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  • Entry posted Yesterday by BrianReyman in Blog public
    DALPUGr's
     
    We had another great meeting last Tuesday (December 17) night - thanks to all who made it our largest event yet with 17 in attendance!
     
    Future Meetings
    Our next meeting at Denver Pro Photo is scheduled for January 19, 2010. More to come on that at a later date.
     
    As a group we did decide, however, to change the off-month online sessions (which weren't getting many participants) to photo walks or shooting sessions. The December photo shoot will be held on Saturday, December 12. Look to the DALPUG blog for more information on that.
     
     
    Wrap-up Notes
    Plugins
    We discussed and/or demo'd the benefits of a number of plugins and Photoshop scripts, including the following:
     
    Headshots
    Following the plugin coverage, we broke off and did some headshots and practiced using small speedlites.
     
    Flickr
    In conjunction with some of the photo walks and to share our work, we're starting a DALPUG Flickr group. Participation in the group will yield some great prizes! More to come on this. Until then, if you're a Flickr user, join the group today!!
     
     
    Sponsors
    Thanks to our night's sponsors - and congrats to all those that won some pretty fantastic prizes!
    Denver Pro Photo for donation of the great meeting facility.
    And to our prize sponsors:
     
     
    Thanks,
    Brian Reyman and
    Nick Santilli
    DALPUG User Group Managers
  • Entry posted Aug 31 by BrianReyman, tagged Design in Blog public

    Thanks again to those that attended this month's online meeting about photos and social networks (the original event post can be found here). We were able to record the meeting - the recording is at the following link (the recording starts a minute or two in, after we got some of the audio issues worked out).

    https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a204547676/p37136134/

    Also, thanks for working through the few small issues with us in our first go at meeting online! Also thanks for the patience as we ran through some of the pieces rather quickly - we learned a lot about pacing using the tool and will make future meetings even better. We had a great time and hope you did too.

    Next Meeting

    Don't miss our next in-person meeting, which will be held in September at Denver Pro Photo. We'll cover some information on Brushes in Photoshop and Lightroom, as well as look into the gear bags of the group's User Group Managers. Also, Wacom will be helping sponsor the meeting and kindly donated a Wacom Intuos4 Medium, which will be given away to a lucky attendee!

    More on that meeting here:

    http://groups.adobe.com/posts/e0a4c3a0cf

    Wrap-up Notes

    The following are some of the resources and other items we discussed during the meeting:

    Flickr

    Facebook

    Picasa

    If you have a google account (gmail), picasa is sort of a ubiquitous option,
    as it's built in with the rest of the google services. While you can share
    pictures to anyone with Picasa, you can only apply security (login to view)
    if everyone you want to see these images also has a google account.

    Twitter

    So much more than just sharing what you had to eat at each meal, Twitter can
    be a deeply layered tool used for nearly anything. While the majority of my
    own twitter posts that include pictures are just random sillyness, twitter
    can be an excellent vehicle for marketing yourself. Post a sample of a new
    gallery to twitter, using a service like Twitpic for instance.

    Lightroom

    Bridge Photoshop

    Using Bridge and photoshop, you can prepare your images for upload to
    services like Picasa and Twitter. Neither of these adobe apps will send
    diretly to services, but you can get them ready to display properly on the
    web.
    Consider Sizing your images down to something reasonable for web upload,
    such as 1000px.

    A Fun Resource

    During the meeting, you may have seen a picture of Ninja Nick. He created it using this site:

    cameroid.com

    Thanks,

    Brian and Nick

  • Entry posted Aug 03 by BrianReyman in Blog public

    At our inaugural meeting, we discussed a number of things. I thought it would be good to share them with the entire group. The first is a list of useful Lightroom and Photoshop resources. The second is a list of potential meeting topics that we brainstormed during the meeting.

    If you'd like to add any other resources or suggest other topics please do so in the comments.

    Resources

    www.scottkelby.com/blog
    www.photoshopuser.com
    www.brianreyman.com/tools_downloads.html
    blogs.adobe.com/jnack/
    www.lightroomkillertips.com
    www.lightroomforums.net
    www.lynda.com


    Topics

    Topics
    Plugins
    Actions/Automation
    Workflow/managing versions when going to PS
    General Workflow
    Camera Raw
    Adjustment Brush/Cloning, PS Brush
    Photography Tips/Tricks (Portrait, Landscapes, Travel)
    Lighting
    Web (Sharing photos)
    Printing
    Photoshop vs. Lightroom (differences in various features)
    Metadata
    Cameras
    Retouching (red eye, etc.)
    Stitching (panoramas)
    HDR
    Compositing
    Masking
    Layers
    Shooting Pictures Tethered to a Laptop
    Color Management/Monitor Calibration
    Clipping Masks
    Video Primer (overview of video and what you can do in Photoshop)

  • Entry posted Jul 28 by BrianReyman in Blog public

    Thanks to those that came in for our inaugural meeting! For those that weren't there, we had a good time discussing the group and its future, as well as covering an overview of the power of Lightroom.

    The following are a few key points. I'll also place some resources from the meeting and topic ideas in blog posts shortly.

    - The group meets in person every other month on the third Thursday. The next meeting will be on September 15.
    - On off months, we'll have webcast meetings online.
    - Check back to this site frequently for event postings and other news.
    - Want to win some great prizes? We give away books and other items at every meeting and will be raffling off large pieces of software (including the Adobe Creative Suite). You can enter by 1) attending meetings 2) bringing others to meetings and 3) referring others to join the group on this site (just let them know to let me know that you referred them and you'll get another entry in the raffle).

  • Entry posted Jul 20 by BrianReyman in Blog public

    Just a reminder that we'll be holding our first meeting tomorrow night, July 21 at 6:30 p.m. We'll be meeting at Denver Pro Photo. When you arrive at Denver Pro Photo, enter the main store entrance and you'll be directed to the area we're meeting in.

    We'll be talking a lot about the formation of the group and where the members would like to see it go over time.

    We'll also cover some Lightroom and Photoshop tips and tricks to fill any remainder time.

    Some giveaways will wrap up the evening.

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