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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2008, 03:20:44 PM » |
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A very entertaining show, my only minor complaint is that for the non wedding pro there was no representation. It's not that I did not enjoy the show but for those of us who make our living through Editorial and Commercial photography it would not be bad to hear a slightly different take.  I could see a lot of use for geotagging for a photojournalist on the road, covering something like a presidential election. I did find that interesting. Lucas Art & DRM, I have no great DRM so long it does not interfere with the operation of the program. If I have to take a security dongle with me on a shoot then I am not going to buy that software. A password is one thing, a security dongle is another. That is just another little piece to misplace. If it is apart of a sever software a security dongle makes some sense. When I did newspaper IT we had a server program called NewsEditPro, it was a writing program, story and graphic database management system for pagination. Every time we bought a new license for the program we would get a new dongle to replace the old dongle. That makes some sense. For a stand alone program a dongle makes no sense. |
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Gavin Seim
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 01:40:50 AM » |
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Ya it would have been better to have a broader range. I should have though of that in relation to the geotagging.
I really want to get great pro's from other genres more involved. Problem is that it's hard to get people I somewhat know to show up, and even more work tracking others down.
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2008, 02:52:39 AM » |
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Believe me I understand, I was a full time photojournalist for over 15 years. Trying to get 4-5 people to sit still in one place for an hour is a nightmare.  I still go through that as an editorial/commercial art shooter today. Plus with photojournalists there is a real bad disconnect with the rest of the photo world. So it is hard to get them see beyond their own discipline. Well If I can ever help just let me know. Keep the good work up. |
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Gavin Seim
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2008, 11:41:38 AM » |
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Thanks I'll keep you in mind
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« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2008, 03:56:59 PM » |
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On the topic of proof services, we are currently using Pictage and I would categorize us as the 50% who hate it. I did figure out how to use the service but print with another lab. We are currently stuck in the position of not having time to switch to something different until the season is over  but when we do I will be getting ITDR Photoproof Max and hosting it on my server check out the product http://www.intothedarkroom.com/#photoproof-max-ppmax-1e8755 it is a bit $$$ but it's awesome for what we do and our branding. |
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Everett Christopher
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« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2008, 11:28:25 PM » |
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Hey Gavin I have some suggestions for online prints for clients - perhaps you can discuss this during your next show.
1) FotoPlayer - It's a skin that I use with JAlbum. It allows clients to purchase via a paypal account. It's only $39 and a great way for do-it-yourselfers to retain 100% of the purchase price of the photos. Of course the paypal charge is there, so it's not exactly 100%, but it's a heck of a lot less then online services. It's very customizable as well.
2) Photoreflect.com - no up front charge or monthly charge, and they only charge 18% for each sale. The photographer handles fulfillment.
I really enjoy your podcasts!
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2008, 03:06:47 AM » |
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I cannot recall if this was the episode that made mention of coffee table books. But I am very interested in doing some for myself, family, and friends. I believe Gavin had made mention of a particular on-line vendor in reference to coffee table books. The reason I ask is that by looking up wedding albums, I may limit myself to sites that only provide wedding based themes. Any information/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time,
Thomas
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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2008, 01:27:30 AM » |
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Gavin, Thank you very much, perfect! Best regards, Thomas |
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« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2008, 08:22:31 PM » |
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Hey Gavin! Great show! I just wanted to correct a misconception of one of your guests. He said he used iView instead of Lightroom because he could just take his catalog along and continue to keyword, etc. and that Lightroom required him to copy the catalog and all the images. Well, that's just not true! You can just copy the LRCAT and LRDATA files to your laptop and everything is there. You can keyword, add metadata, zoom in on your images (provided you've already rendered previews). Hey, you can even apply presets in the Develop Module and create slideshows in the Slideshow module. Then when you return and copy back the LRCAT and LRDATA files all those changes are there and your images sync right up! He needs to take another look at Lightroom.  |
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Gavin Seim
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2008, 10:34:25 PM » |
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Thanks Gene. I have not even tried, so I didn't know. I'll have to give it a go. I could really use that.
Are you saying it just uses the previews, and then all is back together when we copy the Catalog back over the top of the old one.
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« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2008, 10:43:10 PM » |
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Yes. Just remember that you can't do anything that would require the original file (i.e. most of the Develop module). But, even though you can't see the effect of a preset you can still apply it. Then when you reload the catalog back on the computer that has the images the presets magically appear on the image.
If you don't have autowrite metatdata to file on you'll need to save out to the files.
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2008, 12:31:17 AM » |
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Oh that's too bad. I thought you were saying it was editable. I understand it can be viewed, but I believe what he was saying on the show was that it was fully portable.
He could change settings and the works on the previews. It would be just like editing the orig, but when synced it would update everything.
That's actually a needed feature. I hope Adobe brings it to us in the future.
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2008, 05:23:09 AM » |
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No, that's not what he said. He was talking about keywording and implied that Lightroom required you to bring aling the images as well. I also have iView and you cannot edit images if the original files are not present. Same as Lightroom.
I just wanted to clear up the misconception he created about Lightroom.
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