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A Book Review of an Important Book for Designers, Photographers and Pre Press Workers on The Luminous Landscape

The book is
CMYK 2.0 – A Cooperative Workflow for Photographers, Designers, and Printers

The book takes you from the days of film and half-tone laminate proofs to the use of CTP (computer to plate) where the digital original is exposed directly onto the printing plate and all the changes, advancements and new challenges in color management that came with it.

It also covers the change to digital cameras and how it has brought all new color management issues. The book is a rule book for each member of the color management team designer, photographer, and pre press/press.

Check out the review at The Luminous Landscape and consider buying the book, it’s on my list.

Adobe TV

A new resource to check out for Adobe CS3 tips!

Adobe TV looks like a pretty good start of something good. I have only watched a couple of videos so far but they were good and had some good CS3 tips. Like a YouTube channel for Adobe it looks like it will be a good tutorial resource. I’m glad that Adobe is heading this direction.

Online Photography Training

 

Much like Lynda.com, ShootSmarterTV.com features online video training for photographers. They are going to be adding more training including training in advertising photography according to an email I received. A lot of studio training.

Check it out at

shootsmartertv.com

Free Canon Digital Color Management PDF

From Cancon

Digital Color Management Guidebook

Proper color management aligns an entire system of cameras, displays and printers to maintain consistent color across different color spaces. For consistent color throughout the photographic process, from capturing an image, to processing it, to final output as a print, a color managed system is essential. This guidebook provides users of Canon cameras and printers with an explanation of what color management is and how to set up a system easily and effectively.

This looks like a good little reference guide.

New Color Management Training from Lynda.com

There’s a new Color Management ESSENTIAL TRAINING title from Lynda.com. It looks pretty thorough. There’s just too much to list (19 chapters with 7.25 hrs of training) so you will have to look for yourself.

Good Articles on Using Fill Flash

Here’s are some good article I found on using fill flash.

Canon Digital Learning Center fill flash article.

WikiHow article on using fill flash.

Flickr Export Plugins for iPhoto and Aperture

I use the one for Aperture and it ROCK’s.
They are not free but if you use Flickr a lot they are well worth it.
They do offer a Demo.

They are from Connected Flow and if you use iPhoto or Aperture and have a Flickr account you should get one.

They offer super easy export with nice options while exporting.

– From their site –

iPhoto
“Features
FlickrExport for iPhoto provides a comprehensive set of features for getting your images from iPhoto to Flickr:
• Edit photo titles and descriptions, and add tags to them.
• Save time – FlickrExport can update iPhoto’s database with the titles and descriptions you give your photos.
• Save your Flickr bandwidth allowance – FlickrExport for iPhoto can resize your photos before uploading.
• Create a new photoset with your photos, or add them to an existing photoset.
• Automatically send your photos to a Group Pool on Flickr.
• Choose from a list of your Flickr tags and add them to your photos before uploading.”

Aperture
“Features
FlickrExport for Aperture provides all the features of the iPhoto version, plus:
• Automatically add an Aperture keyword to each photo uploaded.
• Add Flickr photo ID and URL to Aperture metadata.
• Replace existing photos on Flickr with updates versions from Aperture.
• Edit Geo data before uploading.”

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I really like the photo sizing feature. You can use their presets or easily add your own
presets to use. Below are screenshots from the Aperture version.

Below is the main dialog box with the add to pool feature shown.

Below is the main dialog box with the add photos to feature shown.

Below is the main dialog box with the photo sizing drop down shown.

Below is the photo size presets editor where you can add your own.

Below is the same as above with different options of W or H max px.

They make adding photos to Flickr as easy as adding them to iPhoto or Aperture.

Photography Tutorials from Layers Magazine

These are pretty good photography tutorials.

Manfrotto How To Lessons

I found how to lessons on Manfrotto’s site.