courses on development and design topics. He has worked professionally as a designer in print and web-based industries.

The complete Building Websites with WordPress Tutorial Video Course retails for USD $ 99.95, and it can be ordered on DVD-ROM or as a direct download from the InfiniteSKills website. Both versions are Windows and Mac compatible and include working files that match the project examples in the course. Further information and free WordPress tutorial demos can be found on the training page.

http://www.infiniteskills.com/training/building-websites-with-wordpress.html

About InfiniteSkills Inc

InfiniteSkills is a leading provider of video training on popular software, programming languages and technical skills featuring the best teachers and tutors in the world. In addition to training on DVD-ROM, the company has actively pushed to publish its tutorials to eLearning and mobile app formats.

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JessicaSprague.com Announces Partnership with Jenni Bowlin Studio

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:43:00 +0000

Apex, NC (PRWEB) February 07, 2012

Leading internet digital scrapbooking education website JessicaSprague.com is pleased to add Jenni Bowlin Studio to their team of exclusive designers who offer digital scrapbooking supplies to customers.

Everything Jenni Bowlin creates has a vintage edge and a general re-invention theme. A published designer, Jennis work has landed on the pages of Creating Keepsakes, Autumn Leaves Publications, Family Circle, Country Living, Southern Living and Mary Engelbreit Home Companion. Jenni is also an accomplished teacher, having been a featured teacher at stores and conventions across the globe and internet. She is also the owner of JBSMercantile.com, a web-based company offering monthly papercrafting kits, general crafting projects along with vintage ephemera and other vintage products, and jewelry.

Jessica Sprague, owner of JessicaSprague.com, has been a long time follower of Jenni Bowlins work.

We are thrilled to have Jenni Bowlin join us at JessicaSprague.com. I’ve admired her gorgeous vintagey style for years in the paper world, and I am so looking forward to sharing that with our customers.”

Betsy Sammarco, speaking for Jenni Bowlin Studio, agrees that entering the digital market was a natural choice. The digital scrapbooking market is becoming more and more integrated into mainstream scrapbooking. Jenni Bowlin Studio wanted to offer Jennis unique fresh vintage designs in a digital format to allow for even greater creative exploration with our products.

Choosing to partner with JessicaSprague.com was a simple choice for JBS. Developing a digital presence was a natural progression in the maturation of our company, and partnering with a respected digital company, like JessicaSprague.com, was an easy decision when we considered the artists currently associated with the website, and the community Jessica Sprague has successfully developed. We are thrilled to become part of the JessicaSprague.com family!

Customers can expect to find paper packs, element packs, and the gorgeous journaling cards and BINGO cards developed from previous paper collections. Jenni Bowlin Studios digital shop at JessicaSprague.com is now open.

For more information about Jenni Bowlin Studio, see http://www.jbsmercantile.com/. For digital scrapbooking online classes, digital printable scrapbooking supplies, and free tutorials, visit JessicaSprague.com.

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The Art of Poster Design Class Coming to JessicaSprague.com in February 2012

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:36:11 +0000

Apex, NC (PRWEB) February 10, 2012 (PRWEB) February 10, 2012

Considered until recently to be mostly an advertising tool, the poster has become an art form in its own right in home decor, gifts, and commercial work. For the first time ever, Jessica Sprague will be teaching students the art and design techniques behind creating posters and flyers that create a big, bold statement.

Renowned online digital scrapbooking website JessicaSprague.com is currently registering for the new Art of Poster Design class that will begin Monday, February 13th, 2012. The class will feature Jessicas signature teaching style which includes step by step video education, PDF instructions, a private class message board, and all digital supplies will be provided, including a downloadable sample and source kit.

During the four week course, participants will learn to manipulate photos, blend elements together, extract items, add texture and brushwork, and more. In addition, students will be taught to develop color schemes that work, create dynamic and eye-catching type effects, create files for both digital and four-color presses, and navigate the ins and outs of copyright for commercial posters.

Jessica Sprague has been teaching others to use their computers and Photoshop to create unique artwork and scrapbook layouts since creating JessicaSprague.com in 2006.

Participants may register for The Art of Poster Design class by visiting goo.gl/EAatj. The class will be available for 20% off through Sunday night, February 12th, 2012. A copy of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop will be required to complete the lessons. Trial versions of both programs can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com. Intermediate skill level of Photoshop or Elements is recommended for all participants.

For digital scrapbooking online classes, digital printable scrapbooking supplies, and free tutorials, visit http://www.jessicasprague.com.

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Seim Effects Announces Complete Photo Tools Updates for Adobe

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:36:56 +0000

Soap Lake, WA (PRWEB) March 28, 2012

Seim Effects Photo Tools announces today complete updates for its collection of Adobe

Even Beginners Can Learn to Use Photoshop in Minutes Using Interactive Video Tutorials

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:38:55 +0000

(PRWEB) November 3, 2006

Learn Photoshop Now has recently launched a new web site, http://www.learnphotoshopnow.com.

Even beginners can learn to use Photoshop in minutes using interactive video tutorials.

This immense program can be overwhelming and frustrating for new graphic artists and photographers just starting out, but it doesn’t have to be. By breaking the elements down into manageable chunks even newbie users will start to feel more comfortable experimenting in Photoshop.

Anyone who has ever tried to learn Photoshop from an 8-inch thick manual knows that it can be overwhelming. Most, not knowing where to start, usually give up and move to a simpler but less effective application. According to David Peters of http://www.learnphotoshopnow.com it doesn’t have to be this way. The mistake many newbie Photoshop users make is that they try to learn everything about Photoshop from a manual or book as opposed to learning by doing specific tasks.

Many simple Photoshop tutorials can be done in as little as 4-5 steps, but the experience gained can easily give the user the tools for hundreds of other projects. Beginners should start with simple projects that are relevant to their immediate needs. Examples might include projects like resizing images, removing red eye, adding drop shadows and working with layers.

For more information on learning Photoshop visit

http://www.learnphotoshopnow.com.

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Comprehensive Video Course Helps Users Harness Power of Adobe Photoshop

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:37:58 +0000

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) July 25, 2007

Award-winning Photoshop expert and trainer Mark Monciardini today announced the long-awaited release of Photoshop Top Secret, a comprehensive home-study course designed to teach users how to create brilliant graphics, special effects, and digital paintings using Adobe Photoshop.

Course producer Monciardini describes Photoshop Top Secret as “an extreme training course.” The step-by-step instruction provided by Monciardini and co-trainer Melanie Stimmell shows even novice Photoshop users how to create advanced, high-level graphics. According to Monciardini, “Photoshop Top Secret is unlike any video tutorial out there. Almost two years of research and development have gone into the course, resulting in a cutting-edge training experience designed to push users’ graphic-design capabilities to the max.”

Stimmell, the presenter of the sections on digital painting and vector art, agrees: “I’m excited to be a part of Top Secret. Users have waited over a year for this tutorial, and now they’ll see that Photoshop Top Secret is well worth the wait. Photoshop is an amazingly powerful program, and our course shows users how to tap into that power.”

Photoshop Top Secret includes four DVDs containing 16 gigabytes (over 20 hours) of video tutorials and project files, along with a full-color gallery book that displays the final image created in each project. The course is directed toward users who work in Photoshop versions 7.0, CS, CS2 and CS3, and covered topics include:

Surreal, fantasy, sci-fi and pop art

Digital Painting and vector art

Unreal masking

Body alterations

Smoke and fog

Text effects

Shortcuts

Little-known secrets

Movie poster design

Competition graphics

Underwater effects

Dream worlds

Mark Monciardini is internationally recognized as one of Wacom’s Top 40 Photoshop Experts. His digital image, “The View Finders,” won a Worth1000 Grand Jury Award, and he has been a contender for the International Photoshop Hall of Fame Award. Mark has contributed to dozens of Photoshop publications and courses, and also shares his tips and tricks with users via his website (http://www.designsbymark.com), which has received 75,000 visitors each month since 1998.

Melanie Stimmell is an award-winning artist who creates in oils and soft pastels as well as digital media. Her work has been featured at cultural events around the world, and her street paintings have won numerous awards at festivals in Italy and Germany. Before returning to her roots in traditional art, Melanie worked in the entertainment industry, where she was part of the creative team behind the feature film and television series South Park. Melanie’s website is http://www.melaniestimmell.com.

For more information on Photoshop Top Secret, visit http://www.photoshoptopsecret.com

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Digital Darkroom Guru Reviews Adobe Photoshop CS3 for AIRC

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:36:06 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 31, 2007

Earlier this year, Adobe Photoshop CS3 was announced as a significant upgrade to the industry standard image editing software. But is it worth upgrading from previous versions? And if a photographer has never bought Adobe Photoshop before, is now the time? These questions and more are addressed by image editing master Diane Miller in her review of Adobe Photoshop CS3 (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?article=073007&op=academy_new), published today by the AIRC (Adorama Imaging Resource Center).

“Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a very significant upgrade,” notes Miller. “Its file manager, Bridge, has been overhauled, there have been major improvements to its Camera Raw feature, and there are some amazing new tools in the image-editing program itself.”

Miller walks users through key new features, such as the Quick Selection Tool, Smart Filters, and Black and White.

“Many professional photographers and serious hobbyists currently using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and earlier are basing their decisions to upgrade to CS3 on reviews such as Diane’s,” notes AIRC editor Mason Resnick. “In addition to the cost of the software, photographers must budget the time to learn its new tricks any other changes in the user interface. Our goal in publishing this article is to help photographers make a buying and using decision based the advice of those already using the program. Diane Miller’s a power Photoshop user, and speaks from vast experience.”

Online photo magazine at a retail site?

AIRC – Adorama Imaging Resource Center (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy) is the choice destination for photographers at all levels of experience who want to improve their picture-taking and image-editing skills. AIRC has over 250 how-to photography articles, buying guides and picture-selling advice, as well as daily breaking news about the photography industry, written by a team of top photography experts.

Why would Adorama, a well-respected New York-based camera retailer, publish what is essentially an online photo magazine? Resnick says, “we believe the more information and knowledge we can provide, the more people will trust Adorama both as a reliable information source and as a place where they can feel comfortable buying their photographic gear.”

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Step by Step Tutorials Help Users Master The Basics Of Adobe Photoshop

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:36:05 +0000

(PRWEB) January 27, 2007

The new site at http://www.forphotoshop.com is designed to give Photoshop beginners the chance to learn Photoshop within minutes, by using Interactive video tutorials, which will help them achieve the basics and advanced techniques in Photoshop.

According to Peter Davidson, of http://www.forphotoshop.com ForPhotoshop provides you with the correct resources, strategies, and articles, for you to succeed in mastering Photoshop.

This amazing program can be overpowering and exasperating for new graphic artists and photographers just starting out, but it doesn’t have to be.

The main mistake many newbie Photoshop users make is that they try to learn everything about Photoshop from a manual or book, which as we all know can be a task in it’s self, as opposed to learning by doing specific tasks.

That is why Peter Davidson recommends interactive tutorials for learning Photoshop. This is because the user will learn instantly from the video tutorials, and if they have any problems, they can just replay the videos until they understand.

By learning from tutorials it allows the persons knowledge of Photoshop to grow over time, and become easier.

There are Four main sections on http://www.forphotoshop.com website which can help to find any Photoshop information you need. These include:

Online Video Tutorials:

This is where you will find all the latest online Photoshop tutorials which is constantly being updated with new tutorials everyday.

Articles:

Visitors to the Photoshop article section will find all the latest information, tips and resource about Photoshop.

Ezine Newsletter:

http://www.forphotoshop.com ezine ensures subscribers receive timely updates on Photoshop, and monthly Photoshop video tutorial offers.

Photoshop Blog:

This is updated most days giving you all the very latest Photoshop news, tips and tutorials.

ForPhotoshop is very committed to helping you understand and learn the basic’s of Photoshop. For more information on learning Photoshop visit: http://www.forphotoshop.com

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Online Registration Now Open for May 2007 Workshops@Adorama

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:35:57 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 24, 2007

Adorama Camera, Inc. (http://www.adorama.com), one of New York’s top photographic retailers, has announced online registration for its ongoing series of photography workshops is now open for May.

May 2007 Workshops include:

ABC’s of Digital Photography and Digital SLRs with instructor Steven Hirsch
Light, Geometry, Moment with instructor Tod Bryant
Power Presenting: Create Distinctive Photographic Portfolios and Promotional
Materials Fine-Tuned for the New York Market with instructor Gina Alyse Lengyel

Shooting for eBay: Increase Your Sales with instructors Louis and Kitty Jawitz

Designed for professionals, enthusiasts, and advanced amateurs, the Workshops take place on Sundays and weekday evenings at Adorama’s retail location, in newly-built classrooms that give students great opportunities to learn from the best instructors in limited class-size settings. “Our Workshops are taught by a team of well-known photographers, digital processing gurus, color experts, and top photographic industry pros,” notes Monica Cipnic, program director of Workshops@Adorama.

With the Digital Basics Workshop You Can Take Control

Newcomers to Digital SLR photography have lots of questions, and the ABC’s of Digital Photography and Digital SLRs, taught by photojournalist and photography teacher Steven Hirsch, is the place where these questions can be answered. The all-day workshop (Sunday May 6, 2007, 10AM-5PM; course fee: $ 125) offers an overview of the entire digital process, from shooting to using Adobe Photoshop, as well as image acquisition and management (also known as ‘workflow’). This course is designed for beginners and advanced beginners.

(http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_ABCsDigital2)

Creative Development Workshop Helps You Hone Your Photographic Vision

Designed for advanced beginners and intermediate photographers who are ready to grow visually, Light, Geometry, Moment aims to build participants’ creative photographic vision. Instructor Tod Bryant, a freelance photographer whose clients include AT&T, Xerox, and other blue-chip companies, will guide students to explore both the technical and aesthetic ingredients for successful personal images. There will be assignments, discussions and critiques during this four-week workshop (Tuesdays May 8, 15 & 29, and Monday May 21, 2007, 6:30-8:30PM; workshop fee: $ 150).

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_LightGeoMomt2

Workshop Series Teaches You to Dress Your Portfolios for Success!

A dynamite portfolio is an absolute necessity for a photographer to succeed in New York and other competitive markets.Model-turned-photographer’s agency director and producer, Gina Alyse Lengyel’s four-week course, Power Presenting: Create Distinctive Photographic Portfolios and Promotional Materials Fine-Tuned for the New York Market, will give you the tools and insights you must have to get the attention of art directors and creatives. This is an invaluable workshop for turning your photography career into a successful business. (Wednesdays, May 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2007, 6:30-8:30PM; workshop fee: $ 175.)

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_PowerPresenting

Everybody Needs to Take Better eBay Photos!

Studies show that high-quality photos increase sales of all items on eBay. Power eBay selling team Lou and Kitty Jawitz will share their experience in making any item for sale on eBay look great during their workshop, Shooting for eBay: Increase Your Sales (Thursday, May 17, 6:30-8:30PM; workshop fee: $ 49.95). In addition to being a successful eBay seller, Lou Jawitz is a veteran advertising, editorial, stock, and travel photographer. The advice given at this workshop will help anyone with a camera improve the saleability of their eBay shots.

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_ShootingforeBay2

All classes will take place in the new fifth-floor classrooms at the Adorama Building, 42 West 18th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues in New York City.

If you have any questions or need assistance in registering, please contact Carl Nilson Monday-Thursday, from 9AM-6PM by email at: carln @ adorama.com or by phone at: 212-741-0401 ext 2216.

Workshops@Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/workshops) are part of Adorama’s ongoing efforts to provide the photographic community with educational and practical information. Adorama also offers free online photography how-to articles and in-depth information about gear as well as daily-updated photo industry news reports at the AIRC (Adorama Imaging Resource Center; http://www.adorama.com/AIRC).

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Adorama Offers Free Mini-Site Devoted to Image-Editing Techniques

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:37:13 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 22, 2007

Adorama Camera, Inc. today debuted the AIRC Digital Darkroom (http://web1.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?article=082007&op=academy_new), a mini-site devoted to image editing and Adobe Photoshop techniques. Consisting of dozens of free, informative, in-depth articles, the Digital Darkroom is part of the Adorama Imaging Resource Center (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=academy), an online photo and imaging magazine offered free to the photographic community by Adorama.

Featured in Digital Darkroom are in-depth Adobe Photoshop tips for advanced users by Adorama’s resident Photoshop guru, Diane Miller. For readers who are just getting started, there are articles about setting up digital workstations, which peripherals will help make image editing easier, and various tips and tricks to get professional results. There are also several articles written for photographers who are in both the digital and film worlds, including scanning advice and how to make digital images look like they were shot on film.

“Digital Darkroom represents over four years’ with of articles by our world-class team of imaging experts,” notes AIRC editor Mason Resnick. “There is a treasure trove of both timeless and up-to-date information and tips here. Many of our tips will save photographers valuable time and will give them the tools they need to bring their creative vision to life.”

Online photo magazine at a retail site?

AIRC – Adorama Imaging Resource Center is the choice destination for photographers at all levels of experience who want to improve their picture-taking and image-editing skills. AIRC has over 275 how-to photography articles, buying guides and picture-selling advice, as well as daily breaking news about the photography industry, written by a team of top photography experts.

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Collaborative Prototyping with ProtoShare Business Edition Now Available for Mobile Apps

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:37:48 +0000

Portland, OR (PRWEB) April 10, 2012

Site9, Inc., developer of ProtoShare, the first tool to wed collaboration with wireframing and prototyping, today announced new mobile prototyping capabilities for the ProtoShare Business Edition with the release of ProtoShare 6.2. The latest version includes a number of new features specifically designed to help website and web app UX, design and development teams create prototypes for all popular mobile device platforms. The ProtoShare 6.2 release further extends the capabilities of ProtoShare 6, announced in January, which includes a significantly enhanced collaboration engine and workflows that support team communication and better decision-making throughout the lifecycle of a design project, from initial concept to coding.

The ProtoShare Business Edition now includes pre-configured mobile screen guides for popular mobile devices in both portrait and landscape views. The new View-on-Device feature enables users to view and test prototypes directly on their iPhone, iPad, Android or other mobile device. New 2D and 3D animated transitions simulate native applications with greater fidelity. ProtoShare Business Edition will also provide access to a library of pre-built mobile stencils.

“Additional mobile support has been our number one customer request, said Andrew Mottaz, founder, president and CTO of Site9/ProtoShare. Quickly prototyping, testing on the device, and seeing your updates and changes immediately on the device make rapid iteration of mobile prototypes incredibly easy. Were excited to see what our customers will do with this new functionality.

Other updates in ProtoShare 6.2 for both the Business and Professional Edition products include improved support for creating clickable mockups using images created in Photoshop, Visio or any other program that creates web-ready images. This release also adds support for creating scrollable regions and panels, additional use of states for creating dynamic interactions and more.

For more information about the latest ProtoShare release, please visit: http://www.protoshare.com or contact the Sales Department at sales(at)protoshare(dot)com.

About ProtoShare

ProtoShare is a web-based, collaborative wireframing and prototyping tool for websites, web applications, and mobile apps. It hosts a WYSIWYG drag-and-drop interface, as well as advanced components users can customize. ProtoShare is not a Flash tool; it uses HTML, CSS, and Javascript. For more information about ProtoShare, visit protoshare.com.

About Site9, Inc.

Founded in 1999, Site9, Inc. is the developer of ProtoShare, recognized in 2009 by O’Reilly Media as a “Top 50 Usable RIA.” Fortune 500 companies, leading interactive agencies, and web developers in over 84 countries around the world use ProtoShare wireframe software to deliver better digital experiences while cutting time and costs.

First Point Photography School achieve status as a City and Guilds Accredited Centre

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:38:01 +0000

(PRWEB UK) 18 April 2012

First Point Photography (FPP) school in Bournemouth, Dorset UK has successfully achieved the status of becoming a City and Guilds Accredited training centre. City and Guilds Institute is a respected vocational certification establishment that offers accreditation to many types of vocational training institutions in the UK and in other countries around the world.

First Point Photography offer various courses ranging from 2 to 10 days in Wedding and Portrait photography. All the courses come with a City and Guilds accredited workshop diploma, with the advanced 10 day Wedding and Portrait course also including a City and Guilds Level 3 award in Photo Image Capture.

First Point Photography has two fully equipped studios for students to use, as well as a seminar room and computer facilities. All the courses are restricted to six students with three full time members of teaching staff.

The courses cover all elements of Wedding and Portrait photography, including all studio equipment, how to use a light meter, camera flash units both on and off the camera, working with models in the studio and on location, image manipulation using Photoshop, as well as the day to day business practices of a working studio.

First Point Photography offers both residential and non residential courses. Residential courses include accommodations at a nearby hotel and three meals a day. Non residential courses offer lunch and refreshments each day. Courses are run throughout the year with two to three start dates per month.

First Point Photography are the only photography workshop provider that is ELCAS approved (approved resettlement trainer for the armed services) as well as a preferred supplier by the Career Transition Partnership (CTP).

For further information contact:

First Point Photography Ltd

1064 Christchurch Rd

Bournemouth

Dorset

BH7 6DS

Phone: 01202 419808

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New eBooklets at Scrap Girls Walk You Through Digital Scrapbooking Projects From Start to Finish

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:36:44 +0000

West Jordan, UT (PRWEB) July 26, 2007

Learn to scrapbook digitally with Scrap Girls Start to Finish eBooklets. Step by step written guidelines and detailed screenshots teach digital scrapbooking skills. Included with the eBooklets are the digital graphic files needed to complete the project.

Many beginning digital scrapbookers feel frustrated by their inability to learning materials that not only focus on a single project, are accompanied by the materials required to make the exact project being demonstrated. They don’t feel quite ready to apply the knowledge they are learning without doing exactly what they are being shown.

This problem was discovered one afternoon when Mandy Steward, one of three partners on Scrap Girls Management Team, tried to teach her mother how to make a digitally created greeting card. Mandy quickly learned that the process was far more difficult for her inexperienced mother than she would have imagined. “I was amazed by the questions my mom asked,” Mandy said. “She needed more help than I realized was necessary. When you’re saturated in this industry, you tend to assume that everyone knows how to complete minor steps. You also believe that beginners understand insider software and scrapbooking terms.”

Mandy’s mom envisioned a digital scrapbooking package that included step-by-step, detailed instructions for creating a greeting card from Start to Finish. She suggested to her daughter how helpful it would be if this package included the product she needed and if she was told exactly what to do with it. As a result, Scrap Girls Start to Finish eBooklets were born.

As the first eBooklets were written Mandy’s Mom became a pivotal part of the editing process. She tested them and gave feed back to the Scrap Girls editorial team about what languages she didn’t understand and what steps she felt she needed so that she could successfully complete the demonstrated project.

The line quickly expanded from digital greeting cards to eBooklets that teach how to create digital scrapbooking layouts and how to create digital scrapbooking supplies from start to finish. The line currently includes eBooklets for Adobe’s Photoshop and Photoshop Elements software, but will expand in the future to include Corel’s Paint Shop Pro as well.

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Workshops@Adorama Fall Registration Now Open

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:38:01 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 9, 2007

Adorama Camera, Inc. (http://www.adorama.com), one of New York’s top photo retailers, has just opened registration for the Fall 2007 session at Workshops@Adorama

(http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List).

Started in February 2007, Workshops@Adorama consists of a wide range of hands-on picture-taking classes for snapshooters and enthusiasts, business and technical advice for professional and aspiring photographers, and inspiring presentations by some of the biggest names in the photography world.

The Fall 2007 session kicks off with a one-two punch; a daylong Master Session with legendary photographer, author and teacher Bryan Peterson on Sunday, September 9, followed the next evening by a special inspiring event,

co-sponsored by Nikon, with well-known travel photographer and writer Bob Krist. In addition to over 9 new courses, 14 Workshops are being repeated thanks to popular demand.

“We’re thrilled at the response to the Winter, Spring and Summer courses,” notes Monica Cipnic, program director for Workshops@Adorama. “Many of our Workshops sold out early, and in some cases there are waiting lists for repeat classes. It is amazing when you consider we only started the Workshops@Adorama program seven months ago, and shows us that there is

a need in the photographic community for continuing education with top-tier instructors.”

“There will be even more innovative, exciting and educational Workshops this Fall and beyond,” Cipnic adds, “By offering these Workshops, Adorama is serving the photographic community in ways that go beyond the traditional role of a photo retailer.”

In addition to the kickoff events, key Workshops include a panel discussion

with top photographers’ reps on the business of photography, walking tours

of lower Manhattan in the fall and New York during the holidays, as well as leaf peeping in Central Park, a Lighting Boot Camp, and numerous Adobe Photoshop hands-on Workshops.

Here is a complete current listing of the Fall 2007 Workshops; more Workshops, Seminars and Special Events are expected to be added in the coming weeks. Attendees can go to http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List for details, the most up-to-date listings, and to register.

September 2007

Master Session: Understanding Exposure and Learning to See Creatively
Instructor: Bryan Peterson

Schedule: Sunday, September 9, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 150.00

Travel Photography: Beyond Being There
Instructor: Arlene Collins

Schedule: Sundays, September 9 and 23, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 175.00

Special Event Sponsored by Adorama and Nikon?Behind the Scenes: Real Life Misadventures of a Travel Photographer
Instructor: Bob Krist

Schedule: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:30 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 25.00

Adobe Photoshop: Beginner’s Level Tips and Tricks for Basic Image Improvement
Instructor: Tina Williams

Schedule: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:00 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 75.00

Color Management: What is It and How to Use It to Get Better Prints
Instructor: Maria Ferrari

Schedule: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 75.00

ABC’s of Digital Photography and Digital SLRs
Instructor: Steven Hirsch

Schedule: Sunday, September 23, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 125.00

The Business of Photography: A Panel Discussion with Top Industry Photographers’ Reps
Instructor: Louisa Curtis

Schedule: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:30 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 25.00

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October 2007

The Working Photojournalist
Instructor: Louis Lanzano

Schedule: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:00 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 125.00

Photowalking Workshop in Lower Manhattan with Joe DiMaggio
Instructor: Joe DiMaggio

Schedule: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:00AM – 6:00PM

Price: $ 180.00

Photographing Fall Foliage in New York City’s Central Park
Instructor: Allen Rokach

Schedule: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM and Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 175.00

Digital Food Photography: Creating Delectable Images
Instructor: Lou Manna

Schedule: Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 250.00

Light, Geometry, Moment
Instructor: Tod Bryant

Schedule: Tuesdays, October 23, 30 and November 6 and 13, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 150.00

Power Presenting: Create Distinctive Photographic Portfolios and Promotional Materials Fine-Tuned ?for the New York Market
Instructor: Gina Alyse Lengyel

Schedule: Wednesday, Oct. 24 and Tuesday, Oct. 30, and Wednesdays November 7 and 14, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 175.00

Adobe Photoshop: Layers and Layer Masks Made Simple
Instructor: Maria Ferrari

Schedule: Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 75.00

Developing Your Digital Documentary Project
Instructor: Steve Simon

Schedule: Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 150.00

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November 2007

Color Correction: Getting it Right with Adobe Photoshop
Instructor: Maria Ferrari

Schedule: Thursday, November 1, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 75.00

Strategies to Get Grants for Your Photographic Project
Instructor: David H. Wells

Schedule: Thursday, November 1, 2007 6:00 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 75.00

Overcoming Fear of Flash: Lighting Boot Camp
Instructor: Arlene Collins

Schedule: Sundays, November 4 and 11, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 250.00 [includes model fees]

A Digital SLR Field Assignment Shoot and Critique: The New York City Marathon and Central Park
Instructor: George Schaub

Schedule: Sunday, November 4, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM and Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:00 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 175.00

Adobe Photoshop: Understanding Layers and Masks
Instructor: Jean Miele

Schedule: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 150.00

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December 2007

ABCs of Digital Photography and Digital SLRs
Instructor: Steven Hirsch

Schedule: Sunday, December 2, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 125.00

Photographing New York City During the Holidays: A Photowalking Workshop with Joe DiMaggio
Instructor: Joe DiMaggio

Schedule: Sunday, December 2, 2007 9:00AM – 7:00PM

Price: $ 150.00

Photoshop in Black & White: The Next Step
Instructor: Jean Miele

Schedule: Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 150.00

All classes will take place in the fifth-floor multi-media classrooms at the Adorama Building, 42 West 18th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues in New York City, unless otherwise indicated.

If customers have any questions or need assistance in registering, they can contact:

Carl Nilson Monday-Thursday, from 9AM-6PM by email at: carln(at)adorama.com or by phone at: 212-741-0401 ext 2216.

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Travel Double-Header Part of Super September Workshops@Adorama Course Selection

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:35:54 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 29, 2007

It’s going to be an exciting September as Adorama Camera, Inc. (http://www.adorama.com), one of New York’s top photo retailers, kicks off its fall semester of Workshops@Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List). Started in February 2007, Workshops@Adorama consists of a wide range of hands-on picture-taking sessions for snapshooters and enthusiasts, business and technical advice for professional and aspiring photographers, and inspiring presentations by some of the biggest names in the photography world.

September starts off with a bang. World-famous photography teacher Bryan Peterson will be teaching Master Session: Understanding Exposure and Learning to See Creatively on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 10:00AM-5:00PM. Peterson is famous for his compelling presentations and practical advice on developing your vision.

Travel photographers will be especially interested in a pair of back-to-back Workshops, Travel Photography: Beyond Being There with Arlene Collins on Sunday, Sept. 9 and 23, and Behind the Scenes: Real Life Misadventures of a Travel Photographer, a Special Event with nationally-published photographer, writer and educator Bob Krist, on Monday, Sept. 10 at 6:30pm. The Bob Krist presentation is co-sponsored by Adorama and Nikon.

Two courses are geared towards digital photography beginners: Adobe Photoshop: Beginner’s Level Tips and Tricks for Basic Image Improvement Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6:00 PM) and the ABC’s of Digital Photography and Digital SLRs. Rounding out the digital offerings is a advanced Workshop on Color Management with Maria Ferrari on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:30PM.

The final Workshop of the month is not a Workshop per se; it’s a panel discussion on the Business of Photography with Top Industry Photographers’ Reps (link?), scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 25, at 6:30PM. It is geared especially towards anyone curious about what a photographer’s rep does, learning the benefits of having one, and deciding whether you need one.

For a complete list of sessions for the entire Fall 2007 semester, go to http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List.

Complete September 2007 Workshop list:

September 2007

Master Session: Understanding Exposure and Learning to See Creatively

Instructor: Bryan Peterson

Schedule: Sunday, September 9, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 150.00

Travel Photography: Beyond Being There

Instructor: Arlene Collins

Schedule: Sundays, September 9 and 23, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 175.00

Special Event Sponsored by Adorama and Nikon?Behind the Scenes: Real Life Misadventures of a Travel Photographer

Instructor: Bob Krist

Schedule: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:30 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 25.00

Adobe Photoshop: Beginner’s Level Tips and Tricks for Basic Image Improvement

Instructor: Tina Williams

Schedule: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:00 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 75.00

Color Management: What is It and How to Use It to Get Better Prints

Instructor: Maria Ferrari

Schedule: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Price: $ 75.00

ABC’s of Digital Photography and Digital SLRs

Instructor: Steven Hirsch

Schedule: Sunday, September 23, 2007 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Price: $ 125.00

The Business of Photography: A Panel Discussion with Top Industry Photographers’ Reps

Instructor: Louisa Curtis

Schedule: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:30 – 9:00PM

Price: $ 25.00

All classes will take place in the new fifth-floor multimedia classrooms at the Adorama Building, 42 West 18th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, in New York City unless otherwise indicated.

If you have any questions or need assistance in registering, please contact Carl Nilson Monday-Thursday, from 9AM-6PM by email at: carln@adorama.com or by phone at: 212-741-0401 ext 2216.

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PixelMill Debuts Transition Assistance Training Initiative for Web Site Builders

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:36:15 +0000

Davis, CA (PRWEB) September 13, 2007

Recognized as a leader in the development of education tutorials, recorded videos, and Webinars designed for site builders, PixelMill today announced the September 18, 2007 debut of PixelMill EDU, an innovative and proprietary online training series designed to aid the do-it-yourself Web builder in transitioning to new Web editors, coding standards, and Web technologies.

PixelMill initially launched PixelMill EDU to address critical pain points that hamper site developers’ transition into new site-building platforms: learning to transition from building tables-based Web sites to table-less Web sites and from building sites in FrontPage to building sites in Expression Web. PixelMill EDU provides an “extension course”, university-style solution that addresses the Web’s lack of video-based and instructor-based training and site builders’ reliance on written tutorials online, which are often clunky, difficult to understand, and fail to address real-world challenges.

“Over the last year, much of the Microsoft FrontPage community has struggled with the transition to Expression Web,” said PixelMill CEO Jason Reckers. “We have all had to change to newer versions of software in the past. That’s not the issue here. This time, the challenge is two-fold. Not only is there a need to transition to a new piece of software with a new user interface, but there’s also a growing need to adapt to Web standards that push for more CSS with fewer tables and ultimately no tables.”

PixelMill EDU begins with two six-week series, each featuring six one-hour sessions. Its first propriety EDU series, which launches September 18th, is “FrontPage to Expression,” which is designed to give strong exposure to the new Expression Web software and interface along with tips for transitioning from FrontPage. PixelMill EDU’s second series, which starts September 20th, is “Tables to Table-less CSS,” designed for Web builders using Dreamweaver, Expression Web, or any other Web editor to transition from building tables-based Web site layouts to working with CSS to edit and build table-less Web site layouts.

Set in a classroom-like environment, PixelMill EDU offers the multi-week, fee-based ($ 149 per series) online seminars (‘Webinars’) in a no-nonsense, accessible style, providing ample time for participants to interact with attendees and the instructors. In addition to each class being delivered live, each is recorded for participants to revisit on demand.

Instructors provide guidance to attendees in a how-to format with content focused on applied needs versus a tour around a specific application. PixelMill EDU’s head instructor is Corrie Haffly, a mathematics U.C. Davis graduate and author of The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques. Published by SitePoint.com, Haffly’s book covers how to design attractive Web graphics, touch up photos for Web use, create Web site mockups, and master buttons, backgrounds, and more. Additionally, PixelMill’s Haffly brought PixelMill’s and John Galt’s Templates brands to the top of the Web site template market, handled customer support, and wrote volumes of tutorials. Haffly’s past work is featured at SitePoint.com and PixelMill.com.

Future PixelMill EDU online educational programs slated for 2007 will address SharePoint and SharePoint Designer and multimedia integration (video, audio/music, Flash, etc.). Another seminar series under development will aid site builders in developing a Web presence where creative designs meet current quality code and licensed images standards, accessibility requirements, and combine e-commerce and modular solutions that enhance Web and presentation projects.

PixelMill, established in 1998, serves as the Web’s central source of solutions for Web site builders. PixelMill’s extensive digital library features high quality templates and tools – guaranteed royalty free and free of copyright concerns – including more than 2,000 Web, Microsoft

Design Experts Launched xTrain On-Line Video Training at Photoshop World

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:36:44 +0000

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 10, 2007

xTrain.com on-line video training for media, arts, and design, is pleased to announce their entrance into the training market at Photoshop World this week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

xTrain is committed to creating an easy-to-use, fun, on-line training experience for designers who range from beginner to expert. Jeremy Vest, xTrains president comments, “xTrain is pushing the question, is classroom training really better? We think not.” xTrain moves the learning experience from the traditional classroom and teacher learning format to a hands on, learn at your own pace system. Users can pick and choose the topics of interests, watch training videos multiple times, and work along with the instructors as they experience the training sessions.

xTrain has gathered experts from around the country, which include names such as Rick Sammon, Rob Sheppard, Ron Lemen, Russell Brown, Ben Willmore and many more. Combined these experienced instructors have taught 60,000 plus Photoshop users, published numerous articles and how to books, and are highly coveted speakers at a variety of conferences.

On-line instruction ranges from classes such as Adobe CS3, Graphic Design, Web Design, Digital Photography, Digital Art, Online Marketing, and much more. xTrain offers free classes where you can try a high quality training session before you buy. Getting started is easy when you visit http://www.xtrain.com , sign up for a free login account, and then choose the classes you wish to purchase for training.

For more information about xTrain, please visit http://www.xtrain.com.

About xTrain:

The xTrain mission is to provide the world’s premiere on-line training experience. The xTrain training library appeals to a wide segment of the desktop publishing and digital imaging marketplace, from digital professionals to students, hobbyists, and Fortune 1000 companies. The growing on-line video training library utilizes industry-leading instructors, authors, and experts. For more information, contact xTrain by phone at 972-392-6761 or by email at services @ xtrain.com.

For information on xTrain’s affiliate companies, visit Splash Media http://www.splashmedia.com and TSTN http://www.tstn.com.

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Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials Over Seven Hours of Prepress Tips and Tutorials

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:37:55 +0000

Ventura, CA (PRWEB) September 21, 2007

In Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials, instructor Taz Tally, Ph.D., teaches Photoshop CS3 users how to best prepare color and black-and-white images for print use. From explaining tools and workflows to discussing image channels, resolution, bit depth, and modes, Taz explores all of Photoshop CS3′s important prepress features. He guides viewers through concrete, practical exercises in image editing, correction, and adjustment, demonstrating how to get real-world, professional results. He also covers how to automate processes once settings are determined for specific needs. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

“Understanding prepress processes is critical for people working in the design world. This training course teaches timeless skills along with new tricks for maximizing efficiency. Expert instructor Taz Tally clearly explains the intricacies of this complex topic,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com.

Anyone with an internet connection can access Photoshop CS3 Prepress Essentials by subscribing to lynda.com’s Online Training Library

Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:35:51 +0000

Ventura, California (PRWEB) October 2, 2007

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training.

Covering everything from setting up the interface to optimizing photos to using tools like the Web Photo Gallery, Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training is a beginner course for anyone using Photoshop CS3 to create or edit images for the web. Instructor Jan Kabili explains the difference between web and print graphics, demonstrates how to create color swatches, discusses layers and slices, teaches how to create integral web page elements, and much more. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

“Most people think of Photoshop as a photography or imaging tool, but it’s actually the most commonly used software for web graphics on the planet. Using Photoshop for web graphics requires a very different workflow, and Jan walks newbies and experienced web designers alike through the process in a thorough and practical manner,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com.

Anyone with an internet connection can access Photoshop CS3 for the Web Essential Training by subscribing to lynda.com’s Online Training Library

Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:37:17 +0000

Ventura, CA (PRWEB) October 18, 2007

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals.

Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals provides the tools needed to use images successfully in popular applications like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and more. Instructor Lesa Snider King goes over the importance of including images in business documents and presentations, and teaches every detail of how to do so effectively. The training covers choosing the right image to convey a message, resizing images for various projects, deciding what file format to use and when, “knocking out” backgrounds, and editing and retouching like a pro using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Also included are the four secrets of great design that ensure smart, professional, and effective documents and presentations. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

“Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals represents a valuable new addition to the Online Training Library®. This course goes beyond learning one software application, and is more about understanding how powerful graphics can be in business use, and how to use graphics even if you have never been to a single art or design class,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com.

Anyone with an internet connection can access Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals by subscribing to lynda.com’s Online Training Library®. A separate CD-ROM version of Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals is planned later this month.

Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library® start at $ 25 a month, and provide access to over 22,000 movie tutorials covering more than 320 technology career tools, software applications, and techniques. Subscribers can access any of the computer-based training courses at their convenience. Multi-user subscriptions are also available for companies and institutions seeking to provide education and training to groups.

For free online samples of Graphic Secrets for Business Professionals and more detailed product information, please visit http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=425.

To arrange to view the full training title, please contact megan @ lynda.com.

For more information on lynda.com products, please visit http://www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632.

About lynda.com:

Since 1997, lynda.com has provided education and technical training solutions for designers, computer graphics specialists, digital media users, and computer owners. lynda.com products include web-based training, instructional books, CD- and DVD-based video training, self-paced online learning, and events for creative designers, instructors, students, and hobbyists. lynda.com specializes in teaching fundamental design and graphics principles along with the latest computer software, digital media technologies, and techniques.

About Lesa Snider King:

Lesa Snider King is on a mission to teach the world to create — and use — better graphics. An honors graduate of the Art Institute of Dallas, Lesa has a passion for teaching others how to communicate through imagery. Lesa is a corporate trainer and regular speaker at many conferences. She’s also the co-author of Photoshop: The Missing Manual (O’Reilly), and a frequent columnist for magazines, including Photoshop User, Macworld, Elements Techniques, and Layers. In 2003, Lesa founded GraphicReporter.com, where she writes straightforward, step-by-step tutorials, and hosts the “Graphic Secrets” podcast. She serves as a stock photographer and chief evangelist for iStockphoto, and assists New York Times technology columnist David Pogue on numerous projects. When she’s not parked in front a computer, you’ll find her perched atop her motorcycle. She lives in New England with her husband and two very spoiled cats.

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Recomposit 1.9: New Version of Advanced Tool for Photo Masking, Compositing

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:36:34 +0000

(PRWEB) November 4, 2007

Recomposit 1.9 successfully implies two advanced technologies for photo masking and compositing. The first is bluescreen matting, which is invented for the requirements of real-time matting, necessary in making movie and TV broadcast. Chroma key is a special method for separation of the foreground subject from background by their difference in hue (chroma) channel.

It means that a photographer takes a photo with a specified background in constant color, normally, blue or green, but the computer can distinguish where the background is and where the foreground is by itself and then separate them in real time, automatically. The second technology is inside/outside matting that can be applied to most photos. The inside edges of an object mean a selection which is inside the object and close to its real edge. And the outside edges mean a selection which covers all pixels of the object and close to its edge. The area between inside and outside is the edge of the object and the semitransparent part. The program calculates real mask by inside/outside edge specified by the user. So far, Recomposit has been the only software tool in the world, combining two advanced matting methods together.

For your convenience, Recomposit allows you to make batch bluescreen matting. It also supports complex edge and semitransparent features, inverse calculation of foreground color and composition environment based on layer structure.

The latest version of Recomposit features improved quality of inside-outside matting providing much better results. A new function has been added: now saving to PNG/PSD in matting status is possible. Finally, crash bug of selection in inside-outside matting has been fixed and now the program works without any problems. What is important, Recomposit also allows running Turbo Photo, a program for image adjustment, as an external enhancement tool. In extended edition, Recomposit 1.9 supports Photoshop (3.0 and upwards) as its plug-in.

Read more about Recomposit 1.9 at http://www.stepok.net/eng/recomposit.htm

Recomposit 1.9 Pricing and Availability

Recomposit 1.9 runs under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista and costs $ 79 (USD). A 25% discount on the extended edition for user group members is available. For discounting rules and additional information on the product, please visit http://www.stepok.net.

About StepOK:

StepOK is a software development company founded in 2002. It specializes in image processing software for beginners and professionals. The main products are Turbo Photo and Recomposit, software tools for enhancement/adjustment and image recomposition. For more information, please visit http://www.stepok.net.

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Bunkspeed Releases Version 2012.4, a Major Update, Featuring Powerful Production and Real-time Presentation Enhancements

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:38:42 +0000

CARSLBAD, CA (PRWEB) April 19, 2012

You can view a full list of features with images here on our release blog post: blog.bunkspeed.com. Key new features include:

Multi-Layer Materials (Pro and Drive Suites)

Materials can be layered so you can have a glass layer on top of carbon fiber, or a dirt texture map on top of car paint, for example. Materials can be stacked with up to four layers, creating sophisticated and complex material renditions with ease.

Auto-Update of backplates, and high dynamic range images edited in any open application (Shot, Move, Pro and Drive Suites). Auto-Update monitors a file for changes on the file system. For example, if you are editing a backplate in Photoshop, when you save a change to the backplate, we detect the change and automatically update the file in Bunkspeed software. This creates an interactive workflow for rapid update and iteration of in-session edits. Common workflows include lighting creation and HDR enhancement in HDR Light Studio, backplate painting in Photoshop, or texture creation in Filter Forge.

Region Render (Pro and Drive Suites)

Choose a subset, or “region”, of your image to render. Region rendering is camera-specific, so various regions can be specified on multiple cameras. Region rendering is a key professional-level workflow and productivity enhancement.

Multiple Working Viewports (Pro and Drive Suites)

Now you can have up to four viewports visible simultaneously, with each viewport referencing a separate definable camera, model set or environment. This is excellent for presentations, showing multiple variations simultaneously or even working on animation set up where the animated camera can be viewed in one viewport and the animation ribbon can be adjusted in another.

Full screen mode (Shot, Move, Pro and Drive Suites)

The application window can now be full screen and borderless for a clean appearance during important design review presentations or daily use.

Baked Lighting (Drive Suite)

For high quality real-time presentations, baked global illumination is extremely useful. Baked lighting dramatically improves the quality and believability of models during rasterized rendering, giving near raytrace quality with super fast and completely noise free interactivity.

Network Rendering – Bunkspeed PowerBoost – Major improvements (Pro and Drive Suites)

Significant workflow, stability and functionality improvements in network rendering. The network rendering Queue is now a production verified tool that many of our customers cant live without. Queue and PowerBoost are significant productivity enhancing tools for offloading large renderings and animation jobs to either a local or remote cluster.

New Pro/E and CREO Plugin (Shot, Move, Pro and Drive Suites)

Re-introduced direct support for Pro/E and CREO user via a plugin. Quickly model, adjust, then push your design into any Bunkspeed product to see it in photographic perfection.

You can read more about the many fixes and other improvements here in the release notes.

Pricing and availability

The 2012.4 release of Bunkspeed software integrated with Nvidia iray 2 rendering technology will be available today for download at http://www.bunkspeed.com. Pricing starts at $ 495 for SHOT, $ 1,495 for MOVE and $ 3,495 for PRO.

About Bunkspeed

Bunkspeed is a leading global provider of visualization software and services for design, engineering, and marketing. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, our advanced visualization technologies leverage digital engineering assets and contribute to enlightened decision-making in the digital design process. Our clients gain a cost effective way to deliver sales and marketing imagery, and realize significantly reduced product development costs. Bunkspeeds customers include Nissan, Ford Motor Company, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Pininfarina, Chrysler, Frog Design, Smart Design, IDEO, Acushnet Company, Dell, Gillette, Gulfstream and many others.

For more information on Bunkspeeds products and services, please visit:http://www.bunkspeed.com.

AKVIS Chameleon Plug-in v.5.0: A Breakthrough in Photo Collage Creation

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:36:14 +0000

(PRWEB) October 30, 2007

Creating photo collages with AKVIS Chameleon is fun! This ingenious software makes the process easy and entertaining. Earlier one had to thoroughly select an object for pasting into a new background; with this software this tedious part of work drops out. You can concentrate on the creative part and forget about complicated selection techniques.

Version 5.0 of Chameleon has an interface with three modes that offer three photo collage types. The new Montage mode allows copying an object, for example, a group of people, a monument, a flower, etc into a new background. The trick is that the selection does not need to be precise. You can take a rectangular part of the source image and then use two pencils red and blue to roughly indicate the parts that should appear on the resulting photo collage for instance, a figure of a person, and the parts that should blend away the rest of the background and irrelevant objects. Here is an example:

http://akvis.com/en/chameleon-tutorial/montage/photo-hunting.php

Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:38:07 +0000

Ventura, California (PRWEB) November 14, 2007

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics.

After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics shows how to take After Effects to the next level. Instructor Chad Perkins teaches techniques for bringing photos to life with displacement, crafting fire and water effects with Fractal Noise, mastering masks, using the “other” puppet tools, creating a lightsaber fight, running the gamut of expressions, and taking advantage of advanced 3D options. Chad shares his best tips and tricks for mastering After Effects CS3 Professional, and takes viewers through each of the program’s advanced features. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

“Chad’s teaching style is perfectly suited for helping users harness the power of After Effects CS3,” says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com. “His enthusiasm is so infectious that you find yourself saying ‘wow’ as each technique builds on the last, and you realize that now you can do the same exhilarating things with your footage.”

Anyone with an internet connection can access After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics by subscribing to lynda.com’s Online Training Library

‘Become Confident Without Being Committed’ – New Book Allows Scrapbookers to Easily Learn Digital Techniques Step-By-Step

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:35:50 +0000

Fountain Valley, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2007

Finally, an instructional guide designed specifically for creating scrapbooking and card-making projects on the computer – “Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking and Card-Making with Photoshop Elements” promises it is “the book that fills in the steps that the scrapbook magazines leave out.” More than an idea book, this is a 384 page how-to manual written in plain English for scrapbookers who want to learn digital techniques with clear step-by-step instructions.

“Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking” is based on author Patty Debowski’s experience teaching digital scrapbooking in California community colleges. “Many of my students learned to use a computer with their impatient husbands hovering over them,” explains Debowski, a formerly frustrated digi-scrapper. “They depend on their husbands for even simple tasks, like copying the photos from their camera to their computer. My students love my simple step-by-step instructions – they go home and get the same results they got in class. So many women have emailed me to tell me how empowered they feel because they can now do this easily.”

All of the techniques in Debowski’s book are explained for a digi-scrapper. “Everything I’ve read explains how to use Photoshop Elements to edit photos,” says Debowski, “not make scrapbook pages or cards. Nowhere in my book will you find an instruction like ‘rasterize the vector layer’ and wonder what it means. That is what makes this book unique.”

At 384 pages, and weighing nearly three-and-a-half pounds, “Digital & Hybrid Scrapbooking” is no light-weight “fluff” book with a lot of pretty scrapbook pages, cautions Debowski. “My students are tired of looking at the pretty pictures – they want basic instruction on how to do the techniques and use all the digital tools. This is a Photoshop Elements instruction manual geared toward the digi-scrapper that’s written in plain English.” Extensive table of contents and index listings allow readers to quickly find instructions on any digital scrapbooking or photo editing task they need.

“Digital and Hybrid Scrapbooking & Card-Making with Photoshop Elements” includes:

Basic instruction for the beginner, such as how to download and install fonts, how to unzip and use digital scrapbook supplies, and organize them efficiently.
Detailed step-by-step instructions with lots of screenshots show how to do the techniques shown in scrapbooking magazines and how to use the Photoshop Elements program.
Tips on achieving more advanced techniques, like making and using templates (a fast way to speed up your scrapping), making and using brushes, and using blending modes and filters.
A DVD filled with 15 digi-scrapping website discount coupons, and more than 1,000 pieces of digi-scrapping elements, created by more than 30 professional designers — a great starting point for a new digi-scrapper, and great additions to an existing collection.
Customized Photoshop Elements Organizer tags, designed for the digi-scrapper to instantly install. They will allow you to find the perfect scrapbook element in less than 15 seconds when you tag your digital scrapbook supplies.
Handy mini reference card with shortcuts and tips, sized to slide under your keyboard while you work.
Detailed “What Did I Do Wrong?” section to help you quickly fix problems you encounter.
How to combine digital techniques with traditional scrapbook supplies (hybrid).

Included in a grand opening special which expires November 30 is The Digi-Scrapping Menu for Success (free with the purchase of the book, a $ 6.99 value). Keep this 8

Back By Popular Demand at the Workshops@Adorama for February 2008: Nikon Capture NX Seminars, More

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:35:50 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 19, 2008

Registration is open for Adorama Camera’s Workshops@Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List).

The fast-growing series of on-site photography courses are taught by top working professional photographers and digital photography specialists.

February workshops include new sessions of Nikon Capture NX: Picture All You Can Imagine, which provides in-depth information about Nikon’s powerful image-editing and workflow software. The session costs $ 25 and attendees receive a $ 25 coupon at the seminar, redeemable at Adorama’s retail or online store, so the class is essentially free. Make sure to register soon, the deadline is January 31st, and these classes sell out quickly.

Other February workshops include Travel Photography: Beyond Being There with instructor Arlene Collins, a two-day workshop; Just Add Stills: Adobe After Effects for Still Photographers, with videographer Michael Vitti; Introduction to Digital Astrophotography, with Jim Burnell; as well as workshops in Adobe Photoshop: Understanding Layers and Masks, Color Management and Managing Your Web Site: Seven Secrets to Web Site Optimization.

And there are still a few spaces left for the January 27th Intro to Sports Photography Techniques, with pro shooters Jeff Snyder and Mitchell Layton.

Upcoming workshops in March include Power Presenting: Create Distinctive Photographic Portfolios and Promotional Materials Fine-Tuned for the New York Market; Other March workshops will include, Exploring the Night: Life in New York City, learning the Secrets of Great Photographers, Overcoming Fear of Flash: Lighting Boot Camp, Converting Color Images to B&W in Adobe Photoshop, and a workshop in making a Portfolio and Fine-Art Inkjet Print.

Go here for a complete course description and to register: http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List

Started in February 2007, Workshops@Adorama consists of a wide range of hands-on picture-taking sessions for snapshooters and enthusiasts, business and technical advice for professional and aspiring photographers, and inspiring presentations by some of the biggest names in the photography world. Over 60 events have been held so far with nearly a thousand attendees.

All classes will take place in the fifth-floor multi-media classrooms at the Adorama Building, 42 West 18th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, in New York City unless otherwise indicated.

If you have any questions or need assistance in registering, please contact Carl Nilson Monday-Thursday, from 9:00AM-6:00PM by phone at: 212-741-0401 ext 2216.

About Adorama

One of the top photo retailers in the U.S., Adorama’s extensive inventory of camera gear is matched by its ongoing efforts to help its customers be better photographers. In addition to Workshops@Adorama, Adorama has partnered with the Perfect Picture School of Photography (http://www.ppsop.net), the #1 online photography school to offer online classes in all aspects of photography, and continues to offer free online how-to tips and techniques through the AIRC Learning Center (http://www.adorama.com/learn).

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JaguarPC Adds Voice Tutorials to Growing Collection of Support Videos

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:36:09 +0000

Fulshear, TX (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

A market leader in the field of shared web hosting, virtual private server hosting services (VPS hosting), and dedicated server hosting announced today the addition of voice tutorials to its exhaustive customer support range. Now, with full narration available across a large number of tutorials, JaguarPC customers can enjoy immediate access to informative Flash videos that are easier to understand than ever before.

Although we take pride in the quality of our web hosting and reseller hosting services, a large part of what we do at JaguarPC is provide unrivaled support, says Greg Landis, CEO of JaguarPC. One of our core goals is to give our customers high-quality hosting plans, along with the expertise they require to get the most out of their chosen service. Our research has shown that people respond better to information that they hear, so the introduction of voice tutorials was the next logical step in delivering advice and insight effectively.

To support the web hosting providers large customer base, JaguarPC offers a vast selection of Flash-based, animated tutorials featuring captured images to illustrate processes and procedures. The most popular of JaguarPCs web hosting tutorials is the Intro to Web Hosting series, featuring 28 bite-sized tutorials demonstrating the most common tasks involved in setting up a shared web hosting plan, VPS hosting service, or dedicated server web hosting plan. Each one of the tutorials in this series is now accompanied by full narration that works alongside images and on-screen text to convey information quickly and succinctly. The full range of tutorials available from JaguarPC covers numerous subjects, including transferring domains to JaguarPC, setting up email, working with content management systems, and, for reseller hosting service customers, using WebHostManager (WHM) to deploy and manage accounts.

If its something you can do using your JaguarPC web hosting plan, its covered in our tutorials, says Landis. We now have 1,055 tutorials and continue to generate new entries on a regular basis. But its quality, not quantity that really matters, especially when attempting to teach somebody about the potentially confusing world of web hosting. Adding a friendly voice that can literally tell our customers what they need to know makes things easier to understand, gives customers a more enjoyable, relaxed experience and most importantly helps make the information stick with our visitors long-term.

Distinctively, JaguarPCs collection of tutorials covers more than just the web hosting and managed hosting services that the company offers. Designed to serve as a single location where JaguarPC customers can arm themselves with the knowledge they need to build their business online, the tutorials also feature information on using Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media outlets to market a website. In addition, customers who visit the JaguarPC tutorials database will find advice on software that they may encounter, from web browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, to offline applications including PhotoShop.

Building a large collection of web hosting tutorials and making them available to our customers is good, says Landis. Making those tutorials narrated is what takes them from good to great. But it is only by combining clear, crisp Flash video with useful text and voice instruction that we have been able to make our tutorials the best in the business. Our customers come to us for quality web hosting services from shared hosting plans to dedicated server solutions but they stay with us long-term because we are determined to support their goals and give them the detailed help and assistance they require.

Although every web hosting provider claims to have customer support at the center of its interests, few invest large-scale resources into developing effective support resources. Now, with the addition of voice tutorials, JaguarPC continues to prove its commitment to going further than its competitors with detailed support services.

To explore JaguarPCs selection of voice tutorials or to find out more about the web hosting services currently available from JaguarPC, visit http://www.jaguarpc.com/support/tutorials/.

About JaguarPC

Established in 1998, JaguarPC is one of the worlds most trusted and experienced web hosting companies. JaguarPC delivers superior service to clients through its cost-effective, high-value services model. JaguarPC provides hosting support to business and personal clients from across the globe, including the worlds leading companies and governments in many countries. JaguarPC has over ten years of experience in the web hosting industry and has a growth rate of over 95%, year after year. JaguarPC has recently expanded their competitive service range and pledged ongoing commitment to outstanding support with the expansion of its U.S.-based technical support staff, available via phone, email, chat, or ticket, 24/7/365. For immediate support, call (888) 551-3050 or use the convenient support ticket system at http://www.jaguarpc.com/clients.

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Calumet Photographic Chicago Presents Digital Days Photo Craze

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:38:03 +0000

(Vocus) November 27, 2007

Digital Days kicks off with five compelling seminars at the Meridian Banquet Center 1701 Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows, Monday, November 26 through Thursday, November 29. More seminars follow on Friday and Saturday at Calumet Photographic, 1111 N. Cherry Avenue in Chicago.

Each evening features a two-hour seminar about digital photography, incredible door prizes and a mini-tradeshow that includes specials from Calumet and its sponsors. Doors are open one hour before and after the seminar so you can take advantage of all the great prices, tech advice and demonstrations. Complimentary snacks and refreshments will be served. Free parking.

To register for one of the seminars, please call 1-800-CALUMET.

Monday Seminar 7 to 9:15 p.m. at Meridian Banquet Center $ 29.99

Art of Previsualization in a Digital Age with Timothy Wolcott, Sponsored by Phase One

This is a rare opportunity to learn and grow from innovative landscape photographer, Timothy Wolcott. My vision is guided by the spirit of the dunes, the quiet of the light, the sensual curves, and that magical time when the dunes reveal their most intimate secrets.

During this enlightening seminar, Wolcott will discuss Preemptive Photoshopthe ability to conceptualize, visualize and create your master vision. He will share his own images and delve into the process behind their creation. This seminar will not only ignite your passion for photography, but help you see the final print before you click your shutter. The end result: shoot it onceshoot it right.

Wolcotts photographs have the passion of the great photographers who have traveled before him, such as Weston, Adams, Watkins and William Henry Jackson. Wolcott however, distinguishes his work by capturing America, not only in black and white, but also as a master color photographer. Pushing the boundaries of color photography, his Symplicity Collection creates a new direction through his unique use of light, color, line, space and form. Timothy Wolcott is featured in the current edition of Calumet Focus. His images can be viewed at galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com.

Tuesday Seminar 7 to 9:15 p.m. at Meridian Banquet Center $ 29.99

Photoshop Tips and Tricks with Jeff Schewe, Sponsored by Epson

Jeff Schewe is a Photoshop Guru. He is on the inside of the development and testing of Photoshop and has helped guide and direct many features since Photoshop 4.0. Short of Thomas Knoll and Mark Hamburg, there are probably not many people who know Photoshop like Jeff. An award-winning advertising photographer for more than 20 years, he is a veteran of creating the impossible image often under impossible conditions. He has developed tricks and techniques that amazed the Photoshop software engineers. As an indication of his skills and knowledge, he has been named a Canon Explorer of Light as well as an Epson Stylist Pro. He is a past Apple Master of the Medium and a former member of the Apple customer Advisory Board. For more information about Jeff Schewe, please visit: http://www.schewephoto.com.

Wednesday Seminar 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Meridian Banquet Center $ 75

The Canon Printmaster Workshop with Vincent Laforet

(Cost includes buffet lunch and a coupon for $ 50 credit towards a purchase of over $ 500 in Canon goods within 30 days. If you sign up for this seminar and the Mastering Wedding Photojournalism Techniques with Bob Davis, you will receive a combined savings of $ 20!)

During this intensive all-day workshop, you will discover how to produce fine-art quality prints that meet or exceed the quality that you have come to expect from conventional custom prints. You will be learning from one of the best: Vincent Laforet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer at The New York Times. He will share his expertise in: monitor profiling, Canon driver/export module operation, color management practices, color settings in Photoshop, media selection and optimizing your shooting settings for the best prints. A Canon Pro Market Representative will also present information on Canons EOS system and printers. Bring all your technical questions!

Laforet has regularly been called on to cover major news and sporting events around the world ranging from natural disasters, international conflicts to the Olympics. At the age of 30, his work has been published in most major publications around the world including Vanity Fair, Time, Newsweek, Life, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Stern, and Paris Match. He recently modified his staff position to become The Times”” first national contract photographer and is now engaged in editorial, portraiture, commercial, and corporate projects. His approach to aerial photography has been singled out as one of the most unique and interpretive amongst photographers today.

Laforet’s work has been recognized in the World Press Photo Awards, The Pictures of the Year Competition, The Overseas Press Club, The National Headliners Awards, The Pro-Football Hall of Fame and he was recognized as one of the 30 Photographers to Watch Under 30 by PDN in 2002 and was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Photography by American Photo Magazine in 2005. He and four other photographers were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their post-9/11 coverage overseas in 2002. Laforet has been invited as a guest speaker by a variety of organizations and universities from around the world. He serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Attendees will receive a chance to win valuable door prizes including a Canon PowerShot SD900 digital cameraa $ 359.99 value!

After the seminar, there will be a mini-tradeshow and sale featuring Canon and Calumet products.

Wednesday Seminar 7 to 9:15 p.m. at Meridian Banquet Center $ 29.99

Black & White Hollywood Glamour with Tim Meyer (M.Photog.Cr. CPP), Sponsored by the MAC Group

Recognized internationally for his innovative style and technique, Tim Meyer will spend the evening discussing techniques he uses in capturing striking black-and-white portrait photographs. His sophisticated portraits conjure the image of glamour presented by Hollywood marketing images of silent screen stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Meyer will present new approaches and a progressive update to the classical style of the past, characterized by exaggerated shadows, unusual lighting and nontraditional camera angles.

Tim Meyer is currently Portrait Department Chair at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. Meyer is a PPA Master Photographer, contributing editor to Rangefinder magazine, winner of numerous international awards and competitions, and continues to operate his custom portrait and wedding business. Tim possesses the Professional Photographers of Americas coveted Masters and Craftsman degrees, and has also been awarded a Master of Arts degree in Fine Art Photography. In addition to numerous one-man exhibitions of his fine art work, Tims photography has been internationally recognized for its innovative style and technique.

Photographer, educator and writer Tim Meyer is passionate about the field of photography. With more than 30 years as a professional photographer, he currently teaches full-time and serves as the Portrait Division Chair at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. Tim maintains a commission-based portrait business and is also a highly respected wedding photographer. Tim lectures internationally and is a regular contributor to Rangefinder Magazine. To view Tim Meyers images, please visit: http://www.meyerphoto.com.

Thursday Seminar 7 to 9:15 p.m.

Mastering Wedding Photojournalism Techniques with Bob Davis, Sponsored by Canon

Bob Davis believes that the power of photojournalism lies in

Intoxicating Web Design Offers New Web and Marketing Classes in Party Atmosphere

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:36:31 +0000

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 6, 2008

Intoxicating Web Design is a new company located in downtown Phoenix. It will offer web and marketing classes to people looking to learn about the web and marketing. Classes are created for very beginners, to business owners to graphic designers, wanting to learn about promoting their business online.

Intoxicating Web Design holds its classes at the Holy Click! design studio located at 777 W. Roosevelt #3, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Classes are held at different times throughout the day, but the focus is to create a social setting where everyone can interact with each other while learning and creating.

Maria Radloff is the creative force behind the classes. Having worked for over twelve years in graphic and web design, she has real-life experience and a knack for converting this complex topic into fun and simple concepts.

Radloff describes the class as, “Imagine a party where you get to be creative and have fun, while learning a useful, real-world skill!”

Radloff is the is the owner of six-year old Holy Click!, a successful creative studio that has an impressive client list. Wanting to share her experience with others, she gave life to Intoxicating Web Design so that she could help those wanting to find creative ways to market their business or get more familiar with the web.

Classes start February 14 and are being scheduled through May. Upcoming class list includes:

Web design for graphic designers
Branding your new business
Very beginner web
Very beginner web II

There is still time to register for the first class. Very Beginner Web is held on Thursdays, February 14, 21, 28, and March 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

“This class introduces you to domain name registration, web hosting, web browsers, FTP, HTML and Photoshop,” says Radloff. “You will be able to post a web page live by the end of the first class. The class cost only $ 100.”

Please visit http://www.intoxicatingwebdesign.com for registration or more information or call Maria Radloff at 602.271.4242 or email webhostess @ intoxicatingwebdesign.com.

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PhotoshopCAFE.com Announces the Lightroom 4 Learning Site

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:36:27 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 06, 2012

PhotoshopCAFE.com, a leader in Photography training, announces the Lightroom 4 Learning Site. Immediately following the announcement of Lightroom 4 by Adobe Systems, PhotoshopCAFE has made available a free tutorial website. The site can be found at http://www.photoshopcafe.com/lightroom/ and is a valuable resource for users to not only learn about the new features in Lightroom 4, but also how to use them. From the new processing engine, maps and books module, to how to apply presets to video, PhotoshopCAFE explains it all in clear to read instruction and easy to follow video. The site also includes free Lightroom 4 presets that users can download and apply to their own images and videos.

Also available is a brand new comprehensive DVD, over 10 hours, covering all aspects of Lightroom 4. The lessons are all taught by Colin Smith, a leader in Lightroom and Photoshop instruction. From Colin – Adobe has really hit it out of the park with the robust feature set in Lightroom 4. With the new processing engine, its now possible for everyone to create great looking images. Its a little bit of a shift in workflow, but we have users covered, we have worked really hard on our brand-new training resources. We have put together the most complete and comprehensive training that I know of for Lightroom 4. My new disk is 10 hours and 113 lessons.

About Colin Smith

Colin has authored 18 books on the digital arts. He has won numerous awards including 3 Guru awards. Hes been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame twice. Colin is a regular columnist, has been featured in almost every major imaging magazine and is in high demand as a speaker at major industry events including Flash Forward and WPPI. He consults such companies as Edison International, nVIDIA, ABC Disney, Apple and Adobe

About PhotoshopCAFE.com,

PhotoshopCAFE.com is home to one of the worlds most popular Photoshop resource sites, PhotoshopCAFE.com, which boasts over 30 million visitors. Founded by Colin Smith a recognized digital imaging expert, author and instructor, PhotoshopCAFE produces professional level training materials for photographers, designers, videographers and digital illustrators In 2010 PhotoshopCAFE acquired Software Cinema a leader in the photographic training industry, to further its goal of providing professional level training to the imaging industry.

Miguels Restaurants Makes Charitable Donation in Support of the Corona Public Library

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:36:11 +0000

Corona, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2012

The Vasquez Family, owners of the popular Mexican restaurants Miguels and Miguels Jr., recognized today the work of the Corona Public Library with a donation of $ 30,000. The donation will be applied to the heavily utilized Teens on Main Technology Center to cover advanced technology upgrades and enhancements to expand the Centers usage.

The Vasquez Family are gracious and generous supporters of the community said Corona Mayor Eugene Montanez. Their donation helped to build the extremely popular Citrus Splash Zone at Citrus Park and this donation will benefit the Corona Library and young adults in our City for years to come.

My parents, Mike and Mary Vasquez, who founded Miguels Restaurants, recognize the importance of being part of the fabric of our communities. We are grateful to be able to support the library which provides so many valuable programs and services to our community, said Javier Vasquez, CEO of Miguels and Miguels Jr. Restaurants.

The Corona Public Library is located at 650 S. Main Street and unveiled the new Teens on Main section in July 2011. The area provides youth in grades 6-12 a dedicated space in the Library with access to computers, software such as Photoshop and Dreamweaver as well as age-appropriate reading material. The donation will benefit the youth in the community.

About Miguels:

The first Miguels Restaurant was opened in 1975 in Corona, CA. The company currently operates ten quick-serve (Miguels Jr.) locations and three full-service Miguels restaurants across the Inland Empire and Orange County. For more information on all the Miguels Jr. locations and to view their full menu, visit http://www.miguelsjr.com.

‘Photoshop Basics: I Can Do That! with David Rowley’

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:36:13 +0000

Chicago, IL (Vocus) December 6, 2007 -

In the holiday spirit, Calumet Photographic released the perfect gift for anyone who is digital imaging-challenged. “Photoshop Basics: I Can Do That! Video Tutorials with David Rowley” contains 24 compelling lessons with more than five hours of video content for practical projects. No prior knowledge of Photoshop is required to achieve professional results. Watch, listen and learn from Rowley on the DVD-ROM for both Mac and PC platforms. Photoshop Basics is suggested for use with all Photoshop CS editions.

This is the second DVD in the Calumet Imagemaker Series, a resource of instructional and educational videos designed to empower the world of image-makers. Photoshop is intriguing but intimidating for beginners, said Steve Sammons, Calumets Chief Marketing Officer. David Rowleys approach to digital imaging is a delightful experience. The user-friendly interface allows you find the lessons that you want to learn.

Rowleys tutorials provide tips, tricks and techniques to make Photoshop a pleasure rather than a challenge. Rowley provides an easy-to-understand guided tour through the digital darkroom with his unique insight and affable manner.

Tutorials Include: File Browser, Camera RAW, Keyboard Shortcuts, Layer Adjustments, Image Improvements, Copyright & Text, Correcting Perspective, Blurring the Background, Selective Sharpening, Stunning Reflection, Let it Snow, Let it Snow with Text, Outside the Box, Film Frame Effect, Hot Montage, Hot Montage with Text, Sketchy Montage, Sketch Effect, Black & White Contrast, Black & White Blending, Portrait Makeover, Eye Sharpening, and Stylized Border.

Rowley is a passionate photographer who fell in love with Photoshop at first sight. He divorced his film cameras and joined the digital revolution. He is a regular contributor to Digital Photo Magazine with tutorials that have been used by digital imaging websites worldwide. He speaks professionally to audiences who appreciate his knowledge and demystification of digital imaging.

For more information about “Photoshop Basics: I Can Do That! Video Tutorials with David Rowley,” including a free video tutorial, go to http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/CE9920/. The DVD-ROM retails for $ 39.99.

Calumet Photographic has been helping photographers create extraordinary images since 1939. Only Calumet serves the needs of photographers with an interactive website, professional call center and worldwide retail centers. There are ten stores in the U.S. and 20 stores in Europe.

Contact Information:

Gerry Oher

312.316.6462

gerry.oher@calumetphoto.com

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Adobe Production Premium CS3 Seminar, Workshops in Portfolio and Fine-Art Inkjet Printing, Flash Lighting Boot Camp and Much More at Workshops@Adorama in March

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:36:43 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 17, 2008

Registration is now open for Adorama Camera’s March Workshops@Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=WS_List). The fast-growing series of on-site photography and digital imaging courses are taught by top working professional photographers and digital photography specialists.

March roars in with an exciting, diverse range of workshops for photographers at all ability levels. Back by popular demand are: Overcoming Fear of Flash: Lighting Boot Camp with Arlene Collins, an intensive two-day course; Power Presenting: Create Distinctive Photographic Portfolios Fine-Tuned for the New York Market with Gina Alyse Lengyel, where outstanding portfolios will be created; Secrets of Great Photographers: What Every Photographer Should Know with Tod Bryant, a course in honing your skills and vision; and Exploring the Night: Life in New York City with Toby Old.

Our latest additions to the workshops’ line-up include, a Special Seminar co-sponsored by Adorama and Adobe Systems, Production Premium CS3 and You: A Video Production Made In Heaven, a two-hour seminar with Dennis Radeke demonstrating the power of Adobe’s high-end video software; and The Portfolio and Fine-Art Inkjet Workshop by Photoshop guru and author Andrew Darlow.

“Workshops@Adorama is a serious program for photographers who are determined and inspired to improve their skills and become better photographers,” notes program director Monica Cipnic. “Participants have flown in from across the country, and some have come from as far away as Brazil and Europe to take our workshops.”

Other March workshops include:

Splash Media to Produce Content for Adobe TV

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:35:51 +0000

DALLAS (PRWEB) April 21, 2008

PhotoshopCAFE.com / Software Cinema Announces Fashion Flair : Creative Studio Lighting video by Lindsay Adler

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:36:20 +0000

Los Angeles (PRWEB) March 20, 2012

PhotoshopCAFE.com, a leader in Photoshop and design training, and Software Cinema, a leader in Photographic training, announce the availability of Fashion Flair : Creative Studio Lighting, the latest release in their ever growing catalog of training videos. This collection of tutorials teaches portrait photographers how to use the techniques of modern fashion photographers. This instructional video includes lessons on using light modifiers, soft boxes, ring light, Kino-Flo lights, reflectors, and other professional tools. From Lindsay, As a fashion photographer and educator, I experience how much people love the fresh and exciting look of fashion lighting. I embrace trying new things and breaking the rules. In Fashion Flair: Creative Studio Lighting I share my favorite techniques for fashion studio lighting that are great for any fashion photographer and will spark the creative energies of the portrait photographer.

Pricing and Availability

Fashion Flair : Creative Studio Lighting

Free Adobe CS3 Chicago Events, Classes and Training for InDesign, Dreamweaver Photoshop and Flash

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:37:55 +0000

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 30, 2008

Ascend Training is hosting numerous events directed to Graphic Designers, Web Developers, Programmers and others in the creative industry.

Freelancer Fiesta: July 21st is “Freelancer Fiesta” in which freelancers and those looking for talent will come together. Users of such applications such as Adobe Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver, Flash and InDesign are encouraged to attend and enjoy this networking opportunity. “We feel very strongly that offering these free events not only increases awareness about upcoming technology, but raises consciousness in the creative community as a whole.” says Jori Curry, President of Ascend Training. Register for this free event: Freelancer Fiesta in Chicago

Mastering the Adobe Creative Suite: Ascend Training is proud to host Sandee Cohen and Mogo Media for the “Mastering the Adobe Creative Suite” Seminar at our downtown Chicago location at 410 S. Michigan Ave. August 14th. Students will learn insider tips and tricks of how to make CS3 applications work even better together. This one-day class is geared to designers, production managers, print providers, and others who work with more than one Creative Suite application. Users of both CS2 and CS3 should attend! This 1 day workshop is $ 150 Mastering the Adobe Creative Suite

10th Anniversary Celebration: Join us for our 10th Anniversary celebration! We are proud to have offered the highest quality Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and Flash classes since 1998. Join us for demos in all the Adobe Apps including AIR, Flex, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign and more. This event is free of charge, but attendees need to register at: Complementary Adobe Events

Ascend Training has 2 facilities in Chicago, Illinois and Deerfield, Illinois serving the metropolitan Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis areas. We also have partner facilities in Washington DC and Los Angeles. All our classes are hands on with 10 students or less. See our Complete Class Schedule

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Upcoming Adobe Classes

Adobe Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications and Data and Communications

Chicago: Jun 23 – 27

Adobe Flash CS3 Class, Level 1: Rich Content Creation

Chicago: Jun 25 – 27

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Class, Level 1: Fundamentals to Intermediate

Deerfield: Jun 26 – 27

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Class, Level 2: Advanced and New Features

Chicago: Jul 8 – 9

Adobe Flash CS3 Class, Level 1: Rich Content Creation

Chicago: Jul 9 – 11

Adobe Illustrator CS3 Class, Level 2: Advanced and New CS3 Features

Deerfield: Jul 14 – 15

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Call Box Unveils Secrets To Special Edition DVD Authoring with New Release.

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:36:25 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 11, 2008

Call Box’s latest DVD release teaches experienced users of Apple’s DVD Studio Pro how to make special edition DVDs.

Now available at: DVD Studio Pro

Call Box, a provider of interactive training for digital media professionals, has released their latest disc worldwide, “DVD Studio Pro: Special Edition.”

About DVD Studio Pro: Special Edition

Created by Apple Certified Pro instructor Noah Kadner, this course takes you through the process of authoring a Special Edition DVD using Apple’s DVD Studio Pro. “DVD Studio Pro: Special Edition” features original content broken down into learning modules with interactive demonstrations and easy to understand, real-world examples. The disc also comes with sample tutorial media including encoded MPEG-2 and AC3 files to allows views to follow along with the on-screen examples in DVD Studio Pro.

“There are plenty of courses out there covering the basics in DVD Studio Pro but none with the deeper stuff.” says Kadner. “We wanted to make a disc that would give all the tips and tricks for making a more special edition DVD, like the kind everyone is used to from the Hollywood Studios. This class gives you all the good stuff step-by-step that the manual only hints at.”

Topics include Creating Director’s Commentary, Bitrate Encoding Strategies, Motion Menu Secrets, Easter Eggs, Scripting, Photoshop Highlights, Workflow Shortcuts, Logic Testing, Compression Markers, Stories and more.

Pricing and Availability

“DVD Studio Pro: Special Edition,” is available on DVD and is priced at $ 59.99 (US). It can be purchased directly from the company.

About Call Box

Call Box, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, is a training software developer specializing in post-production products for the digital producer industry. Call Box was founded in 2006 by filmmakers Noah Kadner and Hal Long. The company’s most recent release covered the Sony EX1 and the Final Cut Studio workflow and is also available at:

Sony EX1 Guidebook

Hal is a Los Angeles based director / cinematographer. He holds a B.A. from Duke University and an M.F.A. in film production from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema Television. He’s worked with Final Cut Pro since version one and uses it on a daily basis to create productions for a wide variety of clients.

In addition to being an Apple Certified Trainer in Final Cut Pro, Noah Kadner administers several online filmmaking forums including Withoutabox, 2-pop, Creative Cow and DVXuser.com. He also writes for industry magazines like Videography and American Cinematographer. Noah recently covered Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Get Smart for American Cinematographer.

Additional Quotes:

“No one knows digital post-production better than Noah. Highly Recommended.”

Michael Horton, Founder, Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User’s Group.

“Can save you thousands of dollars in post-production trouble-shooting.”

DV Magazine

“Professional-Level instruction.”

MacWorld

“I count on Noah when I need advice or problem-solving to get things working right.”

Larry Jordan

Editor-in-chief, Edit Well, The rich-media newsletter for Final Cut Studio.

Call Box products are available directly from Call Box, Tool Farm, B&H and Abel Cine Tech. Additional information on Call Box can be obtained on the Web at Call Box

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Eastern Laser Launches FOL Series Fiber Laser Marking Machine

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:35:59 +0000

(PRWEB) May 08, 2012

Eastern Laser newly launches FOL series fiber laser marking machine, which is the latest development for laser machine.

FOL series fiber laser marking machine adopts imported fiber laser generator and high speed Galvo system to enable stable output and high quality laser mode. Fiber laser marking machine can meet the demand of mass production with fast marking speed, good marking effect and high efficiency. Furthermore, it enjoys the advantage of easy operation, low running cost, long-term working and free from maintenance.

The modern fiber-based laser marking machines are advanced compared with the flash lamp and diode-based laser markers of years past.

The latest development in laser marking machines is the fiber-based laser marker. Using up-to-date fiber pumping technology, the laser markers use optic fibers bundled together and impregnated with a substance that increases their conductivity. The fibers are pumped with light-emitting diodes, and the light of the laser passes through to the optical head, from where the beam is expanded to create the laser mark. This method produces a much higher quality beam than the first generation laser marking machines were capable of, with reduced volatility and cost.

Fiber laser marking benefits:

Air cooling eliminates the need for the water chiller; the laser marking system uses no consumables and requires minimal maintenance. The diodes have a lifetime of more than 50,000-80,000 hours, and the small footprint of the fiber-based laser marking machines makes it possible to install them easily in almost any location. These reliable laser marking systems are environmentally friendly, using no harsh chemicals or high temperatures during the process and safely delivering high quality, permanent laser marking on metals, stainless steel, ceramics and plastics.

The fiber laser marking process is becoming increasingly popular for numerous uses. Its high temperature resistance makes it perfect for marking medical equipment that requires sterilization, such as surgical devices. The durability of the laser marks optimizes it for use in jewelry, mobile phones, and other items of value. The 21st century laser marking software that operates the laser marking machines generates detailed, high quality images for faultless identification.

FOL series fiber laser marking machine features:

-All in one structure with manual focusing system and user-friendly operation.

-Imported isolator for protection of the fiber laser generator to increase the stability and prolong the laser life.

-Laser beam quality is much better than the traditional laser marking machine. Fiber laser beam mode is TEM00; focus diameter is less than 20um; expanding angle is only 1/4 of the YAG-DP. Therefore it is especially good at delicate marking.

-High electricity-laser exchange ratio, gross electricity consumption is less than 500W, which is 1/10 of the YAGs consumption.

-Free from maintenance, long working life, small size, suitable for any working environment.

-Fast marking speed, 2-3 times faster than the traditional marking machine

Free Adobe CS6 Master Collection Suite Offered by ProDesignTools.com in Spring Giveaway

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:37:59 +0000

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 29, 2012

ProDesignTools.com, a leading site covering Adobe

PhotoshopCAFE.com Announces The Creative Suite 6 Learning Site

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:36:09 +0000

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2012

PhotoshopCAFE.com a leader in Photography and Design training, announces The Creative Suite 6 Learning Site. Immediately following the announcement of CS6 by Adobe Systems, PhotoshopCAFE has made available a free tutorial website. The site can be found at http://www.PhotoshopCAFE.com/CS6 and is a valuable resource for users to not only learn about the new features in Creative Suite 6, but also how to use them.The learning site features Jack Davis on the new Camera Raw engine, Janine Warner on Dreamweaver, Chana Messer on Illustrator, Kirk Nelson and Stephen Burns on Photoshop and 3D, Colin Smith on Premier Pro and Photoshop, David Blatner & Ann Marie Conception on InDesign, Jeff Foster on After Effects and Wes Maggio on using Photoshop with Wacom Tablets. From Colin Smith, With every new release of the Creative Suite we have offered a free learning site, but this release we really have some exceptional talent and content to share with the digital world. PhotoshopCAFE is a great place for people to come to learn about the new features of the Suite PhotoshopCAFE is now taking pre-orders for Photoshop CS6 for Digital Photographers The latest release in their extremely popular series of Photoshop tutorials.

Introducing the All-New GraphicDesign.com News and Blog

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:37:37 +0000

(PRWEB) April 23, 2012

GraphicDesign.com, a leading source of news and information devoted entirely to the graphic design industry, has unveiled its brand new website. GraphicDesign.com has been completely overhauled thanks to the input of Advisory Board members and will deliver cutting-edge graphic design news, blog posts, job openings, tutorials, and more.

One of the highlights of the new GraphicDesign.com is its Job Board, where employers can post openings at no charge. Current openings from recruitment agencies like Aquent, VitaminT, and The Creative Group span the gamut of the graphic design industry and include visual designers, website designers, HTML designers, proofreaders, and Flash developers. Job seekers can peruse requirements and application instructions by visiting GraphicDesign.com.

A Graphic Design Firm Directory has also been added, where agencies, freelancers, and consultants alike are welcome to post. The Type Studio and G Squared Studios are just a few of the companies in the all-new Firm Directory. Each listing includes a description of the business as well as its primary services and specialties.

The Advisory Board at GraphicDesign.com has been instrumental in directing the re-launch. VitaminT’s Susie Hall sits on GraphicDesign.com’s Advisory Board. So does Co-Founder of Marketing-Mentor.com Ilise Benun, with HOW Magazine, of the Creative Freelancer Conference, who is the author of such books as “The Designers Guide to Marketing and Pricing” and “The Creative Professionals Guide to Money: How to Think About It, How to Talk About It, and How to Manage It.”

Debbie Millman and Von Glitschka can also be found on the GraphicDesign.com Advisory Board. The former is the President of the Design Division of Sterling Brands and has been with the company for nearly 20 years, redesigning over 200 brands during her tenure. Glitschka is a principal at Glitschka Studios (vonglitschka.com), which works with ad agencies and corporate art departments.

GraphicDesign.com’s writing team is second-to-none and brings a wide variety of personal and professional experience to the table. Fine art photographer and mixed media fine artist Nat Coalson has written content for GraphicDesign.com focusing on topics like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, digital photography, and histograms.

Neil Tortorella (neiltortorella.com), who has over 30 years of relevant experience, is a member of the site’s writing staff and has scribed about common rifts between web designers and graphic designers as well as proper website development. GraphicDesign.com also recently welcomed Dave Bricker, a Professor of Graphic Design in Miami, as a Featured Contributor.

GraphicDesign.com will flourish with its stable of experts, and the site is always looking for new writers. Prospective writers with unique backgrounds are urged to visit GraphicDesign.com and click on “Write for Us” in the upper right. There is still a long way to go and with a dedicated team of writers and advisory board members we are certain that there is going to be continual progress

ABOUT GRAPHICDESIGN.COM

GraphicDesign.com is a product of Terran Marketing and a leading source of news and information devoted entirely to the graphic design industry. Employers, students, and freelancers come to GraphicDesign.com to read and discuss current news, information, and events in the graphic design industry.

CONTACT:

Julia Wild

Terran Marketing

892 East Steger Town Road, Suite #206

Rockwall, TX 75032

Phone: (540) 908-2195

E-Mail: julia(at)graphicdesign(dot)com

CORRECTING and REPLACING Adobe Releases Unrivaled Photo and Video Solution for Consumers : New Photoshop Elements 7 & Premiere Elements 7 With Photoshop.com Membership Make Editing and Sharing Memories More Dynamic and Easier Than Ever Before

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:36:45 +0000

SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) September 2, 2008

The corrected release reads:

ADOBE RELEASES UNRIVALED PHOTO AND VIDEO SOLUTION FOR CONSUMERS

New Photoshop Elements 7 & Premiere Elements 7 With Photoshop.com Membership Make Editing and Sharing Memories More Dynamic and Easier Than Ever Before

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced two major upgrades for hobbyist digital photo and video enthusiasts: Adobe

Layers Magazine Launches First Adobe Creative Suite 4 Learning Center : Website Features Video Tutorials for New Creative Suite 4 Applications

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:37:05 +0000

TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB) September 23, 2008

The Layers CS4 Learning Center contains more than 40 video tutorials by well-known creative pros from across the United States, including: Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski, RC Concepcion, Dave Cross, Tom Green, Cheryl Graham, and Corey Barker.

Scott Kelby, publisher and editor of Layers magazine, expressed his excitement about the expansive content the Layers CS4 Learning Center offers. “We really pulled out all the stops on this one,” he said. “No matter if you’re a photographer, web designer, graphic designer, video producer, or art director, this learning center offers the most comprehensive CS4 coverage out there and is the perfect companion to what you’d expect from the Layers magazine team.”

Some of the more highly anticipated features of Adobe CS4 showcased in the Layers CS4 Learning Center include:

Photoshop

Urban Design Groups Marc Clear Designing Pro Bono Library Project for Children in Ghana

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:36:20 +0000

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 22, 2012

Marc Clear, LEED-AP, an Associate with the architectural firm, Urban Design Group, is volunteering his services to design a library for children in Ghana, West Africa. The library is being developed in the village of Avedo through the Amekor Foundation, a non-profit organization that partners with rural schools in the Volta Region of Ghana to improve access to educational programs for elementary and junior high school students. The library will provide more than 600 children with access to books, computers and resources they need to reach their potential.

The small village of Avedo experiences twelve hours of darkness year-round, which often leaves students in the rural farming community with no light to study by, and the current classroom shelters provide no adequate storage for books. Building the first rural library in the district ensures that children not only have access to books and computers, but also the light to read by for evening study.

Clear has a true passion for using the power of architecture and the built environment as a means to better the lives of others. He learned of the library project through John Rogers, a long-time friend he met years earlier while serving on the staff together at the Appalachia Service Project (a non-profit home repair organization). Rogers, who now lives in the Volta Region of Ghana, introduced Clear to Yao Amekor, Chairman of the non-profit organization. Clear was so moved by their goal of creating a library for children in Ghana, that he volunteered to provide architectural design services for the project.

We are extremely pleased to support Marcs efforts to design a library for children in Ghana, said Ken Rhyne, Allied AIA, AICAE, and Principal with UDG. Our professional culture encourages volunteering and giving back to help those in need. We are very proud of Marc for using his design talents to make a positive difference for students in West Africa.

Clear developed the design for the library using Revit, a Building Information Modeling (BIM) software system by Autodesk. He created schematic drawings to assist in meetings with builders and material suppliers as well as providing 3D renderings for promotion and fundraising. Clear is currently producing construction drawings for the library. The team has broken ground for the project, and the site work is underway. When completed, the library will be capable of holding 10,000 books, and the computer lab will serve as the only technology classroom for the areas system of 16 schools. Clears design uses natural lighting, shading, cross ventilation and rain water capture to minimize the energy requirements of the school while delivering a world-class facility capable of housing the technology and resources required to meet the demands of the digital age.

“Personally, Marc’s commitment to the Amekor Foundation’s mission of delivering a world-class library to the school and community of Avedo has really been humbling to me. I can’t help but cherish him as a distinguished volunteer who has lightened the burden of the people of Avedo. Marc truly is a Togbe (meaning Chief) for the people of Avedo, said Yao Amekor, Chairman of the Amekor Foundation.

About the Amekor Foundation:

The Amekor Foundation was created by Yao Amekor. Before attending college and working in the United States, Amekor grew up in Avedo, Ghana without access to electricity or running water. After 30 years of determination and hard work, he earned two masters degrees in the United States and joined Procter and Gamble (P&G) as a Financial Accounting Manager before moving back to Ghana in 2011. Amekors dream to come to America seemed impossible when he was a child in a small village in rural Ghana. Yet, he has shown that with hard work and the support of others, anything is possible. The Amekor Foundation is an extension of that belief. The Amekor Foundation is registered in the United States as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. For more information, please visit: http://www.amekor.org.

About Marc Clear, LEED-AP, Associate, UDG:

A graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, Clear joined UDGs Atlanta studio in 2009. Clear has a breadth of experience in architectural 3D modeling, rendering, graphic design and BIM (Building Information Modeling). His software expertise includes AutoCAD, AutoDesk Revit, Google Sketchup, Architectural Desktop, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Clears portfolio of experience is comprised of casino and restaurants, hospitality, museums and cultural centers, multi-family, office and education projects.

In addition to his work with the Amekor Foundation, Clear is also involved in the ongoing development of the Atlantas Kirkwood neighborhood. His hobbies include running, cycling, tennis, gardening, photography and traveling the globe with his wife, Mary Ellen.

About Urban Design Group:

Urban Design Group offers architectural, interior design and urban master planning services to its worldwide clientele from studios in Atlanta, GA, and Dallas, TX. A market leader in the application and advancement of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, UDG’s personnel work on a wide range of projects from hospitality, resort, gaming design and Native American design projects to corporate, university facilities, libraries and urban mixed-use developments.

In the firm’s 37-year history, Urban Design Group has completed more than $ 6 Billion dollars in projects worldwide. The firm has received more than 80 design excellence awards and honors, 15 design competition awards and has been featured in hundreds of magazine articles, newspaper pieces and design resource books. For more information, please visit http://www.urbandesigngroup.com.

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Insane Publisher Gives Away Copies of New Photoshop Book

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:35:51 +0000

Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand (PRWEB) April 22, 2008

“The best way to get people interested in a new book is to get them talking about it,” says Crilley, author of three previous books. “And the best way to stimulate conversation about a book is to ensure that a lot of people have ready access to that book.” The publishing company, APIX, obviously agrees with this strategy, for it has authorized the 2000 free copies of the e-Book version to go on a first-come-first-served basis. http://www.freephotoshopbook.com

25 Essential Photoshop Moves is currently being sold in print form for $ 47 and as a download (e-Book) for $ 38. The 176 page full color volume contains twenty-five individual tutorials, tasks and skillsets that the author suggests should be standard fare for a competent Photoshop user. Not aimed at the absolute beginner, the book slides into the frame somewhere between novice and intermediate, the knowledge within being targeted more at the semi-experienced professional or the eager student.

As the author puts it; “If I had to hire a Temp to do my job, I would insist that they knew their way around Photoshop, and these are the things I’d expect them to know. Making rudimentary selections, putting a blue sky into an image, that sort of thing.” He adds that in his experience, many so-called professionals are remiss in some of these areas. “Once you can do everything in 25 Essential Photoshop Moves, you’re hired!”

Of course the obvious question is why would any sane company offer a $ 38 book for nothing?

“Supermarkets regularly have free sample giveaways of new products,” a spokesperson for APIX said, “and this is no different…except that instead of a few free chapters, we’re giving away the whole thing.”

And by all accounts it’s a sound concept. APIX is a new company, formed in 2004, with several other book titles on the market, and at least two additional titles due for release in the next few months. “By giving away these copies, we’re ensuring a solid readership base for this title and author, which is good for exposure, while at the same time garnering reviews and feedback from a wide sector of the target market.” An additional benefit, the spokesperson suggested, could be a widening of that target market. “Many recipients of the free book may not have been potential purchasers of the title initially, which means we could gain access to a whole new market.”

So where can budding Photoshop professionals get this free book? Log onto http://www.freephotoshopbook.com and once the 25mb ‘sample’ has been downloaded and digested, expect an email from the publishers requesting feedback.

About the author:

Gary Crilley is better known as The Electric Artist (http://www.theelectricartist.com) and is a 20 year veteran graphic designer, digital illustrator and teacher. His Learn Professional Computer Graphics & Digital Illustration (http://www.learncomputergraphics.com) book of 2004 grew substantially in 2007 into the hugely popular 16-book training course of the same name.

You can contact Gary Crilley at:

Apix Publications Limited

PO Box 1470, Paraparaumu Beach

New Zealand

64 – 4 – 902 – 3312

Blog: http://theelectricartist.wordpress.com/

http://www.theelecticartist.com

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Wiley Announces Robust Publishing Plan to Support Adobe Creative Suite 4

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:38:40 +0000

Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) September 25, 2008

Adobe has announced its plans to release a new version of its wildly popular graphic and web design software suite–Creative Suite 4, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., publisher of the For Dummies, Sybex and Visual imprints among others, is planning to offer 30 titles to help users–from novice to seasoned pros–get up to speed on everything Adobe CS4 has to offer.

The titles offered will be released between September 2008 and March 2009, and will assist users at all skill levels through a variety of learning approaches. Visual branded books on Photoshop CS4, Dreamweaver CS4 and Flash CS4 Professional will combine clear, step-by-step screen shots with minimal text, and are the ultimate tutorials for visual learners who want to avoid lengthy explanations and jump right in. Readers of the For Dummies series will appreciate a generous lineup that includes ten new titles presented in the plain-English, humorous style that has defined the For Dummies series for fifteen years. Intermediate to advanced professional users will benefit from the comprehensive Bible references for each of the individual programs and their respective Suites. New editions of fan favorites by Tim Grey, Photoshop CS4 Workflow: The Digital Photographer’s Guide; Ellen Anon, Photoshop CS4 for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book; and Al Ward, Photoshop For Right-Brainers: The Art of Photomanipulation, 3rd Edition, will also be available from Sybex.

New to the title list are books in the Digital Classroom series. The new series combines a full-color, step-by-step instructional book with lesson files and video training on DVD. These tutorials, which complement the topics covered in the book, were developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors that created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems.

Photoshop CS4 After the Shoot is another new title authored by Mark Fitzgerald, the founder and operator of The Digital Darkroom, a post-production digital photography training facility that offers workshops, one-on-one training, digital post-production services, and consulting. Photoshop CS4 After the Shoot will provide on-the-go photographers who need to edit in the field, with a firm understanding of the application’s tools and features, but will especially provide a strong education in using after capture software to create an efficient workflow. Photoshop CS4 After the Shoot will be published in a laptop bag friendly 6″ x 9″ trim size, and will be a great full-color tutorial for photographers who want the ability to edit their photos on a laptop wherever the shoot takes them.

Here is a complete list of Wiley’s Adobe CS4 offerings:

Adobe Photoshop CS4

Photoshop CS4 For Dummies

Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom

Photoshop CS4 Workflow: The Digital Photographer’s Guide

Photoshop CS4 All-in-One For Dummies

Photoshop CS4 for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop CS4

Photoshop CS4 Bible

Photoshop CS4 After the Shoot

Photoshop CS4: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks

Photoshop For Right-Brainers: The Art of Photomanipulation, 3rd Edition

Adobe InDesign CS4

InDesign CS4 For Dummies

InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom

InDesign CS4 Bible

Adobe Illustrator CS4

Illustrator CS4 For Dummies

Illustrator CS4 Digital Classroom

Illustrator CS4 Bible

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

Dreamweaver CS4 For Dummies

Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom

Dreamweaver CS4 All-in-One For Dummies

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS4

Master VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS4 and Flash CS4 Professional

Dreamweaver CS4 Bible

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

Flash CS4 Professional For Dummies

Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom

Flash CS4 Professional All-in-One For Dummies

Flash CS4 Professional Bible

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash CS4 Professional

Adobe Creative Suite 4

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Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Since 1901, Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 350 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Peace.

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